Liukin, the Olympic all-around gymnastics champion, appears to want to stay competitive. Her U.S. teammate Johnson, who was favored in the event, contemplates taking a break.

BEIJING -- This is the difference between being the women's gymnastics all-around gold medalist and the balance beam gold medalist:

Almost everything you wanted to know, from the toughest conference, to the best games, to the most overrated teams (sorry, Hokies and Bulls).

Everyone is itching to get started, especially over at USC, so let's adjust our under armor and dig into the 2008 season survival kit:

Fox says it will be the first time a current player has served in a full-time capacity for any national pregame studio show for any sport.

San Diego's Shawne Merriman is already one of the NFL's best defensive players. This season, he'll be the quintessential multi-tasker.