Forget their slow start. Monday's win over Denver shows the Steelers are recovering their Super Bowl groove, Alex Marvez says.

  Isiah Thomas' ailing mom told him not to skip FIU's opener vs. No. 6 UNC, Jeff Goodman says. He wants that kind of fire in his team.

  Hideki Matsui lifted the Yankees to a title, but will he be back in the Bronx? It's among Dayn Perry's offseason burning questions.

  Jay Glazer can't make it, so his buddy Jared Allen hams it up and gives out midseason awards as the guest host on The After Party.

  

  

  Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott says he has approved the request from Oregon to reinstate running back LeGarrette Blount, who was suspended in September after he punched a Boise State player.Scott said in an announcement Monday that after reviewing the situation he was "convinced LeGarrette Blount paid a significant and appropriate price for the mistakes he made on the field, and that he has learned important lifelong lessons.

  

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is being treated for a rare form of leukemia, and the basketball great said his prognosis is encouraging.The NBA's all-time leading scorer was diagnosed last December with chronic myeloid leukemia, he told The Associated Press on Monday.The 62-year-old Abdul-Jabbar said his doctor didn't give any guarantees, but informed him: "You have a very good chance to live your life out and not have to make any drastic changes to your lifestyle.