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Schwarber backs Philly for one last WS shot
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 03/04/2026
» This past winter was a big one for Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber. In a number of ways.
Off-season deals: Dodgers add Tucker, Diaz
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 09/03/2026
» Major League Baseball has its regular season, postseason and off-season. Trades and free agent signings during the latter often help dictate success in the other two.
Rugged play on rise in playoffs
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 07/05/2025
» The old saying "basketball is a contact sport, football is a collision sport" sure doesn't apply to the NBA these days.
Big men: Scoring centres are still the NBA's secret sauce
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 22/11/2024
» The more things change in the NBA -- in-season tournament, ever-changing all star game format, etc -- the more things stay the same.
How MLB's playoff circus killed the thrill of the chase!
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 10/09/2024
» The old-fashioned MLB "pennant race" is now but a glorious thing of the past.
World catching up rapidly on America
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 09/08/2023
» Former American Negro League baseball legend Leroy "Satchel" Paige once warned: "Don't look back, someone may be gaining on you."
Plenty of choices for Panthers?
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 21/04/2023
» Now that the Carolina Panthers have traded up for the top pick in this month's NFL draft (April 27-29), it's almost 100 percent certain that their choice will be a quarterback.
College game now trapped in a wicked web
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 31/08/2022
» US college football, at least at its highest level, has deteriorated into a money-making mess.
Shortstop is where interest, big money lies
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 23/03/2022
» For the longest time in MLB, shortstops were of the diminutive, good field-little or no hit variety -- think Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto of New York Yankees fame.
Lack of action makes MLB less interesting
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 08/07/2021
» Chicks dig the long ball, they say. If that's so, in their attempt to win over the ladies, big league baseballers are ruining the grand old game.