All right, maybe not Indy, but REUTERS reports that some other non-fictional archaeologists uncovered four prehistoric skeletons at the construction site of London’s 2012 Olympic Village. Really, just old bones? C’mon Britain! You know if this were China, it’d have been an uranium dump.

But wait, there’s, uh… more!
“Other finds include Iron Age cooking pots, a […]

Lover of blogs everywhere, Barry Jackson of the MIAMI HERALD, does his best to bury the lead today in his sports media notes column by reporting on an interesting ESPN programming decision:

“Largely because of Tim Tebow’s popularity, ESPN will carry the Gators’ spring game at 1 p.m. April 12, with Chris Fowler, Lee Corso and […]

Hockey Night in Canada commentator and all-around fashion plate Don Cherry (pictured below dressed as The Riddler) will soon be the subject of a two-part movie written by his son, Tim, THE TORONTO STAR reports.

“We’re trying to find out if Brad Pitt can play the leading role,” jokes the movie’s protagonist. “Maybe George Clooney could […]

The most only intriguing story about the NFL draft is Jerry Jones’ supposed obsession with Arkansas running back Darren McFadden. There’s been plenty of rumors in the past few weeks that Jones is piecing together a gargantuan offer for teams in the NFL draft’s top five spots to pick over - in order to land […]

Your antennae are properly tuned if you have a media-driven feeling of trepidation about the Beijing Olympics. If they’re not fussing about needing oxygen masks, they’re carrying on about having their phones tapped. They worry about being caught in numerous political crises, from Tibet to Falun Gong to boycotts galore. The paranoia […]

Several websites, including SPORTS FROG, have noted a 2003 TIME “Asian Heroes” profile that mentions Hideki Matsui’s porn collection:

(This now makes complete sense)
“Indeed, his only eccentricity, if it can be called that, is his extensive private library of adult videos. His refreshing ability to laugh self-deprecatingly about his porno collection, reporters say, is one reason […]

The alt-weekly BOSTON PHOENIX, that trusted arbiter of all things everything, has put together a list of the 100 unsexiest men on the planet, which I suppose is not to be confused with the 100 ugliest. Tops on the list? Roger Clemens. Really? I mean, he’s no pulchritude, but wouldn’t it be more appropriate to […]

Recovering from serious knee surgery and with his Portland Trailblazers out of the race for the playoffs, Greg Oden did the sensible thing, and played pickup basketball earlier this week at a Portland gym.

How do we know this? From a post on BaseketballForum.com. Lest you think it’s isn’t true, the Blazers apparently were alerted to […]

Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz saw his Hawkeyes drop to 6-6 last season, leaving them at out of a bowl for the first time since 2000. Could all that be remedied by pragmatic methods, such as promoting more consistent play? Or some hippie-dippie new agey “life skills mentor”?

That picture might have taken away some of […]

Adam Jones (known to friends and family as Pacman) wants to play in Dallas. The Cowboys apparently want him to play in Dallas too, and are closing in on a trade for him.

(Wait… he plays football, too? He’s amazing!)
Wait, why are you still here? Is there something more? Did he ask for a […]