For the first time in his Florida football coaching career, Urban Meyer recently announced that he was closing practice to the media for a full season.

That decision led to massive confusion the last 48 hours regarding the status of highly-touted freshman Gator football players Ronald Powell and Dominique Easley after they apparently boycotted practice Tuesday.
Late […]

Japan’s Jiji news service in association with France’s AFP reports this week from Tokyo that the Japan Sumo Association distributed 60 iPads to the 51 Sumo “training stables” to improve communication between wrestlers and association officials.

(Do Sumo iPads come fully loaded?)
Why iPads? Because the giants of the sport claim to be unable to use […]

The man in charge of the Super Bowl halftime show has departed his duties with the NFL and NFL Network to lead the NHL’s broadcast department.

Two independent sources told me today that former NFL Vice President of Programming Charles Coplin has voluntarily left the league and that his new position with the National Hockey League […]

Former star USC quarterback and NFL player Pat Haden guested on the Dan Patrick Show today. Haden, who was recently hired as USC Athletic Director, was asked by Patrick during the interview: “If you were Reggie Bush, would you give back the Heisman?”

(Audio of Haden’s comment about Bush returning Heisman below)
Haden, after a long […]

Teddy Greenstein of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE Tweeted this gem from Northwestern’s football practice yesterday:

Funniest moment from #Northwestern practice: Two players scuffle, take some swings at each other’s helmets …

Tuesday ESPN NBA insider Chris Broussard wrote on ESPN.com of Baron Davis:

Davis, a Hall of Fame talent who’s spent half his career underachieving, can put L.A. in the playoffs if he’s engaged or in the dumpster if he loafs. Midsummer reports weren’t good, as sources said the 6-3 point guard was up to 260 pounds, […]