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How young QBs and their cheap contracts make veterans like Philip Rivers look expendable.

Four years ago, Andre Smith got off a plane in Indianapolis as the best left tackle at that year's NFL combine. The previous season, he was awarded the Outland Trophy, given to college football's best interior lineman. He'd been named an All-American...

In case you were busy breaking the last of your New Year's resolutions, here's what you missed in sports last weekend. Novak Djokovic became the first man to win three consecutive Australian Open titles in the Open era, topping Andy Murray 6-7, ...

The thought had lingered all weekend — for the past couple weekends, actually — but it took Matt Schaub's trip to Foxborough for it to take hold. Houston had just completed another seven-yard pass on a third-and-8, and as it became clear ...

Ray Lewis Is Truly Awesome Ray Lewis has described many things as "awesome." He dieted and exercised before this season and showed up to camp at his lightest weight in some 15 years: "It's awesome," he said, "I feel great." Earlier this season he...

Aaron Rodgers's quest for revenge highlights the Sports Guy's inbox while he makes his divisional weekend picks.

On any given Sunday (or Monday, or Thursday), your NFL Run & Shootaround crew will be gathered around multiple televisions, making inappropriate jokes and generally regressing to the mean. Catch up on all the NFL action right here. Field of Dreams...

With Tom Brady and Peyton Manning still dissecting defenses, this weekend's game between the Seattle Seahawks and Washington Redskins might not produce this year's Super Bowl winner, but it may still be the key to the NFL's future. Since their 3-6 st...

Bill Simmons and Cousin Sal break down the Week 16 NFL games and guess the lines for the last time in the regular season. To listen to this podcast, you can download it on iTunes here or go to the ESPN.com PodCenter here. Previously on the B....

We're here: Week 16. For those of you lucky enough to still be around, there is boundless glory to be won. To help with the preparation during fantasy football's most sacred of times, we've compiled a short weekly schedule designed to draw from the g...

Each week, the Fantasy Island contestants will submit a preview for each of that weekend's games. The best preview from each game will be selected and combined with the others into one comprehensive guide, and points are awarded based on how many ind...

Of all the players in the NFL last Sunday, it was Russell Wilson who turned the most heads. Marshaling a 97-yard touchdown drive with 3:40 left in the game against Chicago to take a 17-14 lead was one thing, but after the Bears miraculously tied the ...

December 2007: Wichita East High School's Bryce Brown, a five-star running back largely considered to be the nation's top junior prospect, verbally commits to the University of Miami. With no-nonsense head coach Randy Shannon, dual-threat quarterback...

The scores weren't high on the BQBL leaderboard this week, but the outstanding individuals occupying it performed acts displaying a level of ineptitude that we had yet to see in the BQBL. Three-and-Out Ravens (Joe Flacco), 79 points: With both...

In Part 1, Cousin Sal joins Bill to commiserate over heartbreaking losses for both the Cowboys and the Patriots; then they turn their attention to the Week 7 betting lines. In Part 2, JackO and Joe House join Bill to talk baseball. JackO mourns the l...

As I write this it is 7:46 p.m., Monday, October 8, 12, 2012 AD. I point this out because I am writing the introduction to this week's BQBL post BEFORE Mark Sanchez takes the field against the Houston Texans. There is a 90 percent chance that I will ...