While Bull Riding has been outdrawing barrel racing and other equestrian events at rodeos, arming barrel racers with Colt 45s and making them take out 10 targets is growing in popularity as “Cowboy Mounted Shooting (CMSA, see footage here).” The
The Chicago White Sox entered the weekend 28 games below .500 (-28), and improved to -25 by being the only team to sweep a weekend series, as shown on the Alphabetical Scoreboard below. The big winners among contenders were the
The first day of Fox Sports 1 featured an Irishman traveling to Boston and dominating a fight for many viewers who had never seen him fight before. Conor McGregor may as well have been Tom Cruise in “Far and Away”
The Los Angeles Dodgers have the best four-man playoff rotation, but the Cincinnati Reds are the only team with three “Aces” in their rotations (pitchers in the top 30 at www.valueaddbaseball.com). However, the Reds’ dominant pitching at the No. 5
The top five pitchers on the new look www.valueaddbaseball.com database above will stay the same when the ratings are updated Saturday (see all 205 pitchers to make at least five starts below). Reader feedback urged us to move the Value
The poor Diamondbacks swept but gained no grounds as the two other teams that swept on the Alphabetical Scoreboard (See all teams’ week on table below) for Monday through Thursday are the Dodgers (they are chasing for the NL West)
Beginning Saturday morning, Fox Sports 1 can be found on channels such as AT&T U-verse 2/651 (2nd number is HD), Campus Cable 72, Comcast 3/242, Charter 38, Dish Network 150, Direct TV 219 and Time Warner Cable 512/1512. Viewers can
More than a year before the network acknowledged they were negotiating to hire Jason Whitlock as its latest liberal commentator, ESPN reported that the commentator that has compared the NRA to the KKK lost a debate to keep college football.
Fox Sports 1 launches Saturday in the midst of ESPN hiring liberal commentators, while blogs such as www.coldhardfootballfacts.com have to defend the very existence of college football. In response, Fox Sports 1 kicks off Saturday at 6 a.m. EDT with a
After being the launching location for a rally to make illegal immigrants citizens on Wednesday morning, Dodger Stadium was once again the stage for the best duo in baseball. The Dodgers spotted the Mets four runs, but when you have
The NCAA has spent $70,000 for lobbying the first half of this year focused on “gambling issues and issues related to wireless microphones,” according to Politico’s Byron Tau. The NCAA lobbies against gambling on college athletics to prevent cases such as
Supporters of citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants may hope to ride the popularity of the surging Los Angeles Dodgers when they gather outside Dodger Stadium Wednesday morning to kick off a caravan, but the executive offices at Dodger Stadium
It all seemed backward in Yankee Stadium Sunday as Alex Rodriguez hit his first home run of the year off former MVP Justin Verlander, who is ranked as just the 52nd best pitcher in the latest Value Add Ratings. Victor
The 3-day Alphabetical Scoreboard below shows, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays Sunday to become one of four teams to sweep their series this weekend (Nats over Phillies, Rangers over Astros and Rockies over Pirates the others).
