… Next up, someone sues Bill Belichick for pain and suffering over his offensive sideline ensembles.

• Amateur photos from SI swimsuit shoots uncover more evidence that the mag’s models are getting back to what readers really want.
• Kobe Bryant has decided to has decided to play through his pinkie pain.
• Can’t wait for the cross(dressing)-examinations: […]

We’re in Vegas at the moment, the site of last year’s NBA All-Star game. If you want to get a head-shake or a mean-face, bring that up to a local today. If you don’t know of what we speak, welcome back to Earth. We missed you.

We expect things to go damn well in New Orleans […]

We’re sure NASCAR executives trying to lock down deals with upscale advertisers will be pleased with the ORLANDO SENTINEL’s breakdown of the infield denizens attending this year’s Daytona 500:
John Parker, a St. Petersburg carpenter, and his friends sleep in tents and shower with water piped from a garbage can heated by a turkey fryer.

Hank […]

It’s not just senators who are up in arms about the Patriots’ cheating ways. The CINCINNATI ENQUIRER reports that because of Bill Belichick’s illegal videotaping, some fans & players from Super Bowl XXXVI are suing for a super refund.

A lawsuit was filed in New Orleans on Friday, claiming the illegal videotaping of a Rams walkthrough […]

The PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE reports that this whole “Spygate” business has gotten a bit personal for Arlen Specter, as the Pennsylvania senator says that the Patriots secretly videotaped coaches’ signals during four Steelers games.

Specter commented on the new revelations by saying, “I think Steelers fans have a lot to be concerned about this and I’m one […]

• DEADSPIN thinks it’s safe to say that Josh Beckett hasn’t been taking steroids in the off-season:

• The KANSAS CITY STAR is spooked by the thought of the ghost of wrestler Owen Hart haunting Kemper Arena.
• HUGGING HAROLD REYNOLDS takes a secret glance at a new way to spy in the NFL.
• RANDBALL dribbles over […]

ESPN THE MAGAZINE has a treatment this week on the perception fans have of the NBA. Of course, race is the central issue. Brian Scalabrine of the Boston Celtics, who is white, said this in the piece:

“The misperception of our league is definitely race-driven. Suppose that for a whole year, none of our players got […]

Michael Hiestand of USA TODAY confirms our suspicions about the now-missing Chris Berman videos: ESPN told YouTube to take them down.

“How do you get that kind of toothpaste back in the tube? ESPN’s Josh Krulewitz says ESPN, arguing the Berman videos are owned by ESPN, asked YouTube.com to remove the videos — which happened. What […]

Dan Steinberg of DC SPORTS BOG has an audio-video sync’d up look at Georgetown radio announcer Rich Chvotkin as he straps on the pom-poms in a Hoya victory over Villanova.
Some of you may know that we were a longtime radio PBP guy for baseball, hockey and basketball, so seeing an announcer so blatantly cheer for […]

The SPORTS ILLUSTRATED swimsuit issue no longer compels us to sprint to the newsstand or rearrange our web surfing habits. But we were pleasantly surprised when we discovered that SI finally caught on and made the right call with its swimsuit-less cover girl.

For us, Marisa Miller will go down in history as the greatest non-celeb […]