• Whoo-hoo! HOME RUN DERBY has video & pictures of Homer Simpson throwing out the first pitch at a recent Dodgers game.

• PUCK DADDY skates along word of a new musical about hockey. If it can be done with poker, why not?

• DEADSPIN doodles up some ideas from the British public on creating London’s official Olympic mascot.

• WITH LEATHER knows how hard it is to be an Italian soccer player in the offseason, surrounded by a bevy of babes in bikinis.

• ODDS AND SODS believes Derrick Rose will be a great NBA superstar, since he already has a speeding arrest on his rap sheet.

• RUMORS AND RANTS hurls up their picks for pitchers who might hit the 20-loss plateau this season.

• THE 700 LEVEL is proud that the Phillies aren’t afraid to ship Brett Myers down to the minors.

• SEATOWN SPORTS realizes that if a restaurant uses Washington State b-ball coach Tony Bennett to sell meals, it’s best to spell his name right.