SbB is back on the beach, enjoying the calm, cool waters of the Caribbean.

• Does the SI Jinx also cover couples who appeared in the swimsuit issue?

• Justine Henin pulls an Annika Sorenstam, but does it much quicker.

• Funny how one innocent cheerleaders-in-undies photo can destroy an entire athletic department.

• A San Francisco Giants fan tragically dies after a one-punch fight outside the ballpark.

• President Bush shows his solidarity with U.S. soldiers by giving up golf.

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We’re both awed by and a little concerned for YOUR FACE IS A SPORTS BLOG after hearing that they spend their time researching SPORTS ILLUSTRATED swimsuit issues for fun and profit. (That’s one way to use the new SI archives, we suppose.) After reading what they discovered, though, we must speak for them as Real American Heroes.

Apparently, nearly all the sports couples that have appeared in SPORTS ILLUSTRATED swimsuit issues have been felled by awful circumstances. Better yet, nearly all of those circumstances could have been avoided if the athlete and/or spouse did not have their heads betwixt the cheeks of their posterior at all times. Read more…