You can't call Steven Jackson the best player on the NFL's worst team anymore. "Well, I'd hope I'm still considered the best player," the St. Louis Rams' star running back said, giggling as he chatted on the phone from the locker room after a practice this week.
When Auburn tackle Lee Ziemba steps on the field against Alabama on Friday in Tuscaloosa, it will be for a school-record 50th consecutive start. Facing some of the nation's best defensive lines for four years, Ziemba has endured more than physical pain.
The sniping over the relative strengths of teams and conferences in the battle to earn a berth in the Bowl Championship Series title game seeped from the athletic fields into the presidents' offices this week
A growing number of hip hop artists have something in common with Chad Ochocinco of the Cincinnati Bengals: they want a piece of ESPN's Skip Bayless.
It's a bizarre story but here goes: An elderly man fell victim to pranksters by trashing his South Carolina motel room after being told that it contained hidden cameras and that a little man was trapped in an adjacent room, according to police and news reports.
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Former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach is suing ESPN Inc. and a public relations firm allegedly hired by Craig James for libel and slander.
The post-Decision Miami Heat don't even have as good at record as the team did at this point last year. And for viewers who've gagged on the hype, tonight might be sweet if the Heat can't handle the Orlando Magic (ESPN, 7:30 p.m.)
From the dramatically-entitled O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic comes an early-season college hoops contest with some kick to it as No. 1 Duke plays No. 4 Kansas State (ESPN2, 10 p.m. ET) with play-by-play announcer (and likely new ESPN Sunday night MLB voice) Dan Shulman alongside Dick Vitale, who just might muster some enthusiasm for the matchup. Some say the Duke basketball program has a je ne sais quoi which does not sit well with all basketball fans.
College basketball players and coaches, like most people, would probably take a trip to Hawaii over one to Kansas City. But with ESPN basketball tonight, viewers tonight should skip the luaus and leis.
Award season gets some more activity with Machinima.com announcing its nominees for the second annual Inside Gaming Awards set for Dec. 10 in Los Angeles.
