Joe Henderson of the TAMPA TRIBUNE has a piece today recounting Tony Dungy’s recent visit to Jefferson High School in Tampa - where he met with students and gave a motivational speech.

Henderson first though had the latest on Dungy’s book, “Quiet Strength”, which is now a bonafide bestseller: “The publisher originally figured “Quiet Strength” would sell around 30,000 copies when it was released last July. Within three weeks, though, it was No. 1 on The New York Times bestseller list. Sales have topped 900,000 and co-author Nathan Whitaker said there might be a sequel on the way.”

After shaking hands and signing autographs, Dungy then spoke to the student body. While taking questions, someone brought up the Patriots “cheating scandal” to the Colts Coach. That’s when the fun started. Read more…

In sports news that reminds us fondly of the 1980s, the naughty tapes have finally arrived that we ordered months ago and we’ve already started leaking with excitement.

Matt Walsh, itinerant golf pro and former employee-of-some-sort for the New England Patriots, delivered eight tapes to the NFL that reveal… well, try to hold yourself back… play-calling recorded by the team and deftly edited with the game action. You know, just like happened before. Somehow, detailed descriptions of these tapes ended up in the NEW YORK TIMES’ lap.

(”But how did the blogger get up on the grassy knoll? It’s outside. Bloggers don’t go outside!”)

Then, somehow yet again, Walsh’s lawyer found time to answer the TIMES’ questions about the matter and explained that there was no St. Louis Rams walkthrough tape from the 2002 Super Bowl and that Walsh never told the BOSTON HERALD about that. (Just when we thought that Rams fan lawsuit had legs.)

Then, in yet another shocking yet well-timed turn of events, NFL spokesperson Greg Aiello told the AP that “… this is consistent with what the Patriots had admitted they had been doing, consistent with what we already knew.”

Nothing to see here, kids! It’s all solved! The adults already talked about this and it’s taken care of. Go on back to your video games and your rock and roll.

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Randy Moss is looking to pimp some new rides, as the Patriots’ receiver is creating a company to tackle the NASCAR truck racing circut.

SCENE DAILY reports that Randy is forming Moss Motorsports, a racing ownership group to compete in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Although he still needs to get a car manufacturer and sponsors, Moss is aiming to get into the race later this season. Read more…

Well, a New York-based TV network can at least pretend, right? On a recent episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, a popular quarterback who wears No. 12 and dates a foreign supermodel was convicted of murdering his secret gay lover.

No, it’s not No. 12-wearing, supermodel-dating Tom Brady. Nice guess, though! It’s fictional No. 12-wearing, supermodel-dating Lincoln Haver. Totally different people, notes THE BOSTON HERALD. Because, Brady didn’t kill his secret gay lover. Haver did. Read more…

Determined to win something decisively this year, New England Patriots lawyers continue to press for the trademarks to “19-0″ and “19-0 The Perfect Season” so they can place the trademark on such items as golf balls, Christmas tree ornaments, jigsaw puzzles, and “toy and decorative windsocks”.

(Ho ho ho! 19 and oh!™)

So we’ve learned two facts today: The Patriots knows no boundaries and there is such a thing as a toy windsock. Perhaps Bill Belichick never received one from dad Steve as a kid and continues to vent his anger on society today for that perceived slight. Why didn’t you buy him the toy windsock, Steve? He wasn’t going to shoot his eye out with it!

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• NEW YORK NEWSDAY intercepts a sneak peek at the New York Giants’ new Super Bowl rings.

• EMPTY THE BENCH is stuck on these NBA “glue players“.

• THE SPORTS HERNIA spots Chris “Mad Dog” Russo picking a winner & tasting victory.

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Keith Niebuhr of the ST. PETERSBURG TIMES reports this morning that former New England Patriot starter and current Arena Football League player Kenyatta Jones is in trouble, again.

Previously, Jones has been charged with scalding a roommate with hot water, possession of a concealed firearm and resisting arrest. But based on a Tampa police report at 3:30 this morning, it appears be may have topped (off) those past charges. Read more…

The United States Postal Service has very stringent rules about who may be commemorated on a postage stamp. The person must be deceased for five years (except U.S. Presidents). They must wind their way through the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee, fifteen Americans