• You know… that’s not very nice. Is Carl Pavano gay? Are there rumors? Has he been spotted at nightclubs hanging out with Peyton Manning and Nathan Lane If not, why the hell would the New York Post choose to do that to the guy? Seriously… if I’m Carl Pavano, I’m showing up at the New York Post offices today and demanding some answers. That’s messed up.

• Eddie Sutton was in fact drunk when he wrecked his car last week. And on pain pills. He says his back was causing him so much pain that the pain pills weren’t doing the trick, so he picked up a bottle. Which is not good, considering that he’s an alcoholic and went through rehab for it back in 1987. You’d just have to assume that he’s coached his last game. 69-year-old guys with chronic, debilitating back pain, alcoholism, and a recent DUI arrest don’t often make heroic comebacks. Best of luck to him with his future treatment.

• Mike Davis is done at Indiana. He’ll coach out the string, but he’s resigning at the end of the year. It’s such an odd situation… but it looks like this is the right way to handle it. In some ways, yes, it takes the pressure off his kids, because there’s no longer any reason for jagoffs to show up at Indiana games wearing black in protest. You always say you’d like to see a coach tough it out, but I don’t think anyone would wish another year at Indiana on Mike Davis. All you Hoosier fans can relax, as you’ll probably get your homegrown white coach next year, and the evil Mike Davis will be gone.

• Irony: BetUS.com has put down 6-1 odds that Rick Tocchet will be convicted on charges of promiting gambling and conspiracy to run a sports gambling operation. 6-1 seems like a pretty good bet. The way this case has been pursued so publicly, you know they’re looking to make at least one big-name arrest. It’s true that celebrities don’t usually get convicted, but… this is an assistant NHL coach in Phoenix, not a star linebacker the night before the Super Bowl. If I had to bet, I’d take those odds.