Detroit Free Press columnist Drew Sharp writes about the city of Detroit's two young studs: Calvin Johnson and Cameron Maybin..... "There's more excitement about Cameron Maybin's surprisingly early major league debut than there is about Calvin Johnson's NFL regular-season debut next month because the long-term expectations for the Tigers are far, far higher than those for the Lions." ....
Washington Post sports columnist and Pardon the Interruption (PTI) co-host Michael Wilbon writes about the dirtiest word in sports.... "Every league has tragic losses of life, but nothing scares a sport's powers that be quite as much as the G-word." ....
San Francisco Chronicle sports columnist Ray Ratto writes that Oakland Raider head coach Lane Kiffen should hand over the starting quarterback job to Daunte Culpepper..... "The Raiders, on the other hand, discovered that they might as well just hand over the offense to Daunte Culpepper right now, even though he made his magic against the 49ers' second unit." ....
San Francisco Chronicle reporter Jessica Guynn writes how the the playground game Four Square is a big hit on the job in the Silicon Valley..... "That's right. The latest oddball pursuit in Silicon Valley - the land of perpetual adolescence - is the classic playground game in which four players occupy squares and hit a rubber ball back and forth with their hands, trying to get each other out and score points." ....
Boston Globe sports reporter Christopher L. Gasper writes how New England Patriot Junior Seau is putting on the shoulder pads once more.... "Time heals all wounds, but at a certain point in a professional football player's career, time becomes a wound itself, the accumulation of bumps and bruises, broken bones, and pulled muscles adding up to a toll that the body can no longer pay." ....
Newark Star Ledger sports columnist Jerry Izenberg writes about the late Phil Rizzuto.... "Rizzuto went out to watch Yogi play. Berra recalls that when he met him that day and noted Rizzuto's size, he thought: "If this little guy can play in the major leagues, I guess I can, too." ....
New York Times sports columnist Murray Chass writes about the correct age of Phil Rizzuto.... "Sorry, Scooter, but I have to do it. I have kept your secret to myself for nearly 30 years, but now that you have sadly left us, I don't think you would mind if I told the tale from the Yankees' spring training camp in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in the late 1970s." ....
The New York Times' Howard Beck writes how the United States Basketball team will try again to regain world dominance..... "The Dream Team, in its various incarnations, has never lacked talent or star quality, only humility, cohesion and, occasionally, experience. So it seemed appropriate when Jason Kidd, in a July team meeting, referenced his 28-0 record in international play . . . "
Miami (Fla) head coach Randy Shannon did a Q&A with Miami Herald reporter Susan Miller Degnan.....
Miami Herald reporter David Neal writes how new Miami Dolphins head coach Cam Cameron is stressing the fundamentals during training camp..... "Wondering when you will see the multifaceted offense that got Cam Cameron the top job in Davie?" ....
Jacksonville Times-Union sports columnist Sam Borden writes about the unique relationship between an offensive coordinator and the quarterback.... "The relationship between NFL quarterback and offensive coordinator is often the pro sports equivalent of an arranged marriage: Two people who didn't necessarily fall in love with each other being becoming wholly committed to each other, for better or worse, for richer or poorer, till a 6-10 season do they part." ....
Dallas Morning News sports columnist Tim Cowlishaw writes about the new Dallas defense under Wade Phillips.... "When you bring in Wade Phillips to coach your team, your No. 1 priority is to fix a defense. That's the only thing that makes sense." ....
Cincinnati Enquirer football writer Mark Curnutte gives a fast wrap of what is going on around the NFL.....
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