For the next week, Gregg Doyel and his media associates will inhabit Phoenix and act as if nothing outside the desert exists. For that he apologizes but must agree: The Super Bowl media zoo is better than reporting on a naked fat coach.

Gary Parrish weighs in regularly on what’s happening in college basketball.

Ray Ratto has something to say to anybody — you listening, Archbishop Raymond Burke? — who thinks Rick Majerus could sway any individual’s opinion on reproductive rights or stem-cell research: You must be kidding.

Did Gregg Doyel just swoon? Seems he did after meeting Yi Jianlian and watching the rookie play. Yi is more Nowitzki than Milicic — but it would help if the Bucks actually worked the kid into the offense.

CBSSports.com national columnist Gregg Doyel answers questions and comments from users. As always, the results are mixed, for both him and them.

Memo to Archie Manning: You did a wonderful job raising your sons. Peyton and Eli are both Super Bowl quarterbacks. Now please, remove yourself from the picture and let the boys have their day, Gregg Doyel says.

Gary Parrish weighs in regularly on what’s happening in college basketball.

CBSSports.com national columnist Gregg Doyel answers questions and comments from users, and as always, the results are mixed, for both him and them.

When athletes don’t speak up, they’re often criticized as vanilla or boring. Philip Rivers has no problem opening his mouth to the media and on the field, yet he’s vilified. Gregg Doyel says the Chargers quarterback is an Everyman and should be embraced by the public.

Norv Turner’s hiring at San Diego was not one that was met by many happy fans. But Turner has the Chargers one win from the Super Bowl. So everyone, including Gregg Doyel himself, should apologize for being trash talking jerks.