Best-case scenarios: Rooting interests over the next two weekends

Oregon State's stakes are much bigger than Oregon's in the Civil War on Dec. 3 in Autzen Stadium. How so? Aren't both teams playing for the Rose Bow...

Big Game lives up to hype as Vereen has 3 TDs; late INT sinks Stanford

Shane Vereen ran for a career-high 193 yards and three touchdowns on 42 carries and Mike Mohamed intercepted a pass from Andrew Luck at the 3 with less than 2 minutes left as California spoiled the Rose Bowl hopes for Stanford with a 34-28 victory.

Pac-10 lunch links: Is Locker headed to the NFL draft?

Arms, and the man I sing, who, forc'd by fate, And haughty Juno's unrelenting hate, Expell'd and exil'd, left the Trojan shore. Long labors, both b...

California-Stanford Preview

California-Stanford Preview

Woods to be honorary captain

Tiger Woods will be an honorary captain for Stanford when the Cardinal take on rival California in the Big Game on Saturday.

SAN FRANCISCO - OCTOBER 10: Tiger Woods of the USA plays his second shot at...

Blair halts Clemson's comeback

Without Scott Blair, who proved he's as accurate with his arm as he is with his foot, Georgia Tech might have succumbed to Clemson's comeback. The Yellow Jackets' close win raises more questions than answers, writes Mark Schlabach.

No contest, SEC clearly the best

...best golfers in the world. There's Tiger Woods and everybody else. There's the SEC...

Tinkering with Tebow

...field is akin to messing around with Tiger Woods and telling him what club he ought to...

Alabama spring wrap-up

Posted by ESPN.com's Chris Low Alabama Crimson Tide 2008 overall record: 12-2 2008 conference record: 8-1 Returni...

Bradford eager for challenge of another season

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Griffin NORMAN, Okla. -- The chance to make millions of dollars was clear and tangible to Sam Bradford. Almost every NFL...

Programs struggle to balance budget

Stanford has been the country's top-performing athletic department for 15 straight years. But even the Cardinal are feeling the economic stress. And they're not alone.

Expect BCS venues to stay the same

The public clamors for change, but the BCS format will be the same. So will the bowls. Ho and hum. The commissioners running the BCS continue down the same path.

Culbreath perseveres for Senior Day

Jordan Culbreath was an all-Ivy running back. A diagnosis of aplastic anemia took away his playing days, but could not stop him from enjoying his Senior Day.

Dash of bowl talk and '09 developments

From a return to reality to a BCS bowl manifesto to possible big-names bowling gutter balls, The Dash runs through it all.