CLEVELAND -- Joshua Cribbs' game-worn jersey was snatched up by the Pro Football Hall of Fame this week to be put on display.

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Browns' Cribbs runs into record books (SportingNews)

Michael Jackson 'Opus' finishes what he started; elaborate book features rare photos, tributes

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Michael Jackson 'Opus' book offers rare images (Newsday)

During an interview with the New Yorker's Avi Zenilman a few months ago, Bill Simmons, an ESPN columnist/author and a man who doubtless dashed off 3,000 words this morning before I managed to get the brown sugar and banana on my oatmeal, was asked about the paucity of great basketball books. See, when you write about the NBA, as Simmons does and I have done for many years, you are generally ...

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Jack McCallum: Rich season for basketball books (Sports Illustrated)

Excerpted from "The Art of the Beautiful Game: The Thinking Fan's Tour of the NBA", by Chris Ballard.

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Chris Ballard: Shaq's larger-than-life presence transcends the game (Sports Illustrated)

BRONX, N.Y. -- I asked the first guy I saw if he knew Chuck, the counterman at a local Jewish Deli who collapsed and died on one of the nearby handball courts six years ago. We're in Van Cortlandt Park, in the West Bronx, where Chuck was known by many as an avid paddleball player.

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The Bonus: Summer in the City (Sports Illustrated)

(Editor's Note: To commemorate Peter King receiving the Dick McCann Memorial Award at Pro Football's Hall of Fame ceremonies on Friday, Adam Schefter was kind enough to write this tribute to King for SI.com.)

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From one NFL writer to another: Peter King tribute (Sports Illustrated)

Since losing its bowl game last year, Boston College has undergone massive upheaval. CFN says the Eagles need to shake it off.

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CFN preview: Boston College (Fox Sports)

It didn't take long for the letters to start rolling in about the dismissal of Chicago Blackhawks GM Dale Tallon. Let's take a look at that hot topic, and a few more that showed up repeatedly in the mailbag.

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Allan Muir: The Dale Tallon conspiracy theory and other hot mailbag topics (Sports Illustrated)

TRECKER: The first weekend of the Gold Cup is in the books, so it's time to take a hard look at the competition.

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Gold Cup's first weekend lacks punching power (Fox Sports)

The toughest job with a column like this is giving so many pieces of advice and knowing that some of them won't pan out. Every analyst wants to be right all the time, just like every ballplayer wants to bat 1.000.

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T.I.P.S.: Arizona's Reynolds steals the show (Sports Illustrated)