Erin Andrews‘ contract with ESPN officially expires at the end of the week. Monday evening John Ourand of SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL reported on Twitter:

Erin Andrews will be staying at ESPN, according to Jim Miller, who is teaming with Tom Shales to write the definitive book on the network.
Here’s Miller’s bio. After Ourand’s note tonight, I emailed […]

Adrian Peterson enjoyed lotsa notable, public accomplishments during his decorated Oklahoma football career. But while he was still enrolled at Norman, he authored one virtually unknown feat that some of you may end up cherishing more than his trampling K-State.

In 2006, Peterson was named to the Playboy All-American team. As part of the honor he […]

In response to an error by an official during Mexico’s 3-1 loss to Argentina on Sunday, FIFA announced Monday that it is banning instant replay on giant World Cup stadium video screens.

After Johannesburg’s Soccer City Stadium screens showed Argentina striker Carlos Tevez to be offsides while scoring a goal against Mexico yesterday, angry Mexico players […]

Stephen A. Smith of Fox Sports reported this morning on the Dan Patrick Show that it’s “highly likely” that Chris Bosh and LeBron James will soon join Dwyane Wade in Miami.

Smith to Dan Patrick on Monday:
I got a call last night from a source and I double-checked it with another and they told me essentially […]

Craig Kilborn’s new TV talk show, foreshadowed here a couple months back, launches tonight on seven Fox owned-and-operated stations.

(More on Kilborn’s “retirement”)
Kilborn talked about his hiatus from show business with Joe Flint of the LOS ANGELES TIMES:
“I enjoyed retirement the right way — linguine con vongole, red wine and plenty of truffle cheese. It […]

Despite two more prominent mistakes by World Cup officials in Round of 16 tournament games Sunday, FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke reiterated after the games that soccer’s world governing body had no plans to consider the use of instant replay.

In a 4-1 loss to Germany, England had a shot from Frank Lampard clearly go beyond […]

In sanctioning USC’s football program two weeks ago, the Chairman of the NCAA Committee in Infractions, former Univ. of Miami (FL) Athletic Director Paul Dee, oversaw the most severe penalties levied against a Division I football program since SMU was forced to drop football.

The USC penalties happened in large part due to a NCAA investigation […]

I was skeptical when I heard Pete Carroll say this immediately after the USC football program was saddled with the harshest NCAA sanctions since the SMU Dealth Penalty:

“The agenda of the NCAA infractions committee took them beyond the facts, and the facts don’t match the sanctions.”
That comment was before USC’s Rivals website USCFootball.com, which is […]

In a recent interview with host Bomani Jones on Sirius/XM radio, Ron Artest attempted to answer why he has recently been seen escorting an Asian woman - who is not his wife - to multiple high profile media events in Los Angeles.

Yesterday I reported that the currently-married Artest met the woman, stage-named “Shin Shin”, in […]

Last night Ron Artest attended the Twilight movie premiere in Los Angeles with a lovely young lady who wasn’t his wife. Last month Artest attended a similar event with the same woman.

During TV interviews last night before the movie, Artest didn’t introduce the woman nor was she identified in press photos. Getty Images only referenced […]