Breaking Balls: Blockbusters that blockbusted
May is not just the month of basketball, hockey and baseball. It’s also the time of year Hollywood starts rolling out mega-spectacular multi-million dollar blockbuster movies. These films are designed as entertainment thrill rides for moviegoers of all ages with the single purpose of making the studios very rich – or very richer. Sure, they want More...
Breaking Balls: Hot starts lead to broken hearts
Surprise fast-starts always wind up breaking some fans’ hearts. Hey, do you guys even remember me? My name is Jed Rigney and I’m the founder and president of the “Breaking Balls” column here More...
The Hot Corner: Curtis Granderson, Oscar Pistorius, The Oscars
Contributors: Jon Sender, Stephen Arenholtz, Zach Pennington, Atman Thakrar, Eliza Bayne The hottest topics for the week of February 24, 2013 … The Evil Empire gives Curtis Granderson a Vader Arm. Spring More...
Breaking Balls: Making fantasy baseball even more fantastic
In this modern world with all of the advances we have made as a society, one area that continues to fall quite short of civility is the acceptance of differences among people. While certainly some strides have More...
Breaking up ain’t hard to do: Justin Upton gets dumped
Justin Upton’s bizarre love triangle. There’s a certain egotistical motif in the world of editorial writing these days where the author takes some current event in the world of politics, sports or entertainment More...
Breaking Balls: All aTwitter about Brandon McCarthy
Brandon McCarthy takes some time to send a tweet to Jed, among others. (Michael Zagaris/Getty Images) Brandon McCarthy is a professional baseball player. Brandon McCarthy has never won a Cy Young Award. More...
Breaking Balls: My New Year’s Resolutions
Shameless plug alert! Happy New Year to all of you who read my column – the casual readers, those lured here by Google searches and even the creepy ex-girlfriends who are just checking in to see how I’m More...
Breaking Balls: Last-minute gift ideas for baseball fans
Last-minute gift ideas for the baseball fan could go over like a lead fruitcake if you’re not careful. The holidays are the time of year when we all get together and share in our collective joy and More...
Breaking Balls: The last head-scratching days of Dayton Moore
Dayton Moore’s Greatest Hits: Giving up top prospect Wil Meyers for James Shields and Wade Davis. (David Eulitt/ Kansas City Star) I feel bad for Kansas City sports fans. By all accounts, they are More...
Breaking Balls: Will your team’s free-agent Match bring eHarmony?
Hi, I’m Josh Hamilton. I like crushing baseballs, extended slumps and apologizing. Sign me, you won’t regret it. Swear. (Jason Wise/Sports Illustrated) I know I haven’t been around much recently, More...
