12:25 PM Another football coach is given the axe, as the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that Akron has fired J.D. Brookhart.

12:08 PM A U.S. journalist was detained at the Canadian border for over an hour yesterday with border officials asking her six different times if she planned to report about the Vancouver Olympics. Apparently the border patrol was concerned she was coming over to trash The Games. Canucks a little touchy, eh?

12:04 PM Phil Rogers of the Chicago Tribune reports Bud Selig will retire in 2012, not because he's being forced out but because "he wants to do other things while he's able." Selig is 75. So replay is 3 1/2 years away!

11:51 AM ESPN's Pat Forde reports the worst-kept secret in college football: Steve Kragthorpe is out as Louisville's head coach. Top candidate to replace Krags? Texas Tech's Mike Leach. Phil Fulmer is also reportedly interestedin.