Turns out Mike Martz’s stay on the unemployment line was a short one:

The SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE reports that the ex-Rams coach and ex-Lions assistant will be named the new offensive coordinator for the 49ers.
Martz was let go less than a week ago from the confines of Ford Field, but has been tabbed to make his […]

Running roughshod over Ball State was enough to convince Ray Rice to make a play for the NFL:

(“So long, suckers!”)
SCARLETKNIGHTS.COM reports that the International Bowl victory marked the last collegiate game for Rice, as the Rutgers RB will forgo his senior season and declare for the 2008 Draft.
Rice states, “I felt the time is right […]

BUSINESS WIRE revs up news that a live-action version of the animated series “Speed Racer” will be making pit stops at theaters this May.

The film will be produced & directed by the Wachowski brothers, the team responsible for making “The Matrix” movies. The cast includes Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon, and John Goodman, with Emile Hirsch […]

With another college football season down the drain, SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY gets an update on the annual argument for playoffs.

(U. of Georgia president Michael Adams tells one of his famous fish stories)
University of Georgia president Michael Adams has sent a letter to NCAA head honcho Myles Brand advocating an 8-team playoff. In the plan, […]

The HONOLULU STAR-BULLETIN reports that Hawaii athletic director Herman Frazier is saying aloha to his job:

Frazier is expected to be removed from his position within the next 24 hours. One source says that if the AD doesn’t resign by then, he will be fired.
Frazier’s dismissal comes on the heels of June Jones leaving to take […]

A Golf Channel commentator apologized after making a fore-gettable remark.

(The Golf Channel’s Kelly Tilghman with Harrison Ford, er, Nick Faldo)
During Friday’s telecast of the Mercedes Benz championships, Kelly Tilghman said that today’s young players should “lynch Tiger Woods in a back alley.”
But a spokesman said Tilghman immediately regretted the comment, and apologized during Sunday’s telecast. […]

Scott Boras, apparently with some time off after not having to sweat ARod’s negotiations with the Yankees, is now loading up for salary arbitration cases. One of his clients is Rick Ankiel, who finished last season with an astonishing flourish but has since been tainted by his admission of taking HGH and being named in […]

Neil Best of NEWSDAY has wonderful news for those of you who delight in Tony Kornheiser on “Monday Night Football”: He’ll probably be back for the 2008 season.

Kornheiser: “I have no reason to believe I’m not [returning] at the moment; I think I have a contract.”
Hmmm, isn’t that what Joe Theismann was thinking after last […]

We know the MLB rookie hazing photos have made the rounds the last few months, and they’ve gotten a little tired. But BUGS & CRANKS uncovers a cache of photos deserving of our attention.

They are from the Phillies this past season, and we must say that we’re in awe of the time, effort and detail […]

The NEW YORK DAILY NEWS reports today that private investigators hired by Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte interviewed Brian McNamee, on tape, the day before the Mitchell Report came out. Of course, we want to hear what’s on that tape, but what about Clemens telling Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes that he didn’t know that […]