•A Stanford booster built coach Jim Harbaugh a private bathroom that cost between $50,000 and $70,000. Despite the university being in the midst of budget cuts, it's a wise investment: it'll keep Harbaugh from shitting the bed, like he did so many times in his playing career.

•This week's Sports Illustrated promises fans it will be "100% Favre-Free." Translation: he signed with the Vikes right before deadline, and we didn't feel like rewriting our NFL previews.

•Your toothless lede: "Animal rights groups and the Philadelphia Eagles are looking at ways they can join forces to combat dogfighting." A humble suggestion: don't pay convicted ringleaders of dogfighting rings millions of dollars.

•The Dodgers came to Colorado, and got beaten by the best team in the NL West. Two-game deficit be damned, the rolling Rockies have two-straight walk-off wins, all the momentum, and for some reason, Jason Giambi.

•What we've all been waiting for: the WWE is planning to launch their own TV network. Now the long-past-their-prime wrestlers like Shawn Michaels, the Undertaker and Tommy Dreamer will live on forever in classic matches, instead of dragging on forever on the damn PPVs.

•Seahawks sign old and crappy Edgerrin James. This will not remove the stink of past running back options young and crappy Maurice Morris, or old and crappy Shaun Alexander.

•And let's all laugh at Serena Williams as she tries and fails to win the carnival "hammer game:"

Vince McMahon got to be Vince McMahon, going on TV and calling people idiots, and WWE does get to look generous, offering a second night at the Staples Center and promising to return to Denver later this summer. On the other hand, he had to move his little show and give refunds to all the ticket holders. He can still blame that on Nuggets owner Stan Kroenke, but the important thing is that Vince didn't get his way.

Stan Kroenke did get his way, but at what cost? McMahon's jab that Kroenke didn't believe enough in his own team to consider home playoff games still stings (even if it's not really true) and it's probably never a good idea to have 10,000 wrestling fans angry at you. I'm guessing the Pepsi Center won't be holding Wrestlemania 47 or anything, which is too bad for them, because it's really not a bad way to make some money.

So who's the real winner? Insult comic McMahon or inept party planner Kroenke? Or is it all the little Hulkamaniacs out there in Southern California?

WWE moves Monday Raw to Los Angeles due to Denver Nuggets conflict [ESPN]
WWE event booted from Denver will be at Staples Center [Los Angeles Times]
Kroenke Plays Heel In WWE Drama [St. Louis Today]

World Wrestling Entertainment scheduled next week's live show back in August, when the playoffs were a gleam in Allen Iverson's eye. Then Denver dumped him and looky what happened. The Nuggets—whose owner also owns the Pepsi Center—seem unwilling to yield on the unexpected playoff bounty, so Vince McMahon, as is his wont, decided to fire a shot across their bow.

"Even though the Denver Nuggets had a strong team this year and were projected to make the playoffs, obviously Nuggets and Pepsi Center owner Stan Kroenke did not have enough faith in his own team to hold the May 25th date for a potential playoff game," said WWE Chairman Vince McMahon.

So will Kenyon Martin's mom team with Edge and Big Show to take on Triple H, Koko B. Ware* and Stone Cold Mark Cuban in a ladder match for the right to Monday night's gate? Or here's an alternate solution: Why doesn't the NBA just take another goddamn day off? Their playoffs already take 27 weeks to complete; it's not like anyone will notice.

"Raw" and NBA Playoff Game Conflict - Sports Biz with Darren Rovell [CNBC]

(*Note: Author does not know who is currently popular in the WWE.)

Daulerio says he has been holding out on heading to the polls because the lines have been too long — we do work him pretty hard here — and that seems like a good sign for, you know, America. Our minds are still spinning after the Obama-Clinton "smack" "down" at the WWE last night; we're not sure if this makes us love our country more, or become that much more terrified of it.

So, in case any of the NBA Playoff games become a blowout tonight, you should all have plenty to watch. (Look! Chris Matthews is making Keith Olbermann want to kill himself again! We love politics!) And yes, Pennsylvanians: Vote, fools.

Mayweather came back to the ring — with Wight's assistance — after an early onslaught, then used some help from his cornermen to get a metal folding chair (with which he landed a series of shots) and a pair of brass knuckles (which he snatched off a fallen cornerman's necklace).

Still less cheating than a typical Tyson fight.

