SbB BREAKING: EAGLES LIKELY FOR SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SPORTSbyBROOKS (”SbB”) has learned exclusively today that the National Football League is in final negotiations to sign the Eagles to perform at halftime of the 2008 Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona.

An announcment was not imminent, but a source said the likelihood of a deal being struck between […]

COLIN COWHERD = WOMAN TRAPPED INSIDE A MAN’S BODY: Today while attempting to pick up a fallen CD in our Astro minivan, we actually bumped the radio from our then-current music selection to AM radio. And lo and behold, we heard Colin “Schrutebag” Cowherd, our favorite woman-trapped-inside-a-man’s-body AM radio celebrity!

For the 30 seconds we listened, […]

NEW BLUE JAYS HIT COACH YANKS KNIFE OUT OF BACK: Gary Denbo is back in the MLB fold. After being stabbed in the back by Steinbrenner after the 2001 World Series, Denbo was hired on as hitting coach of the Toronto Blue Jays this week.

Why are we posting this? Well Denbo was the man most […]

• DEADSPIN has their cupcakes and eat them too, as this visage has been up on KUSports.com all day:

• As we told you earlier about Joe Paterno’s road rage, EVERY DAY SHOULD BE SATURDAY blares out the audio of JoePa’s overreaction. (It’s NSFW, so we know you’ll listen.)
• The NEW YORK TIMES looks for the […]

GAMECOCK GIVES GRATITUDE TO SCHOOL DURING TV INTV: Not TV cameras, not ESPN, not even Erin Andrews could stop a South Carolina player from honoring the alma mater:

THE COLUMBIA (SC) STATE reports how defensive end Eric Norwood paid his respects during a post-game interview. Norwood had returned two fumble recoveries for TDs in last […]

TEXAS TECH MUZZLES THE SELLING OF SLICK VICK SHIRTS: Stop the shirt presses! A Texas Tech student will no longer be allowed to sell his Vick-themed tees:

MSNBC reports that Geoffrey Candia will stop selling the shirts he created for the Red Raiders’ upcoming game against Texas A&M.
The front of the fashionable wear displays the words […]

RUGBY TEAM TAKES A GAMBLE WITH KENNY ROGERS SONG: England’s rugby team knows when to hold ‘em, as the squad has adopted one of Kenny Rogers’ tunes during their World Cup run:

The LONDON TELEGRAPH reports how the English players have been listening to “The Gambler” before hitting the pitch, and using the song in post-game […]