Our off-the-cuff comments never need defending. (The 222s certainly help.)

• Racer Danica Patrick gets ever racier by posing topless for SI:

• While the mag convinced the delectable driver to show some skin, it won’t be covering Tiger Woods as Jesus.

• John Rocker says he & A-Rod got steroid advice from the Texas Rangers.

• Latrell Sprewell needs to choke up some money, as he just lost his house & yacht.

• This high school girl’s got mad dunking skills.

• Chris Berman’s latest video adventure: Al Michaels is a f**khead.

• Charles Barkley’s Super Bowl losses are $300,000 less than originally thought.

• Kenechi Udeze of the Minnesota Vikings has been diagnosed with leukemia.

• An Indian midget muscleman is thinking big.

• Rick Reilly celebrates his 50th birthday by singing to John Elway.