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Salon.com December 14, 2002 Allen Barra |
The tyrant and the traitor Two Alabama football coaches, Bear Bryant and Dennis Franchione, mistreated their players. But at least Bryant didn't betray them. |
Salon.com November 10, 2000 Allen Barra |
Have the Fighting Irish gone soft? Notre Dame is enforcing stricter academic standards in a push to deemphasize football. Why now? |
Salon.com November 29, 2001 Allen Barra |
Bring back the arbitrary college football polls! Sure, the old championship polls were bogus -- but the current system is just as bogus, and it doesn't even give fans anything to argue about... |
Sports Central January 1, 2007 Ross Lancaster |
Crimson Tide Once Proud, Now Forgettable? Despite having three non-winning season in four years, Alabama football is still one of the most tradition-rich programs in the country. |
Sports Illustrated May 14, 2003 Kelley King |
Turning the Tide? By hiring dashing young coach Mike Shula, Alabama meant to calm the storm swirling around its football program. Instead, it created a new controversy |
Sports Illustrated January 15, 2002 Ian Thomsen |
He's All Grown Up After going it alone on the court and off, Kobe Bryant relishes being a teammate... |
Sports Illustrated May 2, 2001 Ivan Maisel |
Why good teams stay on top Tracing the origins of an intriguing drill: The drill makes players confront one of the basic tenets of football -- you can't play well without winning your share of collisions... |
Sports Central September 3, 2012 Joshua Duffy |
Despite Win, Fighting Irish Still Lost For those who might not remember it, Notre Dame football used to mean something. It was a higher state of intercollegiate being. But it's been a while since those Irish glory years. |
Salon.com September 27, 2002 Allen Barra |
Notre Dame's return to glory! (Part 23) Why does the college's legendary -- but creaky -- football program have to keep coming back? |
Sports Illustrated December 19, 2000 Ian Thomsen |
Letting Fly Kobe Bryant is testing his limits -- and Shaq's... |
Sports Central January 11, 2016 Jean Neuberger |
Trench War Will Decide the FBS Champ As Clemson and Alabama meet Monday night for the National Championship, it's Bear Bryant's words that still ring true. This game will be decided by the big, tough, fierce defensive lines that both teams utilized on their way to Arizona. |
Sports Central December 21, 2015 Joe Messineo |
Can Clemson Hold On to the Top Spot? The Clemson Tigers, are the No. 1 seed in this year's playoff bracket and are the only undefeated team in the College Football Playoffs. |
AskMen.com Andrew Segal |
Top 10: Football Movies With Friday Night Lights being hailed by Sports Illustrated as "one of the greatest sports stories of all time," here's a look back at the Top 10 Football Movies of decades past. |
Sports Illustrated November 1, 2001 Frank Deford |
Coming of age Stars thrive in different stages of life... |
Sports Central December 3, 2004 David Martin |
Bad Times For College Football Fans This college football season opened with as much hope and as great an expectation of success and great competition as any in recent memory. Now, we must consider what has gone wrong with the game of college football. |
AskMen.com Steve Seepersaud |
5 Big Sport Revenue Colleges Don't be fooled: Even though college sports are on the amateur level, the people running athletic departments at well-known universities are professionals when it comes to making money. |
AskMen.com Dave Golokhov |
College Football Programs Ryan Brewer, an assistant professor of finance at Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus, analyzed 115 of the 120 Football Bowl Subdivision schools to calculate the worth of the football programs, and the numbers are jaw-dropping. |
Sports Central January 4, 2016 Ross Lancaster |
How Alabama Can Be Beaten Alabama is not an invincible team. If Clemson can play as it has this year in the biggest games, and I believe Dabo Swinney's team will, it will claim the national title |
Reason May 2005 Matt Welch |
Locker-Room Liberty Athletes who helped shape our times and the economic freedom that enabled them. Book reviews: Namath: A Biography, by Mark Kriegel... September Swoon: Richie Allen, the '64 Phillies, and Racial Integration, by William C. Kashatus... etc. |
Sports Central January 9, 2013 Adam Russell |
Top Five Moments From the BCS Championship The 2013 version between Alabama -- scorer of all 22 points in the 2012 game -- and Notre Dame was just about as boring as last year, except the two teams scored a combined 56 points and the Crimson Tide's frequency of scoring in the first half made for at least somewhat of an action-packed game. |
Salon.com November 23, 2002 Allen Barra |
Of bowls and polls College football's weird champion-choosing process has taken the arguments -- and the fun -- out of New Year's Day. |
Sports Illustrated September 25, 2002 Frank Deford |
Father Football Notre Dame feels the pull between pigskin and academics. |
Sports Central December 3, 2008 Wailele Sallas |
65 Reasons and the BCS Ain't One Here are 65 reasons why college basketball is better than college football. |
Sports Illustrated April 18, 2000 Ivan Maisel |
If I were commissioner If they made me commissioner of college football... |
