SNAPPLE BOTTOM: SPORTS ILLUSTRATED posts a “Celebrities at the Super Bowl” gallery which contains neither celebrities nor the big game.

BUT at least one guy had the good sense to record that Amanda Beard’s rear has no peer.

NFL TO SHUT DOWN GREEN ZONE OFFENSE? As the NFL hurriedly assembles a strike force to intercept church groups and assisted living facilities from showing the Super Bowl on anything larger than Kate Moss’ lower back, I’m sure the league read Tom Hoffarth’s blog this morning with great interest.

The SbB contributor and LOS ANGELES DAILY […]

GOODELL’S GAMBLING GOSPEL GARNERS GUFFAWS: Ed Graney of the LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL congratulates new NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for professing publicly, in his state of the league address during Super Bowl week, his disdain for Las Vegas and its negative impact on the league.
Meanwhile Goodell and the league recently announced an NFL regular season game […]

ESPN, via the ASSOCIATED PRESS, reports that USC kicker Mario Danelo, who recently fell to his death from a cliff in San Pedro, CA., was intoxicated at the time of the accident.

Much like the writer of the headline for the story.

CHICAGO PAPER CAUGHT IN SUPER SCREWUP: Editor & Publisher reports last Saturday the CHICAGO TRIBUNE “published what it said was the front page of a CHICAGO SUN-TIMES extra” dated Sunday, February 4, with the headline, “Chicago Bears World Champs!”
Tribune officials were obviously delighted in reporting that the page “made it out of [the […]

TrueHoop.com relays a piece from a Pistons fan site that chronicles the fine art of NBA beat reporting.
More specifically, the inner machinations of writing game stories, courtesy DETROIT FREE PRESS reporter Krista Jahnke: “I write during time outs and at halftime, and if it’s a close game, most of the fourth quarter, trying to follow […]

DON’T HOLD YOUR BREATH: The SALT LAKE DESERET MORNING NEWS reports the real possibilty that the local MLS team will soon be moving.
Utah Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. has informed state government officials they have a Friday deadline “to set aside money needed to keep” MLS Real Salt Lake in SLC, “or the team […]

TALENT AGENCY’S MASSIVE SPORTS BIZ LAND GRAB: SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL reports on the company which is rapidly becoming the most powerful player in the sports business world - this side of Beaverton - Creative Artists Agency.
CAA, which represents the top entertainment talent in the world (think Tom Cruise), recently “acquired the practice of the NBA player […]

Deep thoughts…

I’ll be co-hosting ESPN radio’s “Big Show” in Los Angeles on KSPN (710am) today from 3-6pm PT, as I pinch-hit for John Ireland and join Steve Mason.

You can listen to the show live via this streaming link.