Jeff Beresford-Howe appears in the following:
In praise of Rickey Henderson, baseball's newest Hall of Famer
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
There will be lots and lots of agate type in every paper in America this morning as the world takes note of the election of Oakland's Rickey Henderson to baseball's Hall of Fame, and ...
The Great One and The Lucky One: Baseball's Hall of Fame adds two players
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Yesterday, the Baseball Writers Association of America inducted two players into Baseball’s Hall of Fame. Our friend and one-man-tailgate-party, Jeff Beresford Howe, is here to tell u...
It's the quarterback, stupid: A review of weekend NFL playoff action
Monday, January 12, 2009
You can give 110% all you want, praise the Lord for the successful completion of a fade route and use the word "defense" as a verb, but the only cliché in football that matters — beca...
A big weekend for football's dogged underdogs
Monday, January 12, 2009
The fates aligned for some of football’s dogged underdogs this weekend. The Philadelphia Eagles knocked defending Super Bowl champs the New York Giants out of the running and long-tim...
The recession hits professional sports (despite what the Yankees may think)
Friday, January 02, 2009
If you can drag yourself away from watching football this holiday season, it may be worth noticing that in this economy the recession-proof industries of sports and sports media may n...
A speculative look at what's ahead in the year in sports in 2009
Thursday, January 01, 2009
The Takeaway's sports contributor Jeff Beresford-Howe looks into his crystal (foot)ball to try and help us figure out what we can expect from the new year in sports.
The most interesting day in modern NFL history
Monday, December 29, 2008
Listen to Jeff Beresford-Howe discuss the eventful NFL Sunday on The Takeaway.
Yesterday may have been the single most interesting day in the modern history of the NFL, and it was ...
This weekend in football
Monday, December 29, 2008
And oh what a weekend it was. From the Dallas Cowboys' spectacular crash to the grand finale of Detroit's season-long slow burn to the odd alignment of the playoff fates that put the ...
Detroit Lions set a new NFL record--the worst ever
Monday, December 22, 2008
The Detroit Lions became the first 0-15 team in National Football League history on Sunday, their latest loss one of the ugliest of an ugly season. Jeff Beresford-Howe joins us to tal...
The Chicago Cubs, a newspaper and a fallen politician
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Of all the sordid details aired in the criminal complaint handed down to Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, one stuck out in Jeff Beresford-Howe’s mind. Find out how Wrigley Field may have factored into the latest gubernatorial scandal to rock the nation.
And a-one count, and a two-count, and a-three count: Why the Chicago Cubs were being allegedly extorted by the governor of Illinois
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Why would Gov. Blagojevich try to extort the Chicago Cubs?
From Plaxico to ticket prices: Sports roundup
Friday, December 05, 2008
Rogue football players, baseball winter meetings and ticket pricing.
Jeff Beresford-Howe: Gold-flecked cake or a third baseman?
Friday, December 05, 2008
Pitch-perfect as usual, major league baseball management gathers in Las Vegas this weekend for the annual Winter Meeting tradefest. The venue is the Bellagio Hotel, a place where there are Picassos in the dining room, caviar fusion facials help keep you hydrated in the harsh desert air and you can ...
Jeff Beresford-Howe: Viva la Huelga!
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Viva la Huelga! (No, not a placekicker for the Houston Texans)
The NFL has reached an uncomfortable point in its struggle to stay on the vanguard
of socialism, i.e., to have...
Jeff Beresford-Howe: Same-sex marriage and other California propositions
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
While the rest of the United States — indeed, the world — was dancing, carousing and toasting VB Day, California voters gave the Obama administration an idea of what the future's goin...
Philadelphia Phillies win 2008 World Series after rain delays
Thursday, October 30, 2008
After a rain delay postponed the World Series by days not hours, the Philadelphia Phillies put the Tampa Bay Rays away last night, winning Game Five, 4-3.
Jeff Beresford-Howe: Bad umpiring and bad play makes for the Worst. World Series. Ever.
Monday, October 27, 2008
With Sunday night's Game Four 10-2 rout of the Tampa Bay Rays by the Philadelphia Phillies, this year's World Series nears a probable end Monday night as the Phillies throw their ...
World Series
Monday, October 27, 2008
The Philadelphia Phillies are now up three games to one over the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2008 World Series, but writer Jeff Beresford-Howe was hoping to see something he hasn't during the series: baseball.
