When I was a kid growing up in Cleveland, I believed - completely, wholeheartedly, without reservation or pause - that the Cleveland Indians were named to honor a Native American ballplayer named Louis Sockalexis, who played for Cleveland in the late 19th Century.

The fun of the Super Bowl is the week leading into it; once it's actually played, the story dies down very, very quickly.

Every time you write anything, at least half your readers are going to disagree with you. A big part of sports writing is how you respond to that tension.

Joe Paterno was a well-educated man, and he was also a man from a different time.

The enjoyment of playing football gave me a positive pathway, but I could have taken a very different path.

For some reason in today's society, people look up to football players and you have a voice. And it's because of that voice you have the opportunity to impact people's lives.

The characteristic that every college football coach should look for in a wife is independence.

It's a wonderful feeling to be a bridge to the past and to unite generations. The sport of baseball does that, and I am just a part of it.