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Sport And Cinema

The Fighter Wins a Pair of Academy Awards

After years of fighting to get this story of boxer brothers Dicky Eklund and Micky Ward from a hardscrabble town of Lowell, Massachusetts off the canvas, actor/producer Mark Wahlberg triumphed with The Fighter scoring a one-two punch at the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony held at Kodak Theater in downtown Los Angeles Sunday night. [...]

Charlie Sheen Returning to the Majors?

Charlie Sheen, the star of Two and a Half Men is out, suspended for at least the remainder of the year, but reports are he is a key component likely to return to the bullpen in a popular baseball film franchise. [...]

Trevor Bayne Wins the Daytona 500 in His First Attempt

In a day of records where crashes had drivers seeing too much yellow, Trevor Bayne, a 20 year-old rookie was the first to see the black and white of the checkered flag to take NASCAR’s biggest race earlier today at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. [...]

Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won

Authors Tobias Moskowitz and Jon Wertheim present an intriguing guide to a wide array of both complex and heretofore seemingly mundane topics that go far beyond the scoreboard to help fans get at the truths of sports [...]

Remembering Fenway Park: An Oral and Narrative History of the Home of the Boston Red Sox

One of sports’ most iconic venues is appropriately given all-star treatment in celebrating its 100th anniversary in this compelling and picturesque book. [...]

Filmmaker Ed Sabol Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame

He couldn’t run pass patterns like Shannon Sharpe. His speed in the 40 didn’t come close to Marshall Faulk or Deion Sanders nor could he fight through to pressure quarterbacks like Richard Dent, but Ed Sabol’s talent is certainly just as deserving of a place in pro football’s hall of fame. [...]

Lombardi Back in Green Bay

“Vince Lombardi is coming back to Green Bay,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said as the silver trophy was handed to the Packer team that had just beaten Pittsburgh, 31-25 in Super Bowl XLV. [...]

Super Bowl XLV Prediction

Yes, I dare show my face after missing wide left AND right on my predictions on which teams would get here. Aiming for a little redemption, here is how I see Super Bowl XLV turning out. [...]