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Sports Central February 22, 2011 Brad Oremland |
The Best Kick Returners in NFL History I'm always thinking about NFL history, so I had in my head an idea of the top ten return men in history. In fact, I'll give it to you now. |
Sports Central October 24, 2011 Adam Russell |
"High Hit" Rule Needs Addressing I'm all about player safety in football. Since my boys play the game, the last thing I want to see is one of them getting carted off on a stretcher with a neck or head injury. |
Sports Central March 18, 2013 Adam Russell |
Thoughts on Proposed NFL Rule Changes The following is a brief rundown of the proposed changes being considered by the NFL Competition Committee and whether they seem to stem from common sense or simply from stupidity. |
Salon.com January 3, 2003 Allen Barra |
Hot Tuna Control freak Bill Parcells will burn out in his third year at Dallas. Plus: Pennington's the MVP, not Gannon. |
Sports Illustrated March 29, 2002 Tim Layden |
Dream weekend For coaches, Final Four offers chance of a lifetime... |
Sports Illustrated January 4, 2001 Ivan Maisel |
SI's All-Bowl Team Only a handful of them were vying for the national title, but each of these players was -- for one game -- No. 1 at his position, thus earning a spot on our postseason roster... |
Sports Central August 28, 2012 Brad Oremland |
How to Use Football Stats: Punters Gross average is an awful way to evaluate punters. Punting average doesn't account for hang time, directional kicking, or touchbacks. |
Sports Illustrated December 13, 2001 Seth Davis |
Off base The 5/8 rule, which limits schools to awarding five basketball scholarships in any given year and eight in a two-year period, is a good thing -- unless you're a coach... |
Sports Illustrated September 24, 2002 Kelley King |
Multi-faceted USC safety Troy Polamalu on hands, hitting and hair |
Sports Central February 27, 2007 Adam Russell |
Can the NCAA Control Time? The NCAA's grand experiment for speeding up the game was successful one hand, a failure on the other. |
AskMen.com November 13, 2002 Mark Simmons |
Should Johnnie Cochran Sue The NFL? Why have there only been five black coaches in the past 16 years? In my opinion, this has more to do with upbringing, sociology and demographics. |
Sports Illustrated July 12, 2002 Seth Davis |
NCAA enforcement hits new lows Members of the NCAA's enforcement staff were in attendance at the ABCD Camp to make sure that everyone was adhering to the new rules. |
Sports Illustrated September 4, 2000 B.J. Schecter |
The Hot List: Sept. 4 Who's hot and who's not in the college football world: Auburn running back Rudi Johnson... Pac-10... Miami (Ohio) quarterback Mike Bath... Wisconsin... Penn State... etc. |
Sports Illustrated January 31, 2002 Frank Deford |
Roots Black coaches still can't make headway in football... |
Sports Illustrated May 8, 2002 Frank Deford |
Ungodly acts Horrible as it is to contemplate priests -- men of God -- taking sexual advantage of young boys, it is perhaps an even greater violation of trust for coaches to be predators... |
Sports Illustrated April 17, 2001 Ivan Maisel |
Inside College Football UCLA spent a lot of spring practice addressing its No. 1 shortcoming... |
Salon.com June 30, 2000 Allen Barra |
Any given Monday night Dennis Miller won't pull the NFL out of its TV doldrums. Here are seven ideas that will. |
Sports Central May 27, 2013 Mike Chen |
It's Time For a NHL Coach's Challenge We're knee-deep in the Stanley Cup playoffs, and it feels like the officials have been front and center too many times to be comfortable. Critical calls or non-calls have contributed to key moments in just about every series, leaving fans on all sides griping. |
Sports Illustrated October 3, 2000 Austin Murphy |
Inside College Football Oregon's teams moved atop the Pac-10 with victories over Washington and USC... |
Sports Illustrated November 27, 2001 Ivan Maisel |
Fresh Legs After learning the ropes early, five first-year backs broke out in the season's second half... |
Sports Central October 1, 2004 William Geoghegan |
This Bush is a Guaranteed Winner His first name is Reggie, he plays football for USC, and he's probably more popular in Los Angeles than the president. And while he won't get any write-in votes on presidential ballots, he may get a few on Heisman ballots. |
AskMen.com August 22, 2001 Mark Simmons |
NFL Coaches Go Back To School School's back, and students aren't the only ones going back to school; find out why so many NFL coaches are getting back to their roots in the NCAA... |
Sports Central July 28, 2006 Kevin Beane |
Rethinking the Fundamentals Each of the three U.S major sports has its share of conventional strategy that needs to start being questioned. |
Sports Central December 16, 2008 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 15 Power Rankings Survey of the latest from the football world |
Sports Central October 22, 2013 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 7 Report The author comments on television coverage of football and reviews the performance of teams like the Oilers, the Vikings, and the Seahawks. |
BusinessWeek March 25, 2010 Jason Zengerle |
March Payday Madness No one makes more money from the annual NCAA tournament than big-time college basketball coaches. Are they worth their astronomical paychecks? |
Sports Central May 14, 2013 Brad Oremland |
Minority Coaches in the NFL It does seem to me that black coaches have to meet a higher standard to keep their jobs, and I wanted to find out if that was true. |
