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• The Real Reason the XFL Folded 
  Gregg Easterbrook Dec. 31, 2001
  
• The Sports Pages: The Bucs Start Here A weekly look at the sports commentariat.
  Bryan Curtis Dec. 26, 2001
  
• TMQ Sponsors the Fiasco Bowl 
  Gregg Easterbrook Dec. 25, 2001
  
• TMQ Sponsors the Fiasco Bowl 
  Gregg Easterbrook Dec. 24, 2001
  
• Atsah Defeat Sange, 20-6, as McNabb Stars 
  Gregg Easterbrook Dec. 18, 2001
  
• The Sports Pages: Mr. O'Leary's Fire A weekly look at the sports commentariat.
  Bryan Curtis Dec. 17, 2001
  
• Boycott the Olympics Why the United States should skip the Salt Lake City games.
  David Plotz Dec. 14, 2001
  
• The Tipping Point How Jason Kidd resurrected the Nets.
  Hugo Lindgren Dec. 11, 2001
  
• Act Them Out! 
  Gregg Easterbrook Dec. 11, 2001
  
• The Sports Pages: Seeing Red A weekly look at the sports commentariat.
  Bryan Curtis Dec. 10, 2001
  
• Coach Can't Fix Sick Knicks Jeff Van Gundy had a talent for coaching. He just didn't have any talent.
  Hugo Lindgren Dec. 10, 2001
  
• Bledsoe vs. Brady Let New England's veteran quarterback finish his career in style. Somewhere else.
  Jonathan Cohn Dec. 6, 2001
  
• Tar Heel Meltdown Who killed North Carolina? The team's star forward.
  Jason Zengerle Dec. 5, 2001
  
• They Were Pumped! 
  Gregg Easterbrook Dec. 4, 2001
  
• The Sports Pages: Cleats of Clay A weekly look at the sports commentariat.
  June Thomas Dec. 3, 2001
  
• Canadians, Naked Jewish Mega-Babes in Sinister Conspiracy! 
  Gregg Easterbrook Nov. 27, 2001
  
• The Sports Pages: Everybody Beats the Wizards A weekly look at the sports commentariat.
  Bryan Curtis Nov. 26, 2001
  
• Why Cheerleaders Would Make Better Lingerie Models 
  Gregg Easterbrook Nov. 20, 2001
  
• The Sports Pages: Just Win, Barely 
  Bryan Curtis Nov. 19, 2001
  
• 82 Ways To Beat the Lakers 
  Hugo Lindgren Nov. 14, 2001
  
• Oh Darling, Your Eyes Are Like Limpid Logos  
  Gregg Easterbrook Nov. 13, 2001
  
• The Sports Pages: The New USFL   
  Bryan Curtis Nov. 12, 2001
  
• Forget the Titans  
  Gregg Easterbrook Nov. 6, 2001
  
• Once More Into the Breach Against the Local Affiliates!   
  Gregg Easterbrook Oct. 29, 2001
  
• Two Baseball Writers Discuss the World Series 
  Rany Jazayerli Oct. 26, 2001
  
• The Wizard of Id Doug Collins, brilliant coach or emotional basket case?
  Bryan Curtis Oct. 25, 2001
  
• Cover the Receiver, Not Your Ass 
  Gregg Easterbrook Oct. 23, 2001
  
• New York Minute The Yankees got this far by playing small ball. Now it's time to hit.
  Hugo Lindgren Oct. 22, 2001
  
• Gorzon Speaks Again!  
  Gregg Easterbrook Oct. 16, 2001
  
• Slide of the Yankees New York dithers its way into Game 5.
  Hugo Lindgren Oct. 16, 2001
  
• Give the Devils Their Due How New Jersey can save the NHL.
  Ben McGrath Oct. 12, 2001
  
