A.P. HAPPY TO LET APP STATE APPLY FOR VOTES A-PLENTY: If Steve Spurrier can put Duke into the Top 25, why can’t Appalachian State get some votes? Well, now they can:

CBS SPORTS reports that the Associated Press will now allow lower-division schools to be eligible for inclusion in their top 25 college football poll.
The decision […]

STUART SCOTT CHOICE TO GO WEST OR PAY 50 CENT TOLL: Kanye West and 50 Cent will be having a throw-down showdown, and they’ve asked Stuart Scott to help decide “who’s now”:

TAMPABAY.COM’s THE JUICE and USA TODAY samples us the news that the two rappers will be appearing on the BET music show “106 & […]

• FAST MACHINES waves the checkered flag, as Funny Car driver Ashley Force is named AOL’s Hottest Athlete:

• BUGS AND CRANKS briefs us that Phillies RF Shane Victorino likes to go commando.• ARMCHAIR GM is in awe of these awesomely awesome moments from the first NFL game this season.
• Staying on the field, the AOL […]

ANA IVANOVIC WILL GIVE YOU THE DRESS OFF HER BACK: SbBer Mark serves us up this “Exclusive!” online contest, where the grand prize is a tennis dress signed by Serbian sensation Ana Ivanovic:

TENNIS.COM is actually being a little more generous and offering up *three* adidas dresses, each with the John Hancock of the 19-year-old backhanding […]