Afternoon Blogdome: Wisdom Of Our Fathers

• Luke Russert blogs for Richard Deitsch: SI's media maven is attempting to blog for 24 hours straight today. During this experiment, however, he received an assist from the Tim Russert's son, Luke, who chimed in with his favorite sports memory he shared with his late father: "We went to a lot of baseball All-Star Games together. In 1999 in Boston, we got the opportunity to meet Ted Williams, which was really special. It was a few years before he passed away and he still had his sense of humor and was still very alert. My Dad got a real kick out of that." [ The 10 Spot]

• Return of the high fade: Brandon Jennings is bringing back the high fade. Apparently, Kid 'N Play are still huge in Italy. Oh-la-oh-la-ay... [ Joe Sports Fan]

• Gregg Doyel vs. Greta Van Susterface: CBS Sportsline writer is having a blog war with Greta over her Brett Favre interview. Doyel calls her out on being "manipulated" by Favre, she says Doyel should have called her to clarify before he began ripping her. [ The Big Lead]

• Fred Smoot's nickname creativity knows no bounds: Redskins' training camp has opened and, of course, Dan Steinberg is there to hover around Fred Smoot and ask him about his new nickname: "Yeah, my name now is "Brother O'Dell, Pass the Biscuits, Pappy O'Daniels." That's my whole name. " That's...ridiculous. [ D.C. Sports Bog]