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    • SEC Traditions: What Used To Be A Phone Call

      If you’ve never been to an NFL draft in New York City at Radio City Music Hall, which starts a three-day run Thursday night, then put it on your sports bucket list. It’s definitely a show, “like Hollywood,” LSU football coach Les Miles said. But it wasn’t always this way, which is why I called Archie Manning, to give me perspective as he almost always does.
    • SEC Names Daniels Associate Commissioner

      Tiffany Daniels, currently the Senior Associate Athletics Director for External Affairs at Georgia State University, has been named Associate Commissioner with the Southeastern Conference, Commissioner Mike Slive announced Friday.
    • SEC And The Baseball America Top 100

      On Tuesday, the publication Baseball America released their top 100 prospects list, a collection of the premier talent currently playing in Major League Baseball’s minor league system. The index, released at the start of spring training every year since 1990, has become widely acknowledged as the most prestigious prospect directory in the entire sport.
    • The SEC "Numbers Game": Volume 2

      And so it begins. Umpires across college baseball uttered the phrase “play ball” this weekend, signifying the start of the 2013 season. In the Southeastern Conference, 44 games were played, league teams took to the diamond for the first time this year.
    • The SEC "Numbers Game": The Beginning

      "People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Whenever a new season of baseball is set to begin, I always find myself going back to find this famous quote. Uttered by Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby, it perfectly illustrates the wait a true baseball fan endures, as the cold weather of fall replaces the sunshine filled days of summer.

    The SEC Invades ESPN: The Day In Pictures

    Bristol, Conn. -- As many of you know, the SEC's head football coaches headed to Bristol, Connecticut, this week, participating in an ESPN "Car Wash" to spread the word about the conference in the upcoming season. While we will have more articles in the coming days, here's a quick look at the day in pictures as the Digital Network shadowed coaches around the campus at the Worldwide Leader.

    We Have Arrived

    Here is the front gate as you enter the "campus" at ESPN.



    Ready For Action

    Here is Coach Houston Nutt getting ready to shoot a live shot for ESPNU.



    A Moment To Catch Up

    Here, Coach Nutt and Tennessee head man Derek Dooley share a moment as they continue the "car wash" schedule.



    A Little Field Talk For the Old Ball Coach

    Steve Spurrier does a live shot for College Football Live, as he and Chris Fowler talk SEC football in the football field set up in the middle of the ESPN campus.



    The "Big Show"

    An inside look at Studio "F", where SportsCenter is shot every day.



    On The Putting Green

    During the coaches turn on ESPN's First Take, they took turns answering SEC trivia and perfecting their putting stroke. Here's an early look at the leader board.



    Got Time To Shoot Some Hoops?

    Sports is definitely the theme at ESPN, with every nook and cranny of the sprawling acres dedicated to the sports world. Here's a full-sized basketball court on campus, complete with a scoreboard ready to go.



    College Football Live

    A visit to ESPN for the college fan isn't complete without a stop in the College Football Live studio. In this shot, Nutt and Auburn's Gene Chizik talk with Erin Andrews about the upcoming season. (Photo by Todd Van Emst)



    Everyone Rotating Through

    The pure definition of the "car wash" at ESPN is that every coach goes through the same gauntlet of interviews. Here's Gene Chizik in the same seat you saw Steve Spurrier in earlier, talking college football with Chris Fowler. (Photo by Todd Van Emst)