• Andrew Bynum’s knee must be feeling a lot better, since the Lakers star is now strong enough to carry Playboy Playmates on his shoulders.

• Guess he finds that more fun than rehabbing with the Hoops Whisperer.
• Is there too much Twittering going on in the NBA ranks?
• One of the Oklahoma City Thunder owners […]

Last Friday Dan Aykroyd dropped the ceremonial first puck for the Blackhawks-Devils game at United Center.

(From UNI WATCH BLOG, of course)
From the CHICAGO TRIBUNE:
Aykroyd, wearing his trademark black sunglasses, arrived at the United Center driving the Blues Mobile from the movie “Blues Brothers.”
“I imagined Johnny [Belushi] sitting next to me on those cold nights […]

What is the average New Yorker to do if they find themselves as one of the many Americans who have lost their job as part of the current economic downturn? You can only sleep in with the covers pulled over your head until noon or 1 p.m. at the latest, and there are only so […]

Earlier we briefed baseball fans on the delectable edibles that await them when they head out to the new Yankee Stadium this season, from an in-house deli to the occasional appearance of an Iron Chef. Well, the New York Mets remind us that, hey, we’ve got a new ballpark opening up, too, and we’ve also […]

How much would you pay for a ticket to the Final Four this weekend? $400? $500? How about not paying a thing? THE WORLD OF ISAAC has uncovered a deal for you cheapskates out there: someone on Craiglist is giving away a free ticket to the games at Ford Field this weekend. But, like anything […]

Meet Jessica Michibata. She’s the current girlfriend of Formula One racer Jenson Button. And as Cameron mentioned in this morning’s Speed Read, she was also the reason Button was running behind in meeting the media after he won the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday. Apparently Jessica & Jenson held their own little private post-race celebration […]

Apparently, there’s a Bulldog in Georgia other than Uga who needs to be housebroken: RED & BLACK reports that former Georgia starting safety and defensive captain Kelin Johnson was arrested on Sunday morning for a traffic violation and a DUI. Nothing noteworthy there, except for what Johnson allegedly did on the ride to the police […]

Picture this week of one of my favorite athletes.

Click the pic for the owner of the *strong* stomach.

It’s official, Cal (finally) to Kentucky.

(The Bluegrass version of Wimp Sanderson)
How do I know? Who would want to talk to this guy otherwise?

It seems like a situation custom-made for disaster. A college football player who’s gay… in the Deep South… and he’s a kicker. So how’s it working out for him?

(No, the “Rainbow Warriors” did not count as openly gay football players. Grow up.)
Well… pretty good, actually. As the WIZ OF ODDS reports, OUTSPORTS landed what we’re […]