• Cracking Safeco How to sink the Mariners.
  Hugo Lindgren Oct. 10, 2001
  
• Sunset for the West Coast Offense 
  Gregg Easterbrook Oct. 9, 2001
  
• There Ain't No Such Thing as a Clutch Hitter But if there was, Barry Bonds would be a good one.
  Ben McGrath Oct. 5, 2001
  
• See You in December 
  Gregg Easterbrook Oct. 2, 2001
  
• New York, New York! 
  Gregg Easterbrook Sept. 25, 2001
  
• Six Flags Over the NFL 
  Gregg Easterbrook Sept. 13, 2001
  
• Mussolini's Team  
  Franklin Foer Sept. 11, 2001
  
• Where Have You Gone, Joe Paterno? The fall of coaching genius.
  Jonathan Chait Sept. 8, 2001
  
• John McEnroe's TV Racket Why does the press so adore Mac in the broadcast booth?
  Mike Steinberger Sept. 7, 2001
  
• Fail to the Redskins What's wrong with Washington's sports teams?
  David Plotz Sept. 6, 2001
  
• Newton and the Salary Cap 
  Gregg Easterbrook Sept. 4, 2001
  
• Slate's College Football Preview No players; just stereotypes.
  Jonathan Chait Sept. 1, 2001
  
• Japanese Zero The statistical case against Ichiro.
  Ben McGrath Aug. 30, 2001
  
• Punt, Pass, and Predict, 2001 
  Gregg Easterbrook Aug. 28, 2001
  
• Net Improvement? The strange evolution of women's tennis.
  June Thomas Aug. 28, 2001
  
• We Are (Always) the Champions  Why college football's dynasties never lose.
  Jonathan Chait Aug. 25, 2001
  
• The End of New York's Gilded Age Gotham's teams can't help spending themselves into oblivion.
  Hugo Lindgren Aug. 22, 2001
  
• Jimy Williams, Boston's Mixmaster 
  Jonathan Cohn Aug. 14, 2001
  
• Shinguards for Batters?! The case for unilateral disarmorment.
  Bryan Curtis Aug. 10, 2001
  
• Rock 'n' Roll Tennis Andy Roddick plays a racket just like he's ringing a bell.
  Joseph Nocera Aug. 9, 2001
  
• Deck the Hall 
  Bryan Curtis Aug. 4, 2001
  
• Piazza Delivery 
  Hugo Lindgren July 31, 2001
  
• The New and Improved Hall of Fame  Better Players! Higher Standards! 25 Percent Smaller! 
  Bryan Curtis July 27, 2001
  
• The Gold Standard 
  Seth Stevenson July 25, 2001
  
• M-I-D-D-L-E Spells Relief 
  Hugo Lindgren July 20, 2001
  
• Fire in the Hall There's only one way to save baseball's most cherished institution. Burn it.
  Bryan Curtis July 19, 2001
  
• Youth Is Served 
  June Thomas July 12, 2001
  
• Internet Manager 1.0 How to make baseball's All-Star Game more democratic.
  Dan Pink July 11, 2001
  
• The Saddest Sack Why third base is the worst position in baseball.
  Tom Scocca July 11, 2001
  
• Handicap and Gown What's wrong with betting on college sports?
  Hugo Lindgren June 29, 2001
  
• Stay Home Loyal fans are losers.
  Charles Sisk June 28, 2001
  
• Australian for Football 
  Dann Halem June 23, 2001
  
• Cal Ripken's Disease 
  Bryan Curtis June 20, 2001
  
• Na-Na-Na-Na, Hey, Hey, Hey, Goodbye Basketball's foul-out rule should be benched. 
  Dennis Hans June 15, 2001
  
• Sweep Right Why are all jock politicians Republicans?
  John Solomon June 13, 2001
  
• It's Not (Just) Cricket 
  Gideon Maltz June 8, 2001
  
• To Starve the Lakers, Feed Shaq 
  Hugo Lindgren June 6, 2001
  
• Suicide Squeeze Baseball needs a dose of reality TV.
  Michael Schaffer June 1, 2001
  
