Sports

Shekelball

Professional baseball in a country that lacks fields, players, coaches, fans, and even bats and balls?

Published 07/22/2011

Taking the Field

Meet the Mets fan who campaigned to become general manager of his favorite team. (No, it's not Mr. Met.)

Published 04/29/2011

The Rise and Fall of Baseball Cards

Twenty years ago, baseball cards were a billion-dollar-a-year industry, with an estimated 81 billion cards produced each year. But the boom times came to an end in the mid-nineties, and to this day the industry hasn’t recovered.

Published 07/11/2010

Quirkiest Golf Failures

The narrow path to the green at TPC Sawgrass' 17th was dubbed "Angelo's Alley" following the 1985 ‘worst avid golfer’ tournament, when Angelo Spagnolo hit 27 balls in the water, then proceeded to putt around the hazard, scoring a 66 on the hole.

Published 04/10/2010