The power run makes a refreshing return to the NFL

In this pass-happy era, it was delightful to see old-fashioned ground games dominate Week 9.

Stop obsessing over coaches!

This time of year we're obsessed with NFL coaching changes. But the truth is, they're all overpaid and not nearly as important as we think.

Rutgers and its road to the title

Rutgers' showdown with Louisville is its most important game since the first-ever college football game in 1869. And the Scarlet Knights deserve a win.

The sound and the fury

Tim Keown had to suffer through some awful noise at the mall this weekend. The only thing that saved him was ... a story by Roger Angell.

Ten more NFL truths

Jason Whitlock isn't sold on the Bengals, but his NFL truths will reveal that Peyton and Co. could make history.

Some phrases will live on forever

On Cliché Day, we take a look back at where some of our favorite sports clichés orignated -- you'll be surprised.

Turn down the spotlight

Quick message to all those driven parents out there -- your Little Leaguers are still kids.

The Writers' Bloc gets a little nasty when discussing the greatest athletes of the past 25 years.

W.W.J.D.?

Looking across the sports landscape, Page 2's Ralph Wiley can't help but ask one question: What would Jackie Robinson do?

Thinking about the NBA playoffs while web surfing

All right, we're pulling out all the stops today: NBA playoff thoughts, reader e-mails, follow-ups to last Friday's mailbag, some weekly links ... it...

MC: More brackets

...getting divorced over this. Let's hope she waits to file papers until after the tournament. For today: I wanted to run two brackets from people who actually follow sports to see if my mother...

MC: On the road again

Just a couple of quick things for today: • Since I'm heading to Texas for...Also, I loved the SportsCenter discussion with the football guys where they blamed Jerramy Stevens's drops...

MC: Weekend Update

...up and builds a state-of-the-art football stadium and houses the event every year. No...stuff, so I'm writing Cowbells every day. Today's topic: Two subjects from the weekend that...

MC: Week 12 picks

Happy Thanksgiving! The quick picks for Week 12 ... DETROIT (+3) over Atlanta We're due for one of those artificial turf games where two 300-pound ...

MC: MVPs and books

One follow-up to today's Cowbell column (featured below): When I linked...So I write about a couple of new football books that I happened to read over the...