Suspended Dolphins G Richie Incognito today sat for a one-on-one recorded interview with Jay Glazer on "Fox NFL Sunday," with Glazer clarifying before the segment that he has "been friendly with Richie Incognito for about five years." Incognito admitted to leaving teammate Jonathan Martin a voicemail consisting of vulgar and racist terms, but said, "The way Jonathan and the rest of the offensive line and how our teammates, how we communicate, it's vulgar. It's not right. When the words are put in the context I understand why a lot of eyebrows get raised but people don't know how Jon and I communicate to one another."

Incognito later said he exchanged text messages with Martin after Martin left the team, and agreed to disclose those messages to Glazer. The interview closed with Glazer asking what Incognito would say to Martin if he were sitting next to him. Incognito responded in part, "I think I'd give him a big hug right now because we've been through so much and I’d be like, dude what’s going on? Why didn't you come to me?" ("Fox NFL Sunday," Fox, 11/10).

Reaction on Twitter to Jay Glazer's interview with Richie Incognito consisted of some praise for Glazer, and kudos to Incognito's PR team. There also was mixed reaction regarding Incognito's stance. SI.com's Richard Deitsch tweeted, "Glazer acknowledged that he has a previous relationship with Richie Incognito at the start. That was a must for viewers and they did it." Boston Herald's Gerry Callahan wrote, "Bryant Gumbel was right about Jay Glazer: He's a jock sniffer. But he's the BEST jock sniffer in the business. He just earned his Fox salary."

ESPN.com's Andrew Brandt: "Watching @68INCOGNITO interview done in LA, home of his agent, who certainly coached him up." FoxSports.com's Jimmy Traina posted, "I'll say this for Richie Incognito... he hired a great PR firm. They got him trained well for this." Deitsch added, "Will re-watch Glazer interview multiple times today. Some v. good Qs. Punted on any hard Qs on allegedly harassing a women at a golf course."

CBSSports.com's Gary Parrish: "I'm still not exactly sure what to make of Richie Incognito. But he helped himself with that interview." Sporting News' Troy Machir tweeted, "I would have liked to see Glazer ask Incognito a/b the golf course incident, but can't imagine Richie's people signed off on that question." CBSSports.com's Gregg Doyel: "Don't know what to make of Jonathan Martin, but I don't believe a word out of Richie Incognito's mouth." Yahoo Sports' Dan Wetzel: "Haven't written about Incognito-Martin in part because I don't know what really happened. And still don't. Great reporting work by Glazer."

ESPN, CBS and Fox each opened their NFL pregame shows today with coverage of the Richie Incognito bullying scandal. Meanwhile, NFL Network's "Gameday Morning" did not address the issue until 24 minutes into the show with a live report from Shaun O'Hara. NFL Network's panelists discussed the story on-set approximately one hour into the telecast.

ESPN's "Sunday NFL Countdown" devoted the opening 14 minutes to the Dolphins' bullying scandal. Features included Adam Schefter and Chris Mortensen on the investigation in the Dolphins' workplace. CBS' "The NFL Today" opened with a 12-minute segment on the Incognito-Martin investigation, which included commentary from Dan Marino, Boomer Esiason and Bill Cowher. Fox opened "Fox NFL Sunday" with a one-minute tease of Jay Glazer's interview with Incognito, followed by a brief panel discussion. The show then primarily discussed on-field issues until the full Glazer interview toward the end of the show. CBSSN's “That Other Pregame Show” opened with an 11-minute segment on the Inocognito-Martin investigation. The topic was covered seven times throughout the four-hour show, including input from Marino, Esiason, Cowher and Redskins LB London Fletcher (THE DAILY).

CBS' Jason La Canfora said if special investigator Ted Wells "finds negligence" in the Incognito-Martin investigation, that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell "will not shy away from having swift and very significant discipline." CBS' James Brown conducted a roundtable discussion on the issue with Fletcher and former NFLers Bart Scott and Jon Jansen. Fletcher said, "I've played 16 years in the National football League, three teams; this is not the culture of the National Football League." Jansen: "This is an exception to the rules; this is not how the NFL locker rooms are in general" ("The NFL Today," CBS, 11/10).

