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Wrapping up his position-by-position look at the top prospects for the 2014 NFL draft, ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. broke down the top offensive linemen and defensive tackles. While none of the Pac-12's offensive linemen rank in the top five overall , whe...

ESPN draft guru Mel Kiper Jr. is rolling out his early top five rankings at each position this week. Here are the positions he's looked at so far: Wide receivers and defensive ends Running backs and safeties Quarterbacks Cornerbacks T...

Kent Somers' piece about NFL rookies combining to start more games than in the past caught my attention Friday. I wanted to know how many games NFC West players have started as rookies in recent seasons. I wanted to break down the numbers by team ...

Continuing with his look at the top prospects for the 2014 draft by position, ESPN's Mel Kiper ranked the tight ends , outside linebackers and inside linebackers . The Pac-12 is well-represented at all three position groups. Three of the top five...

Let's take or morning run (or bike ride) through some news and notes from around the NFC South: ATLANTA FALCONS General manager Thomas Dimitroff is taking part in National Bike To Work Day. I don't think we'll see any roster moves out of the Fa...

On May, 23, 1980, Oakland A's pitcher Rick Langford threw a complete game against the Texas Rangers. The A's lost that day, 3-1, as Langford gave up three unearned runs in a 1-hour, 56-minute duel with Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins. Five days...

All players are equal, but some players are more equal than others. That's the basis of our Most Important Player series. First off, quarterbacks are excluded to make things more interesting. It goes without saying, for example, that Oregon's Marc...

Watching Felix Hernandez the other night prompted me to look up the pitchers with the highest career Wins Above Replacement who never started a postseason game. Hernandez's career WAR is 36.3 and I had no idea if he would top the list or even be near...

It's Rankings Week at GatorNation. Every day we'll rank some aspect of the Florida football program heading into the 2013 season. Today we're ranking the top 10 defensive players the Gators will face this season. On Thursday we'll rank the top 10 UF ...

Mel Kiper breaks down his top 5 tight end prospects for the 2014 NFL draft, with Austin Seferian-Jenkins leading the way.

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The mail comes to you a little early today as I'll have coverage of the Big Ten spring meetings this afternoon. Badger in Columbus from Columbus, Ohio, writes: Please explain giving the edge to Washington over Wisconsin. If it was a contest of whi...

The injury to Jake Ryan affected a few positions along Michigan's depth chart at linebacker, such as moving Brennen Beyer from defensive end, Desmond Morgan back to MIKE from WILL. Michigan still has some needs that are being addressed in recruiti...

One year ago, a visitor to the NFC West blog warned against reading too much into Russell Wilson's strong showing at the Seattle Seahawks' rookie camp. 2012 NFC West Draft: Rookie Starts Player Tm. Starts Russell Wilson SEA...

I just got a look at the details of the four-year contract signed by New Orleans Saints first-round pick Kenny Vaccaro. His deal is fully guaranteed and the total value is $9,424,704. Vaccaro also got a signing bonus of $5,234,328. Vaccaro's fi...

BOSTON -- Designated hitter David Ortiz is out of the lineup Sunday against Blue Jays right-hander Chad Jenkins. It is nothing more than a rest day for Ortiz, as the Red Sox can utilize Sunday and their off day Monday to give their slumping slugger a...

Outfielder Rajai Davis has been placed on the 15-day disabled list by the Toronto Blue Jays because of a strained oblique muscle in his left side.