SI RIPS ESPN SPORTSCENTER CONCEPT FOR KIDS WEBSITE: SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY reports SPORTS ILLUSTRATED launched a redesign of SIKIDS.com today.

As part of the change, there is now a video channel called “SI Kids TV”, and the first clip uploaded onto the site is a mock sports highlight show called “BobbleCenter” - which features animated bobblehead […]

SUNS SEEKING TO CASH IN ON STEVE NASH’S BLOODY BEAK: The EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE reports today the Phoenix Suns are now selling a one-off T-shirt as a tribute to Steve Nash busting his beak last week:

The shirt costs $25 (and will soon go for three times that on Ebay).

Stay tuned for more new pics of the SbB Girls coming soon.

GETTING THROWN OUT ON YOUR ASS IS A-OK IF YOU’RE OJ: Last we left off O.J. Simpson’s Greyhound to Hades, the Barry Bonds-headed one was getting thrown out on his ass from a Louisville steakhouse by the proprietor, Jeff Ruby.

Immediately after the removal, Simpson attorney Yale Galanter claimed racism and vowed to sue Ruby. Galanter: […]

HOOPS RECRUIT’S TRIP TO USF TURNS OUT TO BE BULL—-: Greg Auman of the ST. PETERSBURG TIMES has the very latest on highly touted Houston high school basketball recruit Kem Nweke, who recently made an official recruiting visit to the University of South Florida.

The 6-foot-10 center “had his flight home delayed, then cancelled, so he […]

THE NFL ISN’T SO SURE ABOUT THIS SEX FOR MONEY THING: A Las Vegas TV station (an I-Team exclusive!) reports a local police vice squad investigation into a juvenile prostitution ring has turned up some interesting info about recently-released Pittsburgh Steeler Richard Seigler: He is (allegedly) a pimp.

Report: “The suspects name is Richard Seigler. He’s […]

SOMEBODY, ANYBODY SAY A PRAYER FOR SCOTT SKILES: I’m sure it isn’t lost on most NBA fans that the Pistons are strafing opponents so far in the NBA playoffs without one of their past mainstays in the pivot, Ben Wallace.

Wallace had plenty of conflicts with Detroit Coach Flip Saunders during a less-than-stellar previous season, and […]

Mmmm. Pastry and Beer.

STOUDEMIRE STEPS TO BOWEN ABOUT ILLEGAL KICKBACK: Yesterday Phoenix Sun Amare Stoudemire publicly accused San Antonio Spur Bruce Bowen of trying to injure him in Game Two of the Suns-Spurs NBA playoff series.

Video of the play is on YouTube now, and strangely enough, it isn’t in an NBA-sponsored area.

Stoudemire: “I know it’s the playoffs. I […]

• AOL FANHOUSE congratulates U of Kentucky fan fatale Ashley Judd for finally getting her college degree:

• THE FEED rats out who’s gone to visit Tank Johnson while he passes time in the pokey. Yes: Most Bears teammates, coaches and Jesse Jackson; No: Johnson’s fiancee and also-looking-to-make-a-break-for-it Lance Briggs.• As he plots his […]