Crimson Tide QB A.J. McCarron and his model sidekick, Katherine Webb, have split. Sources confirmed it in a New York Daily News story. I’m not into celebrity relationship gossip, but this is an interesting development and maybe a handicapping angle.
Football
The National Football league struck a deal to show game highlights and other video content on Twitter ahead of the short messaging service’s initial public offering of stock.
A lot of Las Vegas movers and shakers wearing tailored blazers with open collars attended Wednesday’s Las Vegas Bowl kickoff luncheon at the Hard Rock Hotel, at a swanky restaurant called 35 Steaks + Martinis.
I don’t check email often since my inbox usually is filled with stuff from Nigerian princes (that scam still works?) and bad jokes that Eric forwards to me. I really should block him.
UNLV’s defensive line struggled badly last football season and has been a liability for several years.
San Diego State had the football game won. A simple first down and it was over.
Reform is coming. Know that. But how much of it will relate to student-athletes being compensated for their talents is unknown, and yet the call for such action directly has reached the fields of play and those performing on them.
Penn State will gradually get back football scholarships taken away over the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal, the NCAA announced Tuesday, crediting the university for making significant improvements to its athletics programs.
UNLV did the job against New Mexico’s Kasey Carrier last football season, holding him to 52 yards rushing.
Arizona Cardinals safety Rashad Johnson lost more than a football game in New Orleans. The tip of the middle finger on his left hand departed there, too.
Von Miller was caught trying to manipulate the NFL’s drug-testing system, which led to a six-game suspension that could have been longer.
It was a Sunday of mourning at the sports books, and everyone who bet on Eli Manning and the New York Giants was in a foul mood before noon.
Randall Cunningham’s 4-yard touchdown pass to Alize Jones with 31 seconds to play Saturday allowed Bishop Gorman’s football team to rally for a 20-17 win over host Bergen Catholic (N.J.) in Oradell, N.J.
It’s premature to proclaim the Green Bay Packers finally have found balance in their offense. Aaron Rodgers’ right arm shows up each week, but the running attack is nowhere near as reliable.
Three games into the football season, and so much is still unknown. Some questions will be answered Saturday night.