Book Club: The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

While I’ve been serving my one-year suspension for steroid use … uuhhh, while I’ve been rehabbing my knee, I’ve found myself with a lot of time to indulge in deep thinking. Though I’ve been able to absorb many of the lessons of the literary classics simply by intuiting them from the arc of my powerful […]

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Rumblings and Grumblings

More Steroid Rumblings Bud Selig’s new steroid plan has garnered considerable attention over the past couple of weeks. So much attention, in fact, that it’s almost completely obscured the fact that home run totals are considerably down from last year. Surprising? Not really, considering how many big leaguers showed up at spring training sporting more […]

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Who’s the Boss?

I’m Alyssa Milano. There are many, many reasons that it is great to be me, but one of the primary reasons why was on display last night in Yankee Stadium. Two of the most promising young pitchers in the American League, and two of my former paramours, Oakland’s Barry Zito and New York’s Carl Pavano, […]

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Homer Neck

Hey folks, Danny Graves here. The Baseball Tonight crew has been kind enough to let me use this blog to extend my thanks to everyone who e-mailed last night with tips on soothing neck pain. My neck sure was smarting after jerking around every few pitches to watch those home runs sail out in the […]

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Fantasy Baseball Advice

Ed. Note: E$PN’s inboxes are flooded with emails from devoted fans seeking fantasy baseball advice. We get thousands of these emails a week — far more than our regular columnists can handle! So, voila! Welcome to the first installment of fantasy baseball advice on the new BBTN blog. And who better to be dishing out […]

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Book Club: “Moneyball” by Billy Beane

Hey fans, Joe Morgan here. When I found out that my colleagues over at the Baseball Tonight mothership had started their own blog, I immediately recognized an opportunity to kick off some serious discussion about my favorite book and yours, “Moneyball,” by Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane. By now many of you “Moneyball” followers […]

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More Cowbell Than You Will Ever Need

My editors thought it would be a good idea for me to stop in here, since I’m one of the few regular contributors at E$PN who has experience running a website (you might remember my days as the Boston Sports Guy). So I’m Bill Simmons, and unlike the regular contributors to this blog, you haven’t […]

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