Reading Time: 4 minutes Fans are staying away from stadiums in great part because the games take too long to play. The new XFL is trying a number of modifications to cut the length of games
Author: Bruce Dowbiggin
Bruce Dowbiggin's career includes successful stints in television, radio and print. He is a two-time winner of the Gemini Award as Canada's top television sports broadcaster
NFL coaches need to embrace data and probability
Reading Time: 4 minutes If coaching has a capital offence, its ignoring the obvious probabilities that a good analysis could provide
The future of pro sports? Just look at the NBA
Reading Time: 3 minutes But the NHL, the league that never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity, will sit back and let others get the gravy
The truth behind Mike Babcock’s firing
Reading Time: 4 minutes Petulant, indifferent young stars are in charge, thanks to their huge contracts. Coaches pay the price
How can you replay a World Series?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Deciding what to do about rampant rumours of Houston Astros cheating isn’t simple. But one of baseball’s best teams needs to be punished
How to fill the void left by Don Cherry
Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s time for Hockey Night in Canada to do something radical and relevant to expand its viewership
Don Cherry is long past his due date
Reading Time: 4 minutes As Sportsnet trims costs and their cantankerous commentator missteps, the outcome seems likely
Finally, NCAA must compensate its athletes
Reading Time: 4 minutes And it will have ramifications for Canadian student athletes and the hockey leagues that compete with U.S. colleges for talent
Progress? Sport? The two shall never meet
Reading Time: 4 minutes From disputed strike zones to goal-line uncertainty to bloody high-sticks, major-league officiating can’t seem to embrace high-tech
Has hockey lost its one-for-all gene when it comes to contracts?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Welcome to the future of big-league sports, which will depend on a merger of sports and the star-making machine of the culture industry