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Unit Rankings: 2012 ACC Defensive Lines
News Kickoff for the 2012 college football season is still two months away, but it's never too early to project how the year might play out. Athlon will be taking a look at how each position s...
44 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Boston College Eagles, Clemson Tigers, Duke Blue Devils, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Maryland Terrapins, Miami Hurricanes, NC State Wolfpack, Virginia Cavaliers, Virginia Tech Hokies, Wake Forest Demon Deacons

A Visual History of Every Summer Olympic Medal
News With the games approaching, we give you a detailed look at medals from 1896 in Athens, Greece through this year’s gold. ...
44 weeks ago by Patrick Snow Tags: News, Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Olympic Medals

Unit Rankings: 2012 Big Ten Defensive Lines
News Kickoff for the 2012 college football season is still two months away, but it's never too early to project how the year might play out. Athlon will be taking a look at how each position s...
44 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big Ten, Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin Badgers

Pac-12 Football: Leach, Rodriguez and Graham Add Spice and Intrigue
News Don’t expect Monte Kiffin to sleep very much from about Oct. 21-Nov. 10. The USC defensive coordinator doesn’t get a lot of rest during the season to begin with, but the opponents the Trojans w...
44 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Pac 12, Arizona State Sun Devils, Arizona Wildcats, California Golden Bears, Colorado Buffaloes, Oregon Ducks, Oregon State Beavers, Stanford Cardinal, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Utah Utes, Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars

20 Most Ridiculous Google Image Headshots in Sports
News What was Google thinking when it decided on these 20 ridiculous headshots for athletes and coaches? ...
44 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: Overtime, News

Pitt Kicker Kevin Harper's Crazy Trick Shot Video
News The Pittsburgh Panthers' Kevin Harper was one of the Big East's top kickers last year, connecting on 21 of 31 attempts and hitting a season-high 52-yard field goal against Cincinnati.  But...
44 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: News

Backseat Drivers Fan Council
News Few things fire up NASCAR fans more than TV coverage of the races. With the end of TNT’s six-race Sprint Cup stretch last weekend at New Hampshire, members of the Backseat Drivers Fan Council had...
44 weeks ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Backseat Drivers Fan Council, Dustin Long, NASCAR, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, television coverage, TNT, US Army funding

How Fast is Sprinter Usain Bolt?
News Usain Bolt is chasing “living legend” status, as the Jamaican sprinter arrives in London for the 2012 Summer Olympics as the undisputed fastest man alive. But how does he measure up against his...
44 weeks ago by Patrick Snow Tags: Overtime, News, Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Usain Bolt

Who Will Be The First College Football Coach Fired in 2012?
News Coaching in the college football ranks is no easy task. 28 programs changed head coaches at the end of 2011 and there will be no shortage of openings following the 2012 season.  Who Will B...
44 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC

Unit Rankings: 2012 Big East Defensive Lines
News Kickoff for the 2012 college football season is still two months away, but it's never too early to project how the year might play out. Athlon will be taking a look at how each position s...
44 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big East, Cincinnati Bearcats, Connecticut Huskies, Louisville Cardinals, Pittsburgh Panthers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, South Florida Bulls, Syracuse Orange, Temple Owls

10 Surprising Facts about The Olympics
News With the 2012 Summer Olympics coming soon, sports fans will be overwhelmed with facts, figures and features of every kind imaginable. But we found a few things you probably won't learn. Here are 10...
44 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: News, Olympics, London 2012, Olympics, trivia

College Fantasy Football: Examining the Best Players in the Pac-12
News College fantasy football drafts will be heating up over the next few months and Athlon Sports has teamed with The College Fantasy Football Site to provide in-depth coverage for 2012. ...
44 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Fantasy, News

NASCAR Horsepower Rankings
News 1. Jimmie Johnson  A Daytona crash is the only blemish on Johnson’s stat sheet since mid-May. Indianapolis is typically the event that Johnson, Chad Knaus & crew use as a jumping off p...
44 weeks ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Brad Keselowski, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart, NASCAR, Power Rankings

