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With Junior Seau's death last week, eight players from the 1994 San Diego Chargers Super Bowl team have now died, all under the age of 45. One of them, Doug Miller, was struck by lightning -- twice.

At the NFL draft, wives, mothers and daughters provide love and support to the young men waiting anxiously to be chosen.

You didn't think we'd let the day go without something on Andrew Luck, did you? And it happens that Elizabeth Merrill of ESPN.com put together a really great read on Luck, his father Oliver, and how the two are similar. Thought this was one you al...

When Kevin Bracken was a kid, he dreamed of wrestling in college. Today, the former Olympian mourns the loss of Illinois State wrestling, one of dozens of teams cut in the Title IX era as schools have made tough choices to comply with the law.

Oliver Luck's influence on his son, Andrew, is somewhat intangible. It's the reason Oliver's son, an All-American at Stanford, is so well-prepared for the NFL.

No, they weren't saints back in the day, but several retired NFL players known for their toughness say bounties violate an unwritten player code.

Perhaps it's fitting that Tim Tebow, one of the most popular and polarizing figures in the history of the Denver Broncos, would be replaced by Peyton Manning, a quarterback who is almost universally revered.

His entire career, for Gregg Williams there was only one way to play the game, and it was hard-core. Now, Williams likely awaits league punishment for his role administering a bounty program while with the New Orleans Saints.

ESPN.com IllustrationJeremy Lin's emergence holds special meaning for Boston Hurricanes players.BOSTON -- Across the river from Harvard, where this freight train first took off, a young man sips on a pint of beer, watching Jeremy Lin on a flatscreen ...

In just four weeks, Jeremy Lin's sudden emergence for the New York Knicks has brought sports fans face-to-face with some of the same racial and cultural stereotypes that players on teams like the Boston Hurricanes have wrestled with for decades.

In the first week of the NFL offseason, ESPN.com's Hot Read is a look at how players deal with deciding whether to retire or not. In her usual deft style, Elizabeth Merrill takes the reader through the struggles that players and their families go ...

The decision to retire isn't always left up to an NFL player. Ligaments tear, discs bulge, bodies decline and teams move on. But when a player has that choice, what does he go through?

The Mannings were the talk of Indianapolis this week -- with Eli in the Super Bowl and Peyton facing his future in football

ESPN.com senior writer Elizabeth Merrill profiles Patriots offensive lineman Nick McDonald in a piece now posted on ESPNBoston.com. There is a stoicism about McDonald that is uncommon for most 24-year-olds. McDonald knows what it's like to be withou...

The New England Patriots offensive lineman found a second home after losing his own mother to cancer.

ESPN.com senior writer Elizabeth Merrill writes about "12 things to know about Tom Brady", highlighting some the off-the-radar things after speaking with those close to the Patriots quarterback. The well-meaning gentleman on the phone says there are...