ARBITRARY NFL DRAFT ANALYSIS: TOP 5'S VS. OTHER 5'S

...of Gerardo , who reminds us of Gerald Wallace, who reminds us of Geraldo. Edge: KVB 4. Justin Smith vs. 4. (7th rd) T.J. Houshmandzadeh Summary: Smith is solid and also trailblazed the Bengals...

At 6'4", 270, Justin Smith has the ideal body for a defensive end. He can bench-press 500 pounds and manhandle...

Cincinnati Bengals

There's no telling how high Corey Dillon's stats will soar. But how will the Bengals fare in the air?

Clip Reel: 2008

...league's superstars. With his "Superman" dunk, Dwight Howard won the slam dunk contest and left Kenny Smith nearly apoplectic. Shaq had a simple request for Kobe Bryant: "Tell me how my a-- tastes." Baron...

Keeper

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

Taking Flyer

Every NFL team wants players who are low-risk and high-reward. Their best bet? Sign undrafted free agents like Drew Bennett-and hope they soar as he has

Pass Happy Valley

The only thing more surprising than Joe Paterno leading the Nittany Lions to the BCS? The four freshman wideouts he's using to do it

The Mag's College Basketball Preview: No. 9-16

Season previews of The Mag's No. 9-16 teams.

The Second-Year Surge

[Ed's note: If you want to see a list of some guys in college now who could become the next Woodley, click here.] What is it about the second year? N...

-Someone Might Be Gaining On You

For the first time in 10 years, the top preps can't skip right to the league. Since they have to stay around, why not make freshman year the best of their lives?

THE GIVING TRIAGE

Last year, LaDainian Tomlinson led the NFL with just 1474 yards rushing. It's a good year by most standards, but consider that the league-leader over ...

Power 16

No.1 team? Okay, fine, it's USC. After that, it's anyone's BCS ballgame

Meet The Niners!

The upstarts from San Fran are every expert's sleeper fave. But before we commit, these 49ers have some explaining to do

A LOOK BACK WITH ... MAG BASEBALL EDITOR JON SCHER

...he edits a variety of content (Stephen A. Smith's column, for example!), his focus is baseball...really, but we did say that BJ and Justin Upton are the future of fantasy baseball and...

FANTASY WORLD: RIDING TANDEM

Since the dawn of time, when the first subatomic particle rotated around the first nucleus, duos have ruled. The Yin and the Yang, the Sun and the Moo...