• SI is planning to serve up Russian tennis hotties Tatiana Golovin & Maria Kirilenko in their next swimsuit issue.

• Charles Barkley rings in the new year with donuts, DUIs, blow jobs, big bar tabs - and Urkel.

• Elle MacPherson, still not afraid to flash some flesh at 44.

• Danica Patrick gets pulled over for speeding. Oh, the delicious irony! (Namely because Danica herself is quite delicious.)

• The Dallas Cowboys show more fight against their own fans than against the Eagles.  Not that their flight home from Philly was so somber.

• Despite what he told Regis & Kelly, it appears Michael Phelps is still practicing the breaststroke with cocktail waitress Caroline Pal.

• Ah, Lingerie Football League players - when they’re not suing over nude cell phone photos, they’re making time with MMA fighters.

• Kim Kardashian’s younger sis Khloe catches the heart of T-Wolves guard Rashad McCants. With Kim romancing Reggie Bush, guess that leaves Kourtney to try the NHL or MLB.

• And the winner of today’s perturbed Paterno caption contest is…

Nick N., with this head-scratcher: My brain is trying to escape!

Thanks to everyone for contributing. Have a safe & fun weekend! Enjoy watching those NFL games! (Unless you live in Phoenix or the Twin Cities.)