Daniela Werner of the Mobile (Ala.) Press-Register reports that JaMarcus Russell was arrested on Monday for possession of a controlled substance.

That controlled substance: codeine syrup.

The largest arena in the state of Montana is without a roof today after a tornado tore through Billing on Sunday. The 12,000-seat Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark was heavily damaged by winds exceeding 100 mph and left the local pro indoor football team without a permanent home.

The BILLINGS GAZETTE reports that Yellowstone County […]

Last March, Jean-Jacques Taylor of the DALLAS MORNING NEWS wrote a nice piece about how Deion Sanders was establishing eight teams in a Dallas youth football league in an attempt to, “turn city-owned Wheatland Park into a thriving youth football complex.”

(Sanders allegedly collecting payoff from youth league game)
The above photo was taken on Sept. […]

The ORLANDO SENTINEL reports this morning Florida redshirt freshman defensive tackle Gary Brown “faces two counts of misdemeanor battery for allegedly slapping a woman and scratching another Sunday morning.”

Alachua County Sheriff’s Office arrested Brown, 19, at 7:23 a.m. after his open hand struck the face of a woman trying to kick people out of a […]

I’d seen the pics of Tom Arnold committing misdemeanor sexual battery pulling down a commando Marisa Miller’s pants during a celebrity flag football game during Super Bowl week in Miami, but I hadn’t seen any large, closeup shots.

(Real time analysis from a coaching legend)
Until now.

Please god.

No.
Other unnecessaries:

Morning after buzzkill:

Now for the real reason Dwight Freeney was ineffective last night:

Ramona Shelburne of ESPNLosAngeles.com reports:

Thursday evening (USC football coach Lane) Kiffin received a verbal commitment from 13-year old wunderkind quarterback David Sills of Bear, Del.
Okay, take a breath. What the hell is going on?
The ‘commitment’, which means absolutely nothing and can be rescinded by either party at any time, is the handiwork of Sills personal […]

Peter Gammons is a treasure. Love watching and listening to him. No one knows or cares more about baseball.

(ARod gave steroid confession to Gammons last February)
But something he wrote today @ MLB.com about the ongoing media and fan treatment of Mark McGwire disturbed me a little.
Clearly the baseball public is different than the public […]

Thanks to the FT. MYERS NEWS-PRESS, we have our first confirmed Lingerie Football League MILF: Tampa Breeze lineman Carie Small.

(She goes both ways. In the game. On the line. Nevermind.)
Mother of a nine-year-old son, irony takes a standing-eight in the opening round of her N-P profile:
“People first think that this is just powder puff […]

Mike Klis of the DENVER POST reports that Mike Shanahan has agreed to become the next head coach of the Washington Redskins.

Shanahan is expected to sign a five-year deal worth about $7 million a year, with the Redskins making the official announcement on Wednesday.
The move is also good news for Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen, […]