...more important than selling tickets.Here's hoping there's no turning back now.___Jim Litke is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at jlitke(at)ap.org and follow him at Twitter.com/JimLitke.

I would like to applaud Augusta Chronicle sports columnist Scott Michaux for his Dec. 16 column ("Tragedies won't stop if we hide from issue"). It takes fortitude to speak out on...

...to abandon regional rivals going back more than six decades to join Rutgers in the preposterously named Big Ten.Sports columnists have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.Let's start with this Maryland betrayal.The first thing that...

...at Syracuse and The Citadel and inspired victims to go public with abuse allegations against longtime Philadelphia sports columnist Bill Conlin.While we hope that the brave young men who came forward with their stories to convict Sandusky found...

...has been a cruel blow to all of us who held them both so close to heart. ? FB"That one of the all-time great sports columnists might steal something from me is the highest honor I've ever received.The only thing higher was calling a man...

...His final column runs today.Perhaps the idea of the Gamecocks being favorites was simply too much for the old sports columnist to take.In my book, Burger ranks among the all-time greats in Southern journalism. His genial story-telling...

...senior quarterback Stephen Garcia for good for what Garcia's father said was a positive test for alcohol.Spurrier also drew outside criticism with his rant against a Columbia sports columnist on the day Garcia was kicked off the team.

...section category.It is the 17th consecutive year The Chronicle has been honored by the APSE for its Masters section.Sports columnist Scott Michaux received two top 10 awards from APSE, one for column writing and one for his special project on Phil...

...Augusta ? a Masters Tournament without legendary sports columnist Furman Bisher.He was looking forward to returning...the story places him unforgettably among the best sports columnists.One of his favorite golf stories came from covering...

...award for feature writing for the story on the Gordons, titled "Faith, hope & love."In the same category, sports columnist Scott Michaux won second place for his profile of former Masters Tournament champion Jackie Burke, who is still...