WSJ Sports: The Week in Review

Is Chip Kelly?s up-tempo offense too fast for the NFL? Novak Djokovic reveals more of his wacky training routine, Hunter Mahan?s perfect decision, the biggest mystery of the Black Sox scandal and why it?s been a very non-Yankee like season. Here?s a look at some of the top stories from the past week.

NFL to the Eagles: Not So Fast

Philadelphia Eagles coach Chip Kelly has been plotting a football revolution since he was hired this winter to turn around the team?s fortunes. His plan is to continue the philosophy he perfected as the coach at Oregon: to run every play as quickly as possible with no huddles and no stoppages in play, all aimed at leaving the defense doubled over in exhaustion. This ?up-tempo? strategy, already popular at the college level, looks like it could change the pro game forever. There is just one small problem standing in Kelly?s way: referees. ?Kevin Clark

Djokovic Opens the Refrigerator

As Novak Djokovic climbed from a distant No. 3 to a convincing No. 1 in men?s tennis over the past few years, he gave a lot of credit to a new gluten-free diet. But in a new book that will be released next month, Djokovic reveals much more about the diet and regimen he follows?details he has, until now, kept quiet. ?Tom Perrotta

Hunter Mahan?s Perfect Decision

There was an unforgettable moment at this year?s Canadian Open, and it involved a player who didn?t even finish. By now you have probably heard about the roller coaster weekend of Hunter Mahan, the 31-year-old U.S. golfer who suddenly left the tournament in Oakville, Ontario, upon discovering that his wife had gone into labor, three weeks early. This would be exciting news on its own, but there was a delicious wrinkle: Mahan was leading the Open. -Jason Gay

Hunting Shoeless Joe?s Holy Grail

It is one of the most enduring mysteries in sports: What happened to the long-lost signed confession of ?Shoeless? Joe Jackson? The question has persisted since Jackson and seven other Chicago White Sox players were indicted on charges of fixing the 1919 World Series. The ?Black Sox? were acquitted of those criminal charges, but became baseball?s most famous outlaws when they were banished from the sport by Major League Baseball?s first commissioner, Kenesaw Mountain Landis. -Ben Cohen

A Yankee Lineup That?s Not So Sterling

From one year to the next, the Yankees have gone from the pinnacle of their famed home-run power, setting a franchise record for home runs in 2012, to a feeble, toothless lineup ranking second-to-last in the American League in homers. One unsung casualty of this strange Yankee season is Sterling, the broadcaster who has built what he calls a ?cottage industry? out of home-run calls. ?Daniel Barbarisi

Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/dailyfix/2013/08/02/wsj-sports-the-week-in-review/?mod=WSJBlog

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