Friendly reminder - SbB’s live blogging tonight’s Cavs-Wizards Game 3.

• If Kobe Bryant can jump a car, why can’t Kenny Smith?

• Erin Phillips is one basketballer we’d like to pick ‘n’ roll with.

• Mets pitcher Joe Smith engages in some friendly chatter with the folks at the Friendly Confines.

• Gatorade demands that they’re the only ones to quench the White Sox’s thirst.

• Braves fans try to prove they’re just as punch-drunk as your typical Mets, Phillies, Yanks or Red Sox supporter.

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We haven’t listened much to Dan Patrick’s radio show (now cleared in Bakersfield!) since he left ESPN. Thankfully, HUGGING HAROLD REYOLDS, on their big day, has some (ESPN days?) audio from DP’s show to remind us just how much we miss it.

We’re guessing the clip is rather old, since Patrick claims on it that he doesn’t ever get to take vacations. Obviously now he’s got plenty of free time to make up for his frenetic days at the WWL.

Via VOL NATION, WBIR-TV in Knoxville checks out the latest issue of SI, and discovers Dan Patrick and Bruce Pearl engaged in a little one-on-one. (An interview, that is, not a pick-up b-ball game - although seeing those two face off on the court would be highly entertaining.)

Anyway, Patrick volleys some questions at the Volunteers coach, from his oh-so-brief time at #1, to sneaking in a halftime hug with Erin Andrews:

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If Roger Clemens gets a presidential pardon, we want one, too.

• Who would’ve thought Devean George would be such a power player in NBA trade talks?

• Meanwhile, the Association is gazing across the pond, as there’s plans to put teams in Europe.

• Len Pasquarelli must like his job, as the ESPN writer is back at work after quintuple-bypass surgery.

• But Dan Patrick isn’t as gung-ho about the Worldwide Leader, as he takes a jab at his ex-employer & Chris Berman.

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John Kiesewetter of the CINCINNATI ENQUIRER notes that Dan Patrick used a university talk to to take a quick jab at his former employer.

The ex-ESPN anchor and new SPORTS ILLUSTRATED writer was at Miami University Monday night - the one in Ohio, not Florida - giving a lecture on “Athletes As Heroes: Are There No Role Models Any More?” During the speech, he made mention of the Worldwide Leader’s pre-game programs. Read more…

Where the MSM’s disdain doesn’t bother us as much as it bothers Shaq:

• Imitation must be the sincerest form of flattery, as The NEW YORK POST appreciates a good animated gif when they see one:

• One of Dan Patrick’s favorite daily web stops has been offline for over a year.

• Some Pro Bowlers are con about taking the trip to Hawaii.

• Bills owner Ralph Wilson says his team’s not shuffling off from Buffalo - yet.

• Now ladies can replace their mother’s milk with a nice merlot, with the booze bra know as the Wine Rack:

• Curt Schilling might not be able to shoulder a whole ‘nother season with the Red Sox.

• New York DC Steve Spagnuolo uses the other D.C. to get a Giant raise.

• Wednesday’s US-Mexico soccer match was such a “friendly” game that two people were shot afterwards.