Rotoworld: Oregon RB LaMichael James and Oklahoma State WR Justin Blackmon among top 10 players who are being overhyped for the 2012 draft.
SportsTalk: Albert Pujols signs with the Angels and Prince Fielder joins the Tigers. Which team is better now?
The Detroit Red Wings equaled an NHL record with their 20th straight win at home, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 Sunday night on the strength of Johan Franzen's tiebreaking goal early in the third period.
PBT: Boston's Rajon Rondo continues to be named in trade talks, which is madness. The Celtics guard creates offense and makes everyone around him better, which was evident in Sunday's win over the Bulls.
Arc: Syracuse is among a solid group of No. 1 seeds in our latest tournament projections, but the middle of the pack is much more murky.
Miami coach Al Golden says the worst is behind him, but his headaches figure to continue now that former booster Nevin Shapiro, now in jail, says his involvement with the Hurricanes program will result in stiff penalties.
Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods greeted their Sunday pairing at Pebble Beach with optimism. But the day would end happily only for one.
The United States completed a 5-0 rout of Switzerland in the Davis Cup on Sunday, with 19-year-old Ryan Harrison and John Isner winning closing singles matches.
Zambia has won the African Cup of Nations, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a dramatic final at Stade de l'Amitie.
Tessa Worley of France fought off gusting winds to win a second consecutive World Cup giant slalom Sunday in the Andorran Pyrenees. Overall leader Lindsey Vonn was more than a second behind and finished eighth.
Robins: It’s the Year of the Dragon on the Lunar calendar, and this Chinese influence could extend to it also being the year of the Pekingese on the green carpet at the 136th Westminster Dog Show on Tuesday.
The modern college football player never rests. After a bowl game, for instance, there’s a short period before players are allowed to lift weights and work out together. The process is ongoing, all year round. College football players today put in hours upon hours in an intensely competitive endeavor.
Bush was aware of how hard his teammates worked, how hard the coaching staff worked. He knew about the thousands upon thousands of USC fans who idolize the Trojans and yearn for the next Saturday kickoff. He knew about all the people in the USC sphere who took pride in the exploits of the football team.
He didn’t care.
He bought into the notion that he was special, that he was entitled. Again, I’m sure he never thought he and his parents would get caught, but that was reckless thinking. He put his own desires and needs above the best interests of everyone around him.
And now that he’s a member of the New Orleans Saints, he really doesn’t care. He’s already used USC; he doesn’t need it anymore. He’s already used his teammates; what happens to them is their problem.
It’s unclear what the future holds. If the NCAA discovers the same instances of alleged wrongdoing that the two Yahoo.com reporters uncovered during an eight-month investigation, then USC’s 2004 national title may be taken away. So might Bush’s Heisman Trophy.
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Since he left USC, Bush has been making a show of donating money in and around New Orleans to help with post-Katrina efforts and win over the populace. Perhaps he is so good now at buying off people because he learned how from the people who tried to buy him off.
Maybe someday he can take a break and help clean up some of the devastation he left behind him at USC.
Miami coach Al Golden says the worst is behind him, but his headaches figure to continue now that former booster Nevin Shapiro, now in jail, says his involvement with the Hurricanes program will result in stiff penalties.
CFT: Jordan Jefferson makes it clear he wasn't happy with LSU's game plan in the Tigers' BCS Championship Game loss to Alabama.
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Zambia has won the African Cup of Nations, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a dramatic final at Stade de l'Amitie.
Silva: Each NFL team enters the offseason with a series of pressing needs. Sometimes a team can address them all, sometimes they ignore them all. But if a team's smart, they'll listen to us. These are the most crucial aspects for NFC teams.
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