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Jorge Posada: It's not your decision.
MLB Jorge Posada is batting .165. He’s a DH. Of the 13 DHs in the American League with enough plate appearances to qualify, he’s 13th in average and on-base, 10th in slugging and 12th in OPS. Has h...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Joe Girardi, Jorge Posada, Ken Griffey, Yankees

Diamond Update
MLB AL Player of the Week Ben Zobrist, Rays Zobrist made hsitory with his big day in Minnesota with 10 RBIs in a day-night DH. But he was raking the rest of the week as well. He hit .480 with a 1.5...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Diamond Update
MLB Around the Horn Tulowitzki: Total Package By the time Troy Tulowitzki earns $20 million for a season in 2015, there will be at least 13 other players who have reached that milestone before him....
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Fantasy Spin Cycle
MLB By Bruce Herman April 15, 2011 Close-Up on Closers Tony LaRussa says if chooses to go another way from Ryan Franklin, who’s blown three saves in four appearances, the way he’ll go i...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Head First Matters
MLB I’m not sure Texas Rangers third base coach Dave Anderson has yet been pulled out from under the team bus that left Comerica Park last night. The Josh Hamilton bus, that is. Hamilton threw his th...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Diamond Update
MLB Around the Horn Catalyst in the Middle With an injury to second baseman Chase Utley keeping the All-Star out of the lineup for Philadelphia, the Philles have had to improvise a little. Manager ...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Diamond Update: MLB News and Notes
MLB Around the Horn Like Father, Like Son On Saturday, rookie Kyle Drabek picked up his first major league win with a sterling 1-hit performance over seven innings to defeat the Minnesota Twins. ...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Butler-UConn Championship Preview
College Basketball Houston — We’re told this is one of the more improbable National Championship games in the history of the sport. We have two teams that lost a combined 18 games in the regular season — the mo...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: College Basketball

Athlon's 2011 MLB Predictions
MLB - by Charlie Miller (@AthlonCharlie) Athlon Sports offers up its official predictions for the 2011 Major League Baseball season. National League East 1. Philadelphia Phillies 2. Atlanta...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Top 50 Athlon Sports Baseball Covers Since 2000
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2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Penny Wise, Dollar Foolish
MLB Penny Wise Contracts that make sense from the team’s perspective. Examples of owners spending cash wisely. Jose Contreras, RP, Philadelphia Contract: 2 years, $5,000,000 The White Sox a...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

What Kind of Man is Albert Pujols?
MLB The best player in baseball, Albert Pujols, is at odds with his employer, the St. Louis Cardinals, over the next seven to 10 years of his life. Or at least he seems to be. While no one in the media...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Sports Lite
News Hey, everybody. What a Super Bowl, huh? Assuming Charlie Sheen passed out in the guacamole, he missed one heck of a show. … Talk about sitting on top of the world. My Packers just won the NFL...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: News

Piling on Jay Cutler is Unnecessary Roughness
NFL I am a Vanderbilt alum. I say that so if that knowledge somehow affects your opinion of my credibility on the Jay Cutler issue, you can stop reading now. If you believe that just because I share his a...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: NFL

Updated: 2011 Free Agency
MLB Updated: Monday Feb. 7, 2:23 P.M. DH Vladimir Guerrero and the Baltimore Orioles reached a deal this week. Should Guerrero perform close to the way he did last season, he'll be a nice trading...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Athlon Interview with Steve Kerr
NBA Before teaming with Marv Albert on Turner Sports’ coverage of the NBA, Steve Kerr had enjoyed success on the court, first as a member of a Final Four at the University of Arizona and later as a ...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: NBA

Sports Lite
News Hey everybody. Brilliant game-day strategy by Bill Belichick. Who knew he was going to look past the Jets so he could focus all his attention on the Patriots’ 2011 season opener? …When as...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: News

Sports Lite
News Nice to be back with you, sports fans. The Chiefs lost their playoff opener to the Ravens, their NFL-record seventh straight playoff loss since the early ’90s. Things got so bad that fans began ...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: News

Athlon Interview with outgoing WNBA president Donna Orender
News Athlon Interview with outgoing WNBA president Donna Orender Donna Orender succeeded Val Ackerman as WNBA president in 2005. Only the second president in the 15-year history of the league, Orender s...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: News

Athlon Interview with Rich McKay
NFL As the son of John McKay, the legendary football coach at USC and the first head coach of the expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Rich McKay grew up around the game. He was a high school quarterback in Ca...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: NFL

Sports Lite
News Happy New Year everybody. Great news. Tiger Woods says he’s going to turn over a new fig leaf this year. …Nice effort by the Big Ten on New Year’s Day. In the aftermath of the disas...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: News

More Than a Few Fixes Needed in Bowls
College Football A salute, 15 men on the field while the offense is trying to kill the clock and an undefeated team that won the Rose Bowl has no shot at the national title. While that doesn’t come close to summ...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: College Football

Vick "should be executed"? Really? No way.
NFL Might want to rethink this one, bub. I'm guessing there's about 78% of the U.S. prison population deserves toi be executed before Vick. I love dogs. We have two and treat them like part of the...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: NFL

Pressure on Phillies' Offense, not Pitching
MLB There’s been much celebration over the recent coup by Philadelphia general manager Ruben Amaro. Certainly, signing the top free agent pitcher this winter after trading for two of the top starter...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Interview with Peter Gammons
MLB Peter Gammons has been covering sports since 1969, when he began a distinguished career in journalism at the Boston Globe. Last season was the 38th consecutive World Series that he has worked. Gammons...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

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