Urban Meyer is touting a race at the Florida spring football game that will pit the fastest UF students against the fleetest football players the Gators can muster.

The coach claims that if one of the dorm rats outraces the football players, he’ll be awarded a scholarship. The race will be part of ESPN’s Tim Tebow […]

Joe Jurevicius joined the legions of Clevelend Browns players hooked up to antibiotics IVs and undergoing follow-up surgeries due to a staph infection. The CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER notes this makes six known Browns players in four years to contract this nasty infection.

(Oh, sure… they look cute now…)
Jurevicius showed symptoms of the infection two weeks […]

Steelers running back Najeh Davenport, renowned for his skills in hamper defecation, has recently gotten himself into some trouble for allegedly slapping and punching his baby momma, Anita Pearson. But now he can wipe his behind and his record clean, as he was acquitted of the misdemeanor charges of domestic violence, child endangering and unlawful […]

Jorge Sedano of WAXY-AM in Miami tips us off to the story of Miami Dolphins fullback Regan Mauia, who was cuffed and stuffed this morning on a misdemeanor battery charge.

A Broward County police report notes that “the incident occurred in the parking lot of the Carolina Ale House, located at 2618 Weston Road, just before […]

North Carolina head coach Roy Williams is making it up to Tar Heel fans upset about his rooting his former team - y’know, the one that beat them in the Final Four - by forgoing his vacation in Europe with his family to attend a recruiting event, TARHEELBLUE.COM reveals.

The younger Williams moved to London last […]

Pete Thomas of the LOS ANGELES TIMES has the enviable task of writing a piece on Brazilian surfing beauty Maya Gabeira.

Gabeira, who turned just 21 yesterday, is among the hottest female surfers on the planet - in more ways than one.

Comcast SportsNet, Dish Network, and the Oakland Athletics’ hitters all conspired to express their true feelings about hockey to San Jose Sharks fans on Wednesday night. John Ryan of the SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS covered the confusing events with aplomb.

First, Comcast SportsNet Bay Area couldn’t find room for both the A’s-Blue Jays game and the […]

SETH.COM shows us the celebratory libation the Boston Red Sox had waiting for them in the locker room during the 1986 World Series, and it was cran-tastic.

Ocean Spray might do it for taking a twi-night doubleheader in July against the Orioles, but for the truly special occasions, you need the extra oomph of Cranberry Blush. […]

The ST. PETERSBURG TIMES, via DEADSPIN, tips us off to Al Reyes’ eventful birthday, which included the Tampa Bay Rays pitcher spitting blood on a bar patron.

So what was it that caused Al Reyes to spit blood at people, “swing his arms about,” and eventually get tased by the police?

A.J. Daulerio of DEADSPIN had the recent fortune of sitting down for a chummy chat with ESPN personality Kenny Mayne.

The stoic, deadpan, “Yahtzee!”-screaming, kayak-riding Dancer with the Stars was the first subject for the website’s newest venture, “Interviews of a Lifetime” - a feature that will do for sports blogging what “Who’s Now” did for […]