As the NFL Combine gets into full swing, practices are also starting up for some indoor football squads. And one female sports reporter is getting an in-depth look of the lesser-known leagues - by suiting up with a team.

The COLUMBUS (GA) LEDGER-ENQUIRER has the story on Rachel Baribeau, a reporter for local radio station WEAM 1580, who’s been banging with the big boys out on the practice field. Read more…

ERIN ANDREWS ONLY SCHEDULED FOR ONE BOWL GAME: AWFUL ANNOUNCING has sad news for all you ESPN football viewers this month - sideline siren Erin Andrews will only be covering one bowl game.

In compiling a list of field reporters for the Worldwide Leader’s bounty of bowls broadcast, Erin will only grace us with her gridiron presence at the Alamo Bowl.

So, no more sideline shots of Erin eating a sandwich:

Or painting noses:

Or just standing there in all her glory:

However, there’s good news for all you Rob Stone groupies out there, as the chili-eating, soccer-snuggling stud is scheduled to show up for 4 bowls - the Poinsettia, Emerald, Outback and GMAC.

Book those tickets for Mobile now!

• 100% INJURY RATE knows it’s hard to think of soccer players as tough, when they spend their locker room time playing with puppies and singing along to James Blunt:

• JEN’S FREE THROWS zeros in on word that Gilbert Arenas is nacho ordinary NBA star.• DEUCE OF DAVENPORT knows it’s not safe to get between a mother Jeter and her tax-avoiding young.

• JOE SPORTS FAN takes a seat, as sideline reporters and couches don’t mix:

• STEROID NATION finds stories about Barry Bonds’ personal doctor very interes-Ting.• BIG TEN TAILGATE scans the globe for signs of the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry. Latest stop: Machu Picchu.

• DC SPORTS BOG knows nothing cheers up an NHLer like a Springsteen concert & a visit to the Swedish Embassy:

• THE WIZARD OF ODDS discovers one site that’s not giving up on doomed UCLA coach Karl Dorrell.• VEGAS WATCH argues with the argument of David Ortiz for AL MVP.

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