Last year I was told, “You need a party bus to get people to the School Choice rally.” My response was, “Please tell me you are not talking about a bus with a pole in it.” Now people want dancers,
The Braves’ Jordan Walden’s pitch broke sharply under the glove of catcher Evan Gattis in the ninth inning, letting Adeiny Hechavarria race home to give the last place Marlins a 1-0 win to end the Braves 14-game winning streak. It
Thursday and Friday Detroit and Arizona picked up their identical 19th win in 23 starts for Max Scherzer and Patrick Corbin, respectively. Meanwhile the Los Angeles Dodgers have provided much less support while winning just 13 of 24 with Clayton
Criticism of statistical systems like Value Add Baseball fall into categories of those who; 1, benefit from subjective alternatives, 2, do not want their established statistical approach replaced, and 3, do not like measures of success or winning. Here is
When the Patriots play the Jets, there will be no doubt the best quarterback in the stadium. But Tim Tebow showed potential value with four carries for 31 yards (7.8 yards per carry) Friday against the Eagles while Mark Sanchez
The San Francisco 49ers are team most likely to win the Super Bowl, according to a computer simulation model. The Philadelphia Eagles may have lost their chance at a Super Bowl – which currently stands at 200-to-1 according to the
Breitbart Sports introduces the Baseball Value Add database to allow baseball fans to search the rankings of each pitcher or individual game. Justin Masterson has two of the six 9-inning, 1-0 shutout performances this season (0.9 Value Add-Raw), while the
We are living in the first decade during which married couples constitute less than half of all homes, so a fake marriage proposal and rejection staged by a minor league baseball team pales in comparison to a half century of
The author of a book on parenting elite athletes told Breitbart Sports Wednesday that Michael Beasley’s arrest may be the latest example of the lack of a father figure offsetting the potential of even the most gifted athlete. “If his
Like Alex Rodriguez, Johnny Manziel will be back on the field Monday despite a potential suspension. Rodriguez can play while appealing a reported year-plus suspension, while Manziel can play while the NCAA is investigating a report he was paid five
Two of the most dominant college quarterbacks are now trying to land non-pressure back-up roles behind superstars. Tim Tebow hopes to back-up (or even catch passes from) Tom Brady, and Sports Grid had fun with the announcement about Young with
Johnny Manziel is under investigation after leading Texas A&M in Alabama’s only loss last year, while Georgia did not even file their full injury report Monday, after coming within a few yards of beating Alabama in the SEC title game.
One of the fastest players in baseball almost single-handedly pushed the Indians past the Orioles and Rangers for what would be the final Wild Card spot if the playoffs started today. Michael Bourn acted like he was playing Little League,
The Brooklyn Nets loaded up for an Eastern Conference run, and Pat Riley countered by covering the Heats’ one weakness by bringing in a big center who could be the league’s best defensive rebounder and shot blocker when on the
From the day Alex Rodriguez signed his contract for one-quarter-of-a-BILLION dollars he has faced scrutiny. Despite being clearly the best player in baseball over several years of that contract, the Texas Rangers finally found a way to get rid of
Value Add Baseball registered a quick strikeout of the New Republic’s Marc Tracy, who writes that Value Add blames the pitcher for unearned runs even though the printed formula does exactly the opposite (Strike 1). Tracy also asserts Value Add cannot
The Dodgers tied their 89-year-old club record with their 12th straight road victory on Friday by beating the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Yasiel Puig remained the most exciting player on the field with two defensive gems and by reaching
There probably has not been as much focus on Cuban baseball since the Havana team in the International League had to move to New Jersey shortly after Fidel Castro become Prime Minister in 1959. Miami Marlins’ pitcher Jose Fernandez (ranked
In an average start, a pitcher strikes out three more batters than he walks (5 to 2). On Thursday, Yu Darvish became the third pitcher in history to strike out 14 batters without walking any – THREE TIMES IN A
The NFL took one step toward the elimination of the kickoff, much to the dismay of all-time returner Devin Hester (see 14 of his 17 kick returns for TDs by clicking here). Just seven months after Commissioner Roger Goodell said
For decades Russian athletes were not allowed to pray. During that time the US boycotted the 1980 Olympics in Russia because they had soldiers in Afghanistan. This week a gay activist complained the Russians are now allying with Christians against
The team with the best record in baseball reportedly made a serious offer for the Marlins’ Giancarlo Stanton, who has a career average of 39 home runs per 162 games played. However, the asking price was too high and the
On April 17, the Houston Astros’ Bud Norris had the worst start of any one in a rotation this year. Wednesday the Baltimore Orioles acquired him to prove they were still serious about winning the AL East. The Astros put
Breitbart Sports today introduces Value Add Baseball (see the top 100 pitchers here), a much more accurate measure than WAR for evaluating the value of starting pitchers by analyzing every start. A solid starting pitcher has only a 21 percent chance
The initial Value Add Rankings feature a classic comparison. Clayton Kershaw has guided the Dodgers to victory 13 of 22 starts this season despite needing to have an “ERA Needed” of 2.91 or better on average this year. Patrick Corbin
You will be very surprised at the big name pitcher who barely snuck into the initial Value Add Baseball rankings as the 100th most valuable starting pitcher in baseball. The following is the list of the Top 100 in Value