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OK, everybody, be honest. Who picked Alabama vs. Texas A&M as the must-see game in the SEC this time a year ago? It probably wouldn't have been among my top five choices before the season began. But in retrospect, no game in the league was ...

On Wednesday, we provided you with our top five Pac-12 BCS moments. Here's what we wrote (our polls can only included five choices, so if you think Oregon and Stanford both winning BCS bowl games this past year qualifies, go with other): 1. USC d...

Mike Petriello uses the shutdowns metric to determine the best relievers in baseball right now.

Story | Conversation | May 23, 2013

OK, let's stir up some arguing and yelling again. Yesterday, I ranked the top five pitching duos. Today, let's do the majors' best hitting duos. Ranking the pitchers was difficult because there were so many excellent pairs to choose. Ranking the h...

LSU and Ohio State were the top two for ESPN 150 wide receiver Saeed Blacknall. Now the two are bookends for the Manalapan (N.J.) High School star's top five. The 6-foot-3, 205-pound Blacknall released a top five Tuesday night. LSU remains at the ...

Blog | May 21, 2013

Major league baseball is so deep in quality starting pitching that you could probably make the case for nine or 10 different combinations as the best pair going right now. Here are my top five: 1. Felix Hernandez and Hisashi Iwakuma, Mariners Thi...

Remember when the 2013-14 Kansas Jayhawks were going to be a shaky proposition? I do! Just two weeks ago, Kansas was the team losing all five of last season's starters, among them four seniors and one freshman top-five draft pick. Left in their wa...

The Cross-Sport Power Rankings rate the top 10 athletes making noise around the world of sports. This week, Miguel Cabrera gets the No. 1 spot.

ESPN draft guru Mel Kiper Jr. has released his early top-five rankings at each position. Here are the positions he's looked at so far: Wide receivers and defensive ends Running backs and safeties Quarterbacks Cornerbacks Tight ends ...

Mel Kiper is walking through his top players nationally at each position, and his latest piece put the microscope on defensive tackles . No Big 12 players made Kiper's top five, but a pair from the conference cracked the top 10. TCU's Chucky Hunte...

Wrapping up his position-by-position look at the top prospects for the 2014 NFL draft, ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. broke down the top offensive linemen and defensive tackles. While none of the Pac-12's offensive linemen rank in the top five overall , whe...

The 2013 NFL draft was not a good one for the Big Ten. Will 2014 turn out better for the league? It's a long way away, but ESPN.com draft expert Mel Kiper Jr. has an early look at the top five draft-eligible players by position for next year. The Big...

ESPN draft guru Mel Kiper Jr. is rolling out his early top five rankings at each position this week. Here are the positions he's looked at so far: Wide receivers and defensive ends Running backs and safeties Quarterbacks Cornerbacks T...

ESPN draft guru Mel Kiper Jr. is rolling out his early top five rankings at each position this week. Here are the positions he's looked at so far: Wide receivers and defensive ends Running backs and safeties Quarterbacks Cornerbacks N...

Continuing with his look at the top prospects for the 2014 draft by position, ESPN's Mel Kiper ranked the tight ends , outside linebackers and inside linebackers . The Pac-12 is well-represented at all three position groups. Three of the top five...

Don't like the air in the recruiting world today? Much like the weather in Ohio, wait two minutes, and things will change. With news that offensive guard Demetrius Knox has set an official visit to Ohio State, and offensive Damian Prince is planni...