To play... or not to play

From the December 28, 2009 issue of ESPN The Magazine, Ryan McGee profiles four Wake Forest football players who decided to redshirt in the context of a broader discussion about when to sit a stud HS football player.

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It's a no-brainer for No. 1

Ranking the best and worst bowl games, those decisions were no-brainers. The games in between were the fun part.

Montoya not bothered by remark

Juan Pablo Montoya was never upset by the "taco" remark that got ESPN announcer Bob Griese suspended.

ESPN's Griese suspended 1 week

ESPN broadcaster Bob Griese has been suspended one week for a remark he made about NASCAR driver Juan Pablo Montoya.

Checking in with ... Jay Paterno, Part II

Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg Here's the second half of my interview with Penn State quarterbacks coach Jay Paterno. Are you more curio...

Big Ten lunch links

...recruit.  Iowa has changed its recruiting strategy.  A Michigan game is nothing like a NASCAR race, but maybe that's not a good thing. Report on an analyst who believes Michigan...

Big East lunchtime links

...s Brian Bennett • Former Rutgers defensive end Milan Rudanovic is now on the pit crew for NASCAR driver Brian Vickers, Jenny Vrentas writes in The Star-Ledger. • Jerry Carino presents [big] 10 reasons...

ACC's lunchtime links

...til Monday: Here's Frank Beamer at his finest. He's going to drive a NASCAR stock car and says he'll set a speed record -- for the slowest car. Tony Barnhart...

Five things I hate about the SEC

...the Florida-Georgia game. There is no worse traffic for any sporting event in America. And before NASCAR fans pipe up, yes, I've been in race traffic before. I've come to...

West Virginia hopes to rev up offense versus Tar Heels

...the Meineke Car Care Bowl week festivities. Several players took a spin around the track in a NASCAR ride, squeezing into the passenger seat while their driver reached speeds of up to 170 m.p...

...s Dion Lewis, center, talks with Jason Pinkston, right, and Jabaal Sheard, left, after riding in a NASCAR race car at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009. North Carolina...

Pittsburgh head coach Dave Wannstedt, right, and players joke with teammates before riding in a NASCAR race car at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009. North Carolina...

Pittsburgh head coach Dave Wannstedt gives a thumbs up before riding in a NASCAR race car around Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009. Pittsburgh plays...

North Carolina's Erik Highsmith reacts after riding in a NASCAR race car at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009. North Carolina...

House hearing takes aim at BCS

A congressional subcommittee wants to know if enough college football teams are being given the chance to get their hands on the national championship trophy.