NASCAR News & Notes of the Week
News Carl Edwards, winless in his last 52 races and fighting to make NASCAR’s Chase for the Championship, has a new crew chief, Roush Fenway Racing announced Tuesday. Chad Norris will replace Bob ...
44 weeks ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, AJ Allmendinger, Carl Edwards, Jeff Gordon, Martin Truex Jr., Ryan Blaney, B, Chad Norris, crew chief, drug test, Dustin Long, Kingston-McCollum Amendment, NASCAR

NBA Olympians Not On Team USA
News From the time men’s basketball tips off on July 29 at the 2012 London Olympics until the Gold Medal Game on August 12, there will be NBA players suiting up in jerseys other than the red, white an...
44 weeks ago by Nathan Rush Tags: NBA, News, Luol Deng, Manu Ginobili, Marc Gasol, Pau Gasol, Serge Ibaka, Tony Parker

Unit Rankings: 2012 Pac-12 Defensive Lines
News Kickoff for the 2012 college football season is still two months away, but it's never too early to project how the year might play out. Athlon will be taking a look at how each position s...
44 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Pac 12, Arizona State Sun Devils, Arizona Wildcats, Colorado Buffaloes, Oregon Ducks, Oregon State Beavers, Stanford Cardinal, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Utah Utes, Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars

Ranking the Big 12's Basketball Coaches
News The Big 12’s trade of Missouri and Texas A&M for West Virginia and TCU appears to be a small downgrade as far as basketball is concerned.   Although the league loses a consistent Mis...
44 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, News, Big 12, Baylor Bears, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, West Virginia Mountaineers

College Fantasy Football: Examining the Best Players in the Sun Belt
News College fantasy football drafts will be heating up over the next few months and Athlon Sports has teamed with The College Fantasy Football Site to provide in-depth coverage for 2012. ...
44 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Fantasy, News, Sun Belt

Kasey Kahne Wins in New Hampshire
News NASCAR’s Chase for the Championship wild card hunt took a definitive turn at the 1.058-mile New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday. Denny Hamlin and his No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing team dominated...
44 weeks ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Kasey Kahne, Kyle Busch, Ryan Newman, NASCAR, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, recap

Top Professional Coaches Under 50
News Veterans can be they key to any championship season. However, that doesn’t always extend to the bench or the dugout. In June, Erik Spoelstra coached the Miami Heat to an NBA title at age 41,...
44 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: NFL, NBA, MLB, News, AL East, NL East, American League, National League, Miami Marlins, New York Yankees, Eastern Conference, Western Conference, Northeast, Oklahoma City Thunder, AFC North, Green Bay Packers, New Orleans Saints, NFC North, NFC South, NFC West, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers

Unit Rankings: 2012 SEC Defensive Lines
News Kickoff for the 2012 college football season is still two months away, but it's never too early to project how the year might play out. Athlon will be taking a look at how each position s...
44 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arkansas Razorbacks, Auburn Tigers, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, Kentucky Wildcats, LSU Tigers, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Missouri Tigers, Ole Miss Rebels, South Carolina Gamecocks, Tennessee Volunteers, Texas A&M Aggies, Vanderbilt Commodores

Ranking the ACC's Basketball Coaches
News Athlon Sports likes a challenge.   Our conference-by-conference basketball coach rankings begin with the ACC, a  league dotted by new faces on the bench over the last two seasons. ...
44 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, News, ACC, Boston College Eagles, Clemson Tigers, Duke Blue Devils, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Maryland Terrapins, Miami Hurricanes, NC State Wolfpack, North Carolina Tar Heels, Virginia Cavaliers, Virginia Tech Hokies, Wake Forest Demon Deacons

College Football Bowl Projections for 2012
News Whether you hate or love the BCS, the bowl season is exciting time for college football fans. Although there are too many bowl games, it's one last chance to see teams before the long offseason set...
44 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC

Unit Rankings: 2012 Big 12 Defensive Lines
News Kickoff for the 2012 college football season is still two months away, but it's never too early to project how the year might play out. Athlon will be taking a look at how each position s...
44 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big 12, Baylor Bears, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, West Virginia Mountaineers

25 Twitter Accounts Every Summer Olympics Fan Should Follow
News The 2012 Summer Olympic Games kick off soon, and it's easy to get overwhelmed with information. To help you cut through all the noise, we’ve rounded up our Top-25 favorite London-bound Twitter ac...
44 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Overtime, News, Olympics

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