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Big 12 football > SEC football. That's the implication made by Bob Stoops. The Oklahoma Sooners head coach seems to believe the Big 12 is where it's at and alluded to as much to the Tulsa World. "So [the SEC has] had the best team in colleg...

After months of buildup, the first round of the NFL draft is complete and it's time to render verdicts. Here are the winners and losers: (Note: As always, there are only winners and losers. There is no in-between. This is a pass/fail kind of deal...

Hello, prospective NFL Draft pick. It's your big day! Your dream is about to come true! In fact, you're so confident of your draft status that you're in New York and plan to attend the draft to be there when your name is called. According to your...

America's pastime, the NBA playoffs and the NHL's playoff push are all nice, but they don't compare to a real sport that is about to happen: the NFL draft. Hundreds of players are draft prospects, but every year there are really only 10 players ...

The NFL schedule is out. If you've been waiting to get your Miami Dolphins tickets, act now before they're all snatched up. While you deal with being on hold due to heavy call volume, take a look at some of the highlights of the 2013 slate....

The Arizona Cardinals have Carson Palmer now and all 31 other NFL teams should be jealous. That's a (slight) paraphrase of what Cardinals head coach Bruce Arians had to say when introducing Palmer this week: "I think our quarterback room is as s...

Bad news for fumble-prone NFL quarterbacks: The league's competition committee is reportedly set to get rid of the "tuck rule." The bane of the Oakland Raiders' existence -- along with all other aspects of football -- is not the only issue being cons...

NFL free agency begins March 12. Wooooooo! Break out the checkbooks! But if paying a large man millions of dollars to tackle, throw, catch, block, run or kick things for you is too rich for your blood, for the low, low price of free you can inst...

1. Indianapolis in February. Sometimes this job just spoils us. 2. I bet these guys got really good grades in gym class. 3. Just make sure none of the linemen take their shirts off until after we eat lunch. Terrence Cody ruined my appetite for ...

The NFL offseason is upon us. Last offseason featured Joe Flacco's declaration that he is the best quarterback in the NFL. That worked out well for him. So let's make some bold predication for the vast football-less hellscape between now and 201...

I. August 2011: Eli Manning is interviewed on ESPN Radio in New York and says he considers himself to be in the same class as Tom Brady. Everyone laughs and mocks Eli Manning. Six months later, Eli Manning wins the Super Bowl. April 2012: Joe Fl...

These last few days before the Super Bowl are extremely important for the players on both teams as they put the finishing touches on their game preparation. But it's also important for us, the fans. We must also get prepared for our Super Bowl partie...

Super Bowl week is almost upon us! Here's the A-to-Z rundown of everything you need to know. Akers -- David Akers is a kicking time bomb. The veteran 49ers kicker has made just three of his last six field goal attempts and is the favorite to win ...

The No. 1 overall pick in the 2007 NFL draft is ready for a comeback. Yes, JaMarcus Russell is down to a svelte 308 pounds and is looking to squeeze onto an NFL roster. The former LSU quarterback -- turned hot draft prospect by Charlie Weis' Sug...

Rest in peace, defense. We'll miss you. You had a good run. You gave us a lot of memories. You were responsible for great nicknames like the Purple People Eaters and the Steel Curtain. You even gave us a cliche -- "Defense wins championships" -- that...

It's football coach interviewing season. Every team with a coaching vacancy wants to find the next coaching genius who will lead the team to championships as far as the eye can see. Hard to do? Not at all. All of us who sit on our couches watchin...