https://www.sports-central.org/ en-us Copyright 2026 Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:52:18 -0500 Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:35:49 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=6.8.8 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Does Miami belong in the NCAA tournament this year? Yes, absolutely. At the same time, it's complicated. SC's Kevin Beane explains in the Slant Pattern.]]> https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/03/11/the_current_sad_reality_of_the_big_dance.php https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/03/11/the_current_sad_reality_of_the_big_dance.php Slant Pattern Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:52:18 -0500 SC's Jeff Kallman has a little fun with this past weekend's spring training and World Baseball Classic happenings.]]> https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/03/09/so_that_was_the_weekend.php https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/03/09/so_that_was_the_weekend.php MLB Mon, 09 Mar 2026 11:50:59 -0500 On Saturday, the NFL's future wide receivers strutted their proverbial stuff at the combine in Indianapolis. Below are their 40-yard dash times, plus their height and weight, and what college they attended.]]> https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/03/03/nfls_10_most_wanted_wide_receivers.php https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/03/03/nfls_10_most_wanted_wide_receivers.php NFL Tue, 03 Mar 2026 11:03:17 -0500 SC's Jeff Kallman says William Wordsworth himself might empathize with the Pittsburgh Pirates' shining young shortstop.]]> https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/03/02/konnor_griffins_lines_of_early_spring.php https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/03/02/konnor_griffins_lines_of_early_spring.php MLB Mon, 02 Mar 2026 11:58:24 -0500 Learn all about ski mountaineering, which made its Olympic debut last week, from SC's Kevin Beane (who says it's like obstacle-course skiing) in the Slant Pattern!]]> https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/02/26/get_to_know_skimo.php https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/02/26/get_to_know_skimo.php Slant Pattern Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:57:02 -0500 With Russia banned from the Winter Olympics for trying to take back their own land, smug Americans thought their country would clean up. But Norway said otherwise. SC's Anthony Brancato reports.]]> https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/02/24/norway_wins_winter_olympics.php https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/02/24/norway_wins_winter_olympics.php Other Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:46:33 -0500 SC's Jeff Kallman remembers the second base virtuoso who didn't get to Cooperstown because of one home run.]]> https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/02/23/bill_mazeroski_rip_fair_play.php https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/02/23/bill_mazeroski_rip_fair_play.php MLB Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:06:05 -0500 Bracket projections will be all over ESPN and other college basketball broadcasts from now until Selection Sunday. SC's Ross Lancaster explains why the "science" of bracketology means less to the college hoops season than ever before.]]> https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/02/19/the_increasing_irrelevance_of_bracketology.php https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/02/19/the_increasing_irrelevance_of_bracketology.php College Basketball Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:13:38 -0500 The Olympics, a crashing bore since the Cold War ended, is even more boring this year, thanks to the decision to exclude Russia. Hopefully by the 2028 games, this childish impasse will have ended.]]> https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/02/17/russia_banned_from_olympics.php https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/02/17/russia_banned_from_olympics.php Other Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:45:02 -0500 The 2026 Baseball Forecaster, that is, reviewed here by SC's Jeff Kallman.]]> https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/02/16/the_forecast_is_in.php https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/02/16/the_forecast_is_in.php MLB Mon, 16 Feb 2026 11:59:33 -0500 With the Seahawks now crowned as Super Bowl champions, it won't take long for the 2026 NFL season to start taking shape. And that's just fine by SC's Anthony Brancato.]]> https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/02/12/brief_hot_stove_league_in_nfl.php https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/02/12/brief_hot_stove_league_in_nfl.php NFL Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:30:00 -0500 Already, we are ready for some college football around here, and SC's Kevin Beane has his earliest Week 1 preview yet! There's not a ton of salivating matchups, to be honest, but there are some intriguing ones. Read all about it in the Slant Pattern!]]> https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/02/11/the_worlds_earliest_week_1_college_football_preview.php https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/02/11/the_worlds_earliest_week_1_college_football_preview.php Slant Pattern Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:35:56 -0500 As a historian, it's frustrating not to have a record of winners from the NBA's first two decades. So here, SC's Brad Oremland covers his best guess for who would have won NBA Finals MVP from 1950-68. These are predictions, not preferences.]]> https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/02/10/nba_finals_mvps_before_1969.php https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/02/10/nba_finals_mvps_before_1969.php NBA Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:59:00 -0500 That's how many games Clase is accused of pitch-rigging. SC's Jeff Kallman wonders how much lower it can really go.]]> https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/02/09/emmanuel_clase_and_the_lower_48.php https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/02/09/emmanuel_clase_and_the_lower_48.php MLB Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:00:28 -0500 The Patriots and Seahawks clash at Levi's Stadium in Super Bowl LX. New England's Drake Maye looks to tough out a shoulder injury, while Seattle's Sam Darnold hopes to erase the pain of past failures. SC's Jeffrey Boswell has the scoop on the game and controversial halftime show.]]> https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/02/04/nfl_weekly_predictions_super_bowl_lx.php https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2026/02/04/nfl_weekly_predictions_super_bowl_lx.php NFL Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:16:07 -0500