NFL The best thing about this year is that it isn’t last year. The Cowboys’ 1–7 start in 2010 quickly ended any Super Bowl talk. The team is looking to start over this year with a new head coach ...
NFL The streaks are almost all gone now, which means the Detroit Lions finally are ready to put their past behind them. The Matt Millen era is a fading memory, along with the historically awful 0–16 ...
NFL The team that has made a habit of reinventing itself will try yet another reinvention in 2011. The Cleveland Browns begin 2011 with their sixth new coach since 1999. Hold up the cue cards; the line...
NFL The usually stoic personality of Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco momentarily disappeared. Joe Cool was on fire. Used for target practice by a legion of critics despite three consecutive playoff appea...
NFL Marvin Lewis is seeking a fresh start for 2011, and in an offseason filled with labor strife and uncertainty, the Bengals faced their biggest upheaval of personnel since their head coach’s first ...
NFL Few teams were better positioned than the Steelers to weather the lockout — and specifically the missing offseason workouts and practices that were a casualty of the NFL’s first work stoppage s...
NFL With an offense that remains a work in progress, the Chicago Bears will again depend on an elite defense to do most of the heavy lifting after falling a game short of the Super Bowl. The defens...
NFL Aaron Rodgers fancies himself as something of an amateur NFL historian, so it hardly came as a surprise when the Green Bay Packers quarterback had his answer at the ready when asked during the offs...
NFL The Vikings’ expectations for 2011 can be found somewhere between promise and denial. Several talented pieces remain from a 2009 team that was one botched play from a Super Bowl berth, but those ...
NFL Athlon Sports' second post-lockout mock draft is here. This week, we cater to the old school players — those in leagues with no flex, no PPR and four points for passing touchdowns. This format, h...
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College Football It's been a big week for Texas A&M. First they were joining the SEC, then they weren't even invited, and now they're leaving their options open.  Since you can learn a lot about s...
Fantasy With the no-news emerging about the Philadelphia Eagles' Jeremy Maclin's mystery illness that's plagued him for the last five months, it's hard to tell where he should go in your fantasy football d...
NFL Athlon Sports has come up with plenty of value players, overvalued players and top rookies in our Best Bets story, but here we highlight a few of them. Here are a number of players we like with goo...
Overtime What do you get when you give an old white man with a ridiculously large ego a lot of money? One of the most excruciating rap videos of all time. I wonder if Jason Terry had heard this song wh...
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Overtime With Texas A&M probably announcing on Monday their move to the SEC, and with Nebraska and Colorado making their exits last year, the Big 12 is going through a lot of changes. How many team...
NFL NEW YORK GIANTS • Inside the Locker Room With Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News Will Eli Manning's single-season production surpass Peyton's in 2011? No, and I think we all nee...
College Football Kansas Cheerleaders from the Athlon Archive! ...
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Overtime Notre Dame football just got a lot hotter. ...
Overtime Chrissy shows off her supports of the Oregon Ducks. And a little more. ...
NFL Athlon Sports' first post-lockout mock draft is here. We started with a 10-team, two-quarterback, 16-round format. We also did a 20-round mock draft with IDPs for Athlon Sports 2011 Fantasy Foo...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy
Overtime Ahh, photography. It can catch a split-second moment in time and turn it into a hilarious photo that can be interpreted the completely wrong way. And sports provides more of these moments than most...
Overtime These Oregon hotties love college football almost as much as they love the camera. ...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Overtime, Oregon, Hottest Fans
Overtime Who thinks LSU Tigers Perfume for Women is a good idea? Let's think about this for a second. At some point one executive said to another, "You know what we should do? Make an LSU Tigers perfum...
NFL GREEN BAY • Inside the Locker Room With Jason Wilde of ESPNMilwaukee.com Who is deserving of a higher draft pick: James Starks or Ryan Grant? Grant. While Starks was a pleasant late-se...