Pac-10 lunch links: Saying goodbye to Ryan Davidson
Ted Miller, Pac-10...as his inimitable wisdom on what it all means. Hey, what's former UCLA quarterback Drew Olson up to these days? Former Washington linebacker Marquis Cooper is missing. Let's hope this...
Blog | March 02, 2009Around the NFC West: Cards get ready
Mike Sando, NFC West...team has received formal permission to interview Todd Bowles, Leslie Frazier, Rex Ryan and Ray Sherman. Drew Olson of onmilwaukee.com lists Mike Nolan and Jim Haslett as potential candidates to become defensive coordinator...
Blog | January 05, 2009Where have all the Pac-10 QBs gone?
Ted Miller, Pac-10...starting list in 2004: Matt Leinart, Aaron Rodgers, Kellen Clemens, Derek Anderson, Trent Edwards, Andrew Walter, Drew Olson and Alex Brink. All of them are presently on NFL rosters, other than Olson, who was...
Blog | November 11, 2008Black and Blue all over: Fans turning on Favre?
Kevin Seifert, NFC North...sentiment is turning against Favre. "People are sick of the will he or won't he," Drew Olson of 540 AM tells Patrick Reusse of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. (Slow news day in the...
Blog | July 10, 2008Browns' Thomas hits jackpot
This is the time of year a lot of the top rookies hit escalation clauses and bonuses in their contracts, and Browns left tackle Joe Thomas has hit th...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 06, 2007Friday mailbag
I'll start off the weekly mailbag with the latest drama surrounding Nick Saban. From John in Garden City, N.Y.: With Saban and the S. Florida recruit...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 25, 2007
Mailbag: BC, blue chippers, books
This week's mailbag begins with some coaching news: From Danny in Chestnut Hill, Mass.: Is it my imagination or is it the worst possible time for BC ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 27, 2007
Best replacements
The key for any elite program is to replace good players with more good players, and through the first month of the season we've already seen a bunch ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 20, 2006
Excruciating late-spring injuries
...8226; It's not hard to pick out Rickie Weeks' bat in the rack, writes Drew Olson. • Within this notebook, we learn that it looks like Jeremy Reed will be ready...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 01, 2006
What Selig should've said
When the dust settles, when baseball's belated investigation into steroid use ends, I bet Bud Selig is going to wish he had taken a different course o...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 31, 2006
Selig shouldn't investigate Bonds
ESPN The Magazine has an adaptation of Jeff Pearlman's biography on Barry Bonds, "Love Me, Hate Me," and within this piece, there is reporting of an e...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 15, 2006
The essential ingredients
When Bobby Crosby played last year, the Oakland Athletics posted a record of 55-29. When the shortstop didn't play, because of the array of injuries h...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 02, 2006
Pirates made good first impression
I've gotten a chance to see three different camps this week -- the Pirates, Braves and Red Sox. Some impressions: • Of the many non-playo...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 25, 2006
Drug policy has major loopholes
We are back to 1991 all over again on the issue of performance-enhancing drugs, in a sense. Major League Baseball is, in a sense, getting a do-over. S...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 21, 2006
Rangers coach has cancer
...Brewers manager Ned Yost figures his team is going to be a trendy sleeper pick, as Drew Olson writes. • Johnny Estrada sounds like he's still upset about the collision he had...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 18, 2006