Local:

• Grizz destroy Celtics at the Garden. [MCA]
• Nice survey of SEC media members [Tennessean]
• Straight cash homey at the SEC tourney [Go Vols Xtra]

Regional:

• Concise SEC tourney primer [Orlando Sentinel]
• Paul Hewitt’s job on line v. UNC today? [AJC]
• Should SEC change tourney set-up? [AL Live]

National:

• Big Ten tourney is wide open. [Indy Star]
• Was Bryant right pick for Cincy? [Cincy Enquirer]
• Bigger shock, Marion Jones playing in the WNBA or that Nolan Richardson will be her coach? [Fanhouse]
• Delhomme>Brady Quinn? Really? [Fanhouse]

Local:

• All-SEC teams announced. [Go Vols Xtra]
• SEC’s “Total Package” team. [Mr. SEC]
• Titans on the sidelines during free agency. [Tennessean]
• CDR frustrated with new NBA role. [MCA]

Regional:

• Josh Smith is the anti-Tiger/ Roethlisberger. Great read about an athlete doing a great thing off the court. [AJC]
• Chipper wants Heyward on opening day roster. [AJC]
• Notes from Auburn pro-day. [AL Live]
• Jags fans don’t want Tebow. [Florida Times-Union]

National:

• Tim Cowlishaw is out of his freaking mind here. [Dallas Morning News]
• The MAC hasn’t won an NCAA title in any team sport in quite a while. [WSJ]
• Notre Dame actually considering the Big Ten. [Campus Rivalry]
• Chiefs add Thomas Jones. Surprised this deal has been so under the radar. [KC Star]

In case you missed it, a complete Oscar rundown here. Big night for The Hurt Locker.

Local:

• Lady Vols win SEC Tourney. [Go Vols Xtra]
• Men’s tourney converges on Nashville. [Tennessean]
• Grizzlies owner out of touch? [MCA]

Regional:

• How to develop the best prospect in baseball? [AJC]
• Bianchi’s stud/ dud of week. [Orlando Sentinel]
• Did Edwards intentionally wreck Keslowski? The answer’s yes. [That’s Racin’]
• Kuric sends Freedom Hall out a winner. [Louisville Courier Journal]

National:

• Experts weigh in on baseball improvement. [USA Today]
• Ready for March Madness? [WSJ]
• From 1^st team All-Conference and Big East POY to the bench. [Campus Rivalry]
• Are off-season moves too little, too late for Bears? [Chicago Tribune]

Baylor women’s basketball coach Kim Mulky is a disgrace. Not just as the coach of one of the best women’s programs in the nation, but also as someone charged with leading young people.

By now, you’ve all seen the video of Brittney Griner sucker-punching a Texas Tech player during a game. The shot was vicious. It was unwarranted. It was criminal, literally.

Griner received a mandatory one game suspension from the NCAA for throwing a punch in a game. Mulky, tough disciplinarian that she is, decided that one more game on the bench was enough for Griner’s heinous act.

Yes, that’s right, a two game suspension for blasting a woman 7-inches shorter and 50 pounds lighter in the face when she didn’t see it coming.

In all, Griner will be back on the court before the woman she punched, who is out indefinitely with a broken nose that requires surgery after swelling subsides, which may not happen until the end of the season.

We can’t help but wonder why there’s little to no outrage.

Remove gender from the equation. What would happen to Kentucky freshman Demarcus Cousins if he had done this to Bobby Maze? How long would Cole Aldrich have to sit if he committed the same act on OU guard Willie Warren?

This suspension is the equivalent of Chip Kelly sitting LaGarrette Blount for a quarter after the Boise State incident.

In a piece defending the suspension, Richard Justice, who we like, pointed out what a punk Griner has acted like throughout the season.

Can you imagine Pat Summitt or Geno Auriemma letting one of their players off with a suspension this light? Of course you can’t, because their players are scared to death of behaving in ANY manner unbefitting the program on the court.

This is another reason why, in the world of sports, anyone in women’s basketball not named Pat or Geno is relegated to the kids table.

Mulky says that she’s Griner’s coach and she knows what’s appropriate for her player.

We just can’t help but think that Griner’s 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 blocks per game may have clouded her judgment just a bit.

Local:

• Lady Vols face threats in SEC tourney. [Go Vols Xtra]
• The most surprising thing about Kentucky. [Mr. SEC]
• As always it’s buyer beware at Combine. [Tennessean]

Regional:

• Paul Hewitt’s not going anywhere. [AJC]
• Bianchi annihilates Urban’s stress claims. [Orlando Sentinel]
• Is C-USA a multi-bid league? [AL Live]
• Panthers cut Delhomme. [Charlotte Observer]

National:

• Top 50 available free agents. [Trenches]
• Baylor women’s player suspended 2 games for punch. More on this later, but we believe coach should be canned for putting wins and losses over discipline here [USA Today]
• Ranking all 30 baseball GM’s. [SI]

Griner's actions were MUCH worse than Blount's. First of all she punched a player during a game. Secondly, she wasn't remotely provoked. In our opinion she has to be suspended for the rest of this year and all of next. Sound extreme? What would happen to Demarcus Cousins if he did this to a guy 3-times smaller than him?

Local:

• Pearl not pleased with performance. [Go Vols Xtra]
• SEC combine winners and losers. [Mr. SEC]
• Least shocking news of year, Titans won’t spend in free agency. [Tennessean]

Regional:

• Should Falcons target Vanden Bosch? [AJC]
• Should Donavan be feeling heat? [Orlando Sentinel]
• Bianchi thinks that Donavan should have lifetime pass. [Open Mike]
• Was it Meyer’s job to fix Tebow’s delivery? We say yes. [Orlando Sentinel]

National:

• Why isn’t anyone actually racing stock cars? [WSJ]
• Brittany Griner should be banned for a year. [USA Today]
• Huge under the radar milestone for Dwight Howard. [Off the Dribble]

Certainly looks like it. Your thoughts?

Local:

• Pennington nails it here. [Mr. SEC]
• Did Vandy end Florida’s tourney hopes? [Tennessean]
• Berry has great combine showing. [Go Vols Xtra]
• Grizz have familiar look. [MCA]

Regional:

• Is Fox SEC coach of year? We’ll take Stallings. [AJC]
• Former Kentucky coach condones stealing. [AL Live]
• Look at how Florida players performed at combine. [Gator Bytes]

National:

• Could Eagles make same mistake that Packers did? [The Huddle]
• 5 players who moved in to round 1 at combine. [Sporting News]
• Parrish on who should be national COY [CBS Sports]