• SPORTS ILLUSTRATED votes Barack Obama’s alma mater as the best high school athletic program in the country.

• WITH LEATHER flies in the story of a couple of Hofstra hotties who almost missed graduation to try out for the Jets’ cheerleading squad.

• NE PATRIOTS DRAFT beats a dead horse, as they wonder how Arlen Specter would ring up the Eight Belles tragedy.

• GOSSIP GIRLS catches Eva Longoria Parker getting herself ready for her hubby’s first night of work in L.A.

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• YAHOO’s SHUTDOWN CORNER catches Bill Belichick working the crowd at Tuesday night’s Celtics-Pistons game:

(How many boobs can you spot in the pic? We spy five.)

• USA TODAY’s GAME ON is drawn in by this week’s Sports Illustrated cover featuring Derek Jeter in “Bizarro Baseball!”

• AWFUL ANNOUNCING serves up word that some Dallas Cowboys could be competing in a new reality cooking show.

• Darren Rovell of CNBC dribbles over news that due to the NBA Draft Lottery, some T-Wolves fans will get season tickets for only $3 a game.

• Speaking of the Lottery, ESPN’s TRUE HOOP dines like a king on food not meant for the media.

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With the success of the Winter Classic in Buffalo, and the New York Rangers attempting to bid Yankee Stadium a fond farewell, the NHL is examining other locations to host an outdoor game. And Pennsylvania’s governor has proposed a new place to drop the puck - Penn State.

FOOTBALL STADIUM DIGEST skates over news that Gov. Ed Rendell has recommended giving the Nittany Lions’ Beaver Stadium the old college try. The plan would be to have the Pittsburgh Penguins & Philadelphia Flyers meet in the middle of the state to face off in the 108,000-seat stadium.

But right now, that’s all it is - a plan. Plus, the Pens & Flyers are both more concerned about their playoff battle at the moment. But support for the proposal is growing. (There’s even a Facebook group created for it!) And the game could be a record-breaker. Read more…

• Bill Williamson of ESPN’s HASHMARKS tokes up word that Ricky Williams could have joined in on the fun of Cedric Benson’s big boating adventure.

• THE SIDNEY CROSBY SHOW skates over video of the Pittsburgh Penguins having some post-game fun with Flyers fans.

• HOME RUN DERBY knows how heated the Cubs-Cardinals rivalry can be, especially when it comes to rigging a jalapeno-eating contest.

• Did your mom sleep with Wilt Chamberlain? THE WORLD OF ISAAC offers this helpful quiz to find out.

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John Challis’ heart-wrenching but inspiring story is getting the national recognition it deserves. (Yes, even the Worldwide Leader is now on it.)