Scientific American magazine has a great article on how to avoid choking under pressure.
There are quite a few athletes that might want to read that article, so pass it around if you are friends with some of them. And I’m not talking about Donovan McNabb because I think his “choking” is much [...]

Sources close to OTR have told OTR that OTR will be no more. It’s just not the same anymore and it wouldn’t fair to our loyal readers to continue to just go through the motions. We did have a great run though. We broke the Asante Samuel signing. We were the [...]

In case you missed it a couple weeks ago, SI.com came out with a list of the top 50 highest-earning athletes in the U.S. I’m gonna take it a step further and out of those top 50 see what sport comes out on top. Let’s do this:
NBA: $584,570,587 (Highest-earning, Lebron James $40,455,000)
MLB: [...]

Kyle Busch won the pole for the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race. We don’t care, but we appreciate any opportunity to make a headline like that.

I’m waiting to get picked up to go to lunch, so I thought I’d post some sports bloopers. We can’t understand a single lyric of the song, but we imagine it has “sports bloopers” or “whoopsy daisy” in the chorus. Because then it would be relevant. Eat lunch at your desk and [...]

We can’t ignore the overwhelming support we are receiving from our biggest fan ‘barry.’ He is one of the main reasons that OTR is able to keep it going. His brilliant posting on comments and the respect he gives Micah and I is second to none. Furthermore, without hesitation we are giving [...]

I found this very interesting article on Bloomberg.com that is a must read. Before you click over and read it, let me provide an excerpt:
“Discoveries in genetics, physiology and nanotechnology are creating new challenges to definitions of cheating. Sports executives including Atlanta Falcons President Rich McKay and former World Anti-Doping Agency chief Dick Pound [...]

The SportsChronical is reporting that Jose Canseco and Joe Gibbs are in the works to have Canseco replace Denny Hamlin in 2009 for Joe Gibbs Racing. Canseco will most likely join Kyle Busch and Tony Stewart at the start of next season and ride in the #11 car that is currently driven by Hamlin [...]

An odd thing happened over the past couple weeks. Famous people affiliated with sports (players, coaches, and analysts), started emailing me with questions and comments. It seems our fan base has spread across this great nation. I know all of you are pretty anxious to see exactly who emailed me, so let’s [...]

We’ve received a bunch of emails complaining that OTR wasn’t long enough and didn’t display enough stories. People were upset that they had to click the “Archives” button to see the stuff they missed. Well, your whiny complaints have been heard! We expanded our home page of the blog to include the [...]

With 50 laps to go at Atlanta Motor Speedway, last week’s winner Carl Edwards left the track with a broken transmission and Kyle Busch took the lead and never looked back. Topping speeds of over 190 miles per hour, Busch continued to stretch his lead with every lap. The only way any other driver had [...]

This is something I find weird, but I’m not sure why. Remember Brad Daugherty, the talented center from the Cleveland Cavaliers? The basketball team? He’s an ESPN NASCAR analyst.
I find that weird.

The mail hasn’t been delivered in two weeks, so before anyone gets all bent out of shape lets get right to it.
Bill, from Philadelphia: Do you really think the Eagles are going to get a wide receiver? Fitz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dave, from Philadelphia: Which wide receiver are the Eagles gonna get?
Greg, from Philadelphia: What are the chances that [...]

I want to apologize for not getting Perry’s Mailbag up last Friday, especially to one of OTR’s dearest fans Lindsey. As most of you know, I was following the Asante Samuel story in Boston on Thursday night and continued my hot pursuit all day Friday until the early evening press conference around 5:00pm EST that [...]

Led by two freshmen who combined for 50 points (Jeff Teague and James Johnson), Wake Forest outlasted the Duke Blue Devils 86-73 on Sunday. The Blue Devils launched up 28 three-pointers (only making eight), shot 52% from the free-throw line, turned the ball over 21 times, and had every starter foul out of the game. [...]

Not a real exciting Saturday in sports, but definitely some things to talk about. Superman made an appearance in New Orleans, Pavlik prevailed, Syracuse pulled off a big win, and Ricky Bobby is getting ready to go fast again.
New Orleans is host to the NBA all-stars this weekend and last night Dwight Howard and Gerald [...]

I’ve been getting a ton of emails about how so much of the content goes off the main blog page so quickly because of new content. “My friend told me to check you’re stupid site because of some Brady Quinn gay story and nwo I can’t find it,” said one. Wow, that was [...]

When we posted “Perry’s Mailbag,” we weren’t sure if the fans of this site were going to contribute. So, first I’d like to thank everyone who dropped me a line. I received a couple I couldn’t post (please watch the language), but a few I’d like to address. I would like to make this a [...]

Off the Record has a new feature, and it’s called Perry’s Mailbag. You can now email me directly with your thoughts on my sports opinions or just about anything you want. While I can’t answer every email, I will be addressing some of them on Off the Record. So, email away!
mperry_77@hotmail.com

I may have been the only one watching last night, but the Bud Shootout was fantastic. Cal Naughton Jr. edged out Ricky Bobby in the 70-lap race. What? Those guys are fictional characters you say? Well, I guess you didn’t read, ‘Perry Pictures His Jesus In A Mountain Dew Can.’ I’ll give you newcomers [...]

‘If you ain’t first, you’re last?’ Words to think about this upcoming weekend as NASCAR kicks their 2008 season off at Daytona International Speedway. I’ll get to the schedule later, but that last sentence probably lost half my readers. NASCAR? Why are you writing about NASCAR? Because I’ve seen ‘Talladega Nights’ 23 times. That’s more [...]