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    SEATTLE — On March 28 I stood behind New York Giants coach Brian Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen, while Michael Penix Jr. put on a show. I watched a different one. Because after each impressive Penix pass, Daboll provided punctuation. The 49-year-old former offensive coordinator shook his head in disbelief. Or he turned to stare at Schoen, in search of silent affirmation. Or he ...

    SAN DIEGO — There will be plenty who argue the decision announced Wednesday to return the 2005 Heisman Trophy to San Diego native Reggie Bush simply is an acknowledgment of right versus wrong. Bush lost the trophy in 2010 in the wake of an impermissible benefits scandal that rocked USC, stripping the storied program of the 2004 national title, wins and a boat load of scholarships. In reality, ...

    LOS ANGELES — The rules have changed. The landscape is different. The shunning became silly. Reggie Bush deserves to have his Heisman Trophy back, and it's good that the folks from the Heisman Trust finally came to their senses Wednesday and handed it back over. But can we please slow down with the victory lap? I wrote last summer that Bush deserved to have the trophy returned because, by ...

    LOS ANGELES — Reggie Bush, after years spent fighting to retake his place among college football's most prestigious fraternity, is finally getting his Heisman Trophy back. The Heisman Trust had for years dragged its feet in acknowledging the legendary Trojans running back as its 2005 winner after he forfeited the trophy in 2010 amid major NCAA sanctions against USC that found he had accepted ...

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    SEATTLE — On March 28 I stood behind New York Giants coach Brian Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen, while Michael Penix Jr. put on a show. I watched a different one. Because after each impressive Penix pass, Daboll provided punctuation. The 49-year-old former offensive coordinator shook his head in disbelief. Or he turned to stare at Schoen, in search of silent affirmation. Or he ...

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