IF LARRY THE CABLE GUY AIN’T THERE, WE’ll PROB PASS: We’ll be at the SC-Husker game in Lincoln this Saturday, and have no idea yet about tickets. And thanks to a Scott Wolf post on the L.A. DAILY NEWS website this week, we aren’t so sure about dropping two-hundy on get-me-ins.

Wolf writes game broadcaster ABC […]

STEVE NASH FIRMLY ON THE CHRIS MCGAHA BANDWAGON: AZ SPORTS HUB reports Steve Nash made “a surprise appearance at the ASU football game Saturday.”

Once he was spotted by the student section, they chanted “MVP” and launched Old Milwaukee empties at him (ok, we made the last part up).

• Six years later, POP JOCKS remembers two men of the Los Angeles Kings organization who lost their lives on 9/11.
• In case you missed it, YARDBARKER has Chad Johnson’s first TD of the year, and, more importantly, his first TD celebration of the year:

• Showing what a dangerous game football can be, here’s video […]

LETTERMAN HEADS BACK TO SCHOOL FOR BUILDING HONOR: David Letterman took a trip back to his alma mater to see a new communications building named after him.

The CHICAGO TRIBUNE reports Letterman headed back to Muncie, Indiana, for the dedication of the $21 million David Letterman Communication and Media Building at Ball State University.
The “Late Show” […]

SAY “AAAAAAAAAAAH!”; DITKA WANTED TO BE A DENTIST: Mike Ditka, former Chicago Bears coach and NFL all-pro tight end, explained why he chose to play his collegiate years at the University of Pittsburgh.
He wanted to be a dentist.

During last night’s 49ers-Cardinals snoozefest nail-biter, ESPN booth-minders Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic were chatting it up to […]