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Over the past few days Kyle Williams, the 49ers kick returner who had the two key turnovers against the Giants, has been receiving tons and tons and tons of hate.
Hate on the radio.
Hate on TV.
Hate on blogs.
Hate on Twitter.
To these people, the haters, I offer this message of love and peace: Get a [...]

In Jeff’s Own Words…

So, as many of you know, my latest book, “Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton,” comes out tomorrow. I have never worked harder on a project … have never devoted more time, more energy, more passion, more heart to a project. Never ever. I always feel funny asking people to buy a book, but if you feel inclined, this is the link to the Amazon page:

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Running for the presidency and being the president are awfully different things.
When one runs for president, he is a superhero, galloping from town to town atop a white horse, promising hope and fortune and something called The American Dream. He can say whatever he pleases; guarantee whatever he wishes to guarantee; talk [...]

A couple of weeks ago I returned to a major league clubhouse for the first time in, oh, a year. It was nice being back, the comfortable rhythms of a life I once knew very well. Players dodge the press. The press congregates. A star goes to his locker. The press follows. Ah, like home.

Yet whenever I long for a true comeback to covering baseball, [...]

If there is a Baseball God, Cliff Lee returns to Texas and the Yankees sit and watch Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford and the best pitcher on the market go elsewhere.

I don’t know Lee, but I hope he’s enough of a smalltown guy to ignore the seventh year of the Yankee contract and stick with the [...]

Just wanted to remind people of the second-annual Casey Pearlman Holiday Toy Drive. All donated gifts go directly to the Blytheadale Children’s Hospital, an amazing place that gives everything directly to children in need. Contact me (anngold22@gmail.com) if you’d like to donate a toy. I’ll be happy to send you a signed copy of The [...]

Ever since I started writing for Sports Illustrated back in 1996, I’ve had a personal love-hate relationship with its Sportsman of the Year. Sometimes, the choices have been unarguable—the women’s soccer team, Tiger Woods, Buddy Biancalana. Other times, however, I’ve wanted to rip my hair out. Brett Favre? Dwayne Wade? That Roger Federer never won the damn thing—and now it’s too late—is a shame. I mean, who was better?

What started out as a simple idea by Meg (bbyao06) as a way to get the SJ name out there has bulldozed into a full blown creative project that we are all really proud of. Not only is it Meg’s brainchild, but she also is responsible for the editing, artwork, and the publication.

This first edition is our pioneer effort. Subsequent editions of this unique online sports publication will be published monthly…and of course, provided for free.

What has gone unsaid throughout the entire Hanley Ramirez saga is the ever-thickening layer of distrust between American major leaguers and Hispanic major leaguers. It’s not thick, like a sheet of paper. It’s thick, like a brick wall.
There are obviously many exceptions here. But an enormous number of American major league players believe their Hispanic [...]

The Saints won! The Saints won! A victory for the city of New Orleans! A victory for Drew Brees and Jonathan Vilma! A victory for … for … us! The media! Who dat, bitch? Who dat?
Although Super Bowls are traditionally a time for the wonderful world of mindless sports coverage, this year will be better [...]