Those more cynical about these things might question the timing. What better way to kick off Super Bowl hype, after all, than with a feel-good announcement about the NFL's new and improved drug testing program? Take a closer look, though, and there's some real meat on the bone that the NFL served up ...
The Dallas Cowboys got the receiver their fans loved to hate. The New England Patriots gave away the kicker their fans hated to lose. Both moves were baffling, at best. And not just because it matters what fans think, because in the end it really doesn't. Coaches and general managers can huddle in darkened ...
TURIN, Italy - Moments like this don't come often. Chances for redemption sometimes don't come at all. Sasha Cohen took the ice Thursday night a favorite to win gold in the premier event of the Olympics. She left it with a forced smile, the moment having gotten the best of her once again. The gold was ...
NASHVILLE - Vanderbilt fullback Zach Logan has been suspended from the team indefinitely after being arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. The redshirt freshman was arrested Friday after a Nashville police officer spotted him driving the wrong way down a road near Vanderbilt's campus. ...
TURIN, Italy - Forgive Shani Davis and Chad Hedrick because they tried to put on a show, tried their best to stick to the party line and pretend it was all overblown, a media concoction. They talked like they had been told what to say. And, until the very end, they said all the right things. Just like ...
Richard Lapchick isn't about to start celebrating, because it's way too early. Too many college athletes still don't get their diplomas, particularly if they are black. Still, there was something different this time - something even slightly upbeat - when Lapchick issued his usual gloom-and-doom numbers ...
Bud Selig and Donald Fehr are still stalling, and Congress is still posturing. Who would think John Ruiz would be the one actually doing something about steroids? The WBA heavyweight champion isn't speaking on Capitol Hill, or lobbying baseball to reach a new agreement. Those things take way too long. Ruiz ...
There are tough guys, and then there are tough guys. No one doubts Tedy Bruschi is one tough guy. He's also a great story, something ESPN's fawning announcers never let you forget for a moment the other night even as he and the other 21 players on the field in Foxborough, Mass., tried to play a game. At ...
Lucky for Rafael Palmeiro he doesn't play baseball in Italy. If he did, he might be spending the offseason in jail instead of at home. The same goes for Jason Giambi. All the sorrys in the world might not have spared him from the slammer. The Italians take their drug testing seriously - so seriously ...
