Jeter Jonesin’ For VT Cuties; Shushing Sharapova

Derek Jeter hopes to get a hold of a Virginia Tech valentine.

Derek Jeter Virginia Tech girl

• Surely Bud Selig was nervous about experiencing in-flight plane trouble? Of course he wasn’t - and don’t call me Shirley.

Tom Brady & Eli Manning meet again - to look for some sensible slacks.

• A group of Cuban soccer players in Florida hotfoot it to freedom.

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Media To Peja: But We Can’t Stay Here All Night

Peja Stojakovic might be a great guy and a pretty good basketball player. But he is a terrible bowler — and is even worse as a man trying to back up a bold claim with a bold action. Behold:

He tells the assembled media they have to stay until he rolls a strike; on his next ball, he rolls it into the gutter. In fairness, as BLOG OF NEW ORLEANS notes, most of his shots weren’t that bad. And it was for a good cause. Read more…