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The SEC's issue: Is bigger better?

Mike Fish, ESPN.com

The SEC is as close as it gets to the NFL. In fact, an "Outside the Lines" examination of the big money behind the nation's top college football conference finds just one significant difference: The players get scholarships instead of paychecks.

Story | Conversation | December 18, 2009

Should ND have gone or stayed home?

Bruce Feldman

Last week, I rolled out a new concept for Thursdays called "The Argument." (Refresher: Here's the first one, about how to truly define the Heisman tro...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 17, 2009

Saints can make Louisiana history

Pat Yasinskas, NFC South

...win the ABA title that season. The Buccaneers played three seasons in New Orleans before moving to Memphis where the franchise was known under three different names (Pros, Tams and Sounds) before folding after the...

Blog | December 16, 2009

Off the grid

Tim Keown, ESPN The Magazine

From the December 28, 2009 issue of ESPN The Magazine - Tim Keown profiles Kris Lawrence, who developed a plan to create the next great heavyweight champs by turning former football players into boxers. Can this save the heavyweight division?

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | December 15, 2009

The five most important NFL draft decisions

Bruce Feldman

Jake Locker announced Monday that he will return for his senior season instead of entering the NFL draft. As an immediate result, we had a big domino ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 15, 2009

Mailbag: Colts' fans ask the most

Paul Kuharsky, AFC South

...ridiculous. Twenty teams in the league would kill for the attention the Colts get. Henry Milton from Memphis writes about the Titans being their best when they used two tight ends in their base offense...

Blog | December 12, 2009

Boxing promoter to meet Jerry Jones

Dallas Cowboys

...a seat, which is more than the 2002 heavyweight bout between Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson in Memphis. The ringside seats for that bout started at $2,400. The report stated Arum would like to...

Blog | December 07, 2009

The apex of the World Football League

John Zoni, Special to Page 2

Page 2 celebrates the 35th anniversary of the star-crossed World Football League's only championship game.

Story | Conversation | December 03, 2009

Rondo off to the races?

Chris Forsberg, Boston Celtics

...is unlikely to occur, it was noted on our SportsCenter blog that Rondo and the Celtics visit Memphis on Dec. 14, the day after the Titans have a home game in Nashville

Blog | December 01, 2009

Jaguars unlikely to leave Jacksonville

Adam Schefter

...in Jacksonville as opposed to some of the other options it had at the time, such as Memphis and Baltimore. Jacksonville has not supported the NFL the way the league had hoped -- but winning teams...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 30, 2009

Source: Memphis to tap LSU's Porter

Joe Schad, ESPN

Memphis will have a new coach in LSU running back coach Larry Porter, a person directly involved said Saturday.

Story | Conversation | November 28, 2009

Report: Redskins' Gray to land Memphis job

Matt Mosley, NFC East

Redskins secondary coach Jerry Gray will become the head coach at Memphis, according to ESPN.com's Joe Schad. Gray interviewed with Memphis officials Monday and Tuesday and an...

Blog | November 25, 2009

Sources: Gray to be hired at Memphis

Joe Schad, ESPN.com

Memphis is expected to announce Washington Redskins secondary coach Jerry Gray as its new head coach, multiple people familiar with the process said Tuesday.

Story | Conversation | November 24, 2009

Joe Schad's College Football Daily

SportsCenter

AP Photo/Charlie Riedel *What Kansas athletic director Lew Perkins will try to gather in interviews with current and former players as well as parent...

Blog | November 19, 2009

Behind the scenes of "The Blind Side"

Sam Alipour, Special to Page 2

Media Blitz talks to the figures in and around "The Blind Side" to get the skinny on the new movie.

Story | Conversation | November 19, 2009