Can the startling discovery of some 1,400 paintings bring a great New Orleans artist back from the dead?

Never, it seems, have punters been more valuable to NFL teams. So who are these guys—and why hasn't a single punter been voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame?

Brazen coach Lane Kiffin is winning few friends in his new job at Tennessee—raiding SEC foes for assistants, running off staffers and accusing a major rival of a recruiting violation.

When athletes are young, sports seem to provide a solution to every problem the world has to offer. And then they don’t. The Holland twins and the wages of war.

Nobody ever wanted to be a tabloid celebrity less than the Cowboys quarterback with the Hollywood good looks and the golden arm. But if fame was the price he had to pay for a Super Bowl ring, then the Oklahoma farm boy would grin and bear it.

John David Booty has been the Next Big Thing since the day he arrived at USC, but he'll have to wait yet another year before he gets a chance to make it big.

Why would 67-year-old Bobby Ross leave a life of leisure to take over the worst team in college football?

It was exactly as forecast. A steady mist was falling; the air was cold. The thing about football is, nobody worth a damn ever ran out on the field believing he couldn't win.

Though he fell short in the Super Bowl, the Panthers' Jake Delhomme played with a passion that captivated fellow Cajuns.