Behind The Story: Georgia State Football's First Recruiting Class

Justin Heckert has been following the start-up football program at Georgia State since August. You can read his piece on GSU's first recruiting class...

Fields and Questions

...smart guy. Some assume that if you possess intelligence and desire to express that intelligence outside of football, then perhaps you don't "love" the game as much as you should. I'm sure a...

How to build a program in two short years.

Bill Curry's quest to bring Georgia State football to life.

The Bottom Line

Is launching Georgia State football worth the time, effort and expense?

THE COACH WILL SEE YOU NOW

Georgia State doesn't play football — yet. But Bill Curry is gonna whip up a team, and he's letting The Mag watch him do it.

REPORTING FROM THE JOCK-OSPHERE: BARON BREAKS DOWN REDEMPTION

Jocks blog. We report. (You decide!) Baron Davis: Redeemed Team "Stayed up late to watch the gold medal game in Beijing last night," he writes. "Wh...

REPORTING FROM THE JOCK-OSPHERE: ROMO SAYS TO LAY OFF BRETT

...make sure you know how he feels. "My response is this: Brett Favre should ABSOLUTELY keep playing football," he writes. "As for as any issues between Favre and Green Bay's new young gun, Aaron...

An American Footballer in Parma: Greetings from the Marine Corps!

...receiver Corey Mazza chronicled his journey as a member of the Parma Panthers of the Italian (American) Football League (IFL). As we prepare to say goodbye to ESPNthemag.com, Corey sent us this update from...

...Yo, this college football galaxy map is gonna be huge for us!" Insert pause for reflection

ESPNTheMag.Com: A Brief Video History

...as among her favorites. We asked Stevland Wilson, another video producer here, and he listed this Hofstra football players piece and the Pittsburgh Steelers cover shoot video as among his faves. We asked Stephanie Maggiore...

Bill Curry is Building a Program: Episode Four

What's it like to start a college football program from scratch? Very difficult. It's even harder to do it in Georgia, where football is...

Behind the Bets

...happen as long as more than 40% of all money legally wagered on games is bet on football. That's why the Brewers can do a multi-million dollar deal with a local casino, or...

Bruce Feldman on -- the top 10 most improved college programs of '09

Read Bruce Feldman's blog. Topic: 10 teams most likely to improve in '09. Tops on the list? ND and Michigan. That's good news. Did anyone watch that g...

The Hull City Project: Lived to see another day

...local lad Dean Windass scored the goal that sent Hull City into the top level of English Football for the first time in their 104-year history (and triggered this thing we call The Hull...

Outtakes with Tim Howard

U.S. ex-pat, and current Everton keeper, Tim Howard talks to Kenny Mayne about playing soccer abroad.