• ESPN reports the NBA being short with Dwight Howard, as the All Star’s request to raise the slam-dunk rim to 12 feet has been denied.

• AOL FANHOUSE sees double trouble, as SI can’t seem to get their twin Texans cheerleaders straight.

• BALLHYPE has some fun with Bill Walton critiquing Will Leitch’s book. (Now if only Frank Caliendo would do a dramatic reading.)

• Who needs bobbleheads, when GOING FIVE HOLE discovers bobblefists.

• After Chris Berman revealed his penchant for Canadian codeine, FOOD COURT LUNCH wonders how other ESPN personalities would do smuggling drugs from north of the border.

• The BOSTON GLOBE’s EXTRA BASES feels well rested, as the Sox’s Craig Hansen had surgery to correct snoring that sounded “like a 500-pound fat man“.

• FAN IQ’s 100% INJURY RATE raps with the Warriors’ Stephen Jackson - and not very well.

• BUGS & CRANKS keeps it on the leash, as Chase Utley’s wife speaks out against animal abuse.

• EVERY DAY SHOULD BE SATURDAY notes that Notre Dame & UConn will be playing a ten game home & home series, with Gillette Stadium & the Meadowlands serving as the Huskies’ home.