Hank Koebler

Plenty of blame can be distributed for the Lakers' sluggish playoff collapse against the Thunder, but the majority of it should go to NBA commissioner David Stern.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell receives loads of criticism, most of it justifiable, from players, fans and media for his authoritarian leadership style, but...

Former Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Hines Ward announced the ending of a great career today, but not a Hall of Fame career.

Fans of Ward will surely cite his 1,000 career receptions, over 12,000 receiving yards, 85 receiving touchdowns, two Super Bowl titles, and a Super Bowl MVP as reasons why...

Perhaps no cliché has proven itself to be as true in sports as the old adage, "The grass is always greener on the other side." Teams in pursuit of former Colts quarterback Peyton Manning are likely to learn that lesson the hard way.

The sporting world watches every year...

Joe Paterno leaves behind one of the most incredibly complex legacies in the history of sports.

His tenure at Penn State University was legendary, both for its duration and for its success. Paterno turned Penn State into one of the most recognizable college football powerhouses of all time, and did...

The Indianapolis Colts should not hesitate to choose Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck with the first pick of the 2012 NFL Draft. If they struggle to decide between Luck and Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin, they need merely to apply the same level of attention to detail they did the last time...

Tebowmania.

Tebowing.

Tebow Time.

As 2011 fades into a distant memory, so, hopefully, will the sporting world's obsession with the watered-down and oversimplified debate over Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow.

As is usually the case in polarizing sports debates, the extremists on both sides are wrong. The Broncos aren't...

Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton won't win the NFL's Most Valuable Player award, but he deserves it more than anyone else.

The award's meaning has been muddled over the years, and voters have started to simply hand the MVP to the quarterback on the league's best team instead of considering...

"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno deserved every painful aspect of his firing....

Perhaps the most bizarre aspect of the 2011 NFL season is the push by subsections of Miami and Indianapolis fans that want their favorite teams to "Suck for Luck."

The "Suck for Luck" campaign started in the beginning of the season, with fans of miserable-looking teams joking online that they...

Former heavyweight world champion boxer Riddick "Big Daddy" Bowe wants to return to boxing and fight each of the Klitschko brothers.

"If they beat me that proves they're better, then," Bowe said. "If they don't beat me, that proves I'm the cream of the crop still."

Bowe said he wants...

The MMA & Sports Xtreme Show will host the 11th annual MMA & Sports Expo this weekend in Atlantic City.

The expo, which MMA & Sports Xtreme Show co-host Susan Apap described as "quite the networking opportunity" for mixed martial arts enthusiasts, will include a grappling contest, strongman competition and...

The Denver Broncos announced Tim Tebow will be their starting quarterback. Cue the overexaggerations.

Depending on whom you listen to, Tim Tebow is either the savior of the Denver Broncos' franchise, or a draft mistake that will haunt the team for years to come. Similarly, Kyle Orton is either a...

University of Missouri Chancellor Brady Deaton should do everything possible to find an avenue from which to exit the Big 12.

The University of Missouri Board of Curators unanimously voted Tuesday to grant Deaton the power to explore conference alignment options. Deaton should use that power to do...

The offseason-long soap opera between the Cincinnati Bengals and quarterback Carson Palmer will rear its ugly head again within the upcoming week.

Palmer's newest most likely landing places are two teams whose quarterback positions appeared to be among the most stable in the league. Both the Philadelphia Eagles and the...

It took over a year for running back Reggie Bush to show the New Orleans Saints he was not capable of carrying a starting workload. In his debut with the Miami Dolphins Monday night, it took Bush only a quarter to prove he still wasn't ready to do so.

Offensive...

The best way to resolve a disagreement is sometimes to bring in an outside perspective from someone whose lack of involvement in the situation allows them to remain unbiased. Such a system of conflict resolution is the basis for, among other things, replay review in sports, court systems and marriage...

ESPN the Magazine's "What if Michael Vick Were White?" article is a shameful case of a media outlet shamelessly race-baiting for attention's sake.

The accompanying image of Vick digitally altered to appear Caucasian conveyed clearly the editors' intentions of pimping Vick for shock value. Instead of thoroughly examining...

If Tennessee Titans coach Mike Munchak is serious about turning his team into contenders, he should jettison his best two players.

Needless to say, getting rid of running back Chris Johnson and receiver Kenny Britt would be a tremendous risk. Johnson is one of the most electrifying players in the...

The Oakland Raiders' prior draft mistakes make it easy to assume Terrelle Pryor is another draft mistake.

The Raiders gave up next year's third-round draft pick to select the former Ohio State quarterback in this year's supplemental draft. The Raiders already didn't have a second- or fourth-round pick in...

If Randy Moss actually follows through with his retirement, he'll end his career on a far different note from that which the rest of his career played out.

"After weighing his options and contemplating offers, he's decided to retire," Moss's agent Joel Segal said according to ESPN's Adam...