Hard to follow last week’s news of Mark McGwire and Lane Kiffin, but here it goes. Athletes help Haiti.  By far the most important story out there for the past week-plus is the tragedy in Haiti.  It feels right that athletes are doing their part and even inspired Jay Mariotti to write a decent piece.  [...]

Two of the most persistent stories circling around this young NFL season are: 1) Michael Crabtree and his agent’s continued bungling of his career before it has even started; and 2) Rex Ryan’s man-crush on opposing teams’ wide receivers. Within the last week, these two stories converged when the San Francisco 49ers filed charges with [...]