Fields and Questions

...no-win situations to a certain degree. I know. From 1990 to 1994, I played for four NFL teams. During that time I learned that every team conducted business pretty much the same way. Now...

Behind the Bets

NFL owners, already life's biggest winners, want to try their luck with the lottery. That was the...

The NFL doesn't see its lottery bet as a contradiction in philosophy

Jay Leno and athletes over the years

As ya probably know, tomorrow is Jay Leno's final stint as host of The Tonight Show; on Monday, Conan O' Brien takes over (if you're a Simpsons fan, t...

Lunch Links

...shows you'll be watching this fall. Don't put Sweet Lou in a fancy hotel. The NFL over/unders for wins are out! Gotta love the NFL teaming up with state lotteries. Matt Stafford...

Interesting Debate -- Better Recruiter, John Calipari or Pete Carroll?

Calipari just got John Wall. UK suddenly seems loaded. Carroll pretty much gets everyone west of Texas to come to USC. Interestingly, both also "faile...

The Gamer Blog: Brian Orakpo and Michael Crabtree on NCAA Football 10

...sacking the quarterback as Lawrence Taylor have flipped into dreams of watching his Madden character sack the NFL's elite. But what other players does he like to play with? "DeMarcus Ware, Jason Taylor, Shawne...

Life of Reilly

Here's my solution for fixing baseball: put me in charge.

The Morning According to Us

...rules don't all apply just yet. We've allowed these leagues -- we're looking at you, NFL, NHL, MLB, NBA and yes, even you the NCAA -- to play business at a third grade level...

The Morning According to Us

...on Nick's list.) So he'll sit in the booth Friday nights, the greatest quarterback in NFL history, and pick apart, say, Venice High's 4-3 defense. This is roughly akin to Sergey...

Lunch Links

...opposite. Peyton Manning is a generous fella. Could we be getting a rookie wage scale in the NFL? The numbers say A-Rod didn't tip pitches. The SF Giants are doing dynamic pricing with...

Auction Block: Famed Charity

...to the museum. "They also had a room dedicated to the greatest game ever played -- the 1958 NFL championship game between the Giants and the Colts," says Schott "I had a bunch of the original...

Lunch Links

Daily Rec.'s: The Cowboys went all out on this stadium name; The NFL's not so keen on this Delaware gambling thing; Nothing beats a jetpack world record. Take that...

Semi-Interesting: Lady Antebellum, Aaron Rodgers and Favre

We're going to start with the speculative: some claim (it is likely not true) that Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers is linked to Lady Antebellum lea...

The Video Diary Package

Often, ESPN The Magazine will provide athletes with a camera to record their lives for fans, all-access style. Here are a few of those offerings.