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You've listened to Michael Wilbon argue on TV for years. Now he's plying his debating skills for us, too. Here's his position paper. Read it. Learn it. Live it.

CHICAGO -- Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon didn't do the chicken dance when asked about Notre Dame's decision to stop the annual series with the Wolverines after 2014. "I'm not sure I would have used the word chicken," Brandon told ESPN.co...

Tom VanHaaren discusses the ESPN 150 offensive tackle who trimmed his list to four at the Chicago NFTC and the quarterback who stole the show. And Jared Shanker joins via Skype to discuss Ohio State's recent trio of QB offers, and a weekend addition ...

Chicago State will join the Western Athletic Conference in 2013, sources told ESPN.

BuckeyeNation caught up with 2014 OT prospect Jamarco Jones of Chicago, who has offers streaming in from across the country.

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CHICAGO -- Here's one possible reason the Big Ten decided not to push harder for playoff games at campus sites. "We're trying to not be the barrier," Purdue athletic director Morgan Burke told ESPN.com. "We have strong values and strong opinions. ...

It was always going to smell bad. (It's methane gas, after all.) But Kyle Orton apparently had no idea how malodorous his investment would be. Plus, insuring Jerry Sandusky.

As the year 2011 comes to a close, the distance between the athlete and the public remains immense, but because of the nature of the Sam Hurd and Jerry Sandusky offenses seems more immediate than ever.

The Dallas Mavericks' championship also helped crown Dallas/Fort Worth as Sporting News' Best Sports City of 2011.

Heading off to Chicago to join forces with Rittenberg and the ESPN.com crew for media days. First, linkage: Jim Phillips remains a wild card in the Illinois athletic director search. If only he didn't love Northwestern. Iowa got two commitments...

My friends at ESPN Radio 1000 here in Chicago are conducting interviews with Big Ten coaches to preview the season, and they got things started with Indiana's Kevin Wilson. When "Chicago's GameNight" hosts Jonathan Hood and Nick Friedell told Wils...

CHICAGO -- Like many folks, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith will be watching the Longhorn Network when it debuts in August. The University of Texas will launch the 24-hour network with ESPN. The network will feature 200 events per season. ...

Link time. In case you've missed any of it, check out ESPN.com's coverage of the Big Ten spring meetings. More spring meetings coverage from The (Cedar Rapids) Gazette's Scott Dochterman, the Omaha World-Herald's Lee Barfknecht, the Chicago Tri...

CHICAGO -- Northwestern finally made it official today and announced it will face rival Illinois this fall at Wrigley Field. The teams will meet Nov. 20 (ESPN or ESPN2, noon ET) in the first football game at the Friendly Confines since the Chicago Be...

Pete Carroll has resigned as the football coach of the USC Trojans, the Los Angeles Daily News reported Sunday.

USC offensive coordinator Jeremy Bates is a candidate for the same position with the Chicago Bears, according to ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. There was intense speculation when USC's disappointing season ended that Bates might be headed back to...