12:00 PM True Hoop passes along news that Bryon Russell is ready to take on Michael Jordan in a little one-on-one, this Monday at halftime of a D-League game in Utah. But will MJ show up?

11:45 AM Michael Liambas had been suspended from the Ontario Hockey League for the rest of the season after a vicious hit sent Ben Fanelli to the hospital with skull fractures. But Liambas has found work again, as he was signed by the Bloomington Prairie Thunder of the IHL.

11:30 AM After 72 seasons, Hofstra University is dropping its football program. The Pride has produced such NFL players as former Jets receiver Wayne Chrebet and current Saints receiver Marques Colston.

11:15 AM The Washington Post learns that Michaele Salahi, who crashed a White House State Dinner last week, has also performed as a Redskins cheerleader without really being a Redskins cheerleader. (H/T Mr. Irrelevant)