Morning Blogdome: Sometimes The Best Way To Protest Fur Is To Wear A Beard...And Nothing Else

• Amanda Beard is taking her clothes off again: "Everyone’s favorite Olympian, Amanda Beard, who already showed off her goods in a sexy spread for Playboy magazine, is at it again. And by at it, I mean set to appear nude and bare her fine body for the masses. Beard’s teaming with PETA in an anti-fur for fashion campaign that will feature her posing nude in front of the water cube swimming venue in Beijing." [ Larry Brown Sports] • Is Murray Chass' blog a fake?: There appear to be clues suggesting that the cranky former NY Times sportswriter's all-too-perfect "blog" might be too good to be true. [ UmpBump] • The Georgia Bulldogs should be called the Georgia Bengals: "Already, six Bulldogs have been suspended or thrown off the team altogether since Richt won his second career Sugar Bowl, with junior linebacker Darius Dewberry becoming the latest culprit. Dewberry spent the weekend before his team’s first practice wreaking havoc on a hospital in Athens, which led to a subsequent two-game suspension handed down by Richt." [ The Sports Lounge Blog] • One of the great modern mysteries is in the AL Central: How are the Minnesota Twins any good? [ The Legend Of Cecilio Guante]