• Derek Jeter hopes to get a hold of a Virginia Tech valentine.

• Surely Bud Selig was nervous about experiencing in-flight plane trouble? Of course he wasn’t - and don’t call me Shirley.
• Tom Brady & Eli Manning meet again - to look for some sensible slacks.
• A group of Cuban soccer players in […]

Vin Scully is a true broadcasting legend. The long-time announcer has been covering the Dodgers for decades, becoming a synonymous symbol of the team, just as much as Tommy Lasorda or Fernando Valenzuela.

But one member of the Blue Crew apparently isn’t tickled pink about Vin’s vaunted tenure. TRUE BLUE L.A. turns red when they hear […]

Apparently, Green Bay QB Aaron Rodgers is taking this “frozen tundra” business a bit too literally.

PACKERS NEWS reports that the heir apparent to Brett Favre was in Alaska this week, participating in a dog sled race.

March 31 will be the last Opening Day at the current Yankee Stadium - but Shelley Duncan and Melky Cabrera won’t be there.

The NEW YORK DAILY NEWS rumbles up news that the two Yanks have been suspended for the first three games of the season, due to their little tete-a-tete with Tampa Bay on Wednesday.

The ASSOCIATED PRESS sends along the shocking news that a Brazilian soccer player was struck by lightning during a game.

Gilvan of the Novo Horizonte club was hit during the 63rd minute of his team’s match against Atletico Goianiense on Wednesday. The bolt struck the midfielder at, um, midfield, where he immediately collapsed and was rushed […]

Just last season, Michigan set a Big Ten Tournament record by holding Minnesota to 40 points. This year, the Wolverines rewrote the record books - but scripted themselves into the wrong column.

(“Mine!” “No, Mine!”)
Wisconsin badgered Michigan to a 51-34 defeat on Friday, setting a new tourney mark in field goal futility. To be fair, the […]

• BUSTED COVERAGE is in a snit, as Erin Andrews admits she sometimes gets zits.

• THE LEGEND OF CECILIO GUANTE sees a bright future for Notre Dame’s Luke Harangody - as the second coming of “Big Country” Bryant Reeves.
• SIGNAL TO NOISE finds Bill Belichick bidding adieu to his greatest creation - Troy Brown.

Let me close my portion of things today with some words about CHEER, a new book that chronicles a year in the life of several cheerleaders. Seriously, Brooks: asleep at the wheel.

NPR recently interviewed author Kate Torgovnick about the book, which follows several different college cheerleaders at a close distance. The book description, while interesting, […]

A nice pair of new kicks can make anyone — man or woman — feel good about their day. Nine pairs of new shoes that cost a total of $4,600? Well, I can’t say that should make you feel nine times as good. It would, however, help you remember the words to “Waterfalls,” apparently.

Yes, the […]

Maybe that headline is a tad, well, misleading. But LeBron does look rather menacing on the cover of VOGUE with the Super Bowl loser’s sweetheart, the lovely Ms. Bundchen. You agree?

Gisele discusses LeBron’s body size in the story, apparently. Um, Tom, worried yet?