Life of Reilly ®

For the writer, being a Denver hoops fan has meant a life full of heartache. So what does the Big Man have against the Nuggets?

In This Issue: The Life Of Reilly

...new "Life of Reilly" about athletes as role models, as shown via Rick's longtime friend John Elway. You can read it at the URL below. Enjoy, and be sure to check out Mr...

John Elway with one of his biggest fans. Read the column

Life of Reilly

Hey, pro, don't want to be a role model? It's not your choice.

Jake meets John Elway

Eight Men Out

...synonymous in Cleveland sports. CLOSE CALL One year before "The Fumble," there was "The Drive," when John Elway took the Broncos 98 yards for a tying score in the final minutes of regulation, leading...

Auction Block: Super Bowl Duffle

...will hold a live auction of football memorabilia, including some real treasures: • A game-worn John Elway jersey from the Orange Crush era. Expected to fetch nearly $10,000. • Signed Mean Joe...

Dear Flem: Talking Divisional Weekend

David Fleming is a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine, who also pens "The Flem File" on Page 2. He's written some big-time NFL pieces for The Mag, in...

The Morning According to Us

...14 seasons, easily 50+ games over .500. Some say he was really just a product of John Elway's greatness, but that's not true either. During a period where the team had the...

Keeper

You can't stop Vince Young. The Longhorns only hope to retain him

Fantasy World: State of Urgency

So it's all come down to this. Roughly five months ago, you started preparations for your fantasy football draft, purchasing a number of draft guides ...

Dear Flem: It's always a worst-case scenario with the Broncos

...two NFL championships in the 90s but the days when anything was possible because No. 7 (John Elway) was manning the ship. Now, anything is possible, but usually not in a good way. This...

Harvest Time

Carson Palmer has grown into the quarterback he was destined to be-and the Bengals are reaping a winner

Master Builder

Want to go from practice squad nobody to NFL record breaker? Broncos wideout Rod Smith has the perfect plan

Shread Hot

Don't be fooled by the slouches. Snowboard goddesses Gretchen Bleiler and Lindsey Jacobellis are more than ready to become Olympic icons