Copyright 2008 The New York Sun Fri, 16 May 2008 02:39:34 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Articles from the Sports Section of The New York Sun. http://www2.nysun.com/section/7 istoll@nysun.com (Ira Stoll) webmaster@nysun.com en-us TIM MARCHMAN http://www2.nysun.com/sports/mediocrity-derails-subway-series/ Fri, 16 May 2008 02:17:38 EST One would think that over two games in which emergency starter Claudio Vargas and no. 5 starter Mike Pelfrey gave up three runs in 14 innings, the Mets would manage at least one win against the lowly Washington Nationals and off-brand pitchers Tim Redding and Jason Bergmann. One would be wrong. Similarly, one would think that the Yankees could figure out a way to avoid being slapped around as the Tampa Bay Rays mounted a charge toward first place, and one would again be wrong. The Subway... STEVEN GOLDMAN http://www2.nysun.com/sports/if-the-boss-was-in-charge-someone-would-be-fired/ Wed, 14 May 2008 23:46:22 EST With the Yankees reaching the one-quarter mark of the season two games below .500, in fourth place in the AL East, and having just watched the Tampa Bay Rays make a historic move to first place on their backs, there can be no doubt that if the George Steinbrenner of 20 years ago was still running the Yankees, heads would have rolled by now. The Boss made 10 in-season managerial changes, and while there was no pattern to the timing — sometimes you had to wait for Billy Martin to do something... TOM PERROTTA http://www2.nysun.com/sports/on-top-of-the-tennis-world-henin-says-goodbye/ Wed, 14 May 2008 23:46:22 EST Tennis is a game that demands brilliance. All of the sport's greats have been virtuosos of one kind or another. All had supreme powers of concentration and, at their finest moments, unshakable confidence and conviction. Without these attributes, a player cannot hope to conquer one exceptional athlete after another in one-on-one competitions that span 10 months out of every year. Unfortunately, as tennis has often taught us, brilliance is difficult to sustain. One moment you are Bjorn Borg...