If you must buy tickets from a scalper, you'll want to check out Jim Caple's tips for landing tickets to the big game. Those are compelling arguments, but the much more important issue is not ...

Check out Jim Caple's stops along the way: Lake Itasca, Minn. Collegeville, Minn. Bloomington, Minn. "Do I ever see emotional responses here? Only every day,'' says Becky Lansing, who lives with ...

Jim Caple is a senior writer for ESPN.com. He can be reached at [email protected]. More from ESPN ...

a mascot that all students can embrace, enjoy and look to with a sense of pride instead of embarrassment. I'm thinking maybe a tree. Jim Caple is a senior writer for ESPN.com.

500 pitcher (173-153) for his career. Jim Caple is a senior writer for ESPN.com. He can be reached at [email protected]. More from ESPN ...