The Weekly Best for 12/1

Welcome to the Weekly Best, giving you the cream of the crop in sports, pop culture and beyond.

Power Rankings: Ladies edition

All Tiger's ladies top the charts in Page 2's Power Rankings this week.

Tiger Woods' wife, Elin Nordegren, rides next to Woods after winning the US Open championship at Torrey Pines Golf Course on in this June...

Power Rankings: 4th down edition

The Patriots' ill-fated fourth-down decision tops the charts in Page 2's Power Rankings this week.

The sporting world has gone Green Man

Toby Mergler gets to the bottom of the latest spandex-clad sports fan phenomenon.

"Eating the Dinosaur": Football

In an excerpt from his book "Eating the Dinosaur," Chuck Klosterman breaks down the game of football.

Mulligans for the entire sports world

Page 2 suggests the entire sporting world take a page from golf to erase its worst memories.

The crazy days of youth

Scoop Jackson's tailgating memory involves the big Xavier-Dillard game, boiled hamburgers and a golf club.

Power Rankings: Vengeance edition

Greg Hardy delivers the supremacy metric on the world of sports and beyond.

Bring back the tug of war

Jim Caple thinks it's time the IOC brought back the ancient sport of tug of war.

'The Rise and Fall of Art Schlichter'

Former Ohio State star Art Schlichter relives his college days and the beginning of his gambling problem.

Summer of Mailbag revisited

While the Summer of Mailbag may have been derailed, Bill Simmons still delivers the latest and greatest the readers have to offer.

Disc golf has a pro tour, and momentum

Jack McCluskey spent a weekend on the professional disc golf tour, where the purses are small but the dreams are big.

Let's retire Favre talk, and much more

Inspired by Brett Favre, Dave Dameshek lists a slew of things we're sick and tired of hearing about in sports.

Sporting emotions at the highest pitch

Bill Simmons has experienced a lot of emotional sporting events, but nothing like a World Cup soccer qualifier in Mexico City.