Turf Toe

One of the greatest myths clouding the Green Bay Packers' 2012 season was that Mike McCarthy refused to run the football. Suggestions of "balance" often made the coach cringe. He did, indeed, try to run. Problem is, there's a difference between effort...

For three years, Eddie Lacy rammed into a crowded line of scrimmage. It was the norm. So not surprisingly, the 229-pound running back is licking his chops to join the Green Bay Packers' backfield. Lacy believes he'll be the X-factor that finally makes...

Their stories were similar from the start and stayed that way, right up until the Saturday revelation that they'll be moving to the same state. Tight end Dion Sims and defensive end Will Gholston are Detroiters and two of the most celebrated Michigan...

It will rank as one of the most hesitant draft choices that the Green Bay Packers have ever made. One way or another, running back Eddie Lacy of Alabama became the newest Packer on Friday night with the 61st pick in the second round of the National...

Three years ago, Jahvid Best was one of the most dynamic prospects in the NFL draft, a first-round pick of the Detroit Lions with breathtaking speed and dazzling elusiveness. Now, Best's future is murky. A series of head injuries has turned the former...

Don't read too much into Alabama's A-Day performance. Last year, if you were looking for certain formations or schemes, you would have been disappointed. After all, head coach Nick Saban said, the Crimson Tide had no plans to show 2012 season-opening...

TALLAHASSEE -- Ian Miller's afternoons at Florida State basketball practices consist of the following: several minutes of a standing individual shootaround, several more riding a bike to keep his conditioning, a few more stretching, and many more...

When his teammates began calling him "T-Magic," it made perfect sense. In his first five starts at Nebraska in 2010, Taylor Martinez peeled off touchdown runs of 46, 19, 15, 67, 20, 1, 1, 80, 14, 35, 80 and 41 yards. Defenders would zero in, have him in...

TALLAHASSEE -- Florida State and Georgia Tech have begun installing game plans, slightly tweaking their various offensive and defensive schemes, and working to get banged up players healthy entering Saturday's ACC championship at Bank of America Stadium...

TALLAHASSEE -- Florida State brought its New York mojo back south Wednesday night when it earned a 75-67 win over North Florida in its first game back at the Donald L. Tucker Center since winning the Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament last weekend. Beating...

TALLAHASSEE -- For a few hours Tuesday afternoon, some Florida State fans with subscription accounts to the various message-board sites that cover the team may have been a little alarmed to learn that veteran receiver Kenny Shaw was absent from the day'...

Woodside quarterback Darius Howell, who dislocated his left elbow last week, will not play in Friday night's game against Denbigh, according to Wolverines coach Danny Dodson. "Darius is still in a soft cast and a sling," Dodson said Wednesday. "He is...