• Nice Guys Finish Second-to-Last 
  Mark Katz May 25, 2001
  
• Chinese Chuckers 
  Robert Weintraub May 19, 2001
  
• Drinking and Driving 
  Robert Mackey May 15, 2001
  
• Scott Boras, Motherhood, and Apple Pie 
  Bryan Curtis May 10, 2001
  
• Imported Squash 
  Seth Stevenson May 8, 2001
  
• Stop the Disco Demolition 
  Michael Schaffer May 4, 2001
  
• Why Shaq Shoots Sure Shots 
  Dennis Hans May 2, 2001
  
• Does April Winning Bring October Innings? 
  Jeremy Derfner May 1, 2001
  
• The Soles of Black Folk 
  Justin Driver April 27, 2001
  
• Don't Fence Them In 
  David Plotz April 25, 2001
  
• Allen Iverson vs. the World 
  Hugo Lindgren April 24, 2001
  
• Lies, Damned Lies, and Triple Crown Statistics 
  Seth Stevenson April 20, 2001
  
• Mocking the Mock Drafts 
  Gregg Easterbrook April 17, 2001
  
• Jews on First 
  Dann Halem April 13, 2001
  
• Mel Kiper's Rough Draft 
  Bryan Curtis April 12, 2001
  
• The Free-Agent Fan 
  Hugo Lindgren April 5, 2001
  
• Bush League 
  David Plotz April 4, 2001
  
• Ball Forecast Who's going to win the World Series?
  Jeremy Derfner April 3, 2001
  
• Where Have You Gone, Coach K? 
  Hugo Lindgren April 3, 2001
  
• Offense Wins Games, Feuding Wins Championships 
  Joshua Green March 27, 2001
  
• Joseph Forte's March Madness  
  Jason Zengerle March 24, 2001
  
• The Bad News Bronx Bombers 
  Hugo Lindgren March 21, 2001
  
• Bust Their Balls 
  P. Hann Livingston March 20, 2001
  
• The Odds of March What are your team's chances of winning the NCAA tournament?
  Chris Suellentrop March 15, 2001
  
• The Blue Devils Aren't Angels 
  Jason Zengerle March 6, 2001
  
• Salary Caps Are Half-Full, Not Half-Empty 
  Bryan Curtis March 2, 2001
  
• The Madness of XFL Crowds 
  Dann Halem March 2, 2001
  
• Olbermann Über Alles! 
  Bryan Curtis Feb. 27, 2001
  
• Tiger, Burning Dim 
  Brad Reagan Feb. 22, 2001
  
• I Killed Dale Earnhardt 
  Seth Stevenson Feb. 20, 2001
  
• Cricket: It's Wicket Awesome 
  Robert Lane Greene Feb. 15, 2001
  
• Gloooooooooo—balism! 
  Franklin Foer Feb. 13, 2001
  
• The Price Is Wrong 
  John Solomon Feb. 9, 2001
  
• Seven Reasons the XFL Will Succeed  
  Andrew Vontz Feb. 6, 2001
  
• The Football Gods Taunt Man, Media 
  Gregg Easterbrook Jan. 30, 2001
  
• To Hell With Parity, Bring Back the Dynasties  
  Noam Scheiber Jan. 25, 2001
  
• It's a Zone Blitz on a Double Reverse, and They've Got Athleticism! 
  Gregg Easterbrook Jan. 23, 2001
  
• The Player's the Thing 
  Hugo Lindgren Jan. 18, 2001
  
• The Men Are Separated From the XYs 
  Gregg Easterbrook Jan. 17, 2001
  
• Free-Agent Provocateurs 
  Jeremy Derfner Jan. 13, 2001
  
• The Vengeance of the Football Gods 
  Gregg Easterbrook Jan. 9, 2001
  
• Let the Machines Decide 
  Charles Sisk Jan. 3, 2001
  
• Forget the Super Bowl, What About the Draft? 
  Gregg Easterbrook Jan. 3, 2001