• The (foul) polls have closed, and the DAILY KOS announces that Barack Obama has swept the minor league bobblelection.

• No wonder, since THE BIG LEAD realized that John McCain likes to go back on promises made to talk to sports bloggers.

• Meanwhile, MEDIA GENERAL tunes in & learns that South Carolina football games will be airing at the same time as both convention speeches.

• YAHOO’S PUCK DADDY gets chills thinking about a hockey game taking place in a glacier cave 12,000 feet above sea level.

• STEROID NATION shoots up a cheat sheet listing all the Olympic hopefuls who were caught doping before the Games.

• Luke DeCock (no, really) from the RALEIGH NEWS OBSERVER finds one golfer not so golden about bringing his sport to the Olympics.

• PITTSBURGH SPORTS AND MINI PONIES drinks in video of Steelers fans enjoying a family-sized beer bong. Wonder where they got that idea.

• RANDBALL is pitching a new baseball stat for fans to keep track of - the Meaningful Home Run Index.