Outside the Beltway

Steve Davis, who quarterbacked Oklahoma to back-to-back national titles, died in a plane crash yesterday. He was 60.

The Ravens quarterback cashed in after winning the Super Bowl. Now it’s Maryland’s turn.

Jim Valvano’s famous ESPYs speech was 20 years ago today.

Do we ask too much of our leaders?

The Cowboys’ first equipment manager and designer of the iconic blue star logo has died.

Olympic paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius has been arrested after the fatal shooting of his girlfriend.

Does America deserve a day off today because we all stayed up late overindulging?

At nearly $4 million for a 30 second spot, advertising on the Super Bowl is a bargain.

Auburn’s famed Toomer’s Corner Oaks will be cut down, an acknowledgment that they’ll never be healthy again after an idiot Alabama fan poisoned them.

It started September 1, with a 41-14 thumping of Michigan at Cowboys Stadium. Now, it all comes down to one game.

The most idiotic labor dispute in sports history appears to have ended.

For some reason, Pennsylvania’s Governor has chosen to reopen the wounds from the Jerry Sandusky scandal.

New York Jets quarterback Greg McElroy was experiencing post-concussion syndrome but hid it from the team for days.

FSU’s Jimbo Fisher offers interesting insights into the coaching profession.

Gabrielle Ludwig played college basketball as a man 25 years ago; now, she’s playing as a woman.

The title of most impressive Heisman winner of all time goes to Pete Dawkins, who won the award in 1958.

Another week, another innocent person killed by an NFL player.

Kobe Bryant is one of only five NBA players to score 30,000 points and the youngest to achieve the milestone.

In “Eyes on the Prize,” Chuck Culpepper looks at Saban’s first season as a head coach, with Toledo, way back in 1989-90. It seems that Nick Saban has been Nick Saban for a very long time.

Jovan Belcher, a linebacker with the Kansas City Chiefs, this morning murdered the mother of their 3-month-old baby before killing himself.