Ricky Williams News

Finally, at 1 p.m. today, it's on. "It's the most exciting time of the year," Jets coach Eric Mangini said this past week.

Until a knee injury sent him to the sideline, running back Ronnie Brown was the best thing about the Miami Dolphins' wretched 2007 season.

When last on the edge of an opening day, Ricky Williams dressed only in white for purity, hadn't shaved for a year as a lesson in vanity and wanted to wear No.

Miami Dolphins' Ricky Williams on a 69-yard run against the Jets in 2003. Before he was herb hunting in India, playing chess in Thailand, walking barefoot across the Australian outback or hiding God-knows-what ...

Pity the poor Jets-Dolphins football writer this week. For instead of having a game chock full of clear storylines involving season- ending injuries, impact first-round draft choices or returning Super Bowl ...

You don't need me advising you to start LaDainian Tomlinson and Tony Romo, or to bench Tarvaris Jackson and Ashley Lelie.

Monday afternoon, Dolphins coach Tony Sparano was asked of his impressions of Ricky Williams through training camp, and the reasons for extending his contract through 2009.

Ricky Williams didn't get his degree while at Texas. :: Walter Iooss Jr./SI There's one thing Ricky Williams got while in college and one thing he didn't . Now, the Dolphins' RB has enrolled at Nova ...

The Storyline: There are more than enough. Brett Favre is making his first start for the Jets.

Ricky Williams has had anything but a smooth career, but certainly an impressive one.

Chad Pennington fondly recalls the first game of his NFL career, even though he didn't play.

So we saw Jeff Darlington's item in the Miami Herald that running back Ricky Williams hopes to retire as a Dolphin .

Miami Dolphins head coach Tony Sparano is excited about this Sunday's season opener, feeling that his team has developed a sense of urgency of what it takes to play in the NFL.

RB Ricky Williams made it clear he plans to end his career with the Dolphins , even though his new contract extension only carries him into the 2009 season.

The Miami Dolphins have signed Ricky Williams to a one-year contract extension through the 2009-10 season.

At a jade factory in Thailand, where the game of football had no business entering a man's mind, Dolphins running back Ricky Williams saw something that brought him back.

Early this week, the building buzz surrounding the Dolphins and Jets will become full-throated hype, and South Florida will have a chance to recall what it is like to have an important, anticipated NFL game ...

TORONTO: V.Wells , one on in 4th NY YANKEES: R.Cano , none on in 4th; I.Rodriguez , none on in 4th TIME - 3:25 ; ATTENDANCE - 53,273. UMPIRES: Home Plate - Jeff Nelson; First Base - Adrian Johnson; Second Base ...

Ricky Williams is a role model. No, we're not sharing the peace pipe together. I'm as serious as a DEA raid.

With the regular season on the horizon, oddsmakers are figuring out ways to get fans to put their money where their mouths are.