Roundup: Man Beaten Up After Operating Heavy Machinery Drunk, Florida State Loses Star for the Season & Hulk to Russian Premiere League
By Jason McIntyre
Brandon Jenkins, the Florida State defensive end who could be a 1st round pick next April, is out for the season due to a foot injury. [CBS Sports]
Yeah, as if the Twins could have tried to raise ticket prices. [Star Trib]
The Honey Badger is re-enrolling at LSU, but obviously won’t be playing football. [NOLA]
Ben McGrath has some thoughts on Joe Posnanski’s book on Paterno. [New Yorker]
When Peyton Manning wanted to play in the Colts’ opener last season, they told him he threw like Chad Pennington. [NYT]
Interesting, lengthy read on Lance Armstrong written by his former assistant. [Outside]
Startling look at the roster turnover the Red Sox have had since Opening Day. [Providence Journal]
Two days after an embarrassing season-opening loss to Texas State, Houston fired its offensive coordinator. [Chronicle]
A Jaguars scout talks about his life with Parkinson’s Disease. [Jaguars.com]
Will Muschamp has dumped the QB-by-quarters plan and named Jeff Driskel the starter. [Sun Sentinel]
“He is the world’s only working dog, marine biologists say, able to find and track the scent of orca scat, or feces, in open ocean water — up to a mile away, in the smallest of specks.” [Times]
Moron picks Rutgers to lose in the BCS title game to Alabama. [Plain Dealer]
Luke Donald apologies for calling Gil Hanse a “cock” on twitter. [Wei Under Par]
RIP Mac Thomason of Braves Journal. [Joe Posnanski]
How drunk must this guy have been? He catches a beating after wrecking a few cars.
For a high school player, that’s a really nice dunk. [via Jersey Chaser]
That sure is one sensitive plant. [via Herbie]