Roundup: The Big 12 Wants Air Force, Jayson Werth Has Been a Disaster & Video of Ronnie 'Fighting' the Situation
By Jason McIntyre
In the South Tower 4 people survived from above where United flight 175 hit. Brian Clark was one of them. [WFTV]
“In a vacuum, a free education and a shot at the NFL sound like pretty good compensation for the labor of 18 year-old football players, many of whom come from poor backgrounds. And if this were fifty years ago, before the giant TV contracts that come with major-college football, it would make perfect sense. But it’s not a good deal.” [Rolling Stone]
According to Newsweek, Ole Miss the has the best looking campus and hottest student body. [Ledger]
Ryan Braun’s teammates are having fun with his funny fall after rounding third base Wednesday night. [JS Online]
In addition to BYU, the Big 12 is supposedly interested in Air Force. [Dennis Dodd]
A close examination of Javaris Crittenton’s twitter activity in the last few weeks. [True Hoop]
Wisconsin led UNLV 51-3 before giving up two TDs to make the final 51-17. Why does this matter? The line was 34.5. Rats. [JS Online]
“But ultimately, Feldman said, he left ESPN because he could no longer trust the people he was working for.” [NYT]
Signing Jayson Werth to a $126 million deal was a massive mistake. [Baseball Reference]
College basketball practice begins in about 45 days. Here’s a fantastic story about a former college hoops player fleeing war-torn Libya. [ESPN]
ESPN’s Jenn Brown is now doing a weekly feature with Esquire. [Esquire.com]
Very “inside football” read from Peter King on NFL defenses. [SI]
“But Ricky Rubio, the guard signed by the Minnesota Timberwolves, missed all of his five field-goal attempts in 16 minutes of play, with two steals and two turnovers.” [Globe & Mail]
This is the highest I’ve seen the Stanford Cardinal ranked anywhere. Their season will come down to the Oregon game. [The Daily]
Andy Roddick has some thoughts on today’s tennis analysts.
The long-awaited Situation vs. Ronnie fight was, as expected, a letdown. (Ronnie would wreck him, though.)