Sources said that some Dolphins execs expect that fallout from the NFL's investigation into the team's workplace environment "could impact jobs and create a dramatic restructuring of the organization," and among those "whose future is cloudy" is Dolphins GM Jeff Ireland. While he "spoke at an organizational meeting this week and expressed confidence that the Dolphins had established a healthy workplace," sources said that "changes within the organization are inevitable when the season ends" (ESPN.com, 11/10).

Sources said that all 30 NBA teams on Friday received a memo from the league office "reminding them that no form of bullying or hazing will be tolerated." The sources said that the memo references the Dolphins' ongoing bullying scandal and "urges NBA players to report anything if they feel the need while also spelling out specific violations of the league's policies." The memo "reiterated a number of prohibited behaviors that would violate league policy" (ESPN.com, 10/8).

A federal judge on Friday ruled that college athletes are "allowed to challenge the NCAA's current amateurism rules, but cannot seek potentially billions of dollars in damages for appearing in past television broadcasts." U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken "partially granted class-action status in the Ed O'Bannon lawsuit over the use of college athletes' names, images and likenesses." She "granted certification for the plaintiffs to pursue an injunction barring the NCAA from prohibiting current and former athletes from entering into group licensing deals for use of their names, images and likenesses in video games and TV broadcasts." However, the judge "denied the bid for a class to seek monetary damages from the NCAA that would have involved lucrative television money" (AL.com, 11/8).

In the waning minutes of last night's LSU-Alabama college football game, CBS' camera showed Dee Dee Bonner and Katherine Webb, the mother and girlfriend of Alabama QB A.J. McCarron, watching from the stands. Webb gained notoriety during the '13 BCS Championship Game after ESPN's Brent Musburger drew some heat for several comments he made about her, but CBS' Verne Lundquist made sure not to go down that same road. He said of Bonner and Webb, "They watch now as A.J. McCarron may or may not make another appearance on the field." After a few seconds of silence, CBS' Gary Danielson asked, "That's it? That's all you're gonna say?" Lundquist immediately replied, "You're darn right. I don't work for that four-letter network. Discretion" ("LSU-Alabama," CBS, 11/9).

Longtime Boston sportscaster Bob Lobel, the "popular former sports director and anchor" at WBZ-NBC, will join Mike Lynch on WCVB-ABC's Sunday night program "SportsCenter 5 OT." It is "uncertain how often" Lobel will appear on the show, but he is "expected to be part of a guest rotation" that includes Bruins play-by-play announcer Dave Goucher and Boston Globe columnist Christopher Gasper. Lobel is set to make his debut tonight at 11:35pm (BOSTON GLOBE, 11/9).

The Titans took out a full-page ad in today's Nashville Tennessean honoring late team Owner Bud Adams. The ad reads in part, "The NFL Lost A Legend, We Lost A Friend" (THE DAILY).

Arizona State Univ. has hired search firm Korn/Ferry Int'l to "find and reach out to candidates" for its vacant AD position with Steve Patterson leaving for the men's AD job at the Univ. of Texas (ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 11/10).

FIFA President Sepp Blatter yesterday said that the int'l governing body has "ruled out any possibility that Qatar could co-host" the '22 World Cup with neighboring countries (REUTERS, 11/9).

NHL GMs during league meetings on Tuesday will discuss "adding a rule that gives a goalie a 10-game suspension for leaving his area and instigating a fight" (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 11/10).

The Bobcats on Friday began their season-long Yellow Ribbon Program, a Wells Fargo-sponsored initiative in which the team will honor U.S. military veterans during one home game each month (Bobcats).

Columnist Leigh Montville has returned to the Boston Globe and today pens his first column for the paper since '89 (BOSTONGLOBE.com, 11/10).

Nike co-Founder & Chair Phil Knight "was walking the sideline wearing Alabama apparel" at last night's LSU-Alabama college football game (CBSSPORTS.com, 11/10).

