Well, this is a little awkward. NFL owners voted 31-0 (with an abstention by the Oakland Raiders) to ratify what they thought was an agreement with the players, but players…

Fans of the 1999 Rams can rattle off the names of the undrafted free agents on that team as easily as they can the first-round picks. My Fast Lane partner,…

Fans of the 1999 Rams can rattle off the names of the undrafted free agents on that team as easily as they can the first-round picks. My Fast Lane partner,…

Count me among the group that’s glad the federal prosecutors in the Roger Clemens case erred so badly and forced the case to be thrown out. Clemens was in the…

On the Fourth of July, the day we celebrate our great country’s independence, I was sorely disappointed in those that voted in an ESPN.com Sports Nation poll. Of nearly 80,000…

With Chris Carpenter winning his second consecutive game to improve to 3-7 on the season, it’s natural to try and draw comparisons between his season and the season John Tudor…

Lawyers are an amazing bunch. Divorce attorneys, and now bankruptcy lawyers in Los Angeles, are taking their best shot at ruining the Los Angeles Dodgers. Antitrust lawyers in Minnesota are…

When we got word of Washington Nationals manager Jim Riggleman’s resignation on Thursday, Bob Ramsey, Chris Duncan and I were all stunned. Here’s a guy that has managed nearly 1,500…

When a manager has been at the job as long as Tony La Russa has, there are going to be continued debates about the best job he’s done. Certainly the…

Baseball: Oh my goodness. A six-game losing streak after a trip that included stops in Houston and Milwaukee. A 33-22 combined score in those games. Struggling starting pitching. Injuries. Not…