DAN PATRICK SHOW DULLED DOWN AS HOST GOES SOLO: We know it’s only the first day of Dan Patrick’s *new* radio show, so we’d like to think the development of the show is still in progress. But, after listening to it this morning on KLAC-AM in Los Angeles, this version of the DP show reminds […]

BUFFS’ DAN HAWKINS PREGAMED WITH DANCING QUEEN: Like you, we were a little dubious about Colorado’s upset over Oklahoma. But in his blog today, CU Coach Dan Hawkins clears up the confusion, by giving us the real inspiration behind his coaching effort last Saturday at Folsom Field: “Took my wife to Red Rocks on Thursday […]

BETTER HATE THAN NEVER; FISH FANS TRASH RAIDERS BUS: The OAKLAND TRIBUNE reports that Dolphins fans pelted the team buses of the Oakland Raiders with garbage after Miami was defeated by Daunte Culpepper & Co. in South Florida on Sunday.

Excerpt: “A bottle shattered a window on the fourth of six Raiders buses, with the glass […]

U. OF MEMPHIS PLAYER “MURDERED”; CLASSES CANCELED: The student newspaper at the University of Memphis reports today that classes have been canceled Monday after a football player at the school was murdered.

Excerpt: “Taylor Bradford, a junior defensive lineman from Nashville, was pronounced dead at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. After he was shot, he […]

• OUT OF LEFT FIELD believes Erin Andrews’ peck on Pat White may have been the kiss of death for West Virginia:

• BLOOMBERG gets a second opinion, as Greg Oden didn’t learn his knee injury was a season-ending one until he saw the Blazer’s news conference on TV.• GHOSTS OF WAYNE FONTES cancels the moving […]

HAIRIED TONGANS TOLD TO GIVE UP GREEN FOR TOURNEY: In a hair-raising decision, the Tonga rugby team wasn’t allowed to do-and-dye for a do-or-die World Cup match:

RUGBY HEAVEN teases us the news that the International Rugby Union did not permit the Pacific Islanders to dye their hair green for their elimination game against England.
The Tongans […]

STUDY ADVISES CATCHING HEAT STROKE FROM BEHIND: What’s the best way to check someone for heat stroke? Not to sound rude, but stick it where the sun don’t shine:

REUTERS HEALTH reports that according to a latest study, rectal thermometers are the most accurate in reading the temperature of the human body. Correct readings can […]

WOLVERINE WOES CONTINUE WITH POSSIBLE PSU FORFEIT: It’s bad enough to lose to 1-AA Appalachian State. It’s even worse to get blown out by Oregon. And now Michigan might have to give up their only quality win of the season:

THE CLEVELAND LEADER punts us the news that the 3-2 Wolverines may have to […]

New SbB Girl Ashley in Venice, CA:

It was a historic Sunday…
…in more ways than one.