"Eating the Dinosaur": Football

In an excerpt from his book "Eating the Dinosaur," Chuck Klosterman breaks down the game of football.

Rice making professional golf debut

Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice is making his professional golf debut next year as a tournament host and player at a Nationwide Tour event in northern California.

Whisenhunt leads NFC West golf contingent

Tee Time (Pacific) Group Number Golfer Points 10:15 27 Trent Dilfer 23 10:15 27 Dan Quinn 21 10:...

Around the NFC West: Cardinals favored?

...Costa Times sizes up former 49ers quarterback as a player in...C.W. Nevius of the San Francisco Chronicle explains why he thinks...

Mailbag: Turnovers, points and plays

...3 4 5 6 8 9 10 Opponent SF MIA WAS NYJ BUF DAL CAR STL SF...ball more than 14 minutes longer than the 49ers in the Week 1 game. Mr. Zero from...

Busting In

Sculptor Blair Buswell has created 53 of the 229 bronze busts in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The creation of each bust is its own, unique story. Here are nine of them, from the perspective of the artist, as told to ESPN.com senior writer Greg Garber.

Training Camp Roundup: Aug. 12

News from around NFL training camps.

SportsNation TV: Tuesday

...Smith had to go sit on a hill and watch from afar after throwing an interception in 49ers practice. How much do you value keeping your toenails intact? Pro Bowl WR Larry Fitzgerald runs so...

Brady's historic season among greatest ever

Tom Brady's record-setting season got us thinking about the greatest individual seasons in sports history.

Former NFL coaches: Where are they now?

Many of Sam Wyche's contemporaries have also found interesting things to do since leaving the game, writes William Bendetson.

Chandler finishes with record 78 points to stop six-time winner Rhoden

Ex-NFL quarterback Chris Chandler had seven birdies during a nine-hole stretch Sunday to shoot a 5-under-par 67 and pull away from six-time winner Rick Rhoden for his first victory in the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship at Lake Tahoe.

Brocato a legend among scouts

To the fan, C.O. Bocato is a nameless, faceless scout. But in the NFL, Bocato is a legend who shapes franchises and players' careers and he let ESPN.com's Matt Mosley tag along as he worked the Texas pro day.

...the first quarter against the San Francisco 49ers in San Diego, in this...

The football genius who's crazy for golf

Hall of Fame football coach Bill Walsh talks about mentoring Tiger Woods, fighting the shanks -- and beating leukemia so he can play more golf.

Who are some pro athletes turned golfers?

Scott Draper is just the latest person to make the transition from one professional sport to golf's big leagues. The list also includes Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Esteban Toledo and Rick Rhoden.