Scott Fowler

Bismack Biyombo is the youngest active player in the NBA. He also seems to be one of its oldest souls.

Scott Fowler: Dale Earnhardt Jr. wasn’t popular at all in school, he says, but that has changed dramatically.

In his 23 years at Davidson, coach Bob McKillop has never seen one of his big men do what Jake Cohen is doing right now.

The first three classes of NASCAR’s Hall of Fame mostly have been reserved for the giants of the sport’s top series – men with names like Earnhardt, Petty, Pearson and France.

Let's get this out of the way first: There is no award called "Best NFL Rookie Season Ever." There is no vote. It's purely a mythical title.

Sports Illustrated's Peter King, one of the most respected NFL writers in the business for decades, recently wrote one sentence in his magazine stating that Cam Newton had the best NFL rookie season ever.

These players, listed chronologically, posted 12 of the best NFL rookie seasons ever. They would be among the primary competitors with Panther quarterback Cam Newton for the mythical title of "Best NFL Rookie Season Ever."

An ankle is one of those body parts you never think about unless something goes wrong.

Like much of sports-crazed America, I watched Denver's 29-23 overtime NFL playoff win over Pittsburgh on Sunday. But I kept thinking back to a game that occurred eight years before, almost to the day ... in St. Louis.

The NFL's playoff system is simple, brutal and absolutely fair. ... The system for college football's biggest teams needs a complete overhaul.