• Inspired by very special “Saved By The Bell” episode, Clay Travis of CBS SPORTS suggest sports bloggers & the mainstream media end their feud once & for all with a quiz bowl showdown.

(Buzz Bissinger & Will Leitch butt heads in a Battle of Brawny Brains! With special guest referee - Mr. Belding! [OK, maybe not.])

• THE 700 LEVEL proudly presents pics of “The People’s Champ” Freddie Mitchell living it up royally among some female subjects.

• Tom Ziller of AOL FANHOUSE is happy to share all the things Doc Rivers did wrong in Game 3.

• HOME RUN DERBY is so bored with the San Francisco Giants, they’d rather spend their time at AT&T Park watching the wind try to tip over a full beer.

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This chesty Celtics fan once tried to make Jack Nicholson look like a boob.

• Erin Andrews does the unthinkable - talks with some sports bloggers.

(Jamie Mottram & Dan Steinberg check out the view)

• Scheduled shoulder surgery smushes John Smoltz’s season.

• What lady could resist the charms of a pseudo Sonics employee?

• Santana Moss misses Monday practice after a 3-day birthday bacchanalia.

• Green Bay is being gorged of its local sportscasters.

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If you’re a six-foot-eight, forty-something male looking for a date, you could try cruising the bars on singles nights, hit up your friends for possible leads, or just getting involved in the community.

Or you could pose as a former NBA player and analyst on CRAIGSLIST. Read more…

• WITH LEATHER notes the Friendly Confines just got a lot friendlier, as SI cover girl Marisa Miller appears at Wrigley Field to throw out the first pitch:

• Tuesday night, SbB gets back in the live blog groove, as we cover Game 2 between the Spurs & Suns. Should be a big hit!

• SUPERSONIC SOUL digs up some old video of David Stern praising Seattle’s Key Arena.

• BASKETBAWFUL follows their nose, as Tyson Chandler gets a whiff of Dirk Nowitzki’s pits.

• This should go well - MONDESI’S HOUSE drinks in news that shirtless Steelers wonder Jeff Reed will be showing up at a minor league team’s Thirsty Thursday game.

• Speaking of the Steelers, DEADSPIN averts their eyes, as Santonio Holmes drops his Terrible Towel.

• RUMORS AND RANTS shows some love for these underappreciated sports flick chicks.

• Clay Travis of CBS SPORTSLINE warns the blogosphere on the price of annuled anonymity on the Internet.

• I’M WRITING SPORTS pitches along news that last season’s Rookie of the Year candidates are experiencing sophomore slumps.

Hey Seattle, it’s us, Oklahoma City. We’re getting your team and we couldn’t be happier. Maybe if you guys weren’t such sissy liberals, you’d have been able to keep your precious, precious Sonics.

(typical Seattle fan)

Nah, probably not. You’re all too busy drinking coffee and wearing flannel. Why don’t you go chase Sasquatch, you bunch of hippies? While you’re all living under a bridge, we’ll be enjoying the sweet, sweet sound of Kevin Durant’s jumpers hitting the bottom of the net. Read more…

Despite the best efforts of the blogosphere, the NBA owners have voted overwhelmingly to approve the Sonics’ move from Seattle to Oklahoma City. But it wasn’t a unanimous decision.

CBS SPORTS reports that Friday’s final tally was 28-2 in support of the move. The two owners casting the dissenting votes were Mark Cuban of the Dallas Mavericks and Paul Allen of the Portland Trail Blazers. Why wouldn’t these guys go along with the crowd?

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• DEADSPIN is all abuzz about Joe Buck hosting a “celebrity” spelling bee.

• FAN IQ’s 100% INJURY RATE races over video of A.J. Pierzynski taking on a Sun-Times columnist in a base-stealing contest.

• LARRY BROWN SPORTS weighs in with the opinion that baseball players are meant to be fat.

• JOE SPORTS FAN has hair-raising news that Mets pitcher John Maine just loves Jennifer Anniston’s mane.

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We’re always Stokke‘d to uncover new photos of the amazing Allison.

• Does a former Patriots cheerleader have a fetish for the fatties?

• The snide slapshots delivered by local scribes almost has us paying attention to the NHL playoffs.

• Andruw Jones is really growing into a heavy hitter - literally.

• An Australian rules football player gets a seven-week suspension for slugging an opponent.

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• The FLORIDA TIMES-UNION serves up news that Maria Sharapova is back in championship form, as she wins her first-ever title on clay.

And Maria’s prize - a lovely crystal 7-11 Big Gulp cup, good for one free refill.

• Speaking of a dirtier kind of Clay - with the Sonics having possibly played their last game in Key Arena, NOTTEN THIS LIFE looks to see where most Seattle fans fall in the Five Stages of Grief.

• Darren Rovell of CNBC has an idea who Derrick Rose’s NBA agent will be - and it’s not LeBron’s bud.

• USA TODAY’s GAME ON combs through their 5 favorite NHL playoff beards.

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• DEADSPIN wants the Miami Dolphins to know what a colorful character they’ll be getting in potential 1st pick Jake Long.

(Jake Long (r) feels pretty, oh so pretty)

• WITH LEATHER tickles their furry funny bone with these mascot bloopers.

• RANDBALL reveals that reading Tonya Harding’s website is as painful as a whack to the knee with a lead pipe.

• 100% INJURY RATE comes across some Republican speaker calling out Tiger Woods for some reason.

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