The play, suspension, recruitment, & now signing of Cordova High's Jocques Crawford has been debated over & over locally in Memphis. He'll play college ball at Texas Tech, so what is being said over there about it? Kevin Blackistone of the Dallas Morning News gives his take.

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Al Michaels is leaving ABC & will join John Madden for their coverage of Sunday Night Football. And yes, it's true: Tony Kornheiser will be on ESPN's version of Monday Night Football.

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UT's win at Rupp Arena over Kentucky is big for coach Bruce Pearl. But did he really rip his shirt off in the lockerroom??? There's a mental image I just didn't need right now.

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What's wrong with the Memphis Grizzlies? They have lost 10 of their last 13 games as they were defeated last night at Sacramento, 104-96.

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NASCAR big mouth Kurt Busch received community service today for his incident Nov. 11 in Maricopa County, Arizona, where he had a run-in with officers, although he passed a sobriety test.

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Greg Cote of the Miami Herald says Seattle fans should stop whining about their loss in the Super Bowl. He throws Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren in there, too.

Meanwhile, the NFL has defended the game's officials, "The game was properly officiated, including, as in most N.F.L. games, some tight plays that produced disagreement about the calls made by the officials," the league spokesman Greg Aiello said in a statement.

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A Florida high school soccer player slugged a game official & faces a possible assault charge.

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Music quote of the day:

"Oh, pilot of the storm who leaves no trace
Like thoughts inside a dream
Heed the path that led me to that place
Of yellow desert stream
My Shangri-La beneath the summer moon
I will return again
Sure as the dust that floats behind you
When movin' through Kashmir"

Led Zeppelin - "Kashmir"