Month: August 2022

St. Louis Cardinals legend Albert Pujols has been on a tear of late, and has 693 career home runs as he closes in on another milestone. Pujols’ career has brought with it a number of statistics many never thought possible, or assumed wouldn’t be reached again. The home runs are just the beginning, but reaching […]

Mikal Bridges’ cryptic Tweets have us thinking about a Kevin Durant-Phoenix Suns trade. On Monday, the talk of the NBA world surrounded Kevin Durant after Shams Charania of The Athletic dropped a column with updates on virtually every team who has shown even a modicum of interest (subscription required) in trading for the Brooklyn Nets star. […]

Atlanta Braves slugger Marcell Ozuna promises to be a better man in his latest Instagram story. Since being arrested for a DUI on Friday morning, struggling Atlanta Braves player Marcell Ozuna has taken to Instagram, vowing to learn from the mistakes he has made over the last 15 months. Ozuna had been benched by skipper Brian Snitker […]

These three teams are alive in the NL playoff picture but have no shot at winning a World Series. Some teams in the National League are mainstays. This year’s NL playoff picture includes several of them in contention. We have the defending champion Atlanta Braves making a strong push. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Dodgers own […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins have made a number of moves this offseason in hopes of remaining a contender, but not all of them are likely to pan out. As with any move in the NHL, there is a certain level of risk to making changes to an existing roster – whether that is by adding someone […]

The Chicago Cubs surprised a lot of people in the baseball world by not trading some of their best players.  Last year at the trade deadline, the Chicago Cubs traded away nearly all of their good MLB players. They traded outfielder Joc Pederson, reliever Andrew Chafin, reliever Ryan Tepera, closer Craig Kimbrel, third baseman/outfielder Kris […]

Twelve years ago, a small group saved one of the most historic backcountry ski runs in America. Despite their efforts, we’re going to lose it anyway. The first time I spoke with Jonathan Shefftz, a Harvard-trained economist who now dedicates much of his time to backcountry mountaineering, he was skiing up the 3,400-foot ice-encrusted slope […]