7:14 PM So Ced Benson of the Bengals goes down with a hip (update on his status) and now it appears Michael Turner of The Birds has an ankle that might be serious.
7:09 PMJon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury-News has an update on the muddled Rose Bowl race in the Pac-10. I'm hoping for Stanford vs. Ohio State. I'd actually brave the Rose Bowl for that one.
7:07 PM Not a good sign, Jets fans: After today's soul-crushing loss to the Jax Jags, Mark Sanchez addressed the media with a speech. As Florio points out, he might be playing in the wrong city.
6:21 PM Is Scott Wolf of the L.A. Daily News piling on USC fans or what?
JOE SPORTS FAN eyes this eye protection aficionado rocking two pairs of Rec Specs.
George Brett was a coke head? BUGS AND CRANKS notes that ESPN’s Rob Neyer thought the coverage of the 25-year anniversary of the “Pine Tar Game” was a great time to suggest that Brett, who he calls “one of the hardest partiers in the midwest,” used cocaine.
THE BIG LEAD gives us the scoop that U.S. Olympic track star Lolo Jones may be stealing from Chad Johnson’s playbook.
AWFUL ANNOUNCING informs us that the real star of last night’s MLS All-Star game was ESPN’s Rob Stone and his sidekick “Bitchy the Hawk.” Video after the jump. Read more…