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This week began with NBA player Jason Collins rocking the sports world by announcing he is gay and continued with the unlikely entrance of former Green Bay Packers safety LeRoy Butler into the issue. Now let me pass along Ian O'Connor's well-repor...

Vince Lombardi, whose brother was gay, would've been proud of Jason Collins.

It's easy to get lost in the shuffle when you played during the golden age of the NFL's most celebrated franchise. Dave Robinson was an elite playmaking linebacker on some of Vince Lombardi's best Green Bay Packers teams, but it took 38 years after h...

Still searching for an offensive coordinator, the Jets interviewed Saints quarterbacks coach Joe Lombardi on Wednesday for the position, according to a league source. Lombardi, the grandson of the legendary Vince Lombardi, has coached the Saints' ...

From the Green Bay Packers to the University of Texas, Gene Wojciechowski ranks the top 10 head-coaching jobs in football.

The zebras have gotten all the headlines lately, but this week's "Fly or Fail" focuses on the men patrolling the sidelines. Long gone are the days of football coaches wearing suits, ties and fedoras, a la Vince Lombardi. Over the years, for better or...

Where does your team stand in the Week 4 edition of the 2012 ESPN.com NFL Power Rankings?

While Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless were debating Terrell Owens' alleged diva tendencies in the video above, I was revisiting notes from our 2008 package on all-time great NFL receivers. Owens ranked ninth on the list even though our seven pan...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The New York Giants take to the football field for the first time since hoisting the Vince Lombardi Trophy. Tonight, they open their 2012 preseason against Jacksonville. Twelve players -- including Michael Boley, Jacquian Wil...

CANTON, Ohio -- We're a few hours away from the 7 p.m. ET start to enshrinement ceremonies at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. I'll be heading over early to get a feel for what awaits. Cortez Kennedy and his daughter, Courtney, were seen downstai...

On what is traditionally the slowest sports day of the year, please indulge me for a post that has some NFC North relevance but is mostly a life lesson. In a forgotten portion of his famous 1993 ESPYS speech, Jim Valvano told how he leaned on the ...

Conventional wisdom says quarterback Alex Smith held back the San Francisco 49ers' offense last season. It's also possible coach Jim Harbaugh held back Smith simply because Harbaugh prefers to run an offense that way. Matt Barrows of the Sacrament...

Tomlinson gave the Jets everything he had -- and then he really let 'em have it.

US Presswire Pacers coach Frank Vogel has won the halftime battle over Erik Spoelstra so far. INDIANAPOLIS - Frank Vogel calls them his Vince Lombardi moments. It's those times when the Indiana Pacers' coach claims to deliver just the right moti...

Justin Tuck wants even more hardware -- and he dared to say "dynasty."

Who ranks with Peyton Manning as a local icon? That's the question Doug Williams takes on here. Some personalities -- through longevity, likeability, community connection and greatness -- become icons for their cities and fans, more than the sum ...