12:00 PM Cool Runnings II: The Anchorage Daily News has a feature piece on Newton Marshall, a Jamaican who's training to compete in next year's Iditarod dog sled race. Marshall has already mushed in the 1,000 mile-long Yukon Quest, finishing 13th out of 29 contestants.

11:45 AM Dan Steinberg of DC Sports Bog passes along some playcalling advice from Joe Theismann: "The Redskins ought to do this. they ought to send a mass e-mail out and just take suggestions from the fans."

11:30 AM The Newark Star-Ledger has the spirited story of an East Orange, NJ, church using the pigskin to bring in parishoners as part of their annual football-themed service.

11:15 AM Ireland just can't let the Thierry Henry handball incident go. Since FIFA turned down their request for a rematch with France, the Irish then asked to be allowed to play in the World Cup anyway.