Roger Goodell says if LA is awarded an expansion team, then the league will likely add a 34th franchise. What cities would be best?

#46-AFC LOVES FEBRUARY: The Super Bowl will be held on February 5th. Since the first February Super Bowl in 2002, the AFC is 6-3 in those games held in the calendar's shortest month ... though the NFC has won the last two:Super Bowl XXXVI: Patriots beat Rams on February 3, 2002Super Bowl XXXVIII: Patriots beat Panthers on February 1, 2004Super Bowl XXXIX: Patriots beat Eagles...

According to a report, Navy will become the 11th football member of the Big East when the academy enters the league in 2015.

One thing that keeps getting pointed out is that Super Bowl XLVI is a revenge game for Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. Four years ago, the Giants beat the Patriots in a thrilling Super Bowl which ended the Pats shot at an 19-0 season.They meet again with a championship on the line. However, this is far from an actual revenge game.People throw "revenge" around too...

Anyone who loves to dig at the Spurs usually points out that their 1999 NBA Championship should come with an asterisk. After all, a labor dispute shaved the season down to 50 games, it was the season after Michael Jordan's last game with the Bulls and the Spurs met 8th-seeded New York in the Finals.The championship does count, but the season is usually forgotten among the lore...

Brainstorming here. If baseball went back to the 2-division format ... and if the Astros HAVE to be in the American League ... this is how I'd have it shake out. NL EASTAtlanta BravesCincinnati RedsMiami MarlinsNew York MetsPhiladelphia PhilliesPittsburgh PiratesWashington NationalsNL WESTArizona DiamondbacksChicago CubsColorado RockiesLos Angeles DodgersMilwaukee BrewersSan...

The 2011 NFL season is over and we are now in postseason mode. So let's look back at the past year through the eyes of each division. Half of the divisions were won by one game or less. And, since we all know the BCS is the greatest system of determining a champion that has ever been created, let's use it to see who should be each division's champion.1-AFC NORTH: Great...

The 2011 NFL season may not be over yet (as I type this, the Cowboys-Giants are in pregame warmups), but the season has already produced one of the oddest postseasons I can remember. The matchups alone just make you gasp.NFCNo. 1 Packers, No. 2 Niners: We all could've picked Green Bay getting a 1st round bye. But San Francisco? This is the team with Alex Smith starting at QB...

A couple weeks ago, "The Brawl" happened in Cincinnati. Crosstown rivals Xavier and Cincinnati met, as they do every year, with the Musketeers blowing out the Bearcats. At the end of the very testy game, a brawl broke out that left both teams with suspended players and bad tastes in their mouth.Cincinnati suspended Yancy Gates, Cheikh Mbodj and Octavius Ellis six games...

When we look back at the sports landscape in 2011 ... it won't be a happy thought to most of us. This was a very, very, very bad year for sports as a whole.Don't get me wrong. There were some great moments (Game 6 of the World Series could be the best game ever played in the Fall Classic) and great performances. Congrats to all the champs and all the greatness that happened...

I do this every year. Instead of all this BCS bowl crap, we just have a simple 12-team playoff that involves no bowls (other than the title game can be called a BCS championship at a neutral site). Here are the teams that get in:-Every champion of the six BCS conference-Highest ranked non-BCS conference champion-5 at-large bids regardless of conference-Seeding and at large bids are...

Today and tomorrow will be filled by announcements of who is going to which bowl. While most of us will be fixated on who is going to the BCS title game or those usual big time bowls, we get treated to all of those great lesser bowls with their funny names and odd sponsorships.Below are my TOP FIVE:   5-BEEF O BRADY'S BOWL: Bar food gets love. I'm not a huge...

I get what the NBA owners are saying. They need a league where every team has a chance to do well and get to the playoffs and get a ring and all that jazz. It sounds great. Sounds fantastic. I mean, it works in the NFL where you can have New Orleans and Indianapolis play for a championship and no one bats an eye. A league where Green Bay can be the latest dynasty.Too bad it's...

One of the topics of discussion during all this college conference realignment is the loss of football rivalries. We may not have Texas-Texas A&M anymore. The Pittsburgh-West Virginia Backyard Brawl may not extend. We may not have Missouri-Kansas. Even conference basketball rivalries like Syracuse-Georgetown could be gone.But basketball non-conference rivalries could suffer....

Thanksgiving weekend is usually rivalry weekend in college football. All those ancient battles we've watched over the years renew and the hatred gets reignited.With all the conference shuffling going on, we could see some of these rivalries come to and end this year (or maybe next). Some of these are over a century old but the lure of money combined with hard feelings are forcing...

Stanford coach David Shaw says that the BCS system is broken. Well, of course it is. And of course it is for Shaw, whose Stanford team lost to Oregon and is now all but out of the BCS championship game.Yes, Coach Shaw, the BCS is flawed. And this year could prove it more than ever.LSU GETS SCREWED: First off, we could see LSU be the lone undefeated (well, other than Houston). This...

One of the questions I have been asked after LSU's overtime win at Alabama is if the Crimson Tide win out, Stanford and Oklahoma State (and possibly Boise State lose) should they get another shot at LSU in the BCS title game?Nope.No way. No how.Look, Alabama may indeed be the second-best team in the country. They may be worthy of a shot at the national championship. But they...

One of the huge dominos in the conference expansion may be close to falling. Missouri is planning on applying to the SEC and the conference reportedly has the votes to admit them in. This is huge news that will impact the entire country. What does this mean?SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE. The SEC has 14 teams now, the same as the ACC. It looks as if the conference will stop at that number...

Could the possibility of teams purposely tanking down the stretch this season in order to secure the first overall pick to take Andrew Luck influence the NFL to institute an NBA-style draft lottery?

The Big XII has invited TCU to join their conference and the school is reportedly ready to accept. That means that TCU, who is currently in the Mountain West Conference and were set to join the Big East conference in 2012, will be moving yet again.It is huge for both TCU and the Big XII. For TCU, they still get to be in a BCS conference and one that looks like it should live on after...

Boo-hoo to the Big East. Boo-hoo.Hypocrites.With the news that Syracuse and Pittsburgh are leaving the Big East conference ... I'm sorry , BIG EAST Conference ... for the ACC, all the Big East honks are upset. "They're raiding us again!" "The ACC has no respect for our league!" "Cuse and Pitt are greedy!" Blah blah blah. We heard it all before...

With the Big East crumbling around them, UConn is actively pursuing joining Syracuse and Pittsburgh as the next member of the ACC.

Syracuse and Pittsburgh on their way to the ACC, another Big East school wants to move with them. UConn is aggressively trying to get into the ACC.It makes sense for everyone involved. For UConn, they'd jump from the sinking Big East ship and get their name out there before the ACC attempts to go after, say, Texas and move away from the coast. They'd stay in a BCS conference...

Okay, with word that Syracuse and Pittsburgh have applied to become a member of the ACC, it all but signals the end of either the Big East or Big XII. The first punch has been thrown and the Big East is stumbling. The Big XII is waiting on what Oklahoma is going to do ... and with the ACC making their move it is all but certain that the Big XII is in trouble.So what should the members...

Several conferences expanded over the past year and more expansion may occur next year. Could Pitt and Syracuse move to the ACC?