Fansnap.com reports from the bleeding edge of insanity ticketing technology that the average ticket price for the Miami Heat home opener against the Orlando Magic on Oct. 29 is $805:

Would you pay $805 dollars to see the Heat’s home opener?

Yes

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Thursday USA TODAY’s David Leon Moore reported of a recent conversation between Reggie Bush and USC Athletic Director Pat Haden about the role the former USC running back played in the school football program’s NCAA sanctions:

(Apparently Bush has still not had a change of heart)
Moore wrote:
Reggie Bush apologized to new Southern California athletics director […]

Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson and Johnny Miller enjoyed quite a foursome Wednesday in Benton Harbor, Michigan.

(Jack: Still Long And Strong)
The highlight was the still-potent putter of 70-year-old Nicklaus, which maintained its length and remarkable touch despite a hole requiring such firm stroke. (100 feet!)

Yesterday the Pirates throwbacks brought back the every-popular prison softball look:

You know things are hopeless for the Pirates when their own players disagree with the team’s draft picks.

Ange Coniglio of RememberTheAFL.com tips us off today to some awe-inspiring American Football League “Program Art” from the early 1960s.

The art is only a small part of an astounding sports image collection located at Mark Bolding’s website.

Being from Kansas City, I was particularly interested in the cartoons that included the Chiefs.

The Chiefs caricatures are wonderfully […]

Rumors have lingered for years about the state of Peyton Manning’s marriage to wife Ashley. But there aren’t many married persons at the level of Manning’s celebrity who haven’t been subject to scurrilous speculation about their private life.

And if Manning’s appearance at training camp this week is any indication, his nine-year marriage to wife Ashley […]