Jim Mora and Greg Knapp didn't just work in San Francisco. They reveled in it. Immersed themselves in it. Owe their careers to it. They won't say so this week when they return to the Bay Area leading the Seattle Seahawks against the 49ers ...

Mike Shanahan is the perfect example of the flaw in Bill Parcells' classic line: "If you want to cook the meal, you should be allowed to buy the groceries." Yes, Shanahan has been an excellent cook. But he was a so-so shopper, especially for defensive goodies, the ...

THE BLIND SIDE by Michael Lewis W. W. Norton,

How serious a subject is sport?

We know it is dramatic and revealing, but beneath the veneer of action and celebrity does sport justify a more considered analytical approach? There is a dual aspect here: does thinking have much to do with winning, and, if so, can the lessons of victory ...

As Steve Young listened to the Candlestick Park crowd roar at his jersey retirement ceremony, he looked at Jerry Rice and wished he was in his old No. 8 uniform instead of a suit. "Honestly I feel like I want to play," Young said ...