offseason

Detroit Lions general manager Martin Mayhew recently said his team's main offseason priority will be re-signing their own players.

Young pitchers are one of baseball's treasured assets. Yet five 25-and-under starters were traded this offseason.

That's extremely rare -- and it can be very risky, writes Tom Verducci.

Prince Fielder is headed for Motown. After biding his time this offseason, the game's top remaining free agent agreed to a massive nine-year, $214 million deal with the Detroit Tigers.

Everyone is chasing Green Bay. The defending champs remain on top as the NFL season gets set to kick off. Don Banks resets his Rankings board after the strangest offseason in memory.

The Eagles earned a great deal of attention for their stellar offseason. But they're far from the only team headed in the right direction as the regular season approaches, says Chris Burke.

Chad Ochocinco's next stop is New England after an offseason in which he had a soccer tryout, rode a bull, took a spin in a race car and waited to be traded.

That wait ended on Thursday when the outspoken wide receiver was dealt to the Patriots, a team coached by Bill Belichick, who closely monitors, and tries to control, his players' public comments.

Prince Fielder, Jose Reyes and Albert Pujols are going to get nine-figure contracts this offseason. Jon Heyman polls some baseball insiders to see how much each star may command.

Every AFC team -- even the elite powers -- has considerable issues to address this offseason. Don Banks analyzes the most pressing concerns, and what they will need to do to fix them.

There's a lot of uncertainty as NFL teams prepare for the 2011 season, assuming there is one. Don Banks addresses the biggest offseason question for every team, starting with the NFC.

In the wake of their first title since '54, the Giants enter the offseason with decisions to make. The pitching staff remains loaded, says Cliff Corcoran.

But is an offensive upgrade in store?