Our off-the-cuff comments never need defending. (The 222s certainly help.)

• Racer Danica Patrick gets ever racier by posing topless for SI:

• While the mag convinced the delectable driver to show some skin, it won’t be covering Tiger Woods as Jesus.
• John Rocker says he & A-Rod got steroid advice from the Texas Rangers.

DC SPORTS BOG finds who Jim Fassel really blames for losing out on the Redskins job. Dan Snyder? Jim Zorn? Vinny Cerrato?
Nope - ’twas those evil, evil bloggers.

The ex-Giants coach said on John Thompson’s local radio show that his shot at coaching the ‘Skins was scuttled by online opinionators agitated at such a scenario.

John Ourand of SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY reports that college sports channel CSTV will be changing its name to CBS College Sports.

The re-christening is scheduled for March, just in time for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. As Ourand points out, “CBS execs clearly hope the CBS brand will help convince cable operators to carry the channel, […]

Michael David Smith of FANHOUSE reports today that he was contacted by ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz about the Chris Berman videos that have been widely circulated on the internet over the past week.

ESPN’s official statement, via Krulewitz: “The off air videos are now nearly a decade old and do not reflect his typical workplace […]

Mike Sando of ESPN.com’s HASHMARKS plucks this comment from a Redskins.com interview with new Washington coach Jim Zorn:
“To watch Clinton Portis and the strain for the extra yard, it can fire you right up. I think he has excellent vision and he seems to be disciplined moving in the hole. He is probably the idea […]