Spanning the globe on a Tuesday morning. ...

New Ole Miss football coach Hugh Freeze has said from the beginning that he's trying to rebuild the talent base and that fans should not look at numbers of wins for the Rebels next season but how hard the team competes.

Well, Freeze turned in a very strong showing for the football program on Monday. He represented Ole Miss in the Chick-Fil-A Bowl Challenge, a charity golf event involving college football coaches near Atlanta.

In the longest drive portion of the event, Freeze was second among nine coaches with a drive of 276.3 yards. Miami's Al Golden was first at 303 yards. Mississippi State's Dan Mullen was ninth at 227.3 yards. ...

The Ole Miss men's and women's tennis teams will entertain fans today at an open house at the Palmer-Salloum Tennis Center beginning at 3:30 p.m.

The occasion is the NCAA tournament selection show. The women's field will be announced at 4 p.m., followed by the men at 4:30. Both teams reached the semifinals in their respective SEC tournaments, and both are in consideration as first-round NCAA host sites. ...

The Ole Miss women's golf team learned Monday that it has received an NCAA bid for a fourth-straight year. The Rebels will compete in the regional at Ohio State May 10-12.

Elsewhere ...

While No. 4 LSU has a commanding lead in the SEC West, it also is 21-3 in non-conference games as it awaits a visit from its biggest baseball in-state rival, Tulane, tonight. ...

A Northport native and former Alabama star Billy Neighbors, a standout player on Bear Bryant's first national championship team, has died at 72. ...

Jets backup QB Tim Tebow made the NFL Network's list of the league's top 100 players at No. 95. Jets starter Mark Sanchez did not make the list, which was voted on by current players. ...

The four football players drafted for Arkansas was the Razorbacks' most since 2008. The story includes a list of Arkansas' draft picks for the last 10 years, including a number of former Houston Nutt players. ...