NCAA: The Football Rules Committee wants coaches to debate turning some dead-ball celebration penalties into live-ball fouls, which could result in taking points off the scoreboard. It also approved teams wearing home jerseys to away games. Clock rules were not addressed. Other things seen and heard at the mmetings.. Bob Condotta, Seattle Times: Eastern Washington has been found to have committed major violations from 2003-04 to 2006-07. The violations occurred when current Washington State coach Paul Wulff was the head coach, and at least one of the penalties will follow him to Pullman this fall. John Adams, Knoxville News-Sentinel: Lane Kiffin: "I like to have fun with some things. The …

The hockey world was shocked a few months ago when it was announced that Alexei Cherepanov, New York Rangers' top prospect and Russian phenom, collapsed during a match in the KHL and passed away from a rare heart condition. It was shocked even more today when TSN released a report saying that Russian investigators found traces of performance-enhancing drugs in Cherepanov's urine and blood samples that they took after his death. Russia's Federal Investigative Committee said a chemical analysis of the samples allowed experts to conclude "that for several months Alexei Cherepanov engaged in doping." The woman who reported this refused to release what drugs they found in him, but did specify …

2008's top 10 sports stories and the decisions behind them 5 comments December 23, 2:12 PM by Paula Duffy, Sports Examiner « Previous Next » Here's the thing about hindsight: It can make you feel like a fool or it can confirm your best instincts. In either case it's a good idea to look back and realize that behind every famous or infamous result there was a bold decision. Here are my picks in no particular order with accompanying slide show. Add one if you think I missed your favorite. Green Bay traded Brett Favre. Aaron Rodgers has had a good year for a kid who never played more than a few series on offense in three years. But the team is 5-10 after bein…

ESPN was running their top sports stories of 2008 all day on Christmas...   got me thinking..  what are Detroit's Top Sports Stories for 2008 ? Please...  if you agree, disagree or think we left something off the list, hit the comment button at the bottom and let us know about it.  Registration isn't required. 10.) Billups for Iverson trade.  Mr. Big Shot was the straw that stirred the Pistons during their entire current run.  The Grant Hill/Ben Wallace trade was the first move, but the Chauncy pick up was the most important.  Sending him to Denver for Allen Iverson signaled change.  It officially ended an era.  It also hasn't worked at all, though I'm a firm believer this was just a salar…

From Irish Band of Brothers, Notre Dame Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick offered the Fighting Irish head coach job to Bob Stoops in November and to Urban Meyer in December. Of course, there's no way of confirming the reports, so... grain of salt... but it certainly is... interesting. Timeline: November 22 Notre Dame loses to Syracuse 24-23. Swarbrick dodges media questions.   November 24 Swarbrick makes call to the University of Oklahoma. Sooners Coach Bob Stoops tells Swarbrick he's comfortable in Norman. November 25 Swarbrick places calls to the University Florida and the University of Cincinnati to speak with coaches Urban Meyer and Brian Kelly.

Am I the only guy who is convinced that Urban Meyer is headed to Notre Dame the second the father's pull the plug on Fat Charlie ? In comments that harken back to our recent thread that Florida coach Urban Meyer will be the next head coach of Notre Dame, Meyer himself raised eyebrows again confirming that his "dream job" is that of Irish head coach during an interview on Jim Mandich’s WQAM AM-560 radio show this week. Mandich: "I think a lot of people were fascinated that (in 2004) you were looking at Notre Dame and the University of Florida, and you turned down what at one time was your dream job. Take us through that again, and what was behind your thinking." Meyer: “Well, Florida was a…

This is great..  guy hasn't even stepped on campus yet and they already have a FireDougMarrone.com type website up and running. This is Syracuse right ?

Division I-A teams are allowed a maximum of 85 scholarship players on the roster and can sign a limit of 25 athletes each year, but the numbers are not adding up at North Carolina. Butch Davis' team will lose 12 scholarship seniors after it completes the 2008 season by playing West Virginia in the Meineke Bowl on Dec. 27. But Davis and his staff already have 24 commitments for next season and are still recruiting. What gives? Yes, Butch is probably going to run players who are not up to standard, bringing back memories of Nick Saban, who went ballistic in April when asked about his fuzzy math. But all is forgotten in Alabama after a 12-1 regular season.