We say a solemn sayonara to Annika Sorenstam, who’ll soon be swinging off into the sunset at season’s end.

• During the heat of battle, LeBron politely asks his mom to sit down.

• Jonathan Papelbon plays like crap(s) at Detroit’s Comerica Park.

• This guy must have mistook the sand trap for a water hazard.

• Kelvin Sampson is a blameless, misunderstood creature.

• Plans punched up for a Woody Hayes statue have been knocked down.

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Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Marvin Harrison has been in contact with Colts owner Robert Irsay and head coach Tony Dungy to let them know that he did not participate in the shooting of a man outside his Philadelphia club with a gun owned by Harrison. Philadelphia police emphasize that Harrison is not currently a suspect and is cooperating fully in the investigation.

Well… hell. This must be heartbreaking for so much of the media for it to go all sideways on them like the Ray Lewis murder trial-that-wasn’t. They even had their covers ready:

Don’t mind the Photoshop work. After all, TIME didn’t.
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• Darren Rovell of CNBC knows a close shave is a-Bruin for Boston hockey fans, as Gillette is on the cutting edge of Zamboni sponsorship.

• The BOSTON GLOBE lassos in word that Tom Brady would think it super if Gisele Bundchen dresses as Wonder Woman.

• GOSSIP ON SPORTS via HOCKEY BEAT splashes up some photos of Elisha Cuthbert frolicking in the surf with the Calgary Flames’ Dion Phaneuf.

• DEADSPIN receives rumors that Marvin Harrison may have some more skeletons in his clean-cut closet.

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SbB’s back from the Virgin Islands to the not-so-virgin South Beach.

• Randy Moss has his own dirty Derby with Miss Kentucky USA.

• Meanwhile, Mike Tirico gets the runaround from a PETA spokesperson when trying to ask a question about the Eight Belles tragedy.

• But the fallen filly is getting her revenge, thanks to this heavy horse in England.

• A Chicago columnist blows up over blow-up dolls in the White Sox clubhouse.

• That writer needs to relax. May this baby buy you a beer?

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WPVI sports anchor Keith Russell either has already made room for his local news Emmy on his mantle next to his co-rec flag football trophy or the man has flat gone off the reservation.

Russell went on WQAM radio in Miami and made the less-than-compelling case that Marvin Harrison barely avoided a “hit” on his life by the man that was eventually shot by a mystery person using Harrison’s gun. (More on that later.)

The action wasn’t taken by the Balding Wide Receiver Mob to prevent him from rolling on Art Monk. For reasons yet unexplained, Harrison’s incarcerated father earned the violent action for his son.
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Orange Julius Jones Soda - make it so, Seattle soft drink distributors!

• Arizona State is bedeviled by some snapshots of their cheerleaders showing off in their skivvies.

(Photo back by popular demand)

• Apparently, Marvin Harrison is not the calm, cool customer we thought he was.

• Jim Rice boils at Torii Hunter’s claims that Red Sox fans are racist.

• Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie likes ‘em young.

• Joe Buck & Tim McCarver are taken for a ride by the Feds. Unfortunately, they brought McCarver back.

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Michael David Smith of AOL FANHOUSE learns that Marvin Harrison may have been involved in a shooting incident.

Anthony Gargano of WIP radio reports that Harrison was working at his bar in Philadelphia last Tuesday, when a man came in and began arguing with the Colts receiver: Read more…