By TOM JONES, St. Petersburg Times
Jones: Predictions for NBA season
There's a new big man in Cleveland. The big man in Boston is back. And Orlando's big man is ready to make another run at his first NBA title. The NBA season opens Tuesday with four games, including Eastern Conference heavyweights Boston visiting Cleveland. So here's a quick preview of the NBA.
PREDICTIONS
Q&A with ESPN's Erin Andrews
A Q and A with ESPN college football reporter Erin Andrews, who was videotaped in the nude in a hotel room in July without her knowledge. Michael David Barrett, 47, from suburban Chicago, has been arrested by the FBI and is due in court on Friday to face federal charges of interstate stalking.
-- Question: How are you doing?
Andrews: I'm hanging in there.
Jones: Assessing one-sided rivalries
Not all that long ago, college football fans couldn't wait for the early season showdown between Florida and Tennessee. Think back just 10 years as the Gators and Vols traded victories in tight thrillers.
Jones: Week 1 around the NFL
A look back at the opening weekend in the NFL and ahead to this weekend.
TOP THREE
-- RB Adrian Peterson, Vikings
Jones: Gruden draws raves, Dungy next?
Jon Gruden has been a full-time TV analyst on ESPN's Monday Night Football for less than a month and he's already drawing rave and nearly unprecedented reviews for his work. You have to go back to the early television days of John Madden to find a football analyst who has been this well received so early in his broadcasting career.
Jones: QB battles around the NFL
Now that the New York Jets have named rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez their starter, here's a look at other teams with question marks halfway through the preseason schedule, including a few that might surprise you.
Jones: Great sports upsets
It happened only last Sunday, so it's difficult to put into perspective so soon. But when you delve into the details, you could make an argument that Y.E. Yang staring down Tiger Woods and winning the PGA Championship is among the greatest individual upsets in sports history. A look at our choices for the top individual sports upsets:
-- Y.E. Yang beats Tiger Woods
Jones: Active NFL players eying Hall of Fame
Now that the Pro Football Hall of Fame has inducted its 2009 class, what about the players in the league right now? Which ones would make the Hall of Fame if they never played another down? Which ones have more work to do?
Here's our take.
LOCKS
-- Tom Brady
Jones: Things to know about HOF Class of 2009
The Pro Football Hall of Fame welcomes its 2009 class Saturday. Here's a look at the hall's six newest members, along with some things you might know and a few things you might not know.
-- Randall McDaniel, Guard:
Jones: Time to get defensive
Playing parts of seven big-league seasons with four teams, DeWayne Wise is the classic baseball journeyman. The Chicago White Sox outfielder has never appeared in more than 77 games in a season, never hit more than six home runs and never driven in more than 18. He's 31, so it seems unlikely he is going to become a star.


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