It's reassuring that even in these lean, lacking times, the Super Bowl continues to deliver just the right amount of excess into our otherwise scaled-down lives.

While we see grainy images of a hooded man said to be Tiger Woods behind the walls of a Mississippi addiction clinic and wonder when we'll see Woods on a golf course again, we don't have to look for Phil Mickelson.

Playoff Forecast: Rex Ryan is my new favorite coach in the NFL. Ryan is that rare cat who actually says something when he speaks. He's as subtle as a garlic milkshake.

Ron Green Jr.'s picks: I think the Cowboys are going to be in the Super Bowl. There. I said it.

There is a very good chance that as this newborn ACC basketball season unfolds, the Duke Blue Devils will show themselves to be the best team in a league that has no definitive form at the moment.

Somewhere between bitter and sweet, North Carolina's 2009 football season ended Saturday evening with a 19-17 loss to No.17 Pittsburgh in the Meineke Car Care Bowl.

Today being Christmas, it's a time for reflection, gift-giving, family, your strange cousin from Arkansas, the official end of egg nog season and the Chargers against the Titans.

It's time now, between the cheese balls and yet another version of 'Little Drummer Boy,' to take a look at which teams might win the Super Bowl this season.

Ron Green Jr.: When will we see Tiger play golf again? He probably doesn't know.

Now that Tiger Woods has publicly confessed to his transgressions, where does he go from here?

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Ron Green Jr.
Ron Green Jr. writes about golf, football and other sports for The Charlotte Observer.