• Time for the Chicago Cubs to bring that dugout-blessing priest back to the Friendly Confines - so he can administer the Last Rites.

• Speaking of holy matters, a Stanford lineman more or less tells Notre Dame & its fans to go to hell.

• It’s about time we heard from Warren Sapp about his thoughts on this whole Lane Kiffin business.

• Nate Miles’ b-ball career ends before it even starts after the UConn player gets charged for sexual abuse.

• Do you crave more than one Lingerie Bowl game per year? You’re in luck - here comes the Lingerie Football League!

• Prince Fielder does some trash talking - by saying he’s playing like garbage.

• A Division II college football player doesn’t want a dislocated pinky to end his career - so he has the damaged digit cut off.

• Could Bobby Valentine be back in baseball in the Big Apple?

• French soccer should look into other non-lethal ways of delivering game balls.

• Losing sleep over another Cubs loss? Lou Piniella hopes a sleep doctor has his team’s cure.