• The LONDON GUARDIAN has the poop on Barnsley’s coach getting a lucky omen before his team’s big upset over Liverpool: “I left the team hotel for a walk in the town centre, and as I was talking a bird shat right on my head.”

• RANDBALL crunches the numbers & debunks the myth that only 5 NHL teams are below .500.

• Based on his recent clownish behavior, BLEACHER REPORT’s satirical story on Terrelle Pryor joining the Ringling Bros. Circus doesn’t seem so silly.

• DEADSPIN packs on the pounds, as the Florida Marlins are fishing for some fatties.

First on the list: Josh Beckett.

• Ten years after he headed for that Great Broadcast Booth in the Sky, HOME RUN DERBY pays tribute to the with & wisdom of Harry Caray.

• The ALBUQUERQUE TRIBUNE antes up news that the University of New Mexico will be getting plenty of wampum as part of a new marketing deal with a local tribal casino.

• MONDESI’S HOUSE can’t wait to bid on Mark Cuban’s high school yearbook.

• FANBLOGS hears rumors that QB Ryan Perrilloux may be geauxing away from LSU.

• I’M WRITING SPORTS offers a first-hand account of a college baseball player’s road to recovery from Tommy John surgery.