When the so-called “Nick Saban Rule” went into effect — and put severe restrictions on the amount of time coaches could visit high school prospects during the offseason — the head man at Alabama called the change “ridiculous.”

Now, Saban’s making a different sort of call by keeping ahead of the NCAA on the technology curve.

BOING BOING wonders if you could play Tecmo Bowl with this controller.

YOU’VE BEEN BLINDED sits down with Jason Whitlock. And by “sits down,” we mean “probably exchanged emails.”

Ryan Parker is back with his latest song, an ode to sports blogs in the wake of the Will Leitch/Buzz Bissinger fiasco. We were happy to be mentioned.

ODENIZED has his take on the Bruce Bowen - Chris Paul mini-melee from last night’s game (with video).

Scientists with free time and ample research grants have found a way for fish to lead a normal life in the open sea until their fishing overlords deem it time for the fish to commit suicide for the benefit of the Cape Cod seafood industry. Basically, we can now breed fish that will fish themselves.
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Through GIZMODO, we discover new advances in the world of biomechatronics that suggest making artificial muscles usable by humans may be possible someday. The latest attempt at artificial muscles at UCLA does not break down as quickly as older models, expands 200% when electricity is applied to it, and can store most of that […]

Michael Hiestand of USA TODAY has a piece on the sagging ratings of the NCAA basketball tournament. Lots of theories have been raised about why the recent ratings (down 12% last three years) have been down of late.

One such hypothesis is that online viewing has taken away from the TV numbers. Billy Packer shares that […]