No need for NBA power rankings this week. Two teams enter the NBA Finals, one team leaves as a champion. If you don’t want to count logos above, it’s Heat 23, Spurs 10. Of course, if you take away ESPN’s 18 (18?!) NBA experts, that leaves the scoreboard at a much closer 9-6 margin for …
Did you know it’s “prime rivalries” week in Major League Baseball? It’s the first week of interleague games billed that way, designed to add a little hype to the traditional rivalries now that interleague games are played every day. So far, it’s been welcomed with a thud, since the teams in the biggest markets aren’t …
Welcome to our first MLB power rankings of 2013. If Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer, and baseball players are the boys of summer, then we’re right on time. Don’t forget that power rankings are a snapshot in time during a long season. If you want the standings, check your local newspaper’s scoreboard …
Welcome to the “Are you insane?!” NBA power rankings. Ask me again in a week. Wait… it’s the NBA, make that two weeks. 1. Pacers: There are worse things than uttering “What if…” after losing Game 1 in OT to the defending champs. If you’re doing it after Game 7, that’s different. Meanwhile… 2. Heat: …
The Cardinals have a great combination working for them, a fertile minor-league pipeline, all-world catcher Yadier Molina and a grand tradition that is passed down from generation to generation. Veterans such as Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright nurture this tradition and personally ensure that it continues. Scott Miller, CBS Sports