WILL FERRELL AS USC STRENGTH COACH SNEAK PREVIEW: NFL Network tomorrow will air this comedy piece with Will Ferrell as USC auxiliary strength and conditioning coach “Chuck Berry” - who prepares USC offensive lineman Ryan Kalil for the biggest day of his football career:

The video co-stars Pete Carroll and “Little Matty” Leinart.
Get ready to grab […]

MAJERUS LANDS SLU JOB (AND A SPECIAL LADY FRIEND): Sources in St. Louis inform SbB that Rick Majerus will be named the new head coach of the St. Louis University basketball team today Monday.

Much more interesting is that Majerus, along with having his agent with him in St. Louis today, also has a GIRLFRIEND in […]

SCHILLING DUMPS LOAD OF DIARRHEA ON ANCIENT MEDIA: Curt Schilling shot back with both barrels today in his blog about the krylon’d-sock episode started by Gary Thorne.

Fark.com mainpaged the piece with this priceless hed:

The best part of the post on Schilling’s blog doesn’t have to do with the episode itself, but instead his opinion of […]

NOW I KNOW CONTE’S REALLY INTO ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES: Darren Rovell has the bizarro news that BALCO Owner Victor Conte, the who man claims to have supplied Barry Bonds with performance-enhancing drugs, is back selling legal supplements (for now):
Problem is, he’s STILL using images of Bonds and Greg Anderson (who is still in prison for […]

URLACHER HAT AUCTION PROCEEDS GOING TO FINE CAUSE: The NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN reports a Chicago radio station gave the Vitaminwater hat Brian Urlacher wore during Super Bowl XLI Media Day (yes, the hat that cost him $100-large in an asinine NFL fine)to Bears fan named Crystal Stupar, whose husband is serving in Afghanistan.

The Stupars have put […]

SPORTSbyBROOKS Girl Denise in Marina del Rey, CA:

NFL TO 17-GAME SEASON TO SATISFY OVERSEAS AFFAIRS? The WASHINGTON POST reports that NFL Commish Roger Goodell told a group of sports editors in NYC Thursday the league is “considering adding a 17th regular-season game to accommodate [its] desire to play overseas games, although the idea is in the formative stages.”

THe NFLPA had not heard […]

DON’T NIGGLE MICKELSON WITH LITTLE THINGS LIKE RULES: The DALLAS MORNING NEWS reports that PGA Tour rules stipulate if you miss a Pro-AM the week of a PGA event, you are automatically disqualified.

Unless, of course, you’re Phil Mickelson.
The DMN reports that despite missing the EDS Byron Nelson Pro-AM Wednesday, PGA Tour officials folded and […]

BEFORE MS. CHRISTINE DANIELS, ‘TWAS MR. MIKE PENNER: A photo of LOS ANGELES TIMES transsexual sportswriter Mike Penner, before his transformation to Christine Daniels:

Mike Penner/Christine Daniels Updates:
• TRANSSEXUAL FOLLOWUP BANISHED TO BIZ SECTION?!
• DANIELS COUNSELED BY TRANSSEXUAL SPORTSWRITER
• LAT SPORTSWRITER ADMITS TO BEING TRANSSEXUAL

MUD HENS FANS NEED TO DROP A VOWEL ONCE IN AWHILE: The CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER reports that current Indians Outfielder Shin-Soo Choo, who was called up to the major leagues Monday, heard boos for the wrong reason last week in Toledo, OH.

P-D: “When Class AAA Buffalo, the Indians’ top farm club, played in Toledo, fans […]