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Off the grid

Tim Keown, ESPN The Magazine

From the December 28, 2009 issue of ESPN The Magazine - Tim Keown profiles Kris Lawrence, who developed a plan to create the next great heavyweight champs by turning former football players into boxers. Can this save the heavyweight division?

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | December 16, 2009

Irish coach: the weirdest job in sports

Tim Keown, ESPN.com

What's stranger? Coaching the Raiders for Al Davis or coaching Notre Dame? Brian Kelly and any other candidate should have a deer-in-the-headlights look about the Irish.

Story | Conversation | December 08, 2009

What of the men who mold men?

Tim Keown, ESPN.com

Mark Mangino of Kansas is the latest football coach to walk the plank of (pick one): political correctness run amok, or unreasonable abuse of the powerless by the powerful.

Story | Conversation | November 24, 2009

Choosing between death and football

Tim Keown, Page 2

Two men from Oakland have devoted their lives to take kids from the killing field to the football field.

Story | Conversation | November 17, 2009

The dumbest idea in sports history

Tim Keown, Page 2

Having the MLB All-Star Game determine home-field advantage in the World Series is quite simply the dumbest idea in sports history.

Story | Conversation | July 14, 2009

For McOwen, the hits keep on comin'

Tim Keown, ESPN The Magazine

Maybe you haven't heard of Mariners prospect Jamie McOwen yet. But if he keeps on hitting for the High Desert Mavericks -- the streak is at 45 consecutive games at the moment -- you might never stop hearing about him.

Story | Conversation | July 09, 2009

Trouble at the House that George Built

Tim Keown, Page 2

Tim Keown wonders if the karma cocktail that built the new Yankee Stadium can ever be remixed.

Story | Conversation | April 28, 2009

Honoring the glue that holds the NCAA together

Tim Keown, Page 2

Tim Keown pays tribute to the men of the NCAA who hold the whole team together.

Story | Conversation | March 10, 2009

Will the real Norv Turner please stand up?

Tim Keown, Page 2

How did Norv Turner go from being a moron to The Man in one month? It's got to be a miracle, right?

Story | Conversation | January 06, 2009

Need a big scoop? Just talk to the coach's mother

Tim Keown, Page 2

Calling Tommy Tuberville's mother for information? Yes, the South takes its football a little more seriously than the rest of the country.

Story | Conversation | December 09, 2008

Sweet Spot

Tim Keown

You want to know why Derrek Lee is having a honey of a season? Focus on the little things

Story | Conversation | December 03, 2008

Parent Trap

Tim Keown

Marc O'Hair wanted nothing more than for his son to succeed. But now that sean has, Marc is left with nothing

Story | Conversation | December 03, 2008

Master Builder

Tim Keown

Want to go from practice squad nobody to NFL record breaker? Broncos wideout Rod Smith has the perfect plan

Story | Conversation | November 18, 2008

Ready To Roll

Tim Keown

Twenty games shy of Joe Dimaggio's streak, Jimmy Rollins isn't exactly obsessed with baseball's most sacred record. But he can't wait to take a crack at it

Story | Conversation | November 15, 2008

Debunking the supernatural solution to bad teams

Tim Keown, Page 2

If you find your teams are terrible, you can always take a page from your friends in Philly and blame it on a curse.

Story | Conversation | October 28, 2008