Dorial Green-Beckham: Nation’s Top Recruit’s Best Fit Is Missouri

The biggest fish of the recruiting season has been all but hooked. That is a great move for not only the Missouri Tigers, but also Dorial Green-Beckham . They may not be the best team in the country, but they are the best fit for the superstar receiver.

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Jeff Wagenheim: Super Bowl eve matchup of Diaz-Condit in UFC 143 will decide who faces St.-Pierre

For the Giants and Patriots, the journey to the Super Bowl began way back in July when the teams reported for abbreviated training camps. For Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit, the road to the main event on the UFC’s traditional Super Bowl Eve fight card has been even longer, and with more twists and bumps [...]

Britt Robson: NBA Power Rankings

There is a very simple reason to put the Heat at the top of this week’s Power Rankings: They are the only team not to lose in the last week, going 5-0 to improve to 8-1 since dropping three consecutive road games.
The most impressive of last week’s victories was Sunday’s nailbiter over a Chicago team [...]

Barrichello has IndyCar eagerly awaiting decision on his future

Randy Bernard’s last few weeks had been marked by jet travel and rental cars and board rooms in major cities, meetings with those who by hosting or underwriting might determine the future of the IndyCar Series.
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Don Banks: All eyes on Gronkowski’s ankle at media day; more Snaps

INDIANAPOLIS — Musings, observations and the occasional insight from the exercise in pack journalism that was Tuesday’s Super Bowl media day at the beehive known as Lucas Oil Stadium, which served to remind me once again that when it comes to this over-hyped event, alas, we’re farther away all the time from chatting up Namath [...]

Peter King: McKenzie, Allen tasked with changing Raiders’ history

INDIANAPOLIS — And now for something completely different: The Oakland Raiders are changing the way they do business in a big way with Dennis Allen.
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Ben Glicksman: Ten burning questions as National Signing Day 2012 nears

National Signing Day is upon us. As college football’s 2012 recruiting classes take shape, familiar faces are again paving the way: Alabama, Texas and Ohio State currently claim the nation’s top three classes. But a number of dark horses are charging hard. After failing to finish in the top 20 last season, Texas A&M, Stanford [...]

Andy Glockner: BracketBusters cause more trouble than their worth, more Bubble Watch

My biggest annual complaint with BracketBusters is that the games between the best teams are set for TV purposes and/or geography rather than what most helps the teams in their quest for NCAA tournament bids. Generally speaking, the games become net losses for the mid-majors, with the losing team often being hurt (or completely KO’d) [...]

Jim Trotter: DeBartolo set few limits in establishing new example of ownership

INDIANAPOLIS — The Hall of Fame selection meeting takes place each year on the eve of the Super Bowl. More times than not the meeting produces greater intrigue and suspense than the game itself, because there are 15 modern-era finalists competing for a maximum of five open spots.
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Richard Rothschild: Grading all 45 Super Bowls

Like an underachieving student who needs time to register academic success, the Super Bowl took a few decades before establishing itself as a sporting event that was as much about achievement as it was hype.
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Andy Staples: Bernard James gives FSU leadership it needed on climb up ACC ranks

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida State guard Luke Loucks still cringes at the memory of the meltdown. The Seminoles, a preseason darling, had lost for the third time in four games, but “loss” doesn’t accurately describe what Clemson did to Florida State on Jan. 7. The Seminoles got mauled, and they didn’t fight back.
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NBA Draft 2012: How Texas Longhorns’ Myck Kabongo’s Skill Set Translates to NBA

The 2012 NBA Draft class is phenomenally deep this year. With the return of college stars such as Harrison Barnes, Jared Sullinger and Perry Jones III, the basketball world has been buzzing over the star power that will be lining up to shake David Stern’s hand this June.

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Ten treated for smoke inhalation after fire at JGR

A Charlotte television station reported that 10 people were treated and released for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out inside the Joe Gibbs Racing complex in Huntersville, N.C., on Tuesday.
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2012 Texas Football Spring Game set for April 1

The annual Orange-White scrimmage to be held Sunday, April 1, just as the Texas Relays wrap up
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Cal’s loss: Thompson commits to Washington

Washington was dealt some good fortune late Monday night when Shaq Thompson (Sacramento, Calif./Grant), ranked 16th in the ESPNU 150, announced he was switching his commitment from California to the Huskies.
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