Sir Charles A Sucker For TNT Teleprompter Pranks

We’ll be getting the new Eagles cheerleaders’ bikini calendar - but only because we, too, care so deeply about preserving our Mother Earth.

• Stay Classy, Atlanta! Charles Barkley makes Ron Burgundy proud.

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Derek Jeter makes his own mark on Maxim’s Hot 100.

Chris Henry is really a good guy - if you ignore the ankle monitor.

Charlie Weis suggests where Michigan can hold their next practice.

• Say, was Cedric Benson out boating with Whoopi Goldberg?

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Comeback Chris Henry: “I’m a Really Good Guy”

In a major move to get his priorities straight, Chris Henry went on the radio yesterday and talked about coming back to the NFL. Henry was recently released from the Bengals after a UC student had the gall to accuse Henry of punching him in the head and damaging his car.

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From the DAYTON DAILY NEWS:

“I think it would be better to move on to another city, a fresh start, new team, new environment,” Henry told Sporting News Radio. “I’m really a good guy. Just got caught up in a few bad situations. … I’m a father now. Got two kids, a little girl and a little boy. It ain’t all about me no more. It’s about my family.”

There’s just one small detail about that comeback though. Read more…

Blog-O-Rama: Stephen Curry Chats It Up w/Conan

GAME ON via COLLEGE HOOPS JOURNAL lays up a clip of Davidson star Stephen Curry chatting it up with Conan O’Brien.

At least Stephen should feel better knowing he lost to the national champs.

• Although he has yet to hit the court for the Blazers, the OREGONIAN learns that Portland fans are already singing Greg Oden’s praises - literally.

• THE WORLD OF ISAAC offers up a load of diaper dandies, as they present their top 10 ridiculous Dick Vitale moments.

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Rich Rodriguez To Blame For Pacman & Henry?

The FAIRMONT TIMES WEST VIRGINIAN ran a op-ed column today that lays much of the responsibility for the misdeeds of former Mountaineers Adam “Pacman” Jones and Chris Henry at the feet of their former (and now Michigan) head coach, Rich Rodriguez.

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“But it must be said the university — especially the football program run at the time by Rich Rodriguez — failed to do anything to straighten out this gifted but troubled young man.

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Dallas Suddenly A Repository Of Second Chances

The Cowboys this past season gave Tank Johnson an opportunity for a comeback following suspension, they’re locked in negotiations with the Titans for the rights to Adam “Pacman” Jones and it appears their latest prized prospect of the Goodell School of Wayward Players is recently released former Bengals receiver Chris Henry, so indicates Matt Moseley in his HASHMARKS blog.

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Dallas has been tripping over itself trying to find a number two receiver to replace the broken down Terry Glenn. There were faint rumblings over whether they’d sign Randy Moss, or trade for Chad Johnson. They targeted Larry Fitzgerald in free agency and have considered trading for the Lions’ Roy Williams as well.

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