Rosenthal: A look back on some of the standouts and lowlights from the season’s first half.

NFL midseason report card: NBCSports.com grades all 32 teams.

Silva: Bengals Cedric Benson and Chad Ochocinco join the usual suspects like Peyton Manning and Albert Haynesworth on our All-Pro team.

DeMarco: So Chase Utley has tied Reggie Jackson for the record with five home runs in one World Series? That's where the similarity ends between those two now linked in history.

NY Times: This may go down as the season that the fans forgave baseball — or perhaps just grew tired of worrying about performance-enhancing drugs. Rodriguez and Andy Pettitte, two high-profile Yankees stars who were exposed as past users, are shining in the 2009 World Series.

Georgia running back Washaun Ealey says he doesn't think Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes should be suspended for apparently trying to gouge Ealey's eyes in Saturday's game.

The coach of the Washington Capitals says he hopes Alex Ovechkin won’t be sidelined more than two weeks with an upper-body strain.

Tiger Woods looked out at a conference room above the Shanghai River that was filled with so many photographers and other media that it felt like he was at a major championship. The HSBC Champions is not quite the same as when he first showed up in 2005.

German swimmer Paul Biedermann has a thigh injury that could prevent him from facing Michael Phelps this month.

Sporting News: Magic Johnson is ambivalent about whether he can reconcile with Isiah Thomas and won't say why he went public with their falling out, but the Lakers great does say he's still pulling for Thomas.

NBCSports.com previews the top 25 teams for the 2009-10 men’s college basketball season and provides a look at stats, schedules, impact players and more. By Mike Miller.