NCAA bans horse-collar tackles.

An amputee swims in the Olympics. Remarkable.

The perils of speed glue in table tennis.

Charles Barkley’s colonoscopy to be on TV as part of Stand Up to Cancer special.

New Zealand coach banned for players wearing black underwear.

Shawne Merriman grabs in-studio, in-season gig for Fox. He also went to Alabama to see Dr. James Andrews about pain in his surgically repaired right knee.

Tommy Bowden’s Clemson Tigers are Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr8 on the LA Times Top 25.

Wada you know, Mr. Bondy?

Usain Bolt catches heat from IOC boss.

Bela the perfect partner for Bob Costas. He’s more entertaining than the rest of the overstuffed Sunday night football studio show roster, for sure.

A thoroughbred Triple Crown winner: Tin Cup Chalice takes the Big Apple Triple and $250,000 bonus that goes with it. Big Brown, by the way, will return to action on Sept. 13 at Monmouth Park in a turf race worth $500,000.