http://assets.espn.go.com/i/tvlistings/tv_espn_original.gif en-us 10 ESPN Inc. http://espn.go.com/ Copyright 2010 ESPN Inc. Are there larger lessons to be drawn from the NFL's practice of devouring its own? Owners are insane, parity has fooled us all, and coaches sign on anyway. The logic of Black Monday.]]> December 31, 2012 04:04:30 PST Why did Roger Staubach fall to the 10th round in the NFL draft? He had a professional handicap. And it was immovable. He was military.]]> November 05, 2012 11:25:06 PST Greg Schiano, not Tom Coughlin, was right on Sunday in the dustup over the final Giants-Buccaneers snap. Play the clock to the zeroes. That's it. This is football. Play the damn game.]]> September 17, 2012 08:47:46 PDT In the end, Jonathan Vilma is a prop. He's a tool being manipulated by a commissioner trying to make much larger points.]]> May 02, 2012 11:39:08 PDT Of course the Saints would benefit from a system that allowed their GM to listen to opposing coaches. The NFL must investigate these allegations fully.]]> April 23, 2012 13:54:30 PDT Ignore all those trumped-up reasons to say no. In the end, it will be easier for Bill Parcells to go marching back into the game than to turn down the chance to coach the Saints.]]> March 28, 2012 05:24:19 PDT To understand why Roger Goodell reacted so harshly to the Saints, look at the scandal being played out under the specter of a much larger scandal. The concussion issue is pro football's elephant in the kitchen.]]> March 22, 2012 05:21:45 PDT Because David Stern's vote counts more than the other votes, because Stern is the ultimate "first among equals" in the NBA, it bears at least passing note that it was he, in the end, who made Sacramento happen.]]> March 01, 2012 05:51:09 PST Step right up! You, too, can take a crack at fixing Tim Tebow's throwing motion. And why not? Everyone else under the sun has had a shot.]]> February 17, 2012 04:23:11 PST Temper, in most cases, is likely to be short this NBA season. Kevin Love's case was obvious, but he isn't alone, and he won't be the last to lose it on the court during a compressed schedule.]]> February 07, 2012 06:33:56 PST How will Peyton Manning exit? The most desperately difficult achievement in professional sports, once you get past the part of actually making it to the top in the first place, is the clean getaway.]]> February 01, 2012 05:40:29 PST The NFL going full-time with any officials, any at all, is a wonderful and necessary thing. It's an overdue thing. And any complications and concerns are dwarfed by the good that could result.]]> January 18, 2012 05:46:34 PST Sometime soon, somebody other than Frank McCourt is going to own the Dodgers. What's at stake? Bud Selig's legacy, for starters. And there might not be anything he can do about it.]]> January 09, 2012 05:37:08 PST Here's what we're learning from the Ryan Braun PED case: Neither MLB nor Bud Selig has moved beyond the drug issue, despite what the players and the commissioner say.]]> December 13, 2011 04:00:48 PST Whatever the owners tried to tell themselves, the players or the fans about the new labor agreement, the one thing it most assuredly does not is prevent the rich from getting richer.]]> December 09, 2011 04:30:22 PST