Mark Starr

There were a lot of smirks adorning the faces of Bostonians yesterday morning, presumably a collective judgment on the revelation that retired Red Sox pitching ace Curt Schilling is contemplating a run for the late Teddy Kennedy's Senate seat.

How one parent guided his daughter's college search.

Michael Goldsmith advocated for MLB to play a bigger role in fighting ALS. Baseball listened.

'Monday Night Football' has added a brash voice to its broadcast team. But how can it be right to hire a temp?

The anti-doping crusaders may not yet be winning the war in sports. But at least now a lot more athletes have reason to worry.

A new biography presents a devastatingly unflattering portrait of the Yankees superstar.

If you want to know which teams will reverse fortunes this year, check out the schedule, not this weekend's draft.

Before World War II, democratic America battled fascist Germany on the track, in the ring—and on center court at Wimbledon

What a long, strange trip it's been since Opening Day 2008. Why should this year be any different?

For so many years American ladies ruled the skating world. Where did our ice queens go?

A new DVD on the NCAA men's tourney misses the mark. But with such a treasure-trove, you can miss and—unlike in basketball—still score.

As the World Baseball Classic continues to surprise, A-Rod opts for the quick fix.

Barry Bonds's perjury trial starts Monday. I don't know what the verdict will be, but I do know what the truth is. So do you.

Other Yankees have faced this moment. But Alex Rodriguez doesn't appear to have learned from them.

The career of baseball's preeminent star is irrevocably tarnished. But he doesn't deserve to be singled out of baseball's lineup of cheaters.

At 23, the Olympic star is too old to be talking about 'youthful' indiscretions. But too many athletes are simply forever young.

The former Yankees manager talks about his old team, A-Rod and why he stands behind everything in his new book.

Three of the top four seeds bite the dust. How to survive? De-fense!

Our roundup concludes with the top stories of the sporting year.

My favorite venue at the Summer Olympics in Beijing was the Water Cube, especially at night, when its lights bathed the pathways in soft but colorful purple hues.

Here's a little fodder for your holiday gatherings: Might not this have been the greatest year in sports history?

Tampa Bay is the number one story of what has been a standout year. With the Cubs atop the N.L., could the best be yet to come?

America couldn't win the Cup with Tiger. Can it possibly win without him? Maybe.

In which I reveal my deepest, darkest fear: what if the Super Bowl loss was, in fact, the beginning of the end?

He was a dead man walking, soon to be fired. Instead, New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin led his team to a stunning Super Bowl win over the New England Patriots, a story he recounts in his new book, "A Team to Believe In." Ever a good sport, NEWSWEEK's Mark Starr, a lifelong Pats fan, spoke with Coughlin as the new NFL season kicks off this week.

I confess I have, at times, been quite amused by the former Red Sox outfielder's antics. But ultimately we are talking about a character flaw that should weigh on any assessment of Ramirez's career.

The games are still more than a week away and would-be Olympians—from the United States to Bulgaria to China—have already tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.

The Olympic Motto is a goal for athletes in these competitions: boxing, softball, soccer,

THOSE who view the Olympics through a red-white-and-blue prism tend to regard track's distance events as bathroom breaks. Too bad, because that means they've missed some classic duels, usually between African runners.

No Olympic sport has had more star reputations ruined by doping than track and field. Sure, cycling, swimming and weightlifting have all taken big lumps. But so many heroic runners have turned into goats—Ben Johnson, Tim Montgomery, Justin Gatlin, Marion Jones—that we don't feel the same excitement about the new kids on the blocks.Long before doping tainted the sport, though, Olympic immortals like Jesse Owens and Wilma Rudolph wove the sprints into the American sporting fabric, and the...