NYT: The Jets lead the NFL in rushing and have the league's top-ranked defense. This can be a recipe for a championship. But no one is even breathing that possibility for the Jets.

NYT: Shortly before the kickoff of the Minnesota-Illinois college football game at the new TCF Bank Stadium this month, two Minnesota students - one male, one female - slipped into an unmarked entrance about five minutes apart. They dressed appropriately for the unseasonably warm and sunny day, in short-sleeve maroon-and-gold Gophers attire. And they greeted Amy Barsness, a university official, like an old friend.

NYT: Nearly two weeks later, the University of New Mexico soccer player Elizabeth Lambert said she still could not fully explain what led her to yank an opponent from Brigham Young down by her ponytail in what has become a highly publicized incident of violent behavior.

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.

NYT: NFL risks losing more stars if it adds two more games to regular season

Vecsey: This is a most wonderful gesture, having the Yankees and the Red Sox play at 1 p.m. on Sunday. It could even be the start of something better.

NY Times: To find the source of Tim Tebow's inspiration, it takes three days, four planes and two hours of driving on roads so bumpy they rattle the spine. The journey leads to Uncle Dick's Home, an orphanage in the Philippines so remote it has no mailing address.

NYT: Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz, the sluggers who propelled the Boston Red Sox to end an 86-year World Series championship drought and to capture another title three years later, were among the roughly 100 Major League Baseball players to test positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003, according to lawyers with knowledge of the results.

NYT: Michael Vick's big mistake may turn out to be mediocrity. He could become a deserving example of the double standard that says if a player can still produce, somebody will try to rehabilitate him.

NYT: Lance Armstrong has not worn the yellow leader's jersey for a single day in the Tour de France this year, but spectators have not seemed to care.

NYT: Lance Armstrong has not worn the yellow leader's jersey for a single day in the Tour de France this year, but spectators have not seemed to care.

NYT: Michael Vick's big mistake may turn out to be mediocrity. He could become a deserving example of the double standard that says if a player can still produce, somebody will try to rehabilitate him.