Outside the Beltway

Jerome Harrison learned that he has a brain tumor in time to save his life.

Long-time Oakland Raiders owner and NFL icon Al Davis has died.

Pete Gent, the former Dallas Cowboy and Michigan State player best known as the author of “North Dallas Forty,” has died at 69 from pulmonary illness.

While most of the Nike “pro combat” uniforms that college teams have worn over the last few years have been garish one-offs never seen again after their debut game, their revamp of the Navy unies is actually an upgrade

Was it wrong for the NFL to schedule its opening Sunday on the anniversary of the September 11th attacks?

The Maryland Terrapins upset the Miami Hurricanes 32-24 last night in college football’s opening weekend. But all anyone is talking about is the ugly uniforms.

How hard is it to schedule one measly jobs speech?

Money isn’t the only benefit some receive for their work.

The Ames Straw Poll is like the first scrimmage of NFL training camp.

A mistrial has been ruled in the Roger Clemens perjury trial and the judge may rule that a retrial would constitute double jeopardy.

Jeter’s 3,000 hits now “official.”

Tennis’ most aristocratic championship is also its most democratic.

The venerable Brooks Brothers is getting into the college apparel business, selling sweaters and polos for Boston College; the U.S. Naval Academy, Auburn, Cornell, Harvard, New York, Ohio State, Princeton, Stanford, and Vanderbilt Universities and the Universities of Alabama, Georgia, Notre Dame and Virginia.

Apparently, some people haven’t gotten over Lebron James taking his talents to South Beach.

NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal has announced his retirement after 19 years as a pro. On Twitter.

Jim Tressel has resigned as head coach of the Ohio State football team.

Now here’s a story you don’t see every day: The head coach of a major college basketball team leaving for a service academy.

An item in the Extra Bases baseball notebook last Sunday misidentified, in some editions, the origin of the name Orcrist the Goblin Cleaver, which Mets pitcher R. A. Dickey gave one of his bats. Orcrist was not, as Dickey had said, the name of the sword used by Bilbo Baggins in the Misty Mountains in “The Hobbit”; Orcrist was the sword used by the dwarf Thorin Oakenshield in the book. (Bilbo Baggins’s sword was called Sting.)

The Washington Wizards have gone back to the future with new uniforms that look remarkably like the old Washington Bullets unis.

Hockey star Sean Avery’s recent statements supporting gay marriage has drawn fire from an unlikely source: His agent.

A Texas high school student who was kicked off her high school’s cheerleading squad after refusing to cheer for her rapist had her lawsuit dismissed as frivolous and was ordered to pay $45,000 in legal fees.

Another celebrity trial shines a light on our bizarre justice system.

President Obama sees the golf course as the only place to escape the pressures of the job.

With the Draft only 27 days away, multiple lawsuits pending, and the lockout only in force for a few weeks, the NFL announced that an agreement on a new CBA had been reached with players.

President Obama shouldn’t be criticized for picking his NCAA tourney brackets during wartime. But he shouldn’t get much credit, either.

The federal government has spent seven years and some six million dollars pursuing Barry Bonds. Why?

If you believe Minnesota Vikings’ Running Back Adrian Peterson, the NFL is a modern-day plantation and he’s a slave.

Simplest possible NCAA Tournament bracket

Players from the Los Angeles Clippers chipped in to pay for the surgery of assistant coach Kim Hughes back in 2004. It’s been a secret until now.

President Obama is once again catching flak for his leisure activities.

No matter how the owners and players resolve their squabble, the fans are likely to get screwed.

Iran doesn’t like the logo for the London Olympics and is threatening to boycott if it isn’t changed.

The Wall Street Journal is joining the modern era and dropping the practice of referring to people as “Mr.” and “Ms.” But only on the sports pages.

Democratic Congresswoman Betty McCollum has received death threats after questioning the wisdom of the U.S. Army sponsoring a NASCAR Sprint Cup team to the tune of $7 million a year.

The Toomer’s Corner trees were poisoned by a rabid Alabama fan.

Sports Illustrated is trying to force subscribers to pay for a bundle of web and print services. Bad idea.

The Pittsburg Steelers and the Green Bay Packers are the 2nd and 5th most popular teams in the NFL. The Dallas Cowboys are number one and the St. Louis Rams bring up the rear at 32.