• FAN IQ finds Joey Gathright leaping at the opportunity to secure a spot on the Royals’ roster:

• WITH LEATHER passes the tissues, as a jilted guy turns to the Cubs to mend his broken heart.

• BALLHYPE charts the most loved and most loathed in DEADSPIN’s Media Approval Ratings.

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• MIXMAKERS captures some candids of Michael Jordan with a new lady:

Funny, we though he more into the chunky caucasian type.

• SPORTS FROG is shocked - SHOCKED! - that John Daly isn’t a morning person, as the gutty golfer missed a 9:33 a.m. tee time with Cheech Marin & Don Cheadle.

• Speaking of wake-up calls, PITCH INVASION checks their room key, as the Ghana national soccer team was booted out of their hotel - in their own country.

• Staying with the other kind of football, THE BEAUTIFUL GAME meets the Joe Starkey of English announcing:

• THE WIZARD OF ODDS throws the flag, as they review the cheapest collegiate shots of 2007. Read more…

AWFUL ANNOUNCING hungers at the news of a new line of gourmet popcorn flavors - featuring Troy Aikman & Joe Buck!

The Dale & Thomas Popcorn Company have pegged the Fox Sports commentators to help shill their newest kerneled creations - Aikman’s Halftime Chili & Sour Cream and Buck’s Dark Fudge DrizzleCorn with Praline Almonds.

You know, we never thought we’d see the day when the words “Joe Buck” and “Dark Fudge DrizzleCorn” would be seen together, much less for a snack product.

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