Rice making professional golf debut

Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice is making his professional golf debut next year as a tournament host and player at a Nationwide Tour event in northern California.

Busting In

Sculptor Blair Buswell has created 53 of the 229 bronze busts in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The creation of each bust is its own, unique story. Here are nine of them, from the perspective of the artist, as told to ESPN.com senior writer Greg Garber.

Training Camp Roundup: Aug. 12

News from around NFL training camps.

SportsNation TV: Tuesday

...or teacher? Jessica Simpson is history. Whom should the Cowboys quarterback take on vacation and to celebrity golf tournaments now? Is Mike Singletary overreacting in his punishment? Quarterback Alex Smith had to go sit on...

Former NFL coaches: Where are they now?

Many of Sam Wyche's contemporaries have also found interesting things to do since leaving the game, writes William Bendetson.

Chandler finishes with record 78 points to stop six-time winner Rhoden

Ex-NFL quarterback Chris Chandler had seven birdies during a nine-hole stretch Sunday to shoot a 5-under-par 67 and pull away from six-time winner Rick Rhoden for his first victory in the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship at Lake Tahoe.

Brocato a legend among scouts

To the fan, C.O. Bocato is a nameless, faceless scout. But in the NFL, Bocato is a legend who shapes franchises and players' careers and he let ESPN.com's Matt Mosley tag along as he worked the Texas pro day.

Ryan Leaf, bottom photo, tries to figure out what play is being called from the bench during the first quarter against the San Francisco 49ers in San ...

The football genius who's crazy for golf

Hall of Fame football coach Bill Walsh talks about mentoring Tiger Woods, fighting the shanks -- and beating leukemia so he can play more golf.

More laughter, more tears

We laughed. We cried. OK, we just laughed at all these bizarre sports happenings of 2006, writes Patrick Hruby.

The only all-haiku NFL preview

In the only all-haiku NFL season preview, Gregg Easterbrook predicts the final record for every team.

Dilfer to wear longtime hero Brodie's No. 12

John Brodie thinks his old No. 12 jersey will be a perfect fit on Trent Dilfer with the San Francisco 49ers.

Search for new commissioner could take time

There are other issues to discuss, but the search for a new commissioner will dominate this week's annual NFL meetings.

Two cheers for the ignominious

Naughty behavior ruled 2005. Page 2's Patrick Hruby kept a list, checked it twice and rewards the bad kids.

Down with the greens-greasers!

Tim Keown says the winner at the U.S. Open wasn't Michael Campbell. Sadly, it was Pinehurst's greens-greasers.