• CLEVELAND.COM’s AND ONE gets a sneak peek at Yao Ming’s new Pump Omni Hexride sneakers:

No wonder his feet hurt - must be from embarrassment.
• LAIST reads up on Tito Ortiz & Oscar De La Hoya duking it out in Los Angeles today - in a battle of book signings.
• YAHOO’s GOLF EXPERTS BLOG wants folks who shout “Get in the hole!” to shut their own holes.
• Colby White of the DAILY TEXAN learns that some football folks have been bothered by the college bowl system as far back as 1948.
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• Having conquered Major League Baseball, THE HATER NATION has styling news that Alyssa Milano is now offering her wares to Raiders fans.

• Speaking of sports fashion, CONDE NAST PORTFOLIO uncovers the secret to Jason Giambi’s slump-busting success - the golden thong.
• Want to be the Jets’ starting QB? 100% INJURY RATE will flip you for it.
• WICKED GOOD SPORTS explains why the devil Red Sox fans would root for the Yankees over the Rays.
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Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz saw his Hawkeyes drop to 6-6 last season, leaving them at out of a bowl for the first time since 2000. Could all that be remedied by pragmatic methods, such as promoting more consistent play? Or some hippie-dippie new agey “life skills mentor”?

That picture might have taken away some of the suspense, coupled with the fact that redoubled effort doesn’t typically make the best sports blog fodder. Indeed, life coach it is, reports the WATERLOO-CEDAR FALLS COURIER.
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EX-IOWA PROF STILL SEEING RED OVER PINK LOCKER ROOM: A former professor who spoke out against Iowa’s pink locker room is now suing the school on Title IX grounds:
The DAILY IOWAN reports that Jill Gaulding will be filing a complaint about the visitors’ football locker room, saying the color is derogatory against women and intends for visiting teams to “feel like sissies.”Back in 2005, Gaulding was an associate law professor at Iowa when she first raised a stink about the pink. When no immediate action was taken for a new paint job, she soon left campus.
Gaulding’s now back and ready to file over the flustering facilities. The university states that they don’t respond to potential lawsuits, and if any suits were filed, it would take about 45 days to determine if the suits have substance.
In the meantime, the pink didn’t seem to bother Western Michigan, as the MAC member defeated the Big 10’s Hawkeyes in Kinnick Stadium’s season finale.The psychological ploy seems to be wearing off. Next year, maybe lavender or puce?
• M GO BLOG is feeling blue about who might be the next Michigan coach - Kirk Ferentz?!
The same coach who led Iowa to a season-ending loss against Western Michigan?• In other college job openings, THE WIZARD OF ODDS is on the lookout for a plane sent from Lincoln to Baton Rouge.
• Richard Justice of the HOUSTON CHRONICLE suggests former Green Bay coach Mike Sherman might Pack his bags for College Station.
• LARRY BROWN SPORTS sees no moral victory for the Eagles in their close call against the Patriots:
• YOU BEEN BLINDED gives us news that Tiger Woods’ caddy likes to be a driver when he isn’t handing them out.• GHOSTS OF WAYNE FONTES gobbles up how they spent their Thanksgiving at Ford Field.
• RUMORS AND RANTS calls Saturday’s UCLA-Oregon game the worst college football game ever played:
• GOING FIVE HOLE remembers former Penguins coach and Stanley Cup winner Bob Johnson.• THE ANGRY T putts around how Fred Couples is cleaning up at the Skins Game.