As the official statistician of MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, MLS, and the WNBA the Elias Sports Bureau provides a look into sports that goes beyond the home run saving grabs, made-for-highlight-reel stiffarms, and ankle breaking crossovers. They sift through the streaks, trends, and numbers to often provide us with interesting and little known bits of information about our ... Read More

The unintentional comedy that has been the 2012 Boston Red Sox season appears to have reached slap stick levels. Heavily criticized Sox manager Bobby Valentine crashed his bicycle during a ride through Central Park, caused by reading a text from Dustin Pedroia. You can't make this stuff up. Here are details ... Read More

    The 2012 season for the Boston Red Sox has gone anything but according to script. Injuries have depleted Bobby Valentine's lineup. Valentine himself has been at the heart of distractions with players allegedly holding a closed door meeting with front office members to complain about the manager. Then there was ... Read More

Maximum effort...       For Chicago Cubs fans who have been wondering what Kosuke Fukudome has been up to since the team traded him to the Cleveland Indians last year here's a quick synopsis. He appeared in 59 games for the Tribe, signed a free agent deal with the Chicago White Sox ... Read More

The Los Angeles Dodgers quest to solidify a playoff spot continues, as the team has placed (and won) a waivers claim for 1B Adrian Gonzalez and starting pitcher Josh Beckett, both current disgruntled members of the Boston Red Sox. By claiming the two players, the Dodgers can open up trade talks ... Read More

    Johnny Pesky played for the Boston Red Sox in 1942 and from 1946-1952, serving in World War II in between. He was an All-Star in 1946, finished in the top five in AL MVP voting twice, and led the American League in hits in 1942, 1946, and 1947. Pesky also ... Read More

    Last season Justin Verlander took home the American League Cy Young Award but also the MVP, becoming the first pitcher to be named AL most valuable player since Dennis Eckersley in 1992 and the first starting pitcher since Roger Clemens in 1986. I don't have any pitchers in my top ... Read More

Kevin Youkilis making a curtain call after being lifted in his final game as a member of the Red Sox Mere hours after helping the Boston Red Sox defeat the Atlanta Braves at Fenway Park, third baseman Kevin Youkilis was traded to the Chicago White Sox for prospect Zach Stewart ... Read More