Mayweather "won" the match, but here are the statistics that interested me: Attendance 74,635, WWE-record live gate at Orlando's Citrus Bowl of $5.85 million. And no telling how much pay-per-view revenue. Jesus, WWE; don't give Selig any ideas.

Mayweather Gets Pretty Payday In Another Ring [Los Angeles Times]
So 'Money' [SI.com]
Mayweather Knocks Out Big Show At WrestleMania {Muskegon Chronicle]

Wrestlemania XXIV is this Sunday ONLY. ON. PAY. PER. VIEW. and though there will be many bare chested (but totally hetero!) galoots offending the eyes with their useless male nipples while doing their sports entertainment thing, someone decided that just wouldn't be aboveboard to have them all out there in one roadside promotion in Orlando. And it's causing a bit of a stir.

The Orlando Sentinel's Scott Maxwell did some serious digging into this ever-pressing matter and was initially told by the mayor that there was an ordinance that prohibited the public display of nipples of any sort, which turned out to be completely false, as be-nippled ads run on city buses.

But, yeah, way to strike a blow for equal right, WWE or Orlando, or somebody. If our Puritanical values preclude us from being able to see female aureole, then we certainly shouldn't be subjected to John Cena's possibly rapping nipples.

Darren Rovell, formerly of ESPN and now at CNBC, wrote a story last week questioning whether WWE shareholders could have an action against the company now that it is pretending that owner Vince McMahon was "killed" in a car bomb last week. (Apparently, there's some sort of storyline involving McMahon and a blown up limo and ... jeez, we get tired just typing this.) When he emailed the company for comment, they accused Rovell of being a suspect.

As far as speculation as to who may have committed this heinous act against "Mr. McMahon," the WWE has not ruled out any suspects, including CNBC sports business reporter Darren Rovell. The WWE would like to thank CNBC for its concern over the "Mr. McMahon" mystery and we would like to remind your viewers to continue to tune into WWE's Monday Night RAW, cable's top rated program on USA Network (a division of NBCU), to keep abreast of the latest developments in this ongoing situation.

We are so tired of sports business reporters assassinating fictional owners of fictional sports leagues. Goddamned liberal media.

WWE's McMahon "Death": I'm A Murder Suspect [CNBC]

We ceased being interested in Donald Trump proper some time ago ... we now only follow the exploits of his hair, which we're sure at this point operates totally independently of its host. Godspeed, Trump's hair. A nation is pulling for you.

Wrestling Match Could Cost Trump His 'Do [MSNBC]

"The idea that 61 million subscribers can grab a photo off the site and text to their friends, 'Stone Cold Steve Austin is back,' is huge," said Shane McMahon, WWE executive vice president for global media, and occasional on-screen character. This site, which is accessed through Cingular phones, gives mobile surfers video clips, and WWE-themed ring tones and wall paper.

We're not quite sure what a "WWE-themed ringtone" might be, but expect multiple Lance Cade video clips to your inbox as soon as we sign up.

Cingular Slams Mobile Portal With WWE Stars [Yahoo! News]

Kevin Federline "beat" WWE champ John Cena on "Monday Night Raw," after Cena was supposedly knocked out by another wrestler. K-Fed pinned Cena's motionless body and was named the winner of their match. Federline didn't get the title, because the bout was a non-title exhibition fight.

We have no idea what it's like to be twirled for money by the guy from The Marine, we just hope things never come to that for us. But we're more concerned for the people who attended the event on New Year's Day at the United Airlines Center. You missed watching the Fiesta Bowl to see K-Fed fake wrestle? This seems odd and unwise, even for Florida. — RC

K-Fed Triumphs In Pro Wrestling Debut [icFlorida.com]
The Champ Is Ready [World Wrestling Entertainment]

• ESPN people think Yahoo relies too much on fantasy numbers and isn't really as close as the numbers say.
• Yahoo people say they beat ESPN more often than people think and that it drives ESPN people crazy when that happens. And that they're charging fast.
• Everybody thinks FoxSports.com sucks and barely warrants mentioning.
• Maybe WWE shouldn't be included in sports Web site visit rankings.

We've been forwarded some numbers, but honestly, we need some Baseball Prospectus or Football Outsiders people to help us figure them out. Is there, like, an expert in this kind of stuff? Or (gulp) does it have to be us?

ESPN Still The Leader, But Barely [Deadspin]