• Although he’s being officially charged with punching & biting during February’s NBA All-Star strip club melee, THE STARTING FIVE points out that Pacman Jones voluntarily submitted his DNA to Las Vegas police, and location tests have twice come up negative:

• PART MULE gets chills from watching an ice-dancing duo skating to Wham! - literally.

• RANDBALL finds some college hockey players enjoying the good ol’ Wisconsin tradition of cow-tipping:

• RUMORS AND RANTS tells of a not-so-tearful farewell to Jason Schmidt’s season from Dodgers management.

• 100% INJURY RATE figure fours out that the ursine Lions coach Rod Marinelli once wrestled was smarter (and more famous) than the average bear:

• THE FEED catches up with soon-to-be 77-year-old Chuck Daly, who really enjoyed this year’s NBA Finals, and thinks Isiah Thomas is a bright guy.

• WBRS SPORTS BLOG discovers a Dolphin smart enough to appear at two Iowa weddings at once:

• THE SHREVEPORT TIMES reports the ever-cordial Bobby Knight will be facing some real Gentlemen next year.

• BETWEEN THE LINES chats with Gaylord Perry about Barry Bonds’ mood swings: “Earlier this year I was out there, and he gave me the old dead fish handshake…and the next month I was out there, and he gave me a big hug like I was a long-lost cousin.”

• LION IN OIL has the inspirational story of one athlete’s journey from “Lost Boy” of the Sudanese civil war to competitor at the U.S. Track & Field Championships.

• THE JOY OF SOX jumps on the ESPN-hating bandwagon.