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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.
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.
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.