Back in September, I wrote a story about the NFL's most significant offseason rule change. While most of the football-watching world was worrying about replacement refs, I felt the league's decision to review all turnovers automatically had slipped undeservingly under the radar.

I argued at the time that with all...

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Robert Griffin III, the Redskins' quarterback and best player, entered his playoff debut with a nagging knee injury. He played through pain in the team's final two regular season games, and led the Redskins to touchdowns on their first two drives Sunday. On...

The Philadelphia 76ers made perhaps the biggest splash of anyone in the Eastern Conference this offseason, landing All-Star center Andrew Bynum in the blockbuster trade that sent Dwight Howard to the Lakers. On the heels of a surprising run to game seven of the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Sixers appear...

As most football fans know, the referees have been the most widely-discussed topic of the NFL preseason. Unfortunately, all of the focus on the lockout has shifted attention away from another issue, a rule change that will impact the future of the NFL long after this labor dispute ends.

The...

Nothing infatuates sports fans quite like March Madness. Typically, it's not the Final Four that people pencil in as their favorite day on the sports calendar, but the first Thursday and Friday of the tournament. People get less excited by the best teams in the country playing against each other...

Since the final details of Major League Baseball's playoff expansion came out on Friday, the plan has been met with mixed opinion. Both sides seem to have fair arguments, but the only thing that stands out as truly egregious is the odd timing of the decision. While playoff expansion may...

I was flipping through channels Sunday, trying to cope with my football withdrawal, when I discovered the NFL Network was thankfully running a marathon of Super Bowl highlights. As I sat entranced by some of the championship games from my childhood, the one that stood out was Super Bowl XXXII...

Sunday was a great day for the NFL. Four deserving teams played two thrilling conference championship games, while millions of viewers were glued to compelling storylines that built as each week of the playoffs progressed. In the aftermath, I couldn't help but think about how the college ranks refuse to...