PAGING KATERINA WITT, PLEASE PICK UP THE WHITE COURTESY PHONE: PerezHilton ices aging, alcohol addled Oksana Baiul as the fossilizing former figure skater recently surfaced at a New York City product launch party:

SbB’S BULLET JOINT: This week’s ESPN Sportscenter anniversary show is brought to you by episode 30,000. The highlight of the evening, as pointed out by TheBigLead, will be Steve Levy’s Freudian slip.
• In a shocking coincidence, the KANSAS CITY STAR reports that the Kansas City Chiefs, less than two months after Lamar Hunt’s death, have […]

DYSFUNCTIONAL FAN FINGERED ON CRAIGSLIST: Craigslist is a fertile place to get sucked into the weird side of the web, and Deadspin has today’s pointer:

That kind of fetish post play reminds me of another more-famous female sports fan, who might be harboring similar thoughts after learning of her husband’s foreboding physical condition today.

NFL SPIKED BORDER PATROL RECRUITMENT AD: ABC News’ website reports NFL PR mouthpiece Greg Aiello said the league rebuffed an attempt by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to run a print ad recruiting U.S. Border Patrol agents in its official 2007 Super Bowl program.

Aiello said the “the sensitive political nature” of the ad, which […]

SWISHER’S NEW (NUDE) DISH IS DANIELLE GAMBA: SbB has learned that Nick Swisher of the Oakland A’s is keeping busy this offseason by dating former Raiders cheerleader and nude model Danielle Gamba.

Swisher apparently also likes to keep busy during the season as well (see above), but now is preoccupied with Gamba, who was fired by […]

NBA STARS GETS TOP BILLING, BUILDING IN VEGAS: The NBA invades Las Vegas beginning today, with league stars (and equally excited celebrities) decked out for a debaucherous week in the Nevada desert.

The legend of Las Vegas was erected on ceaseless, unconventional promotion, and the buildup to basketball’s biggest bloc party is no different, with gargantuan […]

STEINER’S DAYS AS SINGLES HITTER FINALLY OVER? I’ve got a table for one booked at Izzy’s Deli in Santa Monica this Valentine’s Day, so by no means do I consider myself a lady killer.
So instead of a warm and fuzzy evening with a beautiful woman, I more likely will be relegated to another night […]

REX GROSSMAN STILL MONEY AT PRIME RIB BUFFET: The “Davie Brown Celebrity Index (DBI)“, which rates eight categories such as awareness, appeal, notice, trust and influence among U.S. consumers, is the gold standard for measuring the marketing appeal of celebrities and athletes.
SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY reports the DBI for Super Bowl heroes Peyton Manning and […]

ROCKY ROAD FOR GOLFERS THANKS TO RACCOONS: The ST. PETERSBURG TIMES has this week’s “varmints-invade-golf course” story, reporting that raccoons are to blame for watches, wallets, purses, food and drink being pilfered at an alarming rate from golf carts on a local course.

In some cases the critters actually station themselves on cart paths, waiting for […]