• The economic squeeze is being felt on the Denver Nuggets cheerleaders, as they’re now only being brought in to work weekend games.

(Looking for a handout?)

Fortunately, the Nuggets Dancers (above) are still fully employed - for now.

• One more reason not to care about the WBC: The U.S.A. is D.O.A.

• It’s good when an NFL player wants to mop up a mess. It’s not good when said mop is used to attack the mother of said player’s children.

• Probable #1 MLB pick already repped by Scott Boras. This should go well.

• Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez once threw out the first pitch at a Mets game. Wonder what Fidel Castro would have blogged about that?

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As if most bloggers weren’t already worthy of your scorn, Fidel Castro has apparently familiarized himself with Movable Type and is letting the world know just what he thinks about the World Baseball Classic. Well, at least we know one person in the world has been paying attention to the WBC.

Castro, who is apparently still alive, has been posting his daily thoughts on the tournament and the Cuban team in GRANMA, the hilariously named official paper of the Cuban Communist Party. And yes, it’s every bit as crazy as you’d expect. Join me and Comrade Fidel after the jump, for allegations of tournament-fixing, anti-capitalism rants, and casual racism.

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Wilt Chamberlain set a bunch of NBA records while playing in the league. He set a scoring record with 100 points in a single game, is the league’s all-time leading rebounder, and was the league’s all-time leading scorer when he retired. Still, the number Wilt put up that has earned him more admiration from men around the world than any other was the 20,000 women he claims to have slept with. Unfortunately for Wilt, it appears that there’s somebody else who has been even more successful with the ladies during his lifetime.

Apparently when Fidel Castro isn’t busy suggesting that more athletes should kick officials in the face, he’s got his hands full with the fairer sex. There’s a documentary on the Cuban dictator coming out soon, and in it we find out that Fidel shattered Wilt’s mark of 20,000.

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• It appears that Chinese fans will go ga-ga over anything Michael Phelps - even BBC reporters who look like the gold-winning swimmer.

But when it comes to employees of the Beeb, we prefer to go ga-ga over swimming analyst Sharron Davies.

• Teasing the Aussies about coming home with less Olympic medals than the British? The Sun is there.

• A Canadian fencer says a loss to a rival felt like “a kick in the nuts” - which is more remarkable considering the crestfallen foiler is female.

• With the Beijing Games now gone, how will Yao Ming be able to get on with his life?

• It’s bad enough when a football coach assaults a player from an opposing team, but it’s downright disgusting when said player is only 8 years old.

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The last I’d heard about Fidel Castro, America’s favorite communist wasn’t doing too well in the health department. In fact, I was pretty sure that he was dead, but it turns out he’s alive and kicking. He’s even taking the time out of his busy schedule of dying slowly to write letters about how his athletes were totally screwed at the Olympic games.

On Saturday we told you about Cuban taekwondo fighter Angel Matos. In the story we learned about how Matos was disqualified by a judge in his fight for taking too much injury time, and how the only logical next step Matos could take after the DQ was to kick that judge right in his face. While this seems like poor sportsmanship here under our capitalist pig regime, Fidel thinks it was perfectly acceptable behavior.

(Now with bonus video goodness after the jump.)

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We’re *pissed* that Scott Van Pelt’s not starring in “Semi-Pro” instead of Will Ferrell - and we don’t have to apologize for saying so.

• The Broncos may have been Belichick-ing the Chargers, as a report revealed that Denver was spying on San Diego:

• Manny Ramirez sox it to his agent, then gets on board with Boras.

• ‘Love Boat’ louse & ex-Hurricane Bryant McKinnie blows into Miami, causing a seastorm of spitting & obscenities outside a nightclub.

• Congress is pitching to put Roger Clemens under investigation for perjury.

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With Fidel Castro calling it quits, The WALL STREET JOURNAL slices over news of Cuba trying to gather some some green by bringing back golf.

So, why has there been such a shortage of links in the Caribbean nation - besides abject poverty, limited tourism and communist beliefs that golf is a vile symbol of capitalist sloth? Apparently because Fidel’s a sore loser. Read more…

USA TODAY has a piece today on the demise of Fidel Castro and how it could affect the talent flow to Major League Baseball.

Castro was noted for his particular baseball obsession, developing national teams over the years that have had major league scouts drooling. There were eight Cuban-born players in the major leagues during the 2007 season; all defectors from the country. Recent defector Alexei Ramirez is expected to join Jose Contreras and Livan and Orlando Hernandez when the White Sox begin play this year.

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After already spending time with Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez, Diego Maradona wants to continue his personal Axis of Evil tour by visiting with the president of Iran.

REUTERS reports that the former Argentine soccer star and prime Jenny Craig candidate expressed interest in meeting up with Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. After giving an Iranian diplomat a signed shirt, Diego told him, “I’ve already met Fidel and Chavez…now I need to meet your president. I’d like to meet Ahmadinejad.”

Maradona has tattoos of Cuban leader Castro and revolutionary Che Guevarra on his bulbous body, and recently decided to add the mark of Chavez, Venezuelan president and U.S. critic. Maybe the meet-up with Mahmoud will result in another Maradona body marking.

There should be plenty of room available on Diego’s right ass cheek.

DIEGO’S HAND OF GOD REPLACED BY HAND OF MIAMI INK: With plenty of space available, Diego Maradona wants to add Hugo Chavez to his tattoo collection:

YAHOO! SPORTS reports that the former Argentine soccer star is looking to add the Venezuelan president to his roll(s) of honor.Maradona already has a couple of Latin leftists on his large frame: Che Guevara on his right shoulder and Fidel Castro on his left leg.

The only question is which butt cheek Hugo will grace.