The first great sports book I read was The Bronx Zoo, pitcher Sparky Lyle's tales of the Yankees teams of the mid-70s. I was in sixth grade at the time and pretty naive about the world. As a young sports fan, I knew only what I saw on the television...

The 2010 NFL Draft is now less than a week away. It looks more and more like Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford will be the top overall pick. I think Nebraska defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh is the best player, but quarterback is the most important position in football. The Rams have...

The Saints finished 7-9 in 2007. They went 8-8 in 2008. This season they broke through and won the Super Bowl. Who is a middle of the road team to watch for next year? I think the Houston Texans could be ready to take the next step. They just had...

* The top prospect is Nebraska defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh. His performance in the Big 12 title game was good enough to make him a Heisman finalist. Suh had 4.5 sacks in that game and manhandled the Texas offensive line all night long. He literally looked like a man amongst...

Football is supposed to be a fun game for fans. It is supposed to be a release away from the difficulties of life. For Cleveland Browns fans, football is hardly a fun diversion. Anyone who watched all of the Browns performance on Monday Night Football either was in a coma...

Tune into a college game this weekend and you'll hear about quarterbacks Colt McCoy and Tim Tebow as front runners for the Heisman Trophy. Each player leads a highly ranked, undefeated team and has had a great college career. They've got plenty to be proud of.

Neither player should...

The best defensive player I saw this weekend was defensive lineman Cameron Heyward of Ohio State. He was absolutely dominant against Penn State. He was in on 11 tackles. He had 3 tackles-for-loss (2 of them were sacks). Heyward is an interesting player. He's 6-6 and 287 pounds. They play...