A group of educators and scientists are all in favor of cognitive enhancing drugs like Ritalin and Adderall: Many people have doubts about the moral status of enhancement drugs for reasons ranging from the pragmatic to the philosophical, including concerns about short-circuiting personal agency and undermining the value of human effort . . . Such […]

At least that’s what KTVU’s Lloyd LaCuesta believes he has discovered: KTVU’s Lloyd La Cuesta came up with a letter from Bud Selig to Lew Wolff stating: “I have decided that in the event you are not able to promptly assure the implementation of the desired park in Fremont, you may begin to discuss a […]

Pop Quiz!! The poor headline editing set forth in the screen cap below (article can be found here) explains (a) why the Chicago Tribune is going bankrupt; (b) why Ron Santo doesn’t get any respect; or (c) both: The extra “s” stands for “shafted!”

If this happens, I will dance the dance of joy: According to one National League executive, the Kansas City Royals and Atlanta Braves have had serious discussions about a trade that would send outfielder Jeff Francoeur to the Royals for pitcher Zack Greinke. The same source said he believed the teams were close to executing […]

The fun news today is that Illinois has kept its governors-in-jail streak alive. But this isn’t just your average, everyday corruption story. This one has some baseball! Blagojevich and Harris conspired to demand the firing of Chicago Tribune editorial board members responsible for editorials critical of Blagojevich in exchange for state help with the sale […]

We knew it was going to happen, but details are now emerging: Considered by many the top reliever on the free-agent market, Rodriguez saved 62 games for Anaheim last season. The Angels offered just more than $30 million over three years to retain the 26-year-old right-hander . . . . . . The three-time All-Star […]

You’re not going to believe this, but the Yankees and Mets need — and are going to get — more money from the taxpayers of New York: With opening day for the city’s two newest baseball stadiums only four months away, the price tag for taxpayers continues to rise. The Bloomberg administration has issued fresh […]

You know, until I read this story, the historical weirdness of baseball — the most anti-gambling of all of the major sports — holding one of its biggest events in a casino hadn’t occurred to me. Really, it was not that long ago when Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays — Mantle and Mays! The two […]

My general approach during the Winter Meetings is to not opine on every rumor or random story out there because, let’s face it, most of what you read about isn’t really going to happen. Still, I have to smile at stuff like this: Shortly after Theo Epstein met with reporters tonight, an agent walking the […]

You know, as soon as I made it known I was going to move my blog, The Sporting News offered me an insane amount of money. I left that offer open for weeks, mostly because my wife didn’t want to move to North Carolina. Then I ran into Studeman in a Vegas hotel and told […]