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Evolution of the NFL: 16 ways the game has changed

Forty-seven years after the first Super Bowl was played in Los Angeles before a less-than-capacity crowd, let’s look back at some of the ways the NFL has changed.
The Super Bowl: 10 football books to gear you up for the big game

The biggest sports game of the year is just around the corner. Here are some books to put you in the mood.
Not just sexy Kim Jong-un: 5 times the Onion has fooled foreign media

When the People's Daily, the Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper, took as straight news The Onion's declaration that stout North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un was 2012's "Sexiest Man Alive," it became the biggest foreign media outlet to be fooled by the satirical American newspaper. But it is not the first. Here are several other foreign news sites that took Onion fiction as newsworthy fact.
Bill Walton: 10 quotes for his birthday

For his 60th birthday, here are 10 quotes from the Basketball Hall of Famer.
NFL 2012: a banner year for rookie quarterbacks

Encouraged by the success of Carolina’s Cam Newton and Cincinnati’s Andy Dalton last season, five teams hand the offensive controls to five players fresh out of the college ranks.

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DirecTV 3D coming in June with four channels

Nothing to watch on your 3D TV? DirecTV 3D is on the way.
Three reasons to buy a 3D TV, but don't believe them all

3D TV maker Panasonic has plenty of pitches. Which make sense?
Tiger Woods nervous about Masters; understands being a punchline

Tiger Woods opened up in two interviews over the weekend. ESPN and the Golf Channel talked to the golf champ.
Classic review: Last Dance: Behind the Scenes at the Final Four

Sports author John Feinstein offers a primer on March Madness and the drama surrounding the NCAA basketball tournament.
Opinion: A March Madness tribute to a hoopster who played in obscurity

March Madness caters to adult men who squander vast amounts of precious time carping about the performances of high-profile athletes and coaches. But playing, not watching, is the essence of sport.
March Madness: What's Obama's bracket look like?

President Obama correctly picked the NCAA champ last year. What's Obama's bracket look like this year
NCAA tournament not enough? There’s more college basketball around.
Tiger Woods is back and he's playing at the Masters

Of course Tiger Woods is coming back to golf. Any surprise he's making his return at the Masters?
Erin Andrews stalker gets 2 1/2 years in prison

ESPN's Erin Andrews says stalker's sentence "isn't enough."
Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 03/10
Opinion: The perfect Winter Olympics sport: curling... really

Curling might just be the perfect all-American sport if we give it a chance. Find it, watch it, love it at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Brinksmanship in Lubbock
In Pictures: Ready for the Super Bowl
Super Bowl: Time to rename it the Super Throw?

Super Bowl XLIV will be one of the closest, highest-scoring Super Bowls ever, given the Saints' and Colts' air games.
Top 5 Tim Tebow eye black biblical verses

What drives Tim Tebow can be read in his eyes and under them. The biblical references the quarterback wrote on his eye black at Florida give clues about how the man set to appear in a controversial anti-abortion Super Bowl ad views faith and fame.
Tim Tebow Senior Bowl: Disaster or first step to NFL?

Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Tim Tebow has been criticized on and off the football field this week. But he insists his poor performance at the Senior Bowl Saturday is only a beginning.
Australian Open men's final 2010: What a difference a year makes

Roger Federer beat Andy Murray in straight sets to win the Australian Open men's final on Sunday, just one short year after Federer lost the championship match to Rafael Nadal, causing many to wonder if his career was on the wane.
Will the Apple iPad have Flash? Nope, and Adobe is mad.

The new iPad might be "the best browsing experience you’ve ever had." But it still won't load Flash websites.
Paul Shirley: Haiti comments get blogger fired from ESPN

ESPN fired former professional basketball player and current blogger Paul Shirley on Wednesday after he wrote a long piece arguing that Haiti doesn't deserve aid following the Jan. 12 earthquake.
Avatar to surpass Titanic as Hollywood's most successful movie of all time

Barely one month after its release, the 3-D epic Avatar is $2 million away from sinking Titanic's record.
Brett Favre: Hero or villain?

Brett Favre's crucial interception in Sunday's NFC championship game ended a season in which the Minnesota Vikings quarterback has been both lauded and loathed.
Opinion: Want better journalism? Boost news literacy.

Citizens armed with the power of discernment will do more to rescue journalism than any dozen panels of veteran editors ruminating about their golden years in power and musing about better business models.
3D Avatar becomes No. 2 top-grossing movie of all time, still climbing

Second only to James Cameron's other opus, Titanic, Avatar pulls in $1.1 billion worldwide.
The Art of a Beautiful Game

A sports journalist highlights all that is best in the NBA.
ESPN 3D kicks off the year of 3D TV. But will consumers buy in?

ESPN 3D is the latest move for a TV technology that's getting massive investment by retailers, governments, and content providers like Discovery.