ESPN IGNORING REPORTER’S DONOVAN-TO-HEAT CLAIM?: While Kentucky fans continue their attempt to ruin Florida’s Final Four focus rumors of Billy Donovan’s imminent departure to Kentucky continue to percolate, Tom Friend of ESPN The Magazine announced on Jim Rome’s ESPN-TV show “Rome is Burning” yesterday that Donovan “is going to leave (Florida) and replace” Pat Riley […]

QUIET RIOT - BUCKS FANS DEMONSTRATE FINAL FOUR FATE: Now here’s a scene I never thought I’d see: A Michigan fan helping Ohio State dorm rats prepare for the Buckeyes’ big Final Four free-for-all:

Thanks to generosity of that Wolverine, now OSU fans understand that they can continue on their tradition of trashing their own town […]

CHEERLEADER VIDS CAUSE (OVER) 3-SECOND VIOLATIONS: KCNC-TV in Denver has a blatant ratings grab serious treatment of a rite of Spring in the Rocky Mountains:

Bronco cheerleader tryouts (note to KCNC - an “enlarge” prompt on the media player for this piece isn’t necessary).

While that kind of video will keep you honest with the missus, this […]

SPORTS HOTTIES NEEDN’T BE ON TOP TO HIT MOTHERLODE: Darren Rovell reports that female athletes needn’t be on top to hit a financial motherlode - as he details the “O-fers” of some of women’s sports highest profile performers:

• Anna Kournikova: O-for-122 in WTA singles events
• Michelle Wie: O-for-40 in LPGA and PGA events
• Danica Patrick: […]

ERIN ANDREWS - BEING ON YOUTUBE IS “KIND OF GROSS“: CSTV recently cornered interviewed Erin Andrews about her days as a member of the University of Florida dance team called the Dazzlers.

The extreme close-upped Andrews’ most notable reaction to the line of questioning was her queasiness about video from one of her collegiate dance performances […]

YAHOO SPORTS NOT KEEN ON OLD HORRY IN SAN ANTONIO: Robert Horry didn’t play in San Antonio’s blowout win over Golden State last night. And apparently, as SbB reader Nate points out, Yahoo Sports knows the reason why:

MINDFUL CABLE NET CATCHES BIG SPORTS BLOG AUDIENCE: Like Ricky Bell strafing the Wash. State defense in 1976, blogging is making huge gains in the cultural mainstream.

More and more, people who actually enjoy something other than artificial light are getting their news and sports first from blogs. And if you haven’t figured that out yet, […]