LENNY KRAVITZ LETTING HIS LOVE RULE AT CFL GREY CUP: When SbB broke the news that the Eagles would be the halftime band for the Super Bowl, many of our neighbors to the north must have been wondering, “But what about the entertainment for *our* Super Bowl, the Grey Cup?”

Wonder no more, our Canuck compadres, […]

ROCKIES WORLD SERIES TIX TO BE ONLY OFFERED ONLINE: Good news, Colorado baseball fans! No more standing in the chill of a mid-October Rocky Mountain morning to get a chance at World Series seats:

The DENVER BUSINESS JOURNAL reports that all tickets for the Rockies’ remaining home games will only be available online at the team’s […]

WE’RE NONPLUSSED OVER OMELETTE STATION OMISSION: We’ve worked college football games in the SEC, Big 12, Big 10 and Pac-10 and have come to the conclusion that Ohio State is the number-one football school in America, on and off-the-field.

ESPN.com’s Bruce Hooley has more evidence of that in a recent piece detailing the Buckeyes’ obscene “86,000-square-foot […]

AT LEAST ENGLAND ESCAPED PUTIN’S PLUTONIUM SASHIMI: Having to face England in a Euro 2008 soccer qualifier, a few Russian fans turned to an unexpected source to help their team scratch out a win:

THE OFFSIDE spells out news of Russian soccer supporters enlisting a Haitian voodoo priestess to vex the English side. She placed her […]

THE GENERAL DISCUSSES PLANS FOR THE INDIANS & IRAQ: During the Big 12’s basketball media day, Bobby Knight spent his time talking about foul balls instead of foul shots:

The COLUMBIA MISSOURIAN reports that the Texas Tech coach took most of his 11 minutes discussing the MLB playoffs. And ESPN has video proof of the […]

WHO WANTS TO HAVE TO TRACK DOWN LEAVITT’S CELL #? We’re starting to believe that ESPN doesn’t want any part of the best stories in college football this season: The South Florida Bulls and Kentucky Wildcats. MEANINGLESS COLLATERAL deconstructs the comments and senseless poll voting of ESPN GameDayers Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit - […]

• BALLSIEST nose knows Manny & the Sox will have to dig deep to catch the Indians:

• The MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL needs a drink, as the Brewers’ financial success may actually cost them money.
• HUGGING HAROLD REYNOLDS is in the Pitts, as coach Dave Wannstedt tears a tendon.
• The SYDNEY MORNING HERALD can tell how […]

CONSPIRACY THEORY - CUBAN BEHIND COUTURE UFC BOLT? Kevin Iole has an update on the aftermath of Randy Couture’s decision to leave the UFC. A big reason last week that Couture claimed he was bolting the Dana White-led promotion was he couldn’t fight preferred opponent Fedor Emelianenko. Emelianenko is under contract to M-1 Mix Fight […]

SEAN AVERY DOES LIKE HIS “LOVELY CASHMERE THROWS“: NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE has a sometimes strange exchange with NHL Rangers paper tiger Sean Avery. The mag queries Avery about his ice-borne occupation, but also attempts to conjur up the goon as a style sophisticat, with (unintentionally) hilarious results.

“Best recent gift: ‘People don’t really buy me […]

BILLS FANS KNOW THEIR WAY AROUND A VIDEO CAMERA: Jimmy Traina at EXTRA MUSTARD is the first to unearth this amusing (and well done) video of a Buffalo Bills tailgate party:

Dancing girls, bad body hair and a Hulk Hogan impersonator getting hit in the back with a folding chair while on top of a school […]