Sports Central March 11, 2010 Kevin Beane |
College Football Week 1 Preview A look at the matchups kicking off the start of the college football season. |
Sports Central November 28, 2011 David Exum |
Alabama a Worthy Rematch For LSU By manhandling Auburn 42-14 in the Iron Bowl, Alabama stated its case why it deserves to play No. 1 LSU in the BCS National Championship Game on Jan. 9. |
Sports Illustrated September 5, 2002 Ivan Maisel |
Irish impress Notre Dame football shows mettle with shutout of Maryland. |
Sports Central November 3, 2005 Adam Russell |
2005 Shaping Up a Lot Like 1984 When it comes to college football, there are quite a few similarities between this year and 1984, a number of differences, and a really eerie coincidence. |
Sports Central February 9, 2012 Kevin Beane |
Week 1 College Football Preview As I do every year in this space, I look ahead and present my preview of the next college football season, which happens to be the earliest such preview known to man. |
Sports Central January 7, 2008 Mike Round |
Low-Key Endings For Two NFL Iron Men Bryant Young and Vinny Testaverde, two of the NFL's longest tenured and classiest players have slipped into retirement. |
Sports Illustrated January 16, 2001 Phil Taylor |
Unsecret Society Sports stars can no longer keep feuds in the family... |
Sports Illustrated August 2, 2001 Ivan Maisel |
Pulling back Coaches need to keep players from pushing too hard... |
Sports Central March 24, 2007 Bob Ekstrom |
In Hollywood, Everything's Zen There was a time when mutual contempt between Kobe Bryant and Phil Jackson gave the NBA its reason for being. |
AskMen.com Andrew Ungvari |
Kobe Bryant - Love Him Or Hate Him Bryant, 31, is about to embark on the 14th season of his illustrious career, and unlike his previous six seasons, Bryant enters this coming season as a defending champion. |
BusinessWeek October 30, 2006 Mark Hyman |
Rescued By The Gridiron "The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game" is a penetrating look at how football has changed, via the story of one underprivileged youth. |
AskMen.com Steve Seepersaud |
Top 10: Highest Paid College Football Coaches Head coaches at big-name schools have seven-figure incomes, often making more money each year than the athletic directors and college presidents for whom they work. |
Sports Central May 24, 2007 Will Tidey |
Bryant Ready For Kiawah Challenge For some PGA golfers, life begins at 50. That's how it was for Brad Bryant. |
Sports Central November 14, 2012 Andrew Jones |
What Alabama's Loss Means For BCS College football fans were worried a choice between Kansas State and Oregon for the right to battle Alabama for the national championship would be close to impossible to make and then the unthinkable happened: Alabama lost. |
Sports Central November 26, 2010 Joshua Duffy |
A Beautiful Game Trapped in a Horrible System I've got to admit I'm at a crossroads with college football right now. |
Sports Central August 31, 2010 Kyle Jahner |
The College Football Rollercoaster Less than a decade ago, Alabama was an SEC afterthought, as sanctions had slowly worn down the proud program. Now they are defending national champions, remain loaded, and will be ranked No. 1 until someone takes down the champs. |
Sports Illustrated November 9, 2001 Tim Layden |
Irish stew Is head coach Bob Davie solely to blame for Notre Dame football's slide? |
Sports Illustrated January 31, 2002 Frank Deford |
Roots Black coaches still can't make headway in football... |
Sports Central March 28, 2005 Doug Graham |
The Writing Was on the Wall in L.A. It's unfair to think of Kobe Bryant as less of a player because the Lakers are struggling this season while the Heat are tearing through the competition. |
Searcher December 2010 Irene McDermott |
The Gridiron on the Web -- Football Online Am I doomed to be shut out from the world of football forever? No! The internet has arrived to save the day with zillions of sites to explain and celebrate American football. |
Sports Central May 29, 2007 Adam Russell |
The Sports Fan's Cable/Satellite TV Paradox There are now so many specialized sports networks on cable/satellite TV that executives are forced to find anything to fill their programming schedules. |
Salon.com September 22, 2000 Allen Barra |
The NFL's minor league? The marketing firms and New York pundits who want a college football playoff system have one thing in common: They don't like or understand college football. |
Sports Central April 23, 2005 Andre Watson |
Thanks, Kobe: The Curse of the Shaqbino? So who's to blame for the Lakers demise? The answer is simple: Kobe Bryant. Yes, Kobe Bryant. |
Sports Central October 26, 2015 Jean Neuberger |
Your Move, Blake James Blake James' job is at stake. How Miami is seen as a football program for years to come is also very much at stake. A rise to glory or a decade of mediocrity. |
Sports Central June 16, 2008 Wailele Sallas |
L.A. Mystery Kobe Bryant has yet to figure out the one thing Michael Jordan deciphered in his first trip to the Finals: when you'll do everything to win, sometimes it means not doing everything. |
Salon.com February 7, 2001 Allen Barra |
Smashmouth football sucks The XFL thinks its brutal, dumbed-down product is what fans want. Actually, fans want more scoring and fewer commercials... |