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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.
From rust to rebuild: Five NFL teams that nailed the offseason
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 09/07/2025
» The NFL offseason is now complete. The teams have all made coaching changes (where needed), drafted collegiate players, signed free agents and completed mini camps.
Dodgers take throne: New 'Evil Empire' outspends all
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 07/03/2025
» In the late 1990s and early 2000s, when the free-spending New York Yankees ruled MLB, winning numerous World Series, then-Boston Red Sox president Larry Lucchino hung the tag "Evil Empire" on the Yanks.
Can money guarantee success?
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 05/07/2023
» Is it really possible for a Major League Baseball team to BUY a championship winner by acquiring super-expensive free agents?
QB question bothering number of teams
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 10/09/2021
» The 2021 season is the campaign of uncertainty at quarterback for more than a few NFL ballclubs.
Quartet of clubs take a leap in the dark
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 11/08/2021
» If the MLB World Series chase were a poker game, the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets and San Francisco Giants would have each raised the stakes and gone all at the end of last month, while the Chicago Cubs and Washington Nationals would have folded.
Thrifty Padres, Blue Jays go against the grain
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 18/02/2021
» With the ongoing Covid-19 crisis affecting attendance and cash flow, MLB ballclubs have tightened their belts even more this off-season.
Nats' hurler expects a real dog fight
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 07/04/2019
» The Washington Nationals were probably the most disappointing MLB team in 2018. After winning the National League East title four of the past six seasons and finishing second the other two campaigns, the Nats sputtered to an 82-80 record a year ago and out of the postseason.
Number of unsigned top guns tells worrying tale
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 24/02/2019
» Collusion? Or are MLB owners just coming to their senses regarding free agency spending?
A season of many quarterback queries
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 02/09/2018
» Wiggins World can't recall an NFL season that opened with as many quarterback questions as this upcoming campaign, which starts Thursday, has.