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Gerad Parker and his fellow Purdue assistants need no tutorial on what the state of Texas means to the Boilers' program. They get a reminder every time they turn on the television every Sunday during the NFL season. Former Purdue coach Joe Tiller ...

A quick check on the Jets: 1. Double trouble: John Idzik has a solid plan for rebuilding the Jets, but the plan isn't foolproof, as we now know. The new GM endured an Ike Davis kind of week, as he apparently has swung and missed on his first two f...

ESPN.com fantasy football quarterback rankings for the 2013 NFL season.

Football Outsiders is doing a league-wide series of posts called "Red Flags," which take a look at the biggest remaining issue facing each team. Today's Insider post is on the NFC South and I'm break it up into four smaller posts to explore the red f...

Time for a quick run through some odds and ends from around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS Former running back Warrick Dunn is taking his role as a limited partner in the team's ownership structure seriously. Dunn recently earned an MBA from Emo...

Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the highest-earning athlete in American sports for the second straight year.

The good news for the New Orleans Saints is they have all this year's draft picks signed. The bad news is those signings have pushed their 2014 cap salary-cap commitment even higher. The Saints now have $145.5 million committed toward a 2014 cap t...

It's been no secret that Mike McCoy's primary goal as he takes over as the head coach of the San Diego Chargers is getting quarterback Philip Rivers back on track. It seems McCoy not only thinks he can fix Rivers, who has struggled some in the pas...

It's trendy and fun to debate which NFC South team has the best offense. Is it Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints or Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons? Heck, you can even look at all the offensive talent Carolina and Tampa Bay have and throw th...

The San Francisco 49ers have set out to build the most technologically advanced stadium in history. We might consider it a small upset, then, that they have secured a naming-rights sponsor known for producing blue jeans pretty much the same way since...

It's that time of year when everyone is making lists about various topics, so let's turn to another one. Matthew Berry ranks the 200 best fantasy football picks for 2013. The best fantasy player in the NFC South? According to Berry, it's Tampa ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue's reputation for producing great quarterbacks is recognized throughout college football, as names like Brees, Griese, Herrmann, Dawson and Everett are linked to the program. But there's another position where Purdue ...

Earlier, we told you about New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees being included on a list of America's most influential athletes. Well, it looks like Brees doesn't have as much influence with one group. That's the fine folks over at Pro Footba...

New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees is bigger than Aaron Rodgers and LeBron James. That's according to a new list of the 10 most influential athletes in America, according to Forbes. Brees, who plays in one of the NFL's smallest markets, came in...

Your questions, my answers ... Dave from Nashville writes: Am I the only one that thinks this "parity-based scheduling" (Jim) Delany mentioned is a terrible idea for the B1G? The B1G is already suffering from image problems, and the goal seems to ...

I've reviewed the details of the Green Bay Packers' contract agreement with quarterback Aaron Rodgers, and here's what we can say: Rodgers didn't take a hometown discount under the strict definition but the deal is quite manageable on a relative scal...