Kudos to Andrew Wagaman of the Columbia Missourian for his story on Jefferson City H.S. grad Mel West, who along with Norris Stevenson, were the first black football players at Mizzou in 1958.

John Calipari cuts Charlie Villanueva from Dominican Republic team for being overweight.

Someone to follow on Twitter. Charles Bloom @SECPRGuy. A couple of his tweets from today.

“1987 was 1st year SEC won more than 2 national titles in a year. That year, SEC won 5 & failed to win at least 4 titles only twice since.”
“The SEC has won 162 of its 197 national championships since 1987 (26 years), an average of 6.2 titles per year.”

Auburn killing suspect is in custody after turning himself in.

Florida coach Billy Donovan’s 18-U, USA Basketball roster.