12-Step program to get over a football addiction after your team is eliminated from the playoffs:

When not twelve months ago Zambia came to Libreville to conquer Africa — or at least what was left to conquer after dispatching of Senegal, Libya, the hosts in the form of Equatorial Guinea, Sudan, and Ghana whilst in Bata—there was a sense that something was different. Chipolopolo Boys were not just playing with the [...]

As you are likely aware, legendary Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno has been removed of his post by the Penn State Board of Trustees at a little after 10pm ET on Wednesday night. Mike Ciccarone and Burton DeWitt talk about what led to this, the reaction, and what could have and should have [...]

Disappointment may come before England in the dictionary, but at World Cups, they seem to be side-by-side. Regardless the sport, England are expected to fail to reach expectations. For Pete’s sake, even in darts, a sport where England routinely have every highly-ranked player not named Raymond van Barneveld, England crashed out to minnows Spain at [...]

Let me be clear about this: before Saturday night, I had nothing against California head coach Jeff Tedford. Nothing. I had nothing against his personality, his coaching, his demeanor. Nothing. So if you think I’m just biased against him or Cal for any reason, you’re wrong. But after last night, after the press conference in which [...]

UEFA’s decision to award Italy with a 3-0 win is not fair no matter how you look at it, and I don’t care what Serbia think. Serbian fans crossed the line; their actions were against the better interest of sport, and the punishment that Serbia received is just. Serbia deserves to forfeit the match and [...]

Write controversial articles. That’s the easiest part of Dennis Dodd’s job this week, CBSSports.com‘s senior college football columnist. All he has to do it get people pissed off by writing insensitive, foul, and untrue attacks on good people who are on track to become major football head coaches after the Spartans’ appointment in Pasadena, Calif. next January. [...]

Dennis Dodd needs to apologize. Notshould, not would be wise to, but needs to. And needs to first thing Monday morning. Each Friday during college football season, Dodd publishes his Weekend Watch List in which he discusses the upcoming games. But this past Friday, he took it a step further.