American Idol Tie-In: Athletes Singing

...Pacquiao after the Ricky Hatton fight; (3) Tony Romo with Mr. Belding; (4) Charlie Weis and Bill Belichick; (5) Jeff Gordon blowing it at Wrigley Field; (6) one of our favorite rapper examples, Shaq doing...

Belichick's mutual name for them? "Argh, what the

Lunch Links

...1) In honor of tax day, baseball's biggest tax cheats; (2) A list that shows even Belichick hasn't totally mastered the draft; (3) Pictures of the Marathon of the Sands, which goes through...

First-Round Knockout

Mel Kiper and Todd McShay have plenty of opinions about how Round 1 will play out. Come Draft Day, at least one of them will probably look smart

The Morning According to Us: Dr. Seuss and Bill Belichick

...So he did. And because he did he knows what it's like to work for Bill Belichick. This week at the NFL Combine, several new coaches and GMs who've worked beneath Belichick described...

Condensing the NFL Combine

...May The Schwartz Be With You Not only did new Lions coach Jim Schwartz claim that Bill Belichick, "probably had more to do with my development than anything" (emotional?), but two days later, Belichick swings...

ESPN The Magazine at the NFL Combine: Versatility Pays

INDIANAPOLIS — On Friday afternoon at the NFL Combine, Knowshon Moreno was asked what he will work on most to prepare for the NFL. "I would th...

NFL Draft: Trading Down Makes You Go Up? In Most Cases, Yep.

Jim Schwartz, first year head coach of the Detroit Lions, says he learned more from Bill Belichick than anyone else. "Watching him cross every 't' and dot every 'i', there's never a situation...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 19, 2009

Behind the Bets

Super Bowl odds change when we factor in the new NFL schedule.

Story | Conversation | February 05, 2009

Counterpoint: The Most Super Super Bowl Ever? Hardly

Agree or disagree with Luke Russert's view of Super Bowl XLIII? Holla at us to let him know. We're obsessed with rankings. (Heck, we do it every day!...

The NEXT: AFC Championship Game?

...the 2009 NEXT universe. Since 2000—the start of the decade ("obvi") and also when Bill Belichick took over—the New England Patriots are 102-42 in the regular season, with three Super...

"It Would Be Like Stomping On Our Hearts"

LeBron and Cleveland have a beautiful thing going. But the city feels bound for heartbreak.

Story | Conversation | January 28, 2009

The NEXT: Belichick?

...All-Star Game is still a few weeks away. Itchy trigger finger much? If you consider Bill Belichick the ultimate example of a guy who shoulda had a longer leash in his first shot at...

The NEXT: Extreme Vote of Confidence

...anyone (does anyone think the Browns hired Eric Mangini because they're still smarting from how Bill Belichick became a good coach after leaving Cleveland?), but this seems odd: they're running the best odds...

The Morning According to Us

...the coach of the Browns, the team perhaps psychologically trying to purge the demons of firing Bill Belichick after he'd endured his NFL coaching growing pains in Cleveland but before he became the mad...