Louisiana State’s women’s basketball coach Pokey Chatman has resigned, effective immediately, over an inappropriate sexual relationship with a former player.

She initially resigned on Wednesday and cited that she would remain as coach through their post-season appearances.

The information is provided by ESPN News and will be updated here shortly.

***UPDATED at 7:46 PM CDT***

ESPN now has the story up on its website.

Seattle cuts Grant Wistrom (NFL Network)

The Seattle Seahawks have cut defensive end Grant Wistrom, according to Adam Schefter of the NFL Network. The move is tied to Seattle’s signing of fellow defensive end Patrick Kerney and thus, Wistrom becomes a cap casualty on June 1.

On that date, his cap figure for 2007 year will drop to $2.33 million; in 2008, Wistrom will account for $4.67 million in dead money.

(Salary cap information provided by Howard Balzer of the Sports Xchange and ProFootballTalk.com)

Rams agree to terms with tight end Randy McMichael (stlouisrams.com)

The St. Louis Rams have announced that they’ve agreed to terms with free-agent tight end Randy McMichael.

Terms were not disclosed.

McMichael, a former Pro Bowler, was recently released by the Miami Dolphins and once played for current Rams coach Scott Linehan.

***UPDATED at 1:15 PM CT***

The deal, according to St. Louis Post-Dispatch Rams beat writer Jim Thomas, is for three-years.

StubHub — NHL hockey ticket sales thriving in the secondary market (StubHub/Marketwire)

StubHub, the secondary market warehouse for sporting events, concerts, theatre and other live shows, released a detailed breakdown of the NHL sales in relation to the secondary market (their market).

For example:

NHL’s Top Ticket Powerhouses (data as of March 6)

Teams	Prices in U.S. Dollars ($)
Toronto Maple Leafs	$ 183
Edmonton Oilers	$ 120
Vancouver Canucks	$ 118
Calgary Flames	$ 113
Montreal Canadiens	$ 103
New Jersey Devils	$ 95
Detroit Red Wings	$ 93
Carolina Hurricanes	$ 90
Minnesota Wild	$ 90
New York Rangers	$ 89

Notice anything peculiar? Five of the six Canadian teams make up the top 10.

Click the link for more details.

News and notes while eating that sammich…

Don’t draft pitcher Chris Young (Roto Authority) Pitcher is compared to Garret Stephenson. Ouch!

Winners AND Losers? (Niners Nation) The guys at Niners Nation can’t figure out how they can be both. Very good point.

Seth Davis: The inside story of the RPI (SI.com) SI’s Davis breaks down how the RPI matters in college hoops.

Falcons, WR Horn reach agreement (Yahoo! Sports/AP) Third time we’ve mentioned Joe Horn in 12-hours. We promise this one’s the keeper.

Ravens deal for running back McGahee (ESPN)

The Baltimore Ravens have dealt for Buffalo Bills running back Willis McGahee on Thursday, sending their third and seventh-round selections in this year’s draft and a third-rounder in 2008 to Buffalo.

NHLPA scandal continues (Sportsnet.ca)

The fallout from the allegations that NHLPA executives snooped into player’s private emails rolls on.  In response to these allegations, the NHLPA will have an emergency conference call to inform them that veteran player accounts were inappropriately accessed by executives with the union, according to reports from the Toronto Star.

Vukovich passes away at 59 (MLB.com)

John Vukovich, the former Philadelphia Phillie player and coach since 1970, has passed away after battling cancer off and on since 2001.

He was 59.

Report: Pressure grows for Matthews to provide details (ESPN news services)

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (in Southern California near Disneyland) are reportedly pushing outfielder Gary Mathews, Jr. to provide details related to the allegations that he was connected to Internet prescription drug raid in Orlando, Fla. earlier this month.

Reportedly, Matthews’ named surfaced on a list of athletes who allegedly purchased illegal supplements through an online pharmacy last year.

No F’ing Way: Tom Brady Knocked up Gisele? (The Big Lead)

The Big Lead uncovered a story from a Brazillian paper and the Boston Globe — New England QB Tom Brady might be expecting to be a dad again, this time with model Gisele Bundchen.

Tom needs to wear a wrap next time to go along with that scarf, eh?

CBS doubles bandwidth for March Madness streaming (USA Today)

CBS will double the bandwidth available for streaming NCAA tournament games online, but there will be some consequence — the network plans to restrict users access in order to keep the system running smoothly.

The network also announced that picture quality will improve so users can get a better picture with a larger screeen, which also requires additional bandwidth usage.

Fisher: Titans didn’t know about ’06 Jones arrests (PFT/The City Paper)

Tennessee Titans coach Jeff Fisher spoke to radio station WGFX-FM’s The Sports Zone show on Wednesday and confirmed that the team had no idea of cornerback Adam “PacMan” Jones’ transgressions of the law in 2006.

Since Jones didn’t tell team officials of these incidents, it’s entirely possible that the team could escape without consequence should they terminate his employment due to a violation of the personal conduct codes in NFL player deals.

Last season didn’t go as planned for most baseball prognosticators as the Chicago White Sox stumbled their way through a rather uneventful campaign, finishing six games back. The White Sox and the Cleveland Indians were both considered run-away favorites in the division, leaving the rest of the bunch — Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals and the Minnesota Twins — looking up at those dynamos.

As usual, those predictions don’t always come to fruition. The ‘dark horse’ Detroit Tigers, who horribly faltered the last week of the season, relinquished first place to the Twins after dropping their last five games, including a three game sweep by the Royals.

We, of course, don’t mind making asses of ourselves when it comes to predictions, so the following is The Buried Lead’s (TBL) preview of the American League Central in alphabetical order, not predicted finish (that’ll come later).

Without further ado, a peek at the AL Central…

More after the jump »

News and notes while rolling out of bed…

Selig: Baseball held to different standard (USA Today) Selig would rather whine than, oh, actually address the problems.

Jamal Lewis signs with the Browns (ESPN.com) Baltimore’s all-time leading rusher takes his knife set to Cleveland. We kid. We kid.

A’s lose Kotsay till June (AP/SI.com) With Kotsay out, Milton Bradley should move to center.

Yankees hot prospect calm amidst the hype (USA Today) A level-head and solid talent will go along way in the Bronx.

Falcons still talking to Horn (AP/SI.com) Remember yesterday we said he had already signed? Disregard that one.

Chass: A positive prognosis and a new outlook (NY Times) Murray Chass chronicles the comeback of the comeback of Red Sox lefty Jon Lester.