Congratulations, South Africa!

• Your Rugby World Cup champions. [ With Malice] • What's so wrong with incentive-based contracts? [ Ghosts Of Wayne Fontes] • Travis Hafner is gonna hit sometime here pretty soon, you watch. [ Lord, Beer Me Strength] • College basketball is just around the corner — look out, here it comes! — so how about some mid-majors? [ Storming The Floor] • Bob Ryan is exhausting himself. [ UmpBump] • A definitively qualified tennis ballgirl. [ Mitchieville] • More close looks at newspaper blogs. [ We Rite Good] • Why are Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera considered such great postseason players again? [ Shakedownsports] • Japanese baseball could save the Royals. [ All On The Field]