Wayne Odesnik, an ATP player who was banned for two years from the tour for possessing HGH, received his Christmas present a few days before Christmas. The International Tennis Federation lifted the final year of his ban because of Odesnik's cooperation. The ITF did not specify how Odesnik cooperated. Odesnik will be eligible to play again as of December 29th.

 

 

 

As the college bowl season gets started in earnest this week, many top college seniors will soon start carefully checking their e-mail. Receiving an invitation to the NFL combine in Indianapolis is a positive sign for a player, letting him know that he has a draftable grade. Check out the link from the NFL combine for more details.

 

For information on how players are selected take a look at this link.

For agents who have been recruiting a player for the last few months, finding out that the player is not going to the combine is usually a sign that the agent may not want to continue pursuing that player.