Only Two Things Matter
kevinburnettblog.dallasnews.com 12/5/2008 — In this game only two things matter. One being the play of our defense and two being the play of our special teams. Yeah, offense scores points and we have a lot of weapons but Paul P had a great saying of "don't put your house payment in someone ...

Do Special Teams Matter?
peerlessprognosticator.blogspot.com 11/16/2008 — Well, you'd think they would, just intuitively. But over our morning coffee we took a quick look at the "Index of Specialness" -- the sum of a team's power play effectiveness and that of its penalty kill, and what we found was that 15 of the top 20 ...

Same Old Jets should dump Favre, Mangini
newsday.com 12/29/2008 — No matter the coach, no matter the quarterback, no matter the owner, no matter the December, it always comes to this for the Jets.

Does it Matter if the Pirates Win in 2009? Of course not.
piraterevolution.com 1/7/2009 — Authors from six different blogs chime in on a multimedia post focused on one topic: If the Pirates experience another 90-loss season in 2009, will you feel any differently about the direction the team is going? Does this season matter?

On the matter of compensation
hardballtimes.com 1/20/2009 — The guys at River Ave. Blues have a really sharp idea about how to fix the free agent compensation system so as to raise the price of free agents for teams like the Yankees and make life hurt less for the teams that, though no fault of their own, lose players to teams like the Yankees. Order the ...

Does experience matter in the postseason?
hardballtimes.com 11/12/2008 — David asks if experienced teams really have an advantage when the playoffs come around. Order the Hardball Times Annual 2009 today !

The Heart of the Matter
weblogs.newsday.com 12/8/2008 — Ah, these times are so uncertain There's a yearning undefined And people filled with rage... The chorus is building. I hear it. At the Garden, on line, on the phone. Fans are increasingly skeptical and bitter about ...

Everyone is doping - does it matter?
mtbtrailreview.com 10/23/2008 — Interesting and thought-provoking discussion from a cycling fan about whether widespread drug use just creates a new level playing field to please the fans.

For Beasley, a matter of timing
blogs.sun-sentinel.com 12/24/2008 —              The numbers are difficult to overlook.                                    ...

What's the matter with Kansas now?
cakerockstheparty.blogspot.com 3/14/2009 — Now, before last year with the magic of fat guy in a little coat as well as Supernintendo Chalmers, Kansas was a bracketological dreamcrusher...