Fire in Babylon is the title of Stevan Riley's terrific documentary about the West Indies teams that, from early 1980 until 1995, ruled cricket with an enlightened despotism unmatched, arguably, by any sporting team of any persuasion, in any era, writes Cricinfo's Rob Steen.
Deadspin runs an excerpt from FreeDarko's Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History -- which looks at a young Jordan, edgy and menacing, who helped make embarrassing music that no one remembers today.
Farcical financial situations at Liverpool and Portsmouth, not to mention the ticking financial time-bombs of several other top flight teams, are illustrating what is wrong with Britain's top flight football competition.
Yesterday, Tasmanian batsman Mark Cosgrove smashed 159 against Victoria at the MCG. Crikey Sports looks at the chubby history of some of sports' greatest "athletes".
ABC TV's Four Corners last night conformed what every cricket fan already knew: Pakistan cricket is a disgrace and it needs to be acted on, writes the SMH's Peter Roebuck.
Rugby, a game very bit as Vicious as NFL, doesn't use helmets or padding. Is it time for the NFL to follow rugby's lead? The Globe and Mail's Eddie Pells asks the question following the debate over helmet safety engulfing American football.
A Biblical rainstorm and a deadly earthquake: when it comes to a World Seires in San Francisco anything can, and usually does, happen, writes The New York Times' George Vecsey.
Jezebel investigates the dark side of cheerleading in the USA.
Liverpool fans are sceptical, but American businessman John Henry once turned the vaunted Boston Red Sox around -- and he'll do the same to Liverpool, writes Sports Illustrated's Dan Shaughnessy.
Over the years the speculation over how much Lance Armstrong has been paid for each visit to ride here varies between $1.5 million and $3 million ... but the SA government is being shy about saying.
