Sports & Leisure

With its origins in Milton, Massachusetts and headquarters in New York City, Barstool Sports, through founder Dave Portnoy, has adopted a take-no-nonsense-from-anyone identity thanks to its satirical coverage of sports and men’s lifestyle matters and eclectic apparel collections. The items that comprise the entity’s Saturdays Are For The Boys (SAFTB) line have made Portnoy and…

While it’s funny to think of grown men donning these uniforms in an actual game, it’s heartwarming to know that the proceeds from ticket sales and a jersey auction will benefit CHILD, Inc. The Wilmington, Delaware based charity advocates for neglected and abused children in the state...

Whenever Bob Uecker walks away from serving as the Milwaukee Brewers’ radio play-by-play announcer, he will leave the broadcast booth with much to be proud of, including his “Mr. Baseball” nickname,” an eponymous monument outside the club’s Miller Park, the 2003 Ford C. Frick Award and unforgettable turns in the “Major League” movie trilogy. Fully…

Being a bit of an Anglophile, I have come to include simply saying the names of certain English boroughs, cities and districts among my means to appreciate the overall dignity and identity of the across-the-pond population. Due to my allegiance to music and literature, Liverpool (The Beatles), Manchester (Oasis) and Stratford-upon-Avon (William Shakespeare) stand out,…

Since his first full Major League Baseball season in 2012—a campaign that yielded the Rookie of the Year Award, an All-Star selection, a Silver Slugger honor and a second-place Most Valuable Player finish, I have proudly ridden…

Certain circumstances can sometimes make a hard sell of the “’Tis the season to be jolly” sentiment, but no matter what is befalling them personally as fall says farewell and winter arrives, college football fans will laud the stretch between Dec. 16 and Jan. 8 as a temporary cure for their concerns. That span represents…

The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament has yielded numerous amazing shots, particularly buzzer-beaters, since its 1939 inception. The most recent rendition featured a slew of celebrated heaves, but one could argue that…

Formula One, the international single-seat auto-racing series, unveiled its new logo yesterday, and everyone hates it. But, as they say, one man's logo debacle is another man's design lessons (or something), so let's take a look at what went wrong and what promotional products distributors and marketing consultants can learn from it...

We have been without baseball for 26 days, and while fans of the Houston Astros are still celebrating their heroes’ seven-game World Series triumph over the Los Angeles Dodgers,…

I can definitely understand and appreciate the benefits of being a bandwagon fan, as though I cheer most fervently for the Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox, I fully supported the Houston Astros (once they had defeated the Beantown bunch, that is) on their way to the World Series crown. Though they have enjoyed some…