Larry Weisman’s Sports Blog

PATRIOTS FIGHT BACK An organization with a history of sketchy adherence to rules will now take on the organization that makes those rules and also has a thin connection with ethical behavior. The New...

NFL’S BIG NON-EVENT So hungry is the public for NFL news that it gladly settles for a close second – non-news. And so, at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, the NFL will announce a big...

BASEBALL The New York Mets continued their stellar play through the weekend, sweeping the Miami Marlins in a four-game set at Citi Field and running their winning streak to eight games. The Mets scored...

NCAA Tournament Selection Selection Sunday sets the field for the NCAA’s men’s basketball tournament that begins Wednesday night. Office pools and brackets will take over copy machines, suck bandwidth as workers watch games on...

TEXAS DEHORNED Close games and buzzer-beaters make for great fun during college basketball. Sometimes, though, that clutch shot at the end can be life-changing. There’s no telling what will happen to Monte Morris in...

BIG 12 BLUES College basketball’s conference tournaments set the table for the big NCAA dance that follows. They give some fringe teams another shot or two at impressing the selection committee and they give...