One of our current favorite features in online newspaper sports sections is the longtime reporter guy trying to do video standups.

(Schmuck’s Myspace photo must be killer, too)
Peter Schmuck, who has covered just about everything for the BALTIMORE SUN over the years, does his best at Super Bowl media day. We just hope to hell he’s […]

Last week we posted about Jeremy Shockey’s possible strange reluctance to attend the Super Bowl. The DENVER POST (via PFT) reports today that “The Giants invited Pro Bowl tight end Jeremy Shockey, who is out with a broken leg, to the Super Bowl. He hasn’t decided whether he will attend.“

Meanwhile, Shockey is a “confirmed guest” […]

The BOSTON HERALD reports that the city of Boston and the Patriots have the bright idea to stage a Super Bowl victory parade, if the Pats win, next Tuesday through the heart of The Bean.

(Who cares? Mitt’s screwed either way!)
Next Tuesday also happens to be Super Tuesday, and the parade will no doubt be a […]

This isn’t a recent photo of Brett Favre from BUSTED COVERAGE, but you get the idea. We do know he isn’t in Green Bay (thank god, it’s -9 there today).

(”Anyone seen a ballwasher?“)
Our money is on him currently nipping at some Old Granddad, while crouched in a duck blind in some southern Mississippi bog.

Remember Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez’s offer to pay West Virginia $1.5M in an effort to settle the lawsuit by the school over his $4M buyout?

(Just Call him “Sub-Prime Saddam“)
Yesterday, his attorney Marv Robon told the ASSOCIATED PRESS, “We decided we want to show the court, more than anybody else, that we are acting responsibly, […]

With the Daytona 500 right around the corner (Feb. 17), we thought we’d get you primed for the race with this handsome video from the 1986 Winston 500 in Talladega - in which a fan steals the pace car:

We really had a fondness for major sporting events named after cigarettes. Where’d the magic go?

The PORTLAND OREGONIAN reports”Oregon athletic director Pat Kilkenny has apologized for the behavior of the Pit Crew at McArthur Court (toward UCLA’s Kevin Love) during the Ducks’ 80-75 loss to UCLA in a men’s basketball game last Thursday.”

The ASSOCIATED PRESS adds, “The younger Love and his father were booed and jeered unmercifully by the […]

Clay Bennett will not suffer your insolence. The SEATTLE TIMES reports how a Sonics fan may have been tossed out of the arena on orders from the team’s owner.

(Clay Bennett Halloween mask courtesy of SUPERSONIC SOUL)
Sam Kidder says he learned through the Internet that Bennett would be attending Sunday night’s game at the KeyArena, so […]

Daisuke Matsuzaka can’t be licked - or can he? The star pitcher has just been given the stamp(s) of approval from Japan’s postal service.

SbBer Mark mails in word from MAINICHI DAILY NEWS that the Red Sox hurler will be featured in a set of collectible stamps. The special Dice-K postage will be available throughout post […]

• LARRY BROWN SPORTS would buy anything Greg Oden was selling, based on his performance in this ESPN The Magazine ad:

• CRASHBURN ALLEY draws up news of John Kruk appearing on “Aqua Teen Hunger Force“.
• TIRICO SUAVE has some suggestions for anyone thinking of starting up a Dana Jacobson-inspired sports blog.
• WAGGLE ROOM swings over […]