A growing trend of fans wanting their remains to be spread out over their favorite sports sites is becoming a real pain in the ash.

The ASSOCIATED PRESS scares up news that more & more sports fans are requesting to have their cremated ashes spread among their favorite stadiums, golf courses, racetracks, and other athletic venues. And some teams aren’t so spirited about the idea. Read more…

The ASSOCIATED PRESS reports this afternoon that “LSU quarterback Ryan Perrilloux was kicked off the defending national championship team Friday after a college career marked by legal and disciplinary problems.”

EVERY DAY SHOULD BE SATURDAY reports that sources indicate Perrilloux, who has been in trouble with the law numerous times, failed a drug test (marijuana). The AP notes that Division I-AA schools are already lining up for the QB’s services (and presumably alerting the local police at the same time).

We think the whole thing is a complete charade, based on a paragraph slipped into the AP story. Read more…

Will Beijing be the last chance to see Jennie Finch in all her Olympic glory?

• Could Brett Favre really come back with the Pack? “I very well could be enticed to do it.”

• But if he does return to Green Bay, will they still name a street after him?

• Speaking of retired QBs, Ryan Leaf is doing A-OK at West Texas A&M.

• So, Michael Vick really wasn’t playing pigskin in prison?

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Now that the Lopez Twins are leaving The Farm, Stanford coach Trent Johnson apparenty saw no further reason to stick around.

(Trent has his eyes on the Tigers)

Jon Wilner of the SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS reports that Johnson has accepted the head coaching job at LSU. The news comes from a report by KADN-TV that Trent is apparently Bayou bound.

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• YARDBARKER is styling with Greg Oden, as the injured NBA rookie gabs with Jim Rome about his new ‘do:

• YOU BEEN BLINDED can’t wait to play “Grand Theft Auto: John Madden“.

• LAIST takes Tony Kornheiser to task for being such a bitch about bloggers.

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A hat tip to EDSBS originally, and expanded on further by the BATON ROUGE ADVOCATE: Louisiana State’s projected starting QB Ryan Perrilloux is taking another unexpected sabbatical from the Tigers for the third time in nine months.

Head coach and hat filler Les Miles is citing “a failure to follow team rules” as the reason for the QB’s indefinite suspension (usually translating to ditching classes or other things of that nature), but let’s just say there’s precedent for this not lasting too long.

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• The LONDON GUARDIAN has the poop on Barnsley’s coach getting a lucky omen before his team’s big upset over Liverpool: “I left the team hotel for a walk in the town centre, and as I was talking a bird shat right on my head.”

• RANDBALL crunches the numbers & debunks the myth that only 5 NHL teams are below .500.

• Based on his recent clownish behavior, BLEACHER REPORT’s satirical story on Terrelle Pryor joining the Ringling Bros. Circus doesn’t seem so silly.

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