Phil Mushnick
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Sounding off on latest ridiculousness plaguing sports
A 24-year-old, smallish — by modern standards — lefty with no discernible flash, Josh Gasser was what today is easily missed or dismissed.
MLB managers keep nonsensically botching late-game decisions
Why is it that the most astute fans so often know before the GMs, managers, coaches and assigned media experts?
TNT announcer glorifies ex-Knick's selfish and reckless play
There’s must be a good reason why aerosol cans of Stink don’t sell. Yet Stink predominates game broadcasts.
CBS shaking up NFL pregame show still won't make it worth your time
Not to be cruel or cold, but what difference does it make?
John Smoltz's constant blathering ruins MLB broadcasts
Why do Fox sports execs dare diminishing numbers of viewers to suffer three hours of John Smoltz as the nation’s lead MLB analyst?
Roger Goodell has some explaining to do after divisive NFL draft decision
In 2024, I very much want to do what’s right by society and humanity. If only I had a copy of the plan, the instructions manual.
YES production crew got it right with timely Yankees throwback
We hold some truths to remain self-evident. Just as stats don’t make games, games make stats; good games don’t make good TV, good TV makes good TV.
Fundamentals becoming relics of the past in MLB — and it may only get worse
Not a day passes without reading the woeful tales of MLB games from devotees throughout the continent and beyond of games risked or lost to the inability or unwillingness to...
The NBA got exactly what it asked for in Jontay Porter gambling scandal
That didn't take long, did it? So now what? Anyone have a copy of the plan?
How Tigers Woods' TV coverage is ruining the Masters
Now? If you don’t buy into TV’s Tiger Woods myopia, you can check your cell phones to see how the other guys are doing.
Kelce brothers' Cincinnati fundraiser more evidence of college sports' NIL ruination
The money will probably be used to entice high school athletes and preexisting college athletes from other schools to play for UC, even if just a few months before seeking...
Hypocritical Roger Goodell went from fierce adversary of sports betting to partner
Now so much of the NFL’s revenue is predicated on gambling — on NFL fans and TV viewers losing their money as the only business mission.
We didn't need Washington Post to tell us Kim Mulkey is bad for college sports
In a world gone nuts, a laugh, now and then, can temporarily deliver us from evil.
Greedy NFL commissioner can't pass up any chance for a few extra dollars
Why devote a column to Roger Goodell at the start of the baseball season and the close of the NCAA Tournament? Because I can’t stow it. He’s infuriating.
Shohei Ohtani mess by-product of MLB embracing betting
They wanted to sow the wind. Now, they can reap the whirlwind.
Dumbing down Opening Day yet another facet of Rob Manfred's MLB lunacy
One wonders if Rob Manfred knows of Opening Day tradition — or just allowed it, as did Bud “Bottom Line” Selig before, to be destroyed for TV money.
High school hoops controversy yet another time adults have failed kids
That special place in hell will be too crowded to remain special.
What makes viewers' March Madness experience painful
The NCAA Tournament now annually comes attached to endless commercials for Capital One credit cards, The Post's Phil Mushnick writes.
Suspicious betting patterns emerging in sports wagering now
Don’t know who Bob Dylan has for his Final Four, but he must’ve had gambling in mind when sang, “It’s a hard rain that’s a-gonna fall.”
Thumbs-down opinion against gambling remains untouched
The most often asked question/accusation I’ve faced is whether, given the content of The Post’s sports section, I’m a hypocrite for taking such a thumbs-down position on sports gambling, before...