•Tony Gonzalez (and a strategically placed Mrs. Gonzalez) go naked for a PETA ad. Think it's ironic someone on the Falcons, of all teams, to do an anti-fur ad? Well, it's not; Michael Vick never wore fur.

•The Raiders are actively cooperating with the NFL of Tom Cable's Punch-Out!! because they hope to be able to fire Cable "with cause," and not have to pay him. Or they could keep him on staff, and not have to pay any assistants whose careers he ends.

•A Notre Dame assistant called out Navy's head coach for his postgame comments and repeated chop blocks. Never mind the fact that it was Veterans Day; any team who tries to cripple the Fighting Irish will always have the public's sympathy.

•Jimmy Rollins and Shane Victorino win Gold Gloves. They're obviously not talking about batting gloves.

•In a battle of teams named after primary colors, the Red Wings demolish the Blue Jackets 9-1. But if they could somehow combine forces, they would blend into the Purple Parrots, the absolute best team on Legends Of The Hidden Temple.

•Jim Riggleman "wins" the hotly contested Nationals manager sweepstakes, and will sign a one-year contract. Second prize, obviously, was a two-year deal.

•Finally, we've got Duke recruit Kyrie Irving starring in his high school production of High School Musical:

Gonzalez admitted to all NFL players favorite psychotherapist, Fox Sports' Jay Glazer, that he was "pissed off" when he found out he will be stuck catching balls from Croyle/Huard/Thigpen for the rest of the year.

I'm shocked. It didn't make sense not to do this deal. It's winding down for me and this team is rebuilding. If they said from the get-go, 'No, we're not going to trade you,' that would've been better than how this whole thing unfolded. But that's not what happened.

Nope. Not at all. Gonzalez says he won't let his anger affect his play, he'll be a good soldier, he'll still save choking victims, etc. but this isn't the way he wanted to go out.

"But you know what? I can't cry about it. If anything, this has motivated me even more. I'm a Chief, will be happy to be a Chief and will bust my butt for the Chiefs. I was never not happy being a Chief. I just wanted the chance to spend my last couple of years winning a title, not rebuilding. But I'm here to help rebuild, I'll work with all our young guys and get after it like I always have."

To give this a more positive spin, let's congratulate Gonzalez on becoming the Chiefs newest assistant coach.

Gonzalez angered and baffled by non-trade [Fox Sports]

Photo: Blake Little

• Dominik Hixon has 102 yards receiving and a touchdown for the Giants. Hixon, who saw an increase in catches due to Plaxico's suspension, had been taken out of the game with a concussion. I'm sure Plaxico is pleased. Deion Branch, just coming back from knee surgery, has suffered a foot injury and won't be returning today. The Giants are crushing the Seahawks 34-6.

• Kyle Orton has thrown for 258 yards and 2 touchdown in the Bears 17-0 lead over the Lions. All while holding a beer without spilling. Pure talent.

Now, you can add all-world Good Samaritan to that impressive resume, after he saved a Huntington Beach restaurant patron Ken Hunter from choking to death. The AP runs down all the the hot Heimlich action:

“I tried to take a drink of water, but I couldn’t swallow,” Hunter told The AP. “Then I couldn’t breathe. That’s a terrible feeling. I couldn’t breathe. Then I guess I started to panic.”

Gonzalez, sitting with his back to Hunter’s table, looked around when he heard Hunter’s companion yelling.

“She was screaming, `He can’t breathe, he can’t breathe,”’ Gonzalez said by phone from California, where he lives in the offseason. “The whole restaurant was quiet. Nobody was doing anything.”

Then I saw he was turning blue. Everybody in the restaurant was just kind of sitting there wide-eyed.”

The 6-foot-5 Gonzalez, about a foot taller than Hunter, jumped out of his chair and came up behind the stricken man and began to perform the Heimlich maneuver.

“After just a few seconds, the piece of meat popped out."

After he saved Hunter's life, Gonzalez finished his dinner and continued the rest of his daily routine, which includes fixing flat tires for old ladies, piano lessons, ice sculpting, reading French poetry, and charming the pants off of Huntington Beach residents with his uncanny ability to seemingly know everything about them.

Tony Gonzalez: Future Hall Of Famer And Life Saver [Arrowhead Pride]

NFL Star Saves Man's Life [Yahoo Sports]