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Ted spent much of the past two weeks looking at individuals from the league who are coming back. But what about from a team standpoint? As is always the case, we have to say goodbye to some folks who have graduated, departed early, transferred or sim...

Ted spent much of the last two weeks looking at individuals from the league who are coming back. But what about from a team standpoint? As is always the case, we have to say goodbye to some folks who have graduated, departed early, transferred or sim...

Alex Ovechkin capped his great season with the NHL's biggest award.

It is a happy, happy Friday. I will be on vacation next week, but Kevin will be back after winning $4.7 million in Vegas playing blackjack. You should follow the Pac-12 blog on Twitter. To the mail! Alex from Corvallis writes: Have you heard...

Happy Friday. Whatever happened to former Arizona safety Adam Hall? More on Arizona State staring down Notre Dame. California has landed a commitment from a quarterback. Not much news so far on Colorado's search for a new athletic director....

If the Dictionary of Phrases needs a demonstration of what "cautiously optimistic" sounds like, they might want to chat with Mark Banker about his Oregon State defense. He makes a good case for optimism. And he's got reasons to be cautious. It ...

Every year during the preseason, we rank things -- best this, best that. It's highly subjective. And fans seem to like it. We know that because it makes so many of you apoplectic at our bias and stupidity. Athlon Sports has ranked the Pac-12 stadi...

USC, in terms of national championships, Heisman Trophy winners, All-Americans, great traditions and NFL success, might be the nation's preeminent program, apologies to Alabama and Notre Dame. So calling the Trojans "sleepers" seems, well, odd. Bu...

Arizona offers a QB who is committed to Miami. Arizona State did the right thing standing up to Notre Dame. Checking in with California safety Avery Sebastian. Colorado's APR numbers are good. Oregon blog Addicted to Quack posts its All-Ameri...

The official start to the countdown to the Pac-12 College Football Season begins for most media folks at media day (for the Pac-12 blog, there is no start or finish line, just one continuous super-marathon of joy). This year Pac-12 media day is Fr...

If your buddy Otis jumped off a cliff, would you? That used to be a parental standby to elicit the begrudging answer, "No." Yet from the "whatever you can do ridiculously I can do just as ridiculously file," UCLA has matched rival USC by offeri...

Experience matters. Although using returning starters to measure a college football team is hardly an exact science, it does have value. But it's not the only way to measure the returning experience of a football team. Phil Steele has broken do...

Adam Schefter discusses whether Ted Ginn Jr. can be a productive wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers....

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Some random observations and thoughts out of the Carolina Panthers' minicamp: Coach Ron Rivera was vague on this topic, but I get the sense that there's a good chance running back Jonathan Stewart, who is recovering from surger...

Ted Ginn Jr. has never liked being labeled a "specialist" and is looking to take advantage of a "fresh start" with the Carolina Panthers and prove to critics he can still play wide receiver in the NFL and be more than just a returner.

On Tuesday, we looked at the five worst defenses in the Pac-12 in 2012: UCLA, California, Washington State, Arizona and Colorado. The issue was not pointing out past badness but considered the potential for 2013 improvement. That included returnin...