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Which college quarterbacks will reign at the next level, and which will be the next Ryan Leaf? In ESPN The Magazine, Peter Keating looks at a few key variables that hold all the answers.

Story | Conversation | April 19, 2013

Mel Kiper lists the top 10 all-time NFL quarterback prospects, revealing the grades he gave those players before they were drafted. Stanford QB John Elway leads the list.

Story | Conversation | April 11, 2013

The Texas prosecutor who brokered a 10-year probationary sentence for former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf said Tuesday he is working on a plea deal that would allow the Montana native to serve his sentence in his home state.

Happy Friday. Checking in with Arizona's new offensive line coach, Jim Michalczik. Arizona State gets commitments, present and future. A look at former California great -- and future NFL Hall of Famer -- Tony Gonzalez. Reviewing the former ...

Oakland Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie gave his end of-the-season address to media on Thursday. There wasn't much earth-shattering news as reported by CSNBayArea. As expected, McKenzie said he expects running back Darren McFadden to be wi...

Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf has been moved from a central Montana drug treatment center to the state prison in Deer Lodge.

I once thought Ryan Leaf had the makings to become a top NFL quarterback and that the gap between Leaf and Peyton Manning wasn't all that significant. "Maturing stock adds to Leaf's net worth" was the headline for a Sporting News piece I wrote in ...

Nov. 22, 2001: Eleven Thanksgivings ago, the holiday fell on this date -- and provided a pair of two-point games featuring dramatic (almost) comebacks. First came the Detroit Lions, who trailed the Green Bay Packers 29-13 in the fourth quarter bef...

FALLING 1. John Skelton, Cardinals QB. Skelton avoided joining Ryan Leaf as the only quarterbacks to toss interceptions in 13 consecutive appearances. That was good. How Skelton avoided the streak was bad. The Cardinals benched him after Skelton m...

The Arizona Cardinals have benched John Skelton after the quarterback missed a wide-open Larry Fitzgerald in the end zone Sunday. Skelton entered this game against the Atlanta Falcons needing one interception to tie Ryan Leaf's NFL record for most...

Five nuggets of knowledge about the Week 11 games: Piece of history: The Falcons have a chance to be a part of history that would be nice for them, but it would put Arizona quarterback John Skelton in some pretty bad company. Skelton has thrown an...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- It's time to move on. The Dallas Cowboys need to plan their exit strategy from quarterback Tony Romo today or they're going to be stuck in the same situation they were in when Troy Aikman retired after the 2000 season. After...

Regular blog commenter 4949Centennial hit the NFC West mailbag after watching the San Francisco 49ers' defense struggle against Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos in the team's third preseason game. "How concerned 49ers fans should be after Den...

The attorney for former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf says authorities in Texas are no longer seeking to extradite Leaf and revoke his probation.

Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf could return to West Texas as early as next week to face a judge who could revoke his probation on drug-related charges.

Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf could spend 15 months locked down in Montana, first in a secure drug treatment facility and then in a pre-release living center as part of a judge's sentence following Leaf's guilty plea for breaking into a house and illeg