Remix Athletics Sportsmix

Guess he took all that passing up the ball criticism to heart.  (Digg and comment this)

NEW YORK (AP) - NFL clubs may no longer serve alcohol at team functions or on buses or flights, extending a ban that until now applied only in locker rooms. NFL owners and executives were told Thursday by commissioner Roger Goodell that the rule pertains not only to players but to owners, coaches and guests.  (Digg and comment this)

After leading the Gators to the last two national championships, the 42-year-old Donovan has received a contract offer from the Magic worth $6 million annually, a source told ESPN.com’s Pat Forde.  (Digg and comment this)

Gene Upshaw was taken aback when he first saw the list of retired NFL players applying for financial help under a new program to help those with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. it’s still hard to know many ex-players need help. “A lot of people are embarrassed to talk about it or to acknowledge they have a problem,” says Dan Rooney  (Digg and comment this)

Spurs 109, Jazz 84  (Digg and comment this)

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is part of a group considering formation of a football league that would compete with the NFL for players drafted lower than the second round.  (Digg and comment this)

It’s only the third time in the Open era, which began in 1968, that there are no Americans in the second round of any major. The two other times — at the 1972 and 1973 Australian Opens — no Americans entered the events.  (Digg and comment this)

1911: The first Indianapolis 500 automobile race is run.  (Digg and comment this)

Dr Ian Graham and Dr Henry Stott used a mathematical model (a multivariate Poisson log-normal model) to allow us to identify the relationship between goals scored and every kick of the ball made by every player for every club. they simulated the league season over and over again to obtain results.  (Digg and comment this)

The NCAA on Wednesday granted Duke’s request for an extra year of eligibility for its men’s lacrosse players following a rape scandal that led to the cancellation of much of last season.  (Digg and comment this)

“I would like to be traded, yeah,” Bryant said on 1050 ESPN Radio in New York. “Tough as it is to come to that conclusion there’s no other alternative, you know?”  (Digg and comment this)

Jeff Van Gundy, former Rockets coach, is peeved. He has been railing against flopping, saying he’d like to see those who flop to get foul calls not just not rewarded but punished.  (Digg and comment this)

Hiroyuki Yanagisawa, a retired junior high school teacher from central Japan, was 71 years, 2 months and 2 days old when he reached the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) peak on May 22, becoming the oldest Everest climber.  (Digg and comment this)

“The basics are so basic,”… “Once you know them, you can play.” The Frisbee has been essentially unchanged since 1964, when Wham-O executive Ed Headrick made some modifications in an attempt to shift it from a novelty toy to a sports disc, adding a series of concentric rings to increase lift and adding weight to the outside rim for stability.  (Digg and comment this)

Formula One bosses are investigating McLaren for a possible breach of the rules in Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix.  (Digg and comment this)