• A-Rod isn’t being hit too hard by this economic downturn, as he’s apparently using Benjamins as napkins. (via UMPBUMP)

• Chase Daniel and Warren Buffett: gangstas.

• The Phoenix Suns are doing their best to stay off of YouTube, says the EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE’s Jerry Brown.

• Al Davis probably needs to prove that the Patriots tampered with Randy Moss, or he might be looking at a hefty fine, says Adam Schecter of NFL.COM. Meanwhile, PRO FOOTBALL TALK is reporting that Lane Kiffin is being advised to sue Davis for defamation.

• Royals GM Dayton Moore tells the KANSAS CITY STAR’s Joe Posnanski that he’s had just about enough of sucking: “We’re not a young team anymore. We’re not an improving team anymore. There are no more excuses.”

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Brooks can’t decide on dinner tonight - A Hardee’s Thickburger, or a bag of Flame-Broiled Burger King potato chips?

• You know why Marcus Vick is such a bust? He gets caught by bike cops.

• A Texas high school football coach takes a gamble on pawning his players’ equipment.

• $60 will get you a leg up on joining the Memphis Grizzlies dance team.

• Is Dallas Cowboy Ken Hamlin trying to corral some sex online?

• A St. Louis Cardinals draft pick gets called up - for combat duty.

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Tim Donaghy, who fired shots across the bow of the NBA Tuesday to possibly remind a punitive David Stern that he’s still got some leverage, has affected more than Tuesday’s Game 3. Game 4’s rare Finals comeback by the Celtics only held center stage as long as the cameras were pointed at the players (or the playa); the rest of the day was spent with Dick Bavetta.

Not literally; Bavetta has only worked Game 1 of these Finals so far. However, Bavetta’s work in the 2002 Western Conference Finals (specifically, Game 6) has come under scrutiny from federal investigators while the other officials from that game appear to have little interest to them. Stern’s pre-game press conference yesterday did not assuage concerns immediately.

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