Gansz dies after surgery complications

Former Kansas City Chiefs coach Frank Gansz has died in a Dallas hospital. He was 70.

...Southern Miss tight end Shawn Nelson (1) in action during the NCAA Football game between the SMU Mustangs and the Southern Miss Golden Eagles at the Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas, TX. SMU...

Texas' Mt. Rushmore of Sports

Check out which four sports figures made it onto Texas' Mount Rushmore.

Week 1 provides some cheers and many jeers

From the Cupcake Roulette to debuts to boo or cheer to fresh faces with fast feet, The Dash runs through it all.

Sources: SMU to try to land Hawaii's Jones with big-money offer

SMU will pursue Hawaii coach Junes Jones and is prepared to pay between $1.5 and $1.7 million per year, according to two people familiar with SMU's' strategy.

Texas: No. 1 football state

Texas ranks No. 1 on the ESPN.com football list. The state finishes at No. 4 in the pro ranking, No. 1 among colleges and No. 1 in high school football.

Backfields in motion

Tommy Tuberville saying he had to replace the greatest backfield in the last 50 years had the inbox overflowing.

Gansz's illness a 'serious situation'

Southern Methodist special teams coordinator Frank Gansz Sr., a legend in the NFL for his ability to coach the kicking game, is in grave condition in a Dallas hospital.

TMQ's annual Bad Predictions Review

Most sports prognosticators were dead wrong about the 2008 NFL season, as detailed in TMQ's annual Bad Predictions Review.

OTL: Game in the Shadows

Six weeks after the JFK assassination, a colossal clash of No. 1 Texas and No. 2 Navy was overshadowed in Dallas.

National signing day live blog

Scouts Inc. follows all the happenings on national signing day 2008.

Preparing to coach in his sixth Super Bowl, Scarnecchia avoids spotlight

Dante Scarnecchia is the only coach in Patriots' franchise history to be a member of all six Super Bowl teams. Yet few know the offensive line coach, and that's the way he likes it, Len Pasquarelli writes.

Jones says challenge of rebuilding SMU led him to leave Hawaii

The way June Jones sees it, staying at Hawaii would have been easy; it was the challenge of rebuilding a tattered football program that led him to take the coaching job at Southern Methodist, which stumbled to a 1-11 record this season.

Frogs, football define life its ownself for Jenkins

Dan Jenkins' love affair with college football in general, and TCU in particular, began on Nov. 30, 1935. The sportswriter's passion for "the most emotional, colorful and hysterical game ever developed by mankind and Walter Camp" endures to this day.

Circle these intriguing games on the calendar

Break out the highlighter and circle these most intriguing matchups of the 2007 season on the calendar, writes Mark Schlabach.