Overtime These girls like to play on the beach. ...
2 years ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Overtime
College Football By Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden) It is the dead of winter in East Brady, Penn. The calendar is about to flip to 1979 and Joe Paterno is sitting in your living room. He says something to the effe...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football
MLB    1. Joe Maddon, Tampa Bay A master with youngsters and at convincing players to believe in themselves and their team.  2. Mike Scioscia, Los Angeles Angels His teams are aggress...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB
Golf It's Open Season For folks in the D.C. area, the arrival of U.S. Open week provides a nice break from Weinergate and more bad economic news. For a week, anyway, the focus is on golf, and there’...
2 years ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: Golf
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro 1. Carl Edwards  Edwards had the most telling line of the weekend at Pocono: “What’s the point of having the points lead if you don’t use it?” Think about that...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR
Big 12 Oklahoma did in 2010 what it always seems to do — win the Big 12 championship, a record seventh title in the relatively brief annals of the conference. And with starters returning seemingly every...
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro You know something big has happened when Jeff Gordon hits a career milestone. Gordon, NASCAR’s active leader in career victories and a four-time Cup champion, has a portfol...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR
College Football By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) Whether they sat out a year or used a waiver to get immediate eligibility, these transfers have potential to make an instant impact in 2011. Some pl...
2 years ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football
ACC After reaching the ACC Championship Game in Jimbo Fisher’s first season as head coach, there’s no reason to believe Florida State won’t be there again in 2011. The Seminoles return 17 starter...
2 years ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, ACC
College Football By Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) Bill Stewart wasn’t the most popular hire when he was promoted to head coach after the 2008 Fiesta Bowl win over Oklahoma. Although Stewart was a W...
2 years ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football
College Football With the completion of Athlon's 2011 preseason Top 25, it's time to take a look at the rest of the rankings, continuing with No. 101through No. 120. Previous rankings - Top 25, No. 26 through No. 4...
2 years ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football
College Football Iowa Cheerleaders from the Athlon Archive ...
2 years ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Football
College Football With the completion of Athlon's 2011 preseason Top 25, it's time to take a look at the rest of the rankings, continuing with No. 81 through No. 100. Previous rankings - Top 25, No. 26 through No. 4...
2 years ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football
Mississippi State Mississippi State Cheerleaders from the Athlon Archive  ...
College Football With the completion of Athlon's 2011 preseason Top 25, it's time to take a look at the rest of the rankings, continuing with No. 61 through No. 80. Previous rankings - Top 25, No. 26 through No. 40...
2 years ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football
MLB With the 2011 Major League Draft final, let’s take a look back through history at the top picks at each slot 1-50. There are some Hall of Famers on the list, but some had to be left out. And ther...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro and Nathan Rush Location: Long Pond, Pa. Specs: 2.5-mile tri-oval; Banking/Turn 1: 14°; Banking/ Turn 1: 8°; Banking/ Turn 3: 6° 2010 Winners: Denny Hamlin (June), G...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR
Nebraska Cornhuskers -by Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden) THE Ohio State University has won at least a share of the Big Ten Championship in each of the last six seasons, but with Jim Tressel and Terrelle Pryor out of C...
NASCAR by Tom Bowles It’s hard to believe that the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is already halfway through its regular season, but as the circuit heads to the melting mountains of Pocono, Pa., (seriousl...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR
Overtime When athletes take aggressive play to the next level. ...
2 years ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Overtime