Baseball fans in China who don’t have full-time jobs, you’re in luck. Major League Baseball and the Shanghai Media Group have reached an agreement by which this year’s World Series, beginning Wednesday night in Boston, will be broadcast live on Chinese television. Where the full-time job becomes an issue is that Wednesday night […]

The Joe Torre era, a 12-year span that includes 12 straight playoff appearances and 4 World Series titles for the New York Yankees, has officially come to an end. Yankees’ manager Joe Torre declined an incentive-laced 1-year contract that would have kept him with the team through the 2008 season. Torre flew to […]

It looks like LeBron James is really happy to be in Shanghai for the NBA China Games 2007. In a China Daily photo in Wednesday’s paper, it looks as though King James is gripping his royal jewels. While James’ Cleveland Cavaliers are in town for a preseason game Wednesday night against the Orlando […]

The Orlando Magic and Cleveland Cavaliers have arrived in Shanghai to prepare for an exhibition game Wednesday night at the Qizhong Forest Sports City arena. The Magic will then head to Macao to take on the Chinese national team Thursday night at the new Venetian arena and then stage a rematch there against the […]

As Shanghai waved goodbye to the Women’s World Cup Sunday night, the city welcomes another international athletic competition on Tuesday. This week’s event is similar to the women’s soccer in the sense that both appeal to our politically correct sides. By that I mean that we are expected to be overly supportive of […]

It was only a matter of time until O.J. proved to us all why he probably should have been locked up for the rest of his life. The former football star was arrested Sunday for his participation in an armed robbery in a Las Vegas hotel room. Reportedly, auction house owner Tom Riccio tipped off […]

For anyone like myself, a proud and loyal Michigan football fan, today is a day of utter shame. And so is tomorrow and the next day and the remainder of this season. The Michigan football program hit an unthinkable low on Saturday as the #5-ranked Wolverines lost to Division I-AA Appalachian State in […]

Well, just until December 10th when God will have to turn Vick’s life over to the Virginia Department of Corrections. The Atlanta Falcons former quarterback appeared Monday to apologize publicly for what he calls “a mistake.” I have been reading all sorts of articles surrounding this case as I find it captivating for […]

Atlanta Falcon and former Virginia Tech quarterback Michael Vick agreed to plead guilty Monday to federal charges for his role as the ringleader of a dogfighting operation. As Vick awaits what most believe will be a significant prison sentence, the Falcons will be forced to play without Vick, perhaps the most valuable player to […]

In a secret ceremony in Shanghai Monday, Yao Ming and his baller bride Ye Li are now officially married. Well, as secret as a 7′6″ man in a tuxedo and a 6′2″ woman in a wedding dress can possibly be. The couple, who have been together since 1999, took care of the marriage […]