1:20 PM The Onion has breaking news from my hometown: Kansas City has failed to pick up the option on the Royals.

1:17 PM Ryan Ballengee of the golf blog Waggle Room reports, "The lawyer for Doug Barron - the first PGA Tour player suspended under the Tour's Anti-Doping Program - implied that the Tour is hiding positive drug tests from the public."

1:15 PM ESPN's Michael Smith breaks the news that Larry Johnson will OF COURSE sign with the Bengals. Thank you Mike Brown for not letting us down.

1:13 PM Jason La Canfora of the NFL Network on why Joey Porter was deactivated: "Sources say Porter's deactivation against the Buccaneers was related to the linebacker's off-field conduct last week."