David Patten

1. KANSAS LOCATION: Lawrence. ENROLLMENT: 29,624 HOW THEY GOT HERE: Won Big 12 tournament. RECORD: 30-4. RPI: 11th. RECORD VS. FIELD: 5-3. NCAA HISTORY: This is 36th appearance, and 18th in a row. The Jayhawks won it all in 1952 and 1988; they also...

INDIANAPOLIS - The Chicago Bears ruined the opener of the new Lucas Oil Stadium for Indianapolis Colts fans. The Bears used their old formula of ball-control offense and helmet-popping defense to stun the Colts 29-13 on opening night. Rookie running...

We???re still above break-even in NFL picks but just barely after going 1-2 last Sunday. New Orleans covered a touchdown spread against hapless Oakland but both Dallas and Carolina lost outright. The down day left the season record at 10-9-1......

FOXBORO, Mass. - The harsh reality of where the Ravens stand in the AFC was as unforgiving as the pelting downpour. The Ravens' humbling 24-3 loss to the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots yesterday not only delivered a hit to their...

Brian Billick tossed out the bait last week and his defense snatched it up like another unprotected football. Looking to the history books for their motivation, the Ravens smothered the Cleveland Browns with their second straight shutout and third of the...

If the Bears had some questions of game officials after being called for 12 penalties last week, they had even more Sunday after a bizarre sequence of events that officials refused to explain at the time or afterward. With 40 seconds left in the game,...

The Bears defense had no answer for the defending Super Bowl champions Sunday and few plausible explanations after yet another unlikely twist in their bizarre season. Blowing a 21-point third-quarter lead, the Bears saw two challenged plays go against...

Football fans comparing the Chicago Bears against other pro clubs this year have been struck by one obvious difference: The Bears have the least sophisticated pass offense in the league. The problem is more than the Bears' simple insistence on running...

Due to NFL contractual obligations we are forced to bring you the start of the Super Bowl XX rematch and miss the end of the Rams-Chargers thriller. But first CBS will bring you 30 seconds of dead air. OK, here we go. Champaign, Ill., the Bears, in...

In the end, it wasn't regular-season MVP quarterback Kurt Warner who seized the moment, but second-year miracle worker Tom Brady. When the confetti finally flew, it wasn't the high-powered St. Louis Rams offense that celebrated, but the gritty New...

CLEVELAND - Brian Billick tossed out the bait last week and his defense snatched it up like another unprotected football. Looking to the history books for their motivation, the Ravens smothered the Cleveland Browns with their second straight shutout...

It took the Immaculate Incompletion, and officials putting bonus time back on the clock twice, but the New England Patriots are still Brady's Bunch, still able to believe they can defend their Super Bowl title in 2003. "That was a wild one," Patriots...