Passing = winning in the NFL

This season, 11 of the NFL's top 12 passing teams have winning records. Coincidence? No way.

Pac-10 lunch links: UCLA's bowl picture cloudy

...student" part of "student-athlete" on his football team. Looking back and looking forward for Oregon. The cheerleader is OK. A Civil War for the Roses is nothing new for Oregon State, though the Beavers...

Stoops calls Oregon about injury

Arizona coach Mike Stoops called Oregon athletic director Mike Bellotti to express concern for the health of a Ducks cheerleader who was hit in the head by a water bottle thrown from the grandstand on Saturday night.

ARLINGTON, TX - NOVEMBER 22: Abigail Klein of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders at Cowboys Stadium on November 22, 2009 in Arlington, Texas

A Denver Broncos cheerleader dances during an NFL football game between the San Diego Chargers and Denver Broncos, Sunday, Nov. 22...

Masoli has Ducks smelling roses

...There were strange plays. There were seemingly huge gaffes that really didn't mean much. An Oregon cheerleader got knocked out by a water bottle hurled from the stands. There were expectant Arizona fans on...

Oregon cheerleader hurt

An Oregon cheerleader was carted off the field and taken to a hospital after being hit in the head by a water bottle at the end of Oregon's 44-41 double-overtime over Arizona on Saturday night.

Game Savers

The show must go on: behind the scenes of college football rivalries.

PTI : Happy Ann'y, Ocho's Proposal!

Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco faked a proposal to a cheerleader for his TD celebration on this day four years ago.

Video | November 20, 2009

...65 victory over Kansas at the United Spirit Arena in Lubbock, Tx. 2- March 11, 2009: Oregon cheerleaders dance during a Pac-10 tournament basketball game between the Washington State Cougars and the Oregon Ducks...

College Basketball Confidential

The AP and coaches have let us know what they think. Isn't it way past time to hear from those who matter most? We got 100 players from 23 Division I conferences to come clean on every topic from gamblers and agents to coaches and cheerleaders.

Giving safer whips a crack

Turning for home in the Woodward Stakes on Sept. 5 at Saratoga, Calvin Borel had the lead riding Rachel Alexandra. She already had turned back foes hounding her during the first two-thirds of the Woodward. Now the closers were on the hunt.

Second skin

ESPN The Magazine's November 30, 2009 issue profiles Clint Gyory. Who? He's the man in the Penn State Nittany Lion mascot costume every Saturday -- and his life is every bit the superhero tale of Peter Parker.

Story | Conversation | November 19, 2009

Can a non-NBA fan be converted?

A non-NBA fan headed to Staples Center to see whether what the league had to offer could convert him.

Greinke wins; Hernandez second

Zack Greinke has won the American League Cy Young Award, beating out Felix Hernandez after a spectacular season short on wins but long on domination.