The Super Bowl of Birding; The Brocket?; Competitive Eating; Migrant Soccer in Michigan; Commentary; Tonya and Nancy: The Opera; Lumber in Slumber No More

The Saints March Back Home; The Superdome; The Minnesota Twins; Instant Replay; Ryder Cup and More with Charlie Pierce; Letters; Lowriders

Gordon Riese is under siege. Pete Rose is in the news. It’s been one of those weeks.

Jerry Kramer is a likeable fellow and in many ways Instant Replay, the “Green Bay Diary” he wrote with Dick Schaap nearly forty years ago, is a likeable book.

Down the Stretch, They Come!!; D.C. United; A Home on the Field; Sofa Burning and More With Charlie Pierce; Commentary

Bill just wants sports to show a little more mercy. Is that so wrong?

The author suggests that his soccer team “inspires hope.”

Jumping on the Marlins Bandwagon; The Trouble with the White Sox; “Turning of the Tide”; Hiding Harold in a Canoe?; Shock and More with Charlie Pierce; The Proliferation of Paintball

The contention at the center of “Turning of the Tide” is that as the football coach at the University of Alabama, Paul “Bear” Bryant set the stage for the integration of what had previously been an all-white team.

This is the time of the baseball season when fans are put to the test. Will Red Sox nation stand by their team? And, Bill Littlefield asks, who’s to say they should?