Frank Deford: National Signing Day is like Christmas for college football zealots

Well, here we are starting February with the single most important day in sports upon us.
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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 [...]

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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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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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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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) [...]

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 [...]

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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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 [...]

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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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 [...]

Andy Staples: Recent realignment having minimal impact on 2012 recruiting classes

Dorial Green-Beckham, the 6-foot-6, 220-pound receiver every coach in the nation would sign if he could, has narrowed his choices to four schools: Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. The buzz in recruiting circles is that Arkansas and Missouri are the schools to beat. What do those two programs have in common? They’re each within about [...]

Avi Creditor: U.S. first-teamers show they’re not ready to step aside just yet

This month was supposed to be about the U.S. national team January camp invitees and which of those players distinguished themselves to earn more looks with the first-choice national team.
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David Sabino: Pujols, Fielder leave NL short at first base

Has there ever been a more disparate position in terms of talent between the leagues than first base is shaping up to be in 2012? The megabucks defections of Albert Pujols to the Angels and Prince Fielder to the Tigers shifted the balance of power at the position so far to the junior circuit’s side [...]

Nick Zaccardi: U.S. men’s field hockey team withdraws from tournament, loses chance to qualifying for Olympics

The Olympic trials season is just getting started, but one group of American athletes can already forget about the London Games.
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