Laveranues Coles

One more thing about that Ch. 11 pregame show Thursday night: They spelled Erik Boland's first name "Erick." Former Jets beat writer Ken Berger's ghost must have been haunting the telecast trying to make Boland look bad. Or maybe it......

I enjoy compiling mindless lists as much as any burned-out journalist in late December. Alas, Sunday editor Chicago Norm never has been big on looking-back pieces, so the best I can do for a Sports Media Year in Review is......

A laurel and hearty handshake to Dan Sulzer, 33, of Long Beach, who Thursday night became the second consecutive Long Islander to take top honors at the Sports Spelling Bee at the ESPN Zone in Times Square. Sulzer outlasted 35......

Treasure Glad to have you back, Brian Westbrook. We've missed you. The running back was absent from two of the Eagles' previous three games because of injuries, leaving many fantasy lineups with a gaping hole and no capable backup to run through it....

Will 8-8 be enough to save Dick Jauron's job? Do the Bears even have a chance of winning in Kansas City next week? Will Rex Grossman become the real deal? Honestly, who knows? Right now it's the Washington Redskins, a team the Bears should beat and need...

Chad Pennington, the New York Jets' new leader, has spent the last three years making himself smoother, smarter, and faster. In consequence, Pennington is now one of the smoothest and smartest quarterbacks in the NFL, if never the fastest. He is also...

Greg Blache was not quite ready to lavish praise on his rookie cornerbacks, but then anyone expecting that Sunday doesn't know the Bears defensive coordinator very well. "We got out of it, I'll put it that way," said Blache of the Bears' 20-13 victory...

Up in the air it hung—the ball and possibly Dick Jauron's future. Jauron later said he didn't think anybody had an idea how good a kick Paul Edinger's game-winning 45-yard field goal into the teeth of a 22-m.p.h. wind Sunday at Soldier Field really was....

ARIZONA CARDINALS 2002 RECORD: 5-11. WHEN: July 25. WHERE: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Ariz. WHO'S NEW: Emmitt Smith, the Dallas icon who last year became the league's career rushing leader, was released in March and opted for pro football...