In 35-plus years of print journalism, I have worked for perhaps a dozen editors and experienced both ends (and the middle) of the good/competent/awful spectrum. Wayne Sargent, however, was easily the most colorful of those dozen. But also one of the best. I am reminded of Wayne because he died last week at the age […]

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This team has to be better than this, doesn’t it? I can envision Los Angeles Lakers fans saying that, back in SoCal. This 0-3 thing on a team with Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard, Steve Nash and Pau Gasol … it can’t be what they really are about. Can it? I was so impressed by Mitch […]

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This is one of those “I wish I had thought of that!” situations. Well, aside from the fact that I am not a cartoonist, and all. Clark Kent quits the Daily Planet is the headline on the Jim Romenesko site, and includes the outline of an actual edition of the DC Comic.

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The Euros winning the Ryder Cup was very big over here. “Massive!”, as the Brits like to say. Seems as if half the sports department (the British half) stayed up into the wee hours of Sunday night/Monday morning to watch the big comeback by Europe against the U.S.  “I couldn’t turn it off!” one said. […]

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Have I written this before? Probably. But I am thinking of it now and will restate it. I love losing streaks. In life. But especially in sports. It gives us something to talk about. Something to focus on. A running subplot. Sometimes the plot. We lost some great losing streaks in the past decade. Four […]

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I believe we did a good bit of sports journalism earlier this week when we reported on the practice of UAE soccer clubs paying fans to attend their games. It seems fantastical, at first blush, but if a person has a sense of how things work here, and traditions and history, it is less bizarre. […]

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Insults are a serious matter, here in the UAE. Walter Zenga can vouch for that. His wallet is 2,000 dirhams lighter because he indulged himself in a fit of pique aimed at a local reporter. The UAE is one of the handful of places in the world where a major sports figure can insult a […]

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I love the idea of journalism start-ups. It means another batch of exciting jobs, perhaps good jobs, and exposure for writers both well-known and on the rise. One of those launched today: SportsonEarth.com And a former colleague here in Abu Dhabi, Chuck Culpepper, is one of the main writers for the venture. A first-day verdict?

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As a displaced fan of most Los Angeles sports teams, I will take some time out from the latest travelogue to give credit where it is due: To the veteran management team of the Lakers. And to the new management team of the Dodgers. Both franchises have been proactive, and imaginative, and as fans of […]

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You hear this, now and then. And I did the other day on BBC. Or maybe it was Al Jazeera, here in the Gulf. That Usain Bolt, sprinter from Jamaica, “saved” track and field. Perhaps kept it from going extinct? Is that what “saved” means? Which is silly, of course. Track and field now is […]

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