• DEADSPIN sits down for a nice chat with the one & only Sean Salisbury.

• J. Darin Darst of CBSSPORTS.COM asks the most pressing question of this year’s Games: Who’s hotter - Jennie Finch or Alicia Sacramone?

• WITH LEATHER pins down news of a high school wrestler getting in trouble for grinding his groin in a fellow grappler’s face.

• THE SCORES REPORT rolls out a typical daily schedule for Michael Phelps during his Beijing stay. No wonder the guy eats 12,000 calories a day.

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Headline of the day (so far), courtesy of REUTERS:

You’d have to be pretty emboldened to prepare for a speech to the ladies in that fashion. Wonder what Olympians are part of this particular pep talk.

Jennie Finch?

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Don’t forget - live blogging of the insanity from San Antonio tonight!

• SbB is sharing our Final Four fun with the fine folks at Fox Sports.

• Michael Vick finds time while doing time to play some football.

• Victoria Pendleton isn’t scared of bringing some sex appeal to cycling.

• The Yankees and Blue Jays apparently showed some good sportsmanship at the local strip club.

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In the continuing (we hope) tradition of female British athletes proud of their skills in sport & sex appeal - such as soccer sweetie Natasha Hughes - cyclist Victoria Pendleton is glad to show off her glamorous side.

THE DAILY MAIL catches up with the Beijing-bound biker, who has her eyes set on some Olympic gold. (She recently won two golds & a silver at the Track Cycling World Championships.)

But thanks to some previous photo shoots, more eyes will definitely be on her - especially when most of her clothes are off.

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