Catching up

I haven't had time to post much lately, but there was too much good out there not to make an entry.

Michael Rosenberg has a very well-reported piece on fomer baseball player Carlos Perez, who appears to be a pretty terrible human being. If this column hurts Perez's chances of a comeback, Rosenberg has done a great service.

Sally Jenkins takes aim at MLB's hoodwinking of Washington and praises the politicians that stood up to it.

Posnanski likes writing feel-good stories.

Ian O'Connor makes a great point for why football has passed baseball in popularity nationwide.

Jay Mariotti looks at Bob Knight in the homestretch of his career and hopes Knight will be graceful enough to leave with a warm legacy.

Dan Wetzel writes about the Hawaii Marathon in Afghanistan.