Inc. April 2006 Alison Stein Wellner |
Get the Right Coach A good coach can transform your business; a bad one can mess it up. But if there's one thing nearly all coaches are great at, it's selling themselves. It's up to you to be a smart shopper. Here are some tips. |
Sports Central November 27, 2012 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 12 Power Rankings In Seattle's loss to Miami, Seahawks returner Leon Washington scored his 8th career kickoff return TD, tying the career record held by Josh Cribbs. Washington continues to move up the list of the greatest kick returners ever. |
Sports Central January 10, 2012 Andrew Jones |
The Death of Defense From the NFL's inception through 2007, only one quarterback had ever thrown for 5000 yards: Dan Marino, Miami Dolphins, 1984. In 2008, Drew Brees reached the 5,000 mark, but didn't quite catch Marino's record. |
Sports Central October 8, 2007 John Hocter |
"Hesteria" Spreading Across the NFL How does Bears return-man Devin Hester stack up against the all-time kick-returning greats? |
Sports Central September 18, 2007 Seth Doria |
In the Box: NFL Week 2 An analysis of last week's college and NFL games. |
Sports Central October 7, 2014 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 5 Power Rankings You would think a team as popular as the Dallas Cowboys could fill a stadium with its own fans instead of the opponents', but evidently that's not the case. |
Sports Central January 17, 2006 Brad Oremland |
NFL Divisional Weekend Roundup There was a lot of talk last week about the great coaching matchups in the divisional round of the playoffs, and coaching was a decisive factor in all four games -- with several teams thoroughly out-coached. |
Sports Central September 16, 2009 Seth Doria |
Arizona Will Upset Iowa Saturday Another 2-0 start in itself isn't all that impressive. But this Wildcats team is better than last year's. |
Sports Central October 17, 2010 Andrew Jones |
Live By Superman, Die By Superman Saturday witnessed some pretty large upsets in the college football world, including the No. 1 team losing for the second week in a row, as well as No. 5 Nebraska nose diving against unranked Texas. |
Sports Central December 23, 2014 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 16 Power Rankings After last year's intense, dramatic Week 17, the final week of this season feels like a bit of a letdown, with only a few interesting battles for seeding. |
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 September 24, 2013 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 3 Report This is an NFL column, but we're starting with a different league and some scores from Saturday college football. |
Sports Central September 28, 2010 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 3 Power Rankings The Steelers claim the top spot in this week's rankings as the Saints fall to eighth place. |
Inc. October 2003 Patrick J. Sauer |
Are You Ready for Some Football Cliches? Sure, too many coaches write books that try to apply the lessons of football to the world of business. But there really are some management lessons that can be learned on the gridiron. |
Investment Advisor October 2006 |
Fungos and Legacy What distinguishes a great coach or boss from an average one? How can these observations be translated to the financial advisory field? |
Sports Central November 20, 2012 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 11 Power Rankings I don't understand how great coaches can screw up so badly on gameday. Andy Reid is one of the most successful coaches of this generation, but he seems incapable of game-day adjustments. The same was true of Tony Dungy. Right now, Exhibit A is the Steelers' Mike Tomlin. |
Sports Central November 15, 2011 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 10 Power Rankings NFL Network's live broadcast from San Diego, totally inaudible at times, highlighted all the reasons not to do your show at the stadium. |
Sports Central November 10, 2015 Brad Oremland |
2015 NFL Week 9 Power Rankings The idea that the NFL can and should decree multi-game suspensions for off-field incidents, but virtually ignore the violent behavior of players while they participate in actual NFL games makes no sense to me. |
Sports Central November 24, 2015 Brad Oremland |
2015 NFL Week 11 Power Rankings Thursday night color rush uniforms: better this week than last week. The Titans looked almost normal. The Jaguars looked ridiculous. |
Sports Central January 16, 2007 Brad Oremland |
NFL Divisional Roundup Exceptional play from Indianapolis defense... Saints get the ball to their playmakers... Bears advance to first NFC Championship Game since Mike Ditka era... Coach's mistakes cost San Diego the game... etc. |
Sports Central December 12, 2012 Joshua Duffy |
2012 College Football Bowl Pool Guide College football is stupid. Not the sport itself, but how it runs its post-season. Even when we get our long-awaited playoff, it's still going to be stupid. |
Sports Central September 25, 2012 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 3 Power Rankings Last week, the NFL lost one of the greatest people ever associated with the sport. I wrote last week about Steve Sabol, and it was wonderful to see people around the league honor him in Week 3. |
Sports Central January 12, 2015 Brad Oremland |
NFL 2014-15 Divisional Weekend NFL teams with coaching vacancies have been patient this year. Rex Ryan will apparently be the next head coach of the Buffalo Bills, and that's the first opening filled, with five remaining. |