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Epps: Looking at SEC with big 10 questions

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Large, hungry members of the sports media will convene near Birmingham today for SEC Media Days. And not just for the luncheon. SEC Media Days signal the commencement of SEC football in 2008 and plenty of news and features, so let’s get started with 10 questions:

Epps: McClendon’s lifting amazes even the pros

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Imagine Kansas coach Mark Mangino and Maryland’s Ralph Friedgen piling on top of you. Chest cavity? Gone.

Epps: Some SEC coaches criticize 'Billy Rule'

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Asked about the National Association of Basketball Coaches’ urging of members to stop offering scholarships to prospects not yet in their junior years of high school, Vanderbilt’s Kevin Stallings couldn’t resist a joke.

Epps: Brown, bagels and Ickey — NFL training is no joke

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

“What did you have for breakfast?” asked Cos DeMatteo, the gregarious facility coordinator of D1 Sports here in Chattanooga, where I will condition with Tony Brown of the Tennessee Titans.

Epps: Martin has new passion for football

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Poems began replacing notes during quarterback meetings. And Tee Martin knew, just two seasons into his NFL career, he no longer loved football.

Epps: Fulmer due the raise, but seven years?

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Raises for college football coaches are generally accepted and understood as part of the new culture of collegiate athletics.

Epps: Sports in America: so much to love

Saturday, July 5, 2008

This weekend seems like the right time for one of those America-is-awesome columns, you know, before you go out and wave those American flags made in another country. It feels like a patriotic duty.

Georgia, Alabama have toughest SEC schedules this season

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Chipper Jones is likely headed to the disabled list, newspapers are printing stories stating, “Hey, it’s really hot,” and the Washington Nationals are in last place. Ahhh, July. We’ve missed you.

Epps: Money drives the reality in college hoops

Saturday, June 28, 2008

For some reason, the Knight Commission meetings always make me think of a group of older people sitting around a mahogany table, sipping wine and speaking in snooty British accents. A couple of the men wear fedoras. At the end, they all congratulate each other on their great ideas and go home.

Epps: Traditional stats aren’t really best

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

The following admission could expose me to various lame criticisms, like I’m a nerd.