The Saints during halftime of tonight's game against the Cowboys will recognize Archie Manning, Rickey Jackson and Willie Roaf as the introductory class of the team's Ring of Honor (Saints).

The NFL Cardinals today surpassed 5 million fans for home games in the history of University of Phoenix Stadium (Cardinals).

"It's not glamorous. It’s a very lonely job, and people don't understand that" – Pro Football HOFer Bill Parcells, on the lifestyle of an NFL head coach (BUFFALO NEWS, 11/10).

"A lot of the guys just think that there's not another way, that that's how you do it, period. Nobody's had the guts to cut the workdays short or to do it different" – Former college and NFL coach Rich Brooks, on coaches' reluctance to find ways to make their lifestyles less stressful (N.Y. TIMES, 11/10).

"New York is the business capital of the nation. Part of it's the energy, part of it's the symbolism; it's not bad to identify yourself with that" – Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, on the NFL awarding Super Bowl XLVIII to the N.Y./New Jersey area (NJ.com, 11/9).

"I spent six hours in a golf cart with the most powerful man in America talking everything from basketball to life after his term. It was very surreal and enlightening" – Former NBAer Alonzo Mourning, on playing golf with President Barack Obama on Saturday in Davie, Fla. (South Florida SUN-SENTINEL, 11/10).

"It’s a mixed bag. I think some guys, they want the right calls. But we understand that the human nature of it is one of the main aspects of the game, and I think that's what a lot of people like about the sport" – Arizona Fall League Scottsdale Scorpions 3B Kyle Kubitza, on MLB's testing of expanded replay during Fall League games (ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 11/10).

"It sucks. The whole thing sucks, and I hope it ends soon" – Dolphins CB Brent Grimes, on the team's bullying scandal and subsequent NFL investigation (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 11/10).

In light of the NFL's bullying scandal, THE MMQB's Peter King examined the issue of race in the league. King: "How did it become okay for a black player to be the subject of even one instance of hate speech in one locker room, while, from what I could gather, it was unthinkable in eight other organizations?"

Also addressing the ongoing bullying scandal in the NFL, the L.A. TIMES' Sandy Banks writes under the header, "Calling Bullying 'Bonding' Doesn't Make It OK." The N.Y. TIMES' William Rhoden: "Civility Need Not Be Excluded From The Culture Of The NFL."

Elsewhere: 

• A look at the "rising popularity and danger" of MMA
• HOF inductee Fred Shero the "main reason" for Flyers' '70s dominance
• Charley Steiner into Radio HOF the "frosting on a lifetime of chocolate cake"
• In-depth look at motion-tracking technology data for MLB pitching
• How some student-athlete injuries "lead to financial ruin for the family"
• The N.Y. TIMES' Frank Bruni offers, "Violence, Greed And The Gridiron"
• Behind Mark Messier's Kingsbridge National Ice Center in the Bronx

The U.S. women's national soccer team's bus yesterday "broke down on the way back to the hotel after a public practice at the Citrus Bowl." Abby Wambach, Hope Solo, Carli Lloyd and other players "simply piled off the bus and stuck their thumbs out on the side of a highway." The players later "took to Twitter to voice their appreciation" for the fans who gave them a ride" The team is in Orlando for a match against Brazil today (N.Y. POST, 11/10). Solo posted the image below and wrote, "What happens when your bus breaks down? Just catch a ride from our dedicated fans!

Charlotte Observer's Rick Bonnell: "Steve Clifford back at practice. Will coach Monday. Has been told to back off on work load for next week. But will travel."

USA Today's Nate Ryan: "The traffic heading into Phoenix is causing really unpleasant flashbacks to Kentucky 2011. #nascar"

Wall Street Journal's Kevin Clark: "Next time anyone tries to tell you New York is the greatest city on earth: the only early game on regular tv is Giants-Raiders."

The AP's Paul Newberry: "The "Noisemaker" on scoreboard is urging #Falcons fans to get loud. Sounds like most of em have gone to concession stand ... or home. #NFL"

Deadspin's Timothy Burke: "Phil Knight, true bandwagoner, jumps the Oregon ship after one loss."

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