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Floridas Jalen Tabor wasnt invited to SEC media days, but that didnt stop the outspoken defensive back from holding his own news conference on Twitter. While coach Jim McElwain and three of Tabors teammates were busy addressing the media in Birmingham, Alabama, Tabor answered the hard-hitting questions from his fans who used the #AskTeez hashtag on Twitter.?Its officially could you talk about season in college football, and Tabor joined in on the fun in Gainesville. Heres our unofficial transcript:Jalen, could you talk about your dream car?Lamborghini ???????? https://t.co/BlYHV0V8ea- Jalen Tabor (@_31Flavorz) July 11, 2016Jalen, could you talk about who youd like to play for in the NFL?Skins https://t.co/YhA7Z6z2Ig- Jalen Tabor (@_31Flavorz) July 11, 2016The questions kept flowing on Periscope. One fan asked Tabor how many interceptions hed have this season. Eight to ten, Tabor answered confidently.His favorite players? Dez Bryant and Joe Haden.The toughest receiver to defend in the SEC? Calvin Ridley.When asked if the Gators would make it 12 wins in a row over Tennessee this season, he said No doubt.McElwain was asked about his players on Twitter -- and Tabor specifically -- at the actual SEC media days on Monday. We have constant education on the whole current, world things that are going on. Obviously, the use of that platform to either increase or decrease your brand -- youve got freedom of choice, now, and yet, I will never censor them, I will only continue to educate. Thats kind of who I am. Jalen backs up his play pretty good.Tabors teammates who were invited to Birmingham didnt take issue with the Twitter news conference either. Im cool with it. Jalens being Jalen, said Marcus Maye. On the field hes Jalen and off the field hes Jalen, hes Jalen all the time. Nothing surprises us with Jalen. ... Hes social, hes open. He talks, but he backs it up.I love him, thats my teammate, thats my brother, said Jarrad Davis. Thats how he is: very outgoing. He can handle attention very well, and I think its going to be a fun day for him on social media.Hes a big social media guy. Hes a great guy, hes really funny, hes outspoken. ... He probably wants to be here, said?David Sharpe. Bruins Jerseys China .B. -- The Baie-Comeau Drakkar took over sole possession of first place atop the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League on Thursday with their sixth straight win. Stitched Bruins Jerseys .com) - The Pittsburgh Penguins placed forward James Neal on injured reserve Tuesday. https://www.cheapbruins.com/ . -- Jimmy Walkers first PGA Tour trophy came with a special gift tucked inside. Boston Bruins Gear . Mats Zuccarello and Derek Stepan scored shootout goals, and backup goalie Cam Talbot earned his second win in two nights as the Rangers shook off a late tying tally and beat the Maple Leafs 2-1 Monday night. Boston Bruins Pro Shop . No. 13-seeded John Isner and No. 21 Philipp Kohlschreiber were among six players who dropped out of the tournament on Tuesday, joining No. 12 seed Tommy Haas and two other players who withdrew on Monday. At our first editorial meeting to discuss ideas for Indias 500th Test, inevitably the thought strayed to the future and temporarily the mood turned sombre. It had taken just over eight decades for India to reach 500, but how many more to the 1,000th? Will there be a 1,000th?But it was apparent in a moment how absurd and incongruous that thought was. It was an occasion not for foreboding, but for gratitude. For as long as it has existed, Test cricket has been a reminder that higher and lasting pleasure can be derived from engagement and absorption, from anticipation and waiting, and from enjoying the journey as much as the destination.And it is more relevant and resonant than ever before in a world that is prone to living in moments. Few other sports are as sharply defined by singular moments as cricket, but its the sum of those moments that makes Test cricket the grandest, the deepest and the most profound of sporting experiences. Once you make the connection, it usually lasts for life.Mine started nearly four decades ago, with a small transistor radio clutched to my ear in the early winter mornings. India were playing the Bobby Simpson-led, Kerry Packer-depleted Australia, and the series, swinging one way and the other, ended in an epic six-day Test, with India falling short of a 493-run target by only 47 runs to concede the series 3-2.I was yet to hold a bat, and beyond the short Films Division news reels that played in movie theatres, I had seen no other cricket. I read up a short book by Vijay Merchant on the basics of the game, and it might have been an aunt who filled me up with some background, but the rest the mind imagined. I can swear I had a fairly graphic image of Sunil Gavaskars forward-defensive shot even before I watched him play.The colour of the game has changed immeasurably in the last four decades. The World Cup arrived in the 80s; Sachin Tendulkar ruled the heart in the 90s when India only won at home; the Test team truly arrived in the first decade of the new century; and in the last 10 years, the IPL has rewritten the rules of the game, both of how it is played and watched. But even more significantly, from the transistor radio in the 70s, Indians have at their command home-entertainment options that are no longer limited to even to the 1,700-odd television channels available.For Test cricket, this challenge also brings an opportunity. There is no doubt that the base has shrunk and will shrink further. But a niche is not necessarily an obscure corner. It can be distinct, high-profile and aspirational. It can be clutter-breaking, the rarer pleasure requiring fans to spend the commodity considered thee most scarce: time.dddddddddddd The faithful will be rewarded, and they will enlist more. In many ways, it is already a miracle that a sport lasting 40 hours a game has lasted 140 years. It will endure.It is perhaps no more than a coincidence, but what can be a bigger celebration of Indias 500th Test than the fact that it marks the beginning of Indias biggest home Test season in memory. Fault them for whatever else, BCCI officials, current and those just out of office, have shown a remarkable commitment to Test cricket. Thirteen is a significant number. With 103 Tests, the previous decade was Indias most prolific, and this decade, with 66 Tests already, is well on its way to match or exceed it. And if India stay the course, the 1,000th could come in double-quick time. Institutionalising a home season would be a progressive use of the BCCIs clout.It is also pertinent that Test cricket is going to smaller towns, with as many as six new Test venues being added. Players occasionally grumble about smaller venues that lack the attractions of the big cities, but arousing fan interest is a greater imperative. Test cricket needs spectators in the grounds, and it is worth taking the chance on smaller venues, which now have excellent playing facilities. It is now incumbent on the state associations to make fans feel welcome. They could start by making daily tickets easily available instead of the take-it-or-leave-it season tickets. Clean toilets and drinking water would be nice too. Love cant forever be one-sided, and it can no longer be taken for granted.?But it matters as much, if not more, that the players care. And in Virat Kohli, India have at the helm a cricketer not merely of considerable skills but with a passion to match. Kohli is a man of the times, a hero and an icon that the fans of his generation identify with. And he brings to Test cricket both the edge of his personality and the syntax of the shorter formats, in which he first earned his fame. He respects the challenges of Test cricket, but plays it on his own terms. His rage not only fuels the engine of his young team, it also fires public imagination.The 500th is a good reason for celebrating the past, and we will do so on these pages through the course of this Test. But there is much to look forward to too. The best way to celebrate this season would be to turn up at the grounds, tune in to the action on TV, or simply log on to our sites. We will be doing our bit, ball by ball. If you think Test cricket is worthy, its time to show it. ' ' '