Roundup: US Open Begins Today, College Football Begins Thursday & Get Well Soon, Rick Majerus
By Jason McIntyre
What happens when an LSU fan goes into Alabama country. [NYT]
Rick Majerus won’t coach St. Louis this season due to a major heart issue. [Post-Dispatch]
Golfers are mostly boring to read about, but I recommend this Nick Watney feature. [Golf Digest]
The Ravens dumped kicker Billy Cundiff, and go into the season with an undrafted rookie kicker. [Sun]
Football friends: Chiefs coach and Jayhawks coach. [Star]
We usually slam agents here, but Max Eisenbud, Maria Sharapova’s agent, is good people. [Times]
“What kind of football program is Gene Chizik running?” [AL.com]
If you watch NFL pregame shows – I’m sorry – out with Frank Caliendo, in with someone named Rob Riggle. [USA Today]
After the Vontae Davis trade, columnists asks if Miami coach Joe Philbin knows what he’s doing. [Sun-Sentinel]
Losery Penn State trustee feels the school has been treated unfairly. [Penn Live]
What happens to US-born kids when their parents get deported? [AP]
Sally Jenkins with a spirited defense of Lance Armstrong. Or, depending on how you read it, the column is enough of a rip job of the USADA to make you want to back Armstrong. [Wash Post]
Roger Clemens returned to baseball, in case you missed it. [Fox Sports Southwest]
Warning: At the 24-second mark, you’ll cover your mouth and yell at the girl to look out. According to the news clip that introduced the story, she survived, but had to have her foot amputated. [via Cartmaniak]
There was a bull on the loose at a Fair in Pennsylvania over the weekend. Ten people were injured, but nobody was seriously hurt.