Miami Hurricanes quarterback Jacory Harris is the team’s undisputed leader

Jacory Harris has become the much-needed leader of a revitalized Miami team.
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David Epstein: Financial risks loom as Chicago awaits Olympic fate

Like many a transplanted Chicagoan, I’m eager to show off my hometown after spending most of my adult life in New York City. I want my coast-centric acquaintances to know what real pizza looks like; that Chicago has a majestic skyline with the country’s tallest building; that one of the world’s two outdoor Picasso sculptures [...]

Arash Markazi: Celebrities, Kardashians, publicists … Must be Lakers’ Media Day

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Phil Jackson looked at the scene and simply shook his head. Leaning on a chair a few feet behind Lamar Odom and a throng of media attempting to ask about anything but basketball, Jackson laughed momentarily before finally stepping in and saying, “C’mon, Lamar let’s go.”

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Tom Verducci: Tigers-Twins winner faces stacked deck against Yankees in ALDS

As close a race as is the American League Central, a winner already has emerged as the Tigers and Twins battle to the wire: it’s the New York Yankees, the winner’s Division Series opponent.

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Tracking the Longhorns: Sept. 29

Several Longhorns gave their thoughts following Tuesday’s practice of the bye week.
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Kansas Jayhawks Inch Up in National Football Polls

Coming off a 35-28 victory against previously unbeaten Southern Mississippi, the Kansas Jayhawk football team inched its way up in the national polls.

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Childress to play host during Fan Day dinner

As part of its 40th anniversary celebration, Richard Childress Racing is hosting a dinner benefitting the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma on Oct. 22 at its headquarters.
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Longhorns in the NFL: Week 3

Follow the progress of the Longhorns in the NFL through week 3 of the NFL season. (Pictured: Cedric Benson)
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Kevin Armstrong: Sullinger sets tone for Ohio State recruiting class

Jared Sullinger, a 6-foot-8, 260-pound sledgehammer from Columbus, Ohio, insists softness has no place in his family. “No one ever cries,” he says. “It isn’t allowed.”

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David Sabino: Who had the most impressive stats of 2009, hitting and pitching?

In each installment of Diamond Digits over the last two regular seasons, we have anointed the players with the titles of Best and Worst Stats of the Week. When making these selections, we look only at the previous seven-day period stretching from Monday to Sunday, and in virtually every case, season statistics play no factor. [...]

Joe Posnanski: Is Mangini the worst coaching hire ever?

I haven’t come up with a new word for a while, so I want to throw one out there .. the word is “fanbole” (pronounced FAN-buh-lee).

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Peter King: Plenty of drama in Week 3; Week 4 could be better

Football Insiders: Check out Stewart Mandel’s College Football Overtime.

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Tim Tuttle: Kenseth’s finish at Dover doesn’t mean Roush Racing is back

Remember when Matt Kenseth and Drew Blickensderfer were the stars of the Sprint Cup season? It must seem like an eternity ago to the veteran driver and first-year crew chief of Roush Fenway Racing’s No. 17 Ford since they opened 2009 with victories at Daytona and the Auto Club Speedway in California.

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Don Banks: Sorting out flukes, fakes through Week 3

We’re just three weeks into the NFL’s new season, and it’s already starting to distinguish itself mightily from its predecessor, as seems to be the case each and every year in Roger Goodell’s 32-team fiefdom.

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Peter King: Hope abounds for Stafford, Lions; mailbag

Late Sunday afternoon, Detroit coach Jim Schwartz and his rookie quarterback, Matthew Stafford, found themselves alone on an elevator leaving Ford Field after the Lions’ 19-14 win over Washington. There were many things Schwartz could have said — how great it was to break a 19-game Lions losing streak, how cool it was for a [...]

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