It’s time for an end-of-the-year exam based on 2015 sports stories. Please put away all cell phones, study materials, and Tom Coughlin autobiographies. 1. Which teams were decimated by injuries during the 2015 NFL season? a) All of them 2. Which of the following is an appropriate response to Serena Williams winning Sportsperson of
Sports Illustrated announced its Sportsperson of the Year on Monday, and it selected Angela Merkel. Wait, wrong pointless year-end honor! The editorial team actually selected tennis great Serena Williams. Very fitting, as she destroyed all sorts of competition on her way to winning three of the year’s four major titles. My money was on JaVale
As a small blog–I mean, an emerging blog–we have to be creative when it comes to accessing famous athletes. Our many overtures to sport’s legendary figures have mostly fallen on deaf ears. Clayton Kershaw “was busy.” Wayne Gretzky “isn’t accepting interview requests.” Scottie Pippen would prefer if we “left his property and never came back.” Babe Ruth
