Good chance Drew Brees will head to broadcast booth next season
Bears fans better remotely cheer or jeer Drew Brees while they can (Sunday, CBS & Nickelodeon, 3:40 p.m.). Age (42) plus residuals from 11 fractured ribs and a punctured lung are making it all but certain he'll be in the NBC football playhouse next season. ...
Matt Nagy and the Mysterians, incidentally, are 40-1 to win the NFC and 80-1 to win Super Bowl 55. (Green Bay at +550 to win SB 55 is a tremendous hedge hunter.) ...
With Heisman Trophy winner DeVonta Smith most prominent, Alabama outpointed Ohio State 6-1 in Walter Camp All-Americans. Northwestern safety Brandon Joseph was the only freshman on the lists of 24 honorees. ...
Mac Jones and the Crimson Tide are holding as 9-point favorites over the Buckeyes in the CFP title game Monday (ESPN, 7 p.m.). Most of America couldn't care less. ...
Iowa's Luka Garza gets a ton of publicity but best Big Ten pick for Final Four outfitting is Juwan Howard and ultra-impressive Michigan. (Having Phil Martelli and former Utah Jazz bug Howard Eisley on staff isn't hurting.) ...
Kevin McCann is marking his 50th season working on DePaul basketball's sideline crew; Schaumburg's Ted Reineking is in No. 43. (Meaning both can remember when Ray Meyer still bought green bananas.) ...
And from the bunny hill file, Forbes Sports Money reports: "Several U.S. resorts are reopening, but many skiers, wary of crowds in the midst of the pandemic, are planning to head off-piste, even if they aren't experienced in backcountry skiing. That could mean a dangerous season ahead."
• Jim O'Donnell's Sports & Media column appears Thursday and Sunday. Reach him at jimodonnelldh@yahoo.com.