Heaven knows it’s a battle to fill the gaping maw of a newspaper sports section (or, heck, an Internet site).  It’s eternally ravenous, utterly unforgiving, and preternaturally cruel.  Lots of writers have to resort to the occasional trick (like comedy bullet points) to keep the beast at bay for another day.

(ARIZONA REPUBLIC writer, considering his [...]

This year’s NCAA basketball tournament is apparently going to be the first one played without any #1 seeds, because nobody seems to want to claim any of them. This week, Pitt decided to be the latest top-ranked team to tank it, trailing by as many as 20 points in the second half in an 81-73 [...]

Remember a couple of weeks ago when the Celtics were going to challenge the ‘96 Bulls for the best record ever? Yeah, you can pretty much put that possibility to rest. The C’s continued their strange descent on Tuesday night, dropping a game to the lowly Bobcats, 114-106 in overtime. Boston has lost five out [...]

Maybe Pete Carroll was right when he called the Pac-10 schedule “ridiculously difficult” – or the Trojans just had another epic meltdown against a far lesser opponent. Either way, the end result was a shocking 27-21 loss to Oregon State.  Yes, those Beavers. The same Beavers who lost to Penn State and Stanford by a [...]

If you tuned in to ESPN’s coverage of the final game at Yankee Stadium on Sunday, you saw a lot of tribute videos and interviews with famous New Yorkers who told you all about what the stadium meant to them.   Of course, it wasn’t just us regular folk who were watching, as there were even [...]

• Darren Rovell of CNBC shouts out word that Dennis Green’s “They were who we thought they were” rant has become quite the cash cow for the ex-Cardinals coach.

Maybe Mike Gundy can make the same kind of mad moolah.
• WALKOFF WALK isn’t buying Jason Giambi’s excuse for his bruised eye – “I walked into the [...]

In the wake of Jason Giambi’s facial follicle-aided resurgence this season and the resulting failed All-Star campaign the Yankees organized for him (at least it’s facial hair aiding him rather than a PED or two, I think), Detroit Tigers closer Todd Jones, writing in the SPORTING NEWS, wants to make sure no one forgets about [...]

• STL SPORTS MAG has a leg up on the perfect item for all those St. Louis baseball brides-to-be: an officially licensed Cardinals wedding garter.

• BOOSH MAGAZINE invites readers to guess the ages (and thus the legality) of the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team.
• THE SLANCH REPORT poaches the periods, as new Brewer C.C. Sabathia actually [...]

• If you let Natalie Gulbis know the secret of your success, you can win a chance to spend the day with the gorgeous golfer.

• TMZ learns that Ray Lewis is a cheapskate when it comes to paying for women.
• BIG LEAGUE STEW wants to know which Jason has the mightier mustache – the Yanks’ [...]

• DEADSPIN thinks they have the braaaaaaiiiiins to play zombie kickball.

• WITH LEATHER thinks it’s lovely that USC assistant coach Pat Ruel is so enraptured by Pete Carroll.
• THE BIG LEAD tries to clean up the BCS mess by suggesting the creation of some college football superconferences.
• THE SPORTS HERNIA believes Jason Giambi’s mustache has [...]