ZZ Top members Dusty Hill, left, Frank Beard (on drums) and Billy Gibbon, right, perform before the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series...

ZZ Top members Dusty Hill, left, Frank Beard on drums, and Billy Gibbons perform before the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Texas...

Jason Sobel's U.S. Open blog

Our blogger on the scene at Bethpage Black, Jason Sobel, tracks all the happenings from the site of the 2009 U.S. Open in Farmingdale, N.Y.

LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 08: Musicians Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard of ZZ Top arrive at the 7th annual Stuart House Benefit held by John Varvatos and...

27 titles, 27 World Series facts

In honor of the Yankees' 27th title, Page 2 presents 27 Fall Classic factoids that no one thought of but us.

Welcome to the NBA preview, Part 2

In Part 2 of his NBA preview, Bill Simmons finishes his list of the 33 most intriguing people of the 2009-10 season.

Welcome to the NFL Power Poll

Bill Simmons breaks down who has the best (and worst) shot at raising the Lombardi Trophy after three weeks of NFL action.

Media Day Roundup

...about Eddy Curry? Marc Berman tweets: "Curry has lost weight but must lose grotesque Media Day beard. Curry already missed last 4 pre-camp workouts with hamstring and calf." Michael Lee of the...

England qualify, Heskey doesn't

The Fifth Official pulls out the pretty, the puzzling and the downright ugly from the World Cup qualifiers.

Colt McCoy on Vince, this year and perception

...decided they wouldn't shave 'til camp was over. To them, it was all about the neck beard. I was like "Can we trim the neck part?" They were like, "No, neck beard's what...

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First Cup: Wednesday

Mark Whicker of The Orange County Register: "They all wondered how Kurt Rambis, scion of the House of Laker, would cope with this plunge into NBA...

First Cup: Monday

...season from Memphis, your impression of the splendid Spaniard was pretty limited. Great player, nice guy, scraggly beard. Sunday, with his howling, scowling effort in the Lakers' most important game of the season, Gasol...

Thursday Bullets

...Dave D'Alessandro on Nets coach Lawrence Frank: "Business as usual for L-Frank. Still...has a confession: "I talk to my beard all the time. He has a mind of...

First Cup: Tuesday

Mike Monroe of the San Antonio Express-News: "Ordinarily, I'm opposed to anything that injects more replay review, but when the official time...

2009 Central Open Point standings

After Atchafalaya River Basin, Morgan City La. Ending 11-07-2009