This year’s NBA rookie class is one of the best in recent memory, despite losing No. 1 overall pick Blake Griffin to a season-ending injury in the preseason. Memphis product Tyreke Evans and former mid-major superstar Stephen Curry are top of the class fighting for rookie of the year honors…

It’s just six days until the Pac-10 version of March Madness begins at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, also known as the conference tournament. Despite it being the last week of conference play before the tournament, lots of moving in the standings could vastly affect the conference tournament seeding…

Soccer gets a tough rap in America. Slotted behind hockey and ahead of women’s basketball, the world’s most popular sport can’t any love stateside. With the 2010 World Cup in South Africa just a few months away, it seems as though the sport is gaining steam…

It’s that time of year again. Pitchers and catchers begin reporting for spring training today and the position players will follow soon. It’s baseball season. The reporting of pitchers and catchers is the first real signal that Major League Baseball is upon us with spring on its way…

Every team has its stars and role players. However, it’s the in-between guys who make the difference. The “X-Factor” can encourage and energize a team to play at its best. For the 2009-10 WSU men’s basketball team, that X-Factor is DeAngelo Casto. The 6’8” sophomore forward from Spokane has been key to WSU’s success this season…

Seattle Mariners General Manager Jack Zduriencik has been busy this off-season. Earlier this winter, “Z-Man” brought in third baseman Chone Figgins, former Cy Young award winner Cliff Lee, controversial outfielder Milton Bradley and lefty first baseman Casey Kotchman…

The 2009-10 men’s basketball season for the schools in the Pac-10 conference hasn’t been a good one. With long-time conference power UCLA struggling at 9-10 on the season and pre-season conference favorites Cal and Washington underperforming, the quality of the conference is at a historic low…

Although it is still early in conference play for the WSU men’s basketball squad, there is a couple startling trends that need to be stopped for the Cougars to take advantage of a weak Pac-10. For the first time since the final poll of the 1986-87 season…

The college basketball season is firmly underway, college football bowl games have been announced and the NFL playoff picture is getting clearer each week. With all this going on something that may grab a few headlines as we head into winter break are the MLB’s Winter Meetings…

With six undefeated college football teams still remaining midway through November, unless there are some big upsets, the Bowl Championship Series is sure to get plenty of criticism again this winter. One undefeated team that could likely be tossed aside are the Boise State Broncos…

In the midst of the elections and voting this week, I have decided to get into the democratic spirit. The biggest “race” as far as awards go in the NFL is the MVP award. To me, there is one candidate that not many people are discussing that should be in contention – New Orleans Saints defensive back Darren Sharper…

“Winning isn’t everything – it’s the only thing,” is the the now famous quote attributed to NFL legend Vince Lombardi, whom the NFL’s Super Bowl trophy is named after. This quote sums up professional sports pretty well. While the occasional feel-good story comes along…

There are many reasons to love the NFL. From the big plays, the blood, the bone and the grit to the flashy jerseys and showmanship, it’s tough to dislike the league. But, as is true with most things, it’s not perfect. The way that rookie players are drafted is one of the most inefficient and problematic in the world of sports…

After 18 years, 275 consecutive starts, two retirements and two un-retirements, Minnesota Viking quarterback Brett Favre showed the world he has still got some fuel in the tank. The Green Bay Packer organization doubted that fact two years ago. When Favre got the chance to finally prove his old team and many fans wrong…