PARALYZED VEGAS BOUNCER SUES PACMAN, TITANS & NFL: A bouncer who was shot during Pacman Jones’ imfamous Vegas melee is now suing the player, the Tennessee Titans and the National Football League:

YAHOO! NEWS reports that Tommy Urbanski has filed suit against Jones, the team and the league - holding them responsible for the injuries that […]

ANOTHER BLOG NAME BAGS ON THE BOYS FROM BRISTOL: Following in the footsteps of Kissing Suzy Kolber, Hugging Harold Reynolds and Scott Van Pelt Style, another sports blog has arisen with reference to an ESPN personality: The Lazy Eye of Stuart Scott:

Sure, anyone can come up with “Fire(yourcoachhere).com” and make a tidy profit off of […]

N.C. COLLEGES WATERING FAKE GRASS DURING DROUGHT: As North Carolina suffers from a severe drought, a couple of colleges go about watering their hockey fields - fields that are made of fake grass:

The GREENSBORO NEWS-RECORD rains down the news that Duke and the University of North Carolina have been spraying the synthetic turf - while […]

• SI’s EXTRA MUSTARD relishes this video tribute to dearly departed Yankees skipper Joe Torre:

• Meanwhile, THE BIG PICTURE ketches up with the man behind the Mustard, Jimmy Traina.
• AWFUL ANNOUNCING reports that ESPN is bringing their SportsNation to the radio airwaves.
• THE PAINTED AREA tosses some purple & gold confetti at Lakers owner Rip […]

ALICE COOPER HAD THE ROCKS BEAT BY ABOUT 25 YEARS: One of the great things about the Colorado Rockies improbable run is the new term they, AND ONLY THEY, have helped us discover: Rocktober.

The DENVER POST reports that the Rockies are so serious about their astonishing find, that in “four separate Oct. 4 registration applications, […]

Leave it to the unrelenting diligence of the KXMB “News Team” in Bismarck, North Dakota, to help us keep our priorities straight when it comes to news:

BEST DAMN STRIPPER SHOW FINALLY FIRMS UP KC’S HERM: We’re really excited that our Kansas City Chiefs have begun to round into form, as the brain trust of Carl Peterson and Herm Edwards are on track to guarantee K.C.’s longest running tradition: Play just well enough to miss the playoffs while guaranteeing a dog poop […]

ALLEN IVERSON, MICHAEL VICK ARE BOTH SOL IN THE ATL: On the heels of the fabulous housing news here in Hollywood (somebody forgot to tell snare-drum face!), we spotlight two beloved athletes having some (very) real estate problemos in Black Hollywood - Atlanta.

YOU BEEN BLINDED reports that Allen Iverson is stuck with the mother of […]

REASON #21,353 STEELY MCBEAM REALLY ISN’T NEEDED: We know you remember Steelers kicker Jeff Reed, who previously made the greatest single NFL player appearance in the league history at a Pittsburgh bar.

Well, MONDESI’S HOUSE reports today that Reed, shirtless wonder that he is, once again didn’t disappoint the ladies in his followup appearance last night […]

BOOK: CALLAHAN CALLED OSBORNE A “CRUSTY, OLD F***” College football outpost THE WIZARD OF ODDS has a wonderful report this morning on a book due out next month that apparently has Bill Callahan calling Tom Osborne a “crusty old f***“ and that the former Congressman was “trying to run things from Washington.”

The book was written […]