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Trash Talk: Coughlin once was a 'dead man walking'

Trash Talk: Chargers' Turner, Browns' Mangini and Redskins' Zorn should consult their Giants counterpart to get some advice while they reside on their personal hot seats.

Phelps, Liukin win USSA athletes of year

Olympic gold medalists claimed the top three spots in both the male and female categories in the final vote tally for the United States Sports Academy’s Athlete of the Year, presented by NBCSports.com and USAToday.com.

Rumors: Big Ben denies skin-cancer rumors

Accounts for Pittsburgh quarterback have been popping up on social-networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook. And at least one of them is saying he's got skin cancer. But Roethlisberger is denying that he has anything, including any social-networking accounts: "There's no truth to it. I don't have any of that stuff," he said. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Rumors: A-Rod, Teixeira confronted Sutcliffe

A couple of weeks ago, the Yanks’ hit a homer against the Rangers and was broadcasting from the ESPN booth. The 1984 Cy Young award winner suggested that it was possible that Teixeira had gotten signals from to let him know where the catcher was setting up. Well, Tex and A-Rod apparently did not like that very much, especially after an off-season in which Rodriguez was accused of tipping off opponents to pitches when the game was a blowout. The pair supposedly confronted Sutcliffe on Tuesday night. No fisticuffs occurred. (New York Daily News)

Rumors: Cavaliers might fire Brown, hire Riley

You stick with a good thing, right? Well, Cleveland could be ditching heed coach even though he won Coach of the Year this past season. The Cavs had the league’s best record, but the front office has been on a mission to improve since the team lost to Orlando in the playoffs. And some of them reportedly seem to think they’d improve without Brown, who these same people apparently think was not as good as his counterpart in Orlando,. Rumor has it the execs were just as disappointed in the team’s wins over the Magic as its losses and said Brown’s game plan for the series was “junk.” Some are saying could be coming to Cleveland to save the day. Or at least keep a couple of hairdressers employed there. (ProBasketballNews)

Rumors: Lakers assistants interested in USC job

Assistant coaches Jim Cleamons and Brian Shaw are trying to help the Lakers win the NBA finals, but they've also got their eyes on the USC head coaching job, vacated by the departure of Tim Floyd on Tuesday. (L.A. Times)

NBA rumors: Mullin left in the dark in Golden State?

says he is optimistic about a contract extension with the Warriors...but that he hasn’t been negotiating with , only team president and owner . This would seem to indicate either Mullin is being phased out in the last year of his contract, or Stephen Jackson is telling stories. (The Examiner).

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After three weeks, contenders, pretenders clear
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JT the Brick: Heading into Week 4, close to 10 teams are making early preparations for the 2010 draft, while the power teams are positioning themselves for the playoffs.

Inside the Twitter lives of athletes
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What are athletes like Shaq tweeting? Check out our slideshow and widget and follow us on Twitter @nbc_sports.

Rumors: 'Skins' Snyder cooking up deal for Cutler?
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NBCSports.com takes the pulse on the latest rumors from around the sports world

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Baseball must act fast to save game
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JT the Brick: Changes need to happen in baseball, and quickly. If Major League Baseball does not make some brutally tough decisions in the next year or two, the sport could be damaged forever.

Vegas Advisors on Gambling
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A game by game breakdown by the experts

Trash Talk: QB chess match will be Super show
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Trash Talk: Watching Ben Roethlisberger and Kurt Warner lead their teams against each other in Super Bowl XLIII will be a thing of beauty.

Trash Talk: QB chess match will be Super show
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Trash Talk: Watching Ben Roethlisberger and Kurt Warner lead their teams against each other in Super Bowl XLIII will be a thing of beauty.

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Test your knowledge of sports news from the past week

Helps us pick 2008's Whiner of the Year
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Whine of the Year: Hard to believe that another year has flown by in a haze of tears and feelings of self pity. It seems like just 12 months ago that we were saying the same thing about 2007.

Trash Talk: GM was hurting Tiger's brand name
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Trash Talk: General Motors shouldn't ask to sever ties with Tiger. It should ask Tiger for a bailout.

Rumors: Palin to be featured on hockey mask
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NBCSports.com takes the pulse on the latest rumors from around the sports world

Trash Talk: Tiger takes after Michael Jordan
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It's no surprise that Woods is good friends with Jordan. Tiger is a magnificent golfer, but like Jordan, he seems to have no interest whatsoever in being a leader who transcends his sport.

Rumors: Marlins near deal for Ramirez
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MLB rumors: A-Rod enjoyed threesome in Florida?
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NFL rumors: Ditka seems to have lost a step
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Rumors: Latest NFL rumors

Vote: Who is the Whiner of the Week?
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Live vote: Who was the biggest sports whiner of the week?

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Rumors: Heat might still pick Mayo at No. 2
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Rumors: Latest NBA rumors

Play ball ... unless you're a pitcher
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Whine of the Week: Hank Steinbrenner was understandably upset when Chien-Ming Wang was injured. So he blamed the rules in the National League, where pitchers are forced to - you know - play baseball.

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