10:18 AM ESPN's Adam Schefter points out that the 49ers are 0-4 since starting holdout receiver Michael Crabtree.

10:00 AM The best thing about these cool "junk art" Nike shoes is that they aren't Jordans. Finally, THANK YOU JEEBUS.

7:53 PM This is pretty damn cool: Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times has picked Hoop Dreams as the greatest American documentary of all-time. Ebert also called it the best film of the '90s.

7:50 PM With Newcastle United fans incensed about the perilous direction of the venerable English Premier League team, eminent Northerner Sting has stepped into the breach and formed a group aiming to buy out Owner Mike Ashley.