Sam Goldsmith
Goldsmith: Wait for all the facts before demonizing professional athletes

It was Grantland Rice who said, “When the great scorer comes to mark against your name, he’ll write not ‘won’ or ‘lost,’ but how you […]

Goldsmith: Take stats with a grain of salt

We sports fans have an addiction to statistics. There is a great impulse in sports analysis to gather and even manipulate data to underline the […]

Goldsmith: College football doesn’t inspire like the NFL

The mighty drizzle of Hurricane Earl has finally restored some normalcy to our beloved climate here in New Haven. And with the cooler weather comes […]

Goldsmith: It’s all about ego in the post-Decision era

This fall — man, this is very tough — this fall, I’m gonna take my talents to Cambridge and join the Harvard Crimson. With those […]

Goldsmith: Baseball embodies America

I consider myself to be, above all else, a sports fan in the most general sense. Give me a rainy Tuesday afternoon and several bags […]

Goldsmith: Teams sell out their fans

The Final Four in a historically entertaining March Madness is set, and if the tournament so far is any indication, we are in the midst […]

Goldsmith: Ego tarnishes victory

Dear Baset Chaudhry, You know you are truly tactless when the “Grinch who stole the 21st Winter Games” (see my last column) lectures you on […]

Goldsmith: Woeful Winter Games

At the end of my last column, I naively suggested that after the build-up to the Super Bowl, the Winter Olympics would provide a great […]

Goldsmith: Super Bowl 2010 is the ideal matchup

Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010 will be the best Super Bowl of all time. This is not as bold of a claim as it might initially […]

Goldsmith: Defending the ‘band-wagon fan’

As I was kickin’ back in my common room Monday night, watching Drew Brees single-handedly decimate Bill Belichick’s Patriots defense, I decided to start a […]

Goldsmith: Cut Agassi some slack

Growing up as a young, hyperactive kid, playing a sport like tennis did not immediately appeal to me. That is, until I went racket shopping […]