IT’S GREAT TO BE A FLORIDA GATOR HATER: Take a guess …

… who we’re rooting for …

… today.

BELLY-ITCHERS NEED NOT APPLY TO CINCY LITTLE LEAGUE: Paul Daugherty of the CINCINNATI ENQUIRER reports a youth baseball league called the “The Knothole Club of Greater Cincinnati” is banning players from using “chatter” unless it is “positive” and encourages teammates.

Daugherty: “You can’t say ‘We want a pitcher, not an underwear stitcher!’ unless, maybe, you grew […]

MELO ANTHONY LIKES TO TAP HONEYDEWS NOW AND THEN: The NBA announced this week that the league will stage three games in China next preseason involving the Orlando Magic, the Cleveland Cavaliers and China’s national team.

As part of the web promotion for the game, NBA.com has posted some of the nicknames that Chinese fans have […]

MOVIE LOVERS NOW HAVE THEIR OWN FANTASY LEAGUE: If love movies, check out Steve Mason’s FantasyMoguls.com, where you can make out as a movie executive - picking the flicks you think will bust some blocks.

Mason, who also hosts on KSPN-AM in L.A., has an extensive breakdown of all the films for the upcoming weekend, and […]

SI EDITOR’S PIMP HAND STRONG, AND THAT’S GOOD THING: My favorite website, Sports Business Daily (it really is), has an exclusive interview with sports biz newsmakers every week. This week was Terry McDonell, who runs SPORTS ILLUSTRATED and SI.com (and a bunch of other stuff you don’t care about).

The great thing about SBD’s Q & […]

HUGE-BOOBED DUKE GROUPIE NOT CRAZY ABOUT CRAZIES: CSTV unearths the rarest of creatures, an enormously breasted Duke basketball groupie under 300 lbs. (the obscure video reminds me of that grainy Bigfoot footage often seen on The Discovery Channel).

The endangered specie is interviewed about her experience as a Duke basketball fan (there are actually three parasites […]

DISCERNING DODGER OWNERS PUNCH TICKET TO SUCCESS: One the reasons people flock to my home, Los Angeles, is this place is the entertainment capital of the world. And making a contribution to that reputation every day is Los Angeles Dodger Owners Frank and Jamie McCourt.

After a rough start, the McCourts have made a public relations […]

UNDERHANDED MOVIEGOER MILKING UNCOVERS ART GAFFE: Tom Hoffarth of the LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS reports Sony Pictures is releasing another DVD version of Robert Redford’s “The Natural” that includes additional footage from the film. I know the movie was released way back in 1984, but the least the DVD cover artists could’ve done was watch […]

NASCAR, SPORTS MEDIA HELP IN UNEARTHING DINOSAURS: Ladies and Gentleman, THE ONION presents NASCAR’s “Car of Yesterday”:

In a related story, FireJoeMorgan has an extensive inside look at the “Columnist of Yesterday“:

LEBRON ON SHOE-BUYING PEASANTS - LET THEM EAT CAKE: Lebron James to NEWSDAY on if he would consider a discount shoe line like Stephon Marbury’s “Starbury”, which allows less financially fortunate NBA fans to buy player-endorsed shoes and apparel: “No, I don’t think so. Me being with Nike, we hold our standards high.”

James holds his […]