From this Rivals article on today’s storylines:
…but the biggest question about Florida’s class is about whether Urban Meyer and company can surpass the record-setting 2006 class signed by Pete Carroll at USC.
Record-setting seems like an odd word for that class. Let’s examine what actually happened in the true reality of real life that is not Rivals’ massive virtual snake oil distillery!
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Drizzy lights into rap for Complex.
Don’t bet on baseball.
Journalists to get news only from social media. I call this the weekend.
On the new, post-newspaper writing.
Not surprised. Double not surprised.
How Obama uses the Internet. Hint: Not for lolcats.
Comparing Bryce Harper to Joe Mauer, and more.
Charlie Davies is one tough sonuvabitch.
Concept stolen from Ezra. Always steal from the best.
6′6″, 230-pound Gators tight end recruit to grayshirt, grow to immense size.
The story of phenom-turned-felon Kenny Turner.
Who dat? Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde.
Quickest—and best—audio rip ever.
Two items on how Brett Favre is less clutch in reality than myth.
Wishing Favre would return—in 2008.
“The yellow line is not official.”
A veritable treasure trove of schadenfavre. Quality over quantity.
How to take John Edwards from universal loathing to diffidence.
You pick the "your" tweet, Simmons?
I really don’t care about the “Simmons steals!” “controversy” (Basketball Prospectus’ John Gasaway nailed the only essential point to be made), but I do care about Simmons professing some aversion to sports blogs.
Why? Because he’s lying. (Probably. Maybe.) Keep reading →
He know what being the center of attention is.
I’ll admit that though Tim Tebow is probably the best land-based athlete the University of Florida has had this decade (I see you, Ryan Lochte), my favorite is still Joakim Noah, who made up in height, boundless happiness, and purported capacity for free thought for what his reign lacked in length, relative to the Tebowverlord.
(What that has to with Noah being a Tebow fan, and a huge one, I don’t know. But I needed to say it.) Keep reading →
I read this, on Tim Tebow, in Bruce Feldman’s always-a-must-read Sunday notes:
He also now has 56 rushing touchdowns in his career, three behind Eric Crouch for the FBS record among quarterbacks.
It got me thinking.
Simmons, in mirth.
While a certain blog is waging war against ESPN’s PR department, the Worldwide Leader’s online franchise is giving interviews about The Book of Basketball, and other things.
And — surprise! — Bill Simmons is hinting at leaving ESPN again. Keep reading →
