I live for non-sequiturs so I’m delighted to reported that former Miss California Carrie Prejean is now dating Rams backup QB Kyle Boller. RadarOnline.com reports the two met last summer and that Prejean recently dedicated her new book to Boller:

(Delightful coupling actually first reported last August)
“To my Kyle: I am so blessed to have […]

Pete Carroll guested on the (Steve) Mason & (John) Ireland show on ESPN 710 in Los Angeles this week. The coach attempted to hedge his comments about Harbaugh’s decision to go for two with his Stanford team already ahead of Carroll’s USC Trojans 48-21 last Saturday in L.A.. But instead, Carroll let slip smoldering resentment.

MASON: […]

That’s a quote from Dana White today, as he expounded on Brock Lesnar’s mysterious illness. An ailment that was revealed by White Monday as being intestinal based and that will require surgery.

(White’s p.r. treatment of Lesnar illness reminds WWE)
Sunday White made some alarmingly vague comments about Lesnar’s condition, saying that although Lesnar didn’t have […]

UPDATE: ESPN Senior Director of Communications Bill Hofheimer email to SbB on Gruden extension announcement: “Jon is committed to MNF for multiple years and his decision to sign this extension is a clear indication of that. He will not be seeking any coaching positions for the foreseeable future. We expect to have him here at […]

While doing Dolphins-Bucs highlights today on CBS TV, Dan Marino accidentally dropped an s-bomb: “The Dolphins finish the sh– off.”

Knowing that Dan is in the efforting Hall of Fame, this is no time to hate.
Video of today’s slip after break.

Best GameDay sign I’ve seen this year that thankfully isn’t a gratuitous off-color reference:

(Upset: TCU students give us best GameDay sign o’ season)
Well-played, Frog fans. Amazing that you can actually display something genuinely funny and original without it referencing a bodily function or sexual orientation. Sadly though, saw no references to “IT’S RAINING FROGS, […]

So THE BIG LEAD has some more photos of brodcaster Jim Nantz’s girlfriend, 29-year-old IMG vice president Courtney Richards. For lack of a better way to describe her, I’ll say new-Becky-from-”Roseanne”-meets-Pam-from-”The-Office.”
More photos following the jump.

Tennessee haters are already having a field day with the arrest of three Volunteers for an attempted robbery at a gas station last night in Knoxville. Jimmy Buffett’s The Great Filling Station Holdup is getting more plays today than your friendly, neighborhood adult webcams.

(Somebody might wanna update the “news” page fellas)
Yesterday, Lane Kiffin mentioned […]

Didn’t take long for a reader to send photos to THE BIG LEAD of Jim Nantz’s 29-year-old girlfriend after the NEW YORK POST published her name, Courtney Richards, this morning.

Jim Nantz’s 29-year-old girlfriend Courtney Richards vs. ex-wife Lorrie

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What, is he Steve Phillips’ wingman now?

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Probably an unfair comparison, since Nantz’s wife is in […]

Brooke Hundley appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America today to face the stalking charges brought against her by Steve Phillips and his wife Marni.

She offered no apologizes, saying instead, “I would hope that at some point he (Phillips) would grow up and take responsibility for his own actions.”
Hundley’s main point throughout the interview was the […]