• AARON GLEEMAN (by way of BIG LEAGUE STEW) gets wind of a vintage photo featuring Bert Blyleven letting out his secret joy:

Maybe Bert should get together with C.C. Sabathia.

• IPIKO via BOBCATS BASELINE drives up pics of the coolest car in Charlotte - a Bobcats-inspired Crown Victoria.

• CBS 4 in Denver finds Barack Obama taking on the press - in a game of pickup basketball.

• WITH LEATHER is getting sleeeeeepy, as a shotputter hopes to finally get gold through hypnosis.

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Don’t forget to tune into tonight’s big event - the “Dancing With The Stars” finale! Oh, and there’s also some kind of lottery we’re feeling Bullish about.

• Indianapolis gets the 2012 Super Bowl. Thanks, Dennis Hopper!

(”Which way to Lucas Oil Stadium?“)

• A Swedish sprinter isn’t satisfied with being shown in Scotland as a “floozie with big boobs.”

• Know who else thinks Brett Favre is coming back? Peyton Manning.

• Monday was a special night for both Jon Lester and Jason Varitek.

• Nude ice showers? Bed chains? Are we talking English soccer fans in Moscow, or Max Mosley’s last party?

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As always, we look beyond the news trends to bring you the truth here at SbB. Today is no exception as we spotted Andruw Jones’ MRI results in the LOS ANGELES TIMES. Not only does poor Andruw have to deal with a miserable year in the field and at the plate for the second straight season at the relatively tender age of 31, but he now has torn cartilage and fluid in his right knee.

This would be enough to get our attention as Jones has been a stalwart for attendance, having avoided the disabled list for his entire career so far. He averages nearly 160 games each year, which belies his supposed dispassion for the sport.

However, we became truly concerned for Andruw Jones’ well-being when we also heard in the same piece that he has a “golf-ball sized wart behind his knee that might have to be surgically removed.” [our disgusting emphasis added] Why have they waited so long? Are they waiting for it to grow to baseball size so he can take batting practice with it?

He has torn cartilage and fluid in the knee and a huge wart behind it during an extended two-year slump during the supposed peak of his career? That can only mean one thing, true believers:

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You probably remember last year’s shutdown of food service at Angels Stadium after the ballpark’s food service operation was outed for innumerable health code violations.

Portfolio.com follows up on that today with a report on further abuses throughout the league, including Yankee Stadium, Citizens Bank Park, Coors Field, Miller Park, AT&T Park, Shea Stadium, Safeco Field, Kauffman Stadium and the worst offender of all - McAfee Coliseum in Oakland. Read more…

• Andrea Reiher of BUGS & CRANKS believes that this whole tizzy over the White Sox clubhouse dolls has been blown up out of proportion.

• Meanwhile, CHICAGO BULL finds a Tribune columnist calling out the Sun-Times columnist who made a big deal about the dolls in the first place.

• But the Trib notes that the Sox aren’t so insensitive, as Nick Swisher, Bobby Jenks, Toby Hall and John Danks all think pink - by dyeing their facial hair for Mother’s Day.

• WALKOFF WALK won’t take a seat for the Padres, as chairs from PETCO Park are apparently on sale on eBay for over $22,000.

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We’re always Stokked to uncover new photos of the amazing Allison.

• Does a former Patriots cheerleader have a fetish for the fatties?

• The snide slapshots delivered by local scribes almost has us paying attention to the NHL playoffs.

• Andruw Jones is really growing into a heavy hitter - literally.

• An Australian rules football player gets a seven-week suspension for slugging an opponent.

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