N. COLO. PUNTER GETS 7 YEARS FOR STABBING TEAMMATE: A former player for the University of Northern Colorado was sentenced to 7 years in prison for stabbing a teammate:

CBS 4 DENVER reports that Mitch Cozad was told of his term on Tuesday. Back in August, a jury found the former backup punter guilty of second-degree […]

QB LEINART WANTS CARDINALS TO ‘RIDE OR DIE’ WITH HIM: Matt Leinart isn’t too thrilled about sharing backfield duties with Kurt Warner. In fact, he’d prefer the team to “ride and die” with him:

USA TODAY now reports that the Cardinals QB is backing off on the statements he made to a Yahoo! Sports columnist […]

VICK RENTALS OUT OF FUEL, AS BANK WANTS MONEY BACK: If Michael Vick can’t run a dogfighting enterprise properly, how can he even manage a car rental service?

THE CONSUMERIST steps on the gas to tell us an Indiana bank is suing Vick and his company, Divine Seven, for not paying back loans taken out to […]

PRINCE SHOWS OFF NEW MOVES (NO, NOT *THAT* PRINCE): Move over, Mark Cuban: A new dancing fool is making his way into the hearts of millions - or at least a few dozen in Manhattan, KS:

The TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL tips us off on the steps of Kansas State coach Ron Prince, in a little move we […]

• WITH LEATHER uncovers the latest Union of Derek Jeter and a hot date:

• MIAMI SPORTS BLOG smells what The Rock is cooking: a $1 Million donation to the ‘U’.
• Something’s fishy: OUR SPORTS CENTRAL reels in the news that the Bridgeport Bluefish have landed a Marlin as their new GM.
• WAGGLE ROOM learns that […]

FILM FEATURING BRADY’S EX YANKED FROM PATS’ FLIGHT: Tom Brady. Superstar QB. Supermodel boy-toy. Super- sensitive film critic:

WBZ-TV reports that an in-flight movie on the New England Patriots’ plane was removed - because it contained scenes of Brady’s ex, Bridget Moynahan.The film, 2003’s “The Recruit”, had just started rolling as the team was making their […]

POT GROUP HIGH ON GETTING RICKY WILLIAMS TO DENVER: As Ricky Williams applies for reinstatement into the NFL, one group wants the pot-headed player to reach that Rocky Mountain High:

The DENVER POST reports a marijuana-legalization group known as Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation is trying to get Williams to sign with the Broncos.The group plans […]

POPE JOHN PAUL, MOTHER THERESA, GEORGE BAMBERGER: Today we stumbled onto PollardStudios.com, which features the amazing artwork of George Pollard, and is our new favorite website.
Pollard has been commissioned to paint Presidents, Popes and unforgettable world figures. His paintings of John Paul II, Mother Theresa, Martin Luther King, Ray Charles and Al Molinaro of “Happy […]

GIANTS GO FROM ONE FREAKISH STRONG MAN TO ANOTHER: Last weekend, the San Francisco Giants hosted a unique event at AT&T Park: A simulcast of the San Francisco Opera’s production of “Samson and Delilah” on the park’s 103-foot wide high-definition scoreboard.

The Giants’ MLB.com reports “nearly 3,000 people filled the seats behind home plate and snuggled […]

TEXAS BEER SERVERS ARE LESS THAN FAIR WITH OU FANS: With OU-Texas this Saturday in Dallas, the DAILY OKLAHOMAN does plenty to throw a scare into barb wire-tatted, red state rock-listening OU fans as they migrate south this weekend.

Excerpt: “This past weekend, servers at Fair Park beer stands surrounding the Cotton Bowl wouldn’t serve some […]