I've written enough columns railing against instant replay through the years that I'd lost count.
My computer, though, had no trouble searching an archive and coming up with a number - 16 - in about the same time it takes to read this sentence. That is still the only argument for instant replay that ever made sense: Technology made it easier to be precise, and is making it easier by the minute. FULL STORY...
Seth Wenig/The Associated Press
A technician demonstrates some of the new instant replay capabilities at the network operations center at MLB.com in New York, Wednesday. Umpires will be allowed to check video on home run calls starting Thursday, after Major League Baseball, guardian of America's most traditional sport, reversed its decades-long opposition to instant replay.
SANTA CLARA - Frank Gore darts around the practice field these days like a man not burdened by the past. That's what a new offensive scheme is doing for the San Francisco 49ers' Pro Bowl running back.
Gore says he is loving every minute he spends in offensive coordinator Mike Martz's attack. After suffering as part of the NFL's worst offense during a very discouraging 2007 season, Gore has a whole new outlook this summer whenever the ball gets in his hands.
"It's fun, man," a smiling Gore said Tuesday. "Going through last year, it would take the whole (first) half for us to get across the 50-yard line. And now we're just moving the ball anytime we want." FULL STORY...
Biffle the unheralded driver lurking in top 10
8/28/2008
By The Associated Press - Hank Kurz, Jr.
BRISTOL, Tenn. - Most drivers near the top of the Sprint Cup points standings get more attention than Greg Biffle these days.
Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards are having magical seasons, and Jeff Gordon and Matt Kenseth are more in danger of missing NASCAR's soon-to-start 10-race playoffs. FULL STORY...
Baseball starts instant replay on Thursday
8/27/2008
By The Associated Press - Ronald Blum
NEW YORK - Major League Baseball reversed its long-standing opposition to instant replay and will allow umpires to check video on home run calls in series that start Thursday.
The start date comes nearly 10 months after general managers voted 25-5 to use the technology, and following MLB agreements with the unions for umpires and for players. FULL STORY...
