• Move over, Jeff Reed & Vince Young - DEADSPIN finds another shirtless stud that likes to party with his top off: NBA old-timer Charles Oakley.

• The WINSTON SALEM (NC) JOURNAL tries to take the sting out of Kobe Bryant’s so-called shunning of the Charlotte Hornets.

• THE BIZ OF BASEBALL hungers at the news that the new Yankee Stadium will include a Hard Rock Cafe.

• MERRY ATHEIST wants to keep the deity off the diamond, as they don’t believe “God Bless America” should be sung at ballparks anymore.

• INDIGNANT SPORTS just wants to get a straight answer about Michael Beasley’s correct height.

• WALKOFF WALK tries to defend Mets GM Omar Minaya over his handling of Willie Randolph’s dismissal.

• The UK’s DAILY MAIL passes along word that a British soccer girl is getting a full ride to play at an American university.

• Celine Dion’s got mad hops: FOOD COURT LUNCH shoots up their selections for the Canadian Basketball Entertainment League.