Edmonton Oilers' Ryan Stone, upper right, celebrates a goal against the Detroit Red Wings during the first period of their...

Edmonton Oilers' Zack Stortini, top, and teammate Ryan Stone (32) put the defensive squeeze on Detroit Red Wings' Brad May during the third period of...

The Big Rotowski: Final ranks

Christopher Harris ranks the players for the final four weeks of the NFL season, with special attention given to players who could sit for their NFL teams during the fantasy playoffs.

Varied skills make for deep running back class

...Tech's Jonathan Dwyer and Fresno State's Ryan Mathews all figure to be off the board...Georgia Tech linebacker steps into the hole and stones the lead blocker. Spiller simply cuts outside and...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 08, 2009

How Clemson went from A ... to Z

...in his stead, ESPN The Magazine senior writer Ryan McGee -- who often has written on college football...day: "I've had more fun passing kidney stones." How did it all go down? Stick with...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 07, 2009

Starters with same agents could push prices

...Angels worse by working out a deal with Figgins -- it's not quite done yet, as Larry Stone writes, but some of the folks involved are telling others that it's going to get done...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 05, 2009

Ifill narrows it down to five

...C./Byrnes) and/or defensive lineman Michael Thornton (Stone Mountain, Ga./ Stephenson) to his 2010 class, but...likes Cincinnati and Notre Dame Junior offensive lineman Ryan Kelly (West Chester, Ohio/Lakota West) is beginning...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 03, 2009

Too close to call

The teams are finally set for the 2010 Under Armour All-America Game (Jan. 2, ESPN). Who has the advantage? Here's a position-by-position comparison of the two rosters.

Players on the verge of records

ESPN RISE editor Doug Huff takes a look at top high school record setters

Front Line: Hossa back, rising

Marian Hossa defied even the most optimistic of prognoses by returning to the Blackhawks before the calendar turned to December. With his injury behind him, Sean Allen is ready to consider him elite again.

Running with Bob Sheppard

Bob Sheppard, the longtime public address announcer for the Yankees, is stepping away from the microphone for good. I hope he enjoys whatever he deci...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 28, 2009