Here’s a hint to any college football hopefuls. If you’ve been dogged by questions about your academics, specifically your ability to read, it’s probably not the best idea to tell a police officer that you “can’t read.” It doesn’t reflect well on the program.

Reinforcing the worst stereotypes about Ole Miss was DT Jerrell Powe, [...]

You think that baseball umpires have it easy? Talk to Kerwin Danley. Actually, don’t talk to him today – he’s probably nursing one heck of a headache. Unlike me this morning, it was not as the result of a night of heavy drinking, but from a baseball bat to the back of the head. The [...]

• Sick of ESPN’s baseball coverage only showcasing the Yankees, Red Sox & Mets? Padres pitcher Heath Bell feels the same sourness.

• Fights, stabbings, gunplay – just another Opening Day at Dodger Stadium.
• John Calipari greets the Memphis faithful one more time – but not without some bodyguards.
• Former Duke basketball star Greg Paulus gets [...]

Orson attunes his ruptured testicle antenna to this Ole Miss football injury report from David Brandt of the JACKSON (MS) CLARION-LEDGER:

(Or as they call it in Oxford: “D.R.T.”)
Receiver Shay Hodge missed practice because of sore knees and heels. He should be back soon. Receiver Andrew Harris (who had the dreaded ruptured testicle) was back [...]

Do you know how hard it is to get kicked out of a Florida university for disciplinary issues? Jamar Hornsby managed the trick nicely by swiping a dead woman’s credit card when he helped the woman’s boyfriend clear out her apartment the day after her death. But this is big-time college football, where there’s always [...]

Guess you can go ahead and dub this “The Upset Special Week” in the world of collegiate pigskin. Following last Thursday’s stunning upset of the top-ranked and “33rd NFL team” USC by the vicious Beavers of Oregon State, another top 5 team got themselves knocked off by a gritty unranked team. Say goodnight, Florida Gators. [...]

Can’t wait for the day when the daughters of SEC coaches sing about us.
• Here’s all you wanted to know about Carmelo Anthony’s “Extreme” DUI.

At least his gal is enthusiastically standing by him.
• Sure looks like ESPN president George Bodenheimer wants to bar Barack Obama from his network.
• Golfers go under the knife: Tiger [...]

EVERY DAY SHOULD BE SATURDAY has the find of the week (at least until the next Pacman strip club sighting), a video featuring the daughter of Ole Miss football coach Houston Nutt.
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W5BbzlPQ54]Haven Nutt apparently likes Zac Efron, but we’ll let her tell you all about it.

WAKE’S GROBE 3RD STRAIGHT COACH TO CALL OFF HOGS: After going through a pair of orange Tigers for their head coaching job, Arkansas was zeroing in on a Demon Deacon. Now the Razorbacks are just back at ground zero.

The NORTHWEST ARKANSAS MORNING NEWS reports that Wake Forest’s Jim Grobe decided to stay in Winston-Salem, [...]

TUBERVILLE RUMORED TO BE RAZORBACKS’ NEXT COACH: Arkansas didn’t have to go far to nab its next football coach. They didn’t even have to leave the conference:

KNWA-TV reports that Auburn’s Tommy Tuberville will become the next Razorbacks coach. Sources are telling the station that the Tigers’ coach will soon be leaving one SEC [...]