Jonathan Crompton

While Tyler Bray might be crushed at being ignored by the draft, his dream of playing in the NFL shouldn't be. Not yet. The NFL is filled with stories of undrafted free agents beating the odds, winning jobs and, in some cases, becoming stars. I...

Going by the stats, Neil Rackers should have been a runaway winner over Graham Gano for the Washington Redskins kicking job. That’s why Gano has learned not to pay attention to the stats. The Redskins cut Rackers on Monday, giving Gano the...

On his first full day on the job as the kicker for the Washington Redskins, Billy Cundiff made three of four field goal attempts — and was booed for the one he missed — making him the only first-stringer to do something noteworthy in Wednesday...

TV SPORTS Major League Baseball-Chicago White Sox at Baltimore Orioles, 11:30 a.m. (WGN) Tennis-U.S. Open, Noon and 6 p.m. (ESPN2) College Football-South Carolina at Vanderbilt, 6 p.m. (ESPN); Texas A&M at Louisiana Tech, 6:30 p.m. (ESPNU); St....

TV SPORTS Men's College Basketball-Pittsburgh at DePaul, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Purdue at Penn State, 7 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Michigan at Indiana, 8 p.m. (ESPN2); St. Mary's (Calif.) at San Diego, 8 p.m. (ESPNU); Arizona vs. UCLA, 10 p.m. (FXSP) High School...

If John Beck and Rex Grossman were truly just about even, then Grossman might have won the Washington Redskins starting quarterback job just by standing on the sideline. Given a chance to make a closing argument in his case to be No. 1, Beck turned in...

It’s Rex. By the proverbial nose of the football. Washington Redskins coach Mike Shanahan ended the suspense Monday and announced Rex Grossman as the starting quarterback, giving the nine-year veteran the nod over John Beck going into Sunday’...

TV SPORTS Tennis-U.S. Open, 10 a.m., 6 p.m. (ESPN2) Soccer-Men's National Teams, Exhibition, United States vs. Belgium, 1:30 p.m. (ESPN) Major League Baseball-Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins, 7 p.m. (FXSP) TODAY HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL...