IS THIS HOW IT ALL STARTED FOR MICKEY ROURKE? KCNC-TV in Denver escorts Colorado Avalanche tough guy Ian Laperriere to a local plastic surgeon “to find out if his damaged face could be straightened out after he retires from the NHL.”
Laperriere, who HockeyFights.com reports has had 144(!) fights in his 12-year NHL career, has had […]

COST OF ELIMINATING VEGAS NBA BETTING? JUST $6M: David Stern in the past has been adamant about not locating a NBA franchise in Las Vegas because of the local betting action on the games.
Darren Rovell of CNBC explains that taking all 2,400 games off the Las Vegas sportsbook boards isn’t nearly as costly as […]

BUCKEYE STUDENT BODY TAKES FLORIDA GATOR BAIT: Nike posted a clever viral ad recently on Youtube disguised as an amusing video account of what happens when you erect a replica of the University of Florida Gator mascot, “Alfred”, near the Ohio State campus.

The mascot was placed in front of a fast food joint (as to […]

THERE GOES THE BUNKBED ENDORSEMENT FOR AROD: Alex Rodriguez to the ASSOCIATED PRESS today on how his relationship with Derek Jeter has cooled:
“You go from sleeping over at somebody’s house five days a week, and now you don’t sleep over. It’s just not that big of a deal.

CRIME LIGHT IN VEGAS FOR NBA ALL-STAR WEEKEND: Following up on the slanderous security concerns of Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman for NBA All-Star weekend, I’ve tracked down the crime statistics from the LV Police Department’s official website crime incident database.
Considering the gigantic influx of visitors for the weekend, which has been described by Las […]

CHET COPPOCK IGNORES BROADCASTING RESUME, CLAIMS ATTACK COMPLETELY UNJUSTIFIED: Various Chicago media outlets are reporting that local sportscaster Chet Coppock was assaulted “without provocation” outside AllState Arena Wednesday night after a DePaul basketball game:

Coppock claims Jamie Waldron, 25, berated him (and his girlfriend) during the game, and then punched him in the parking lot afterwards. […]

K-STATE FANS REALLY, REALLY NEED A HUG TONIGHT: There were lots of memorable American entertainment moments in the fateful year 1983.
You had the feature film that suddenly made non-lumberjacks feel right at home with a chainsaw in their hands in “Scarface”.
George Brett losing his pine at Yankee Stadium.
And the video game that […]

CHECKER FLAGGED: Headline from Fark.com about the wild Daytona 500 Finish:
“Big Oil edges US Army at the line“

SUREST SIGN SI EMPLOYEES MIGHT BE DISTRACTED: Today’s editorial mistake by an underpaid, unappreciated, and generally beleagured main media online sports editor is brought to you by SI.com:

If SI wants to reduce flagrant editorial errors, perhaps the venerable sports journalism institution should layoff the publishing quasi-pornography, since it’s quite a distraction for Time, Inc., employees:

INSUFFERABLE CUBS FANS GET YOUTUBE JUST DUE: OK, thanks to WithLeather for presenting the funniest thing in the history of insufferable fake Cubs fans (replete with hair dryer background noise) AUDIO NSFW!: