FLUSHING, NY -- The Mets announced today that they are retiring the letter "K" in honor of former Met pitcher Dwight Gooden, affectionately known around these parts as "Dr. K." "In our team's history, we've reserved retired numbers for the real icons of the team -- Casey Stengel, Gil Hodges, and. . . more
Sometime before the sun comes up on New York Tuesday morning, the Boston Red Sox and Oakland A's will be facing off in a battle of baseball somewhere in Japan. It's a really stupid idea, if you ask me, to start our baseball season at 2:30 AM Pacific, but hey, that's why they pay Bud Selig the big. . . more
It's February, the slowest time of the sports year. So, let's talk about hair. Mullets, in fact. The top 11 mullets from the world of sports. 11: Wayne Gretzky The Great One was always great, and once had a great mullet. He still managed to score lots of points and marry a bonafide hottie,. . . more
Want to impress the ladies at your Super Bowl party? Need to demonstrate to the guys that you know your football better than they do? Or are you just a giant nerd? Well, do I have something for you -- a fact about each of the New York Giants starters (and Jeremy Shockey). Enjoy! Offense Eli. . . more
Pean: They were labeled The Worst 10-6 Team people have ever seen. Well, I guess thats why the playoffs are called "The Second Season". The New York Giants pulled off a great upset in Dallas last Sunday to advance to the NFC Championship. The 5th seeded Giants knocked off the 1st seed Dallas. . . more
Pean: Last Sunday, The New York Giants won their first playoff football game since their rout of the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Championship Game in 2001. There has been a tremendous amount of disappointment over the past seven years since that win. Giants fans have witnessed a monumental. . . more
Last week, Roger Clemens vociferously denied ever being injected with anything by Brian McNamee. Then, he semi-recanted, saying that he received shots of B-12 and lyocane. Now, he's suing McNamee, claiming defamation. Seems like his story is flexible. With that in mind, I hereby present the newest. . . more
When we first cooked up the idea for ArmchairGM, the encyclopedia was the major goal. Why? Because at the end of the day, it's where ArmchairGM can succeed where no one else has. Most sports news and opinion is homogeneous. That's not why ESPN and others have thriving websites. The Associated. . . more
Going into week 17, the Cleveland Browns were in a unique situation: They were not guaranteed a playoff spot, but not yet eliminated; however, their game was almost entirely meaningless. Allow me to explain. Because of how the tiebreakers work, the Browns came into Week 17 as the #6 seed, but,. . . more
Hello Everyone, As you might have noticed, we have made some changes around the site. In addition to tweaks to the homepage and user profiles, we've done a lot of under the hood stuff that I won't bore you with. The Opinion pages have been completely revamped. However, this will only affect. . . more
Tomorrow, at 2 PM Eastern, George Mitchell will hold court at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Manhattan. He will be revealing his Mitchell Report on the state of performance enhancing drugs (PED) on Major League Baseball. So far, the only eyes that have fallen upon the report outside those of Mitchell. . . more
Like many baseball fans, I enjoy discussing and debating the merits of candidates up for Hall of Fame enshrinement. Often, though, I base my opinions on those already written by some of our colleagues in sports media. So instead of re-hashing their analysis, I did one better: I asked them to. . . more
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