Late Night Links

From second overall pick to publicist: Former Washington Redskins linebacker LaVar Arrington is now the publicist of Buffalo Bills rookie defensive end Aaron Maybin. Both played college football at Penn St. and Maybin is holding out while Arrington is blaming the holdout on Michael Crabtree's holdout. [NBC Sports]

Va. Tech loses starting running back: Virginia Tech's leading rusher Darren Evans will miss the entire season with a torn left ACL. Evans was the MVP of the Orange Bowl and rushed for 1,265 yards and 11 touchdowns last year. That sound you just heard was Virginia Tech's national title hopes flushing down the drain. [ESPN]

Scheyer expects big things for Blue Devils: Duke point guard Jon Sheyer says Duke will be a top-10 team by march Madness and thinks Miles Plumlee will be a big reason why the Blue Devils will be improved this season. [SI]

Webb to Yankees or Red Sox: ESPN's Buster Olney thinks that if the Arizona Diamondbacks don't exercise pitcher Brandon Webb's $8.55 million option for 2010, the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees mike take a chance on Webb. [ESPN]

Peyton has a new left tackle: The Indianapolis Colts have benched left tackle Tony Ugoh and replaced him with Charlie Johnson. This is one of the reasons that Peyton Manning and the Colts could have a down year if their running game doesn't improve. [Fox Sports]

Tebow to lose snaps to Brantley: Florida coach Urban Meyer said backup quarterback John Brantley will see meaningful minutes this season and has earned this right. Will this hurt Tim Tebow's chances at another Heisman Trophy? [Orlando Sentinel]