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Aubrey Coleman Steps on Chase Budinger's Face, Gets Ejected, Laughs
Houston was leading Arizona at the McKale Center by a score of 63-51 when Aubrey Coleman decided to stomp on Chase Budinger's face. As it turns out, that's just the wakeup call the Wildcats needed. ...

Pedroia's Brother Charged With Molestation
Dustin Pedroia's older brother has been charged with child molestation leading to disbelief within the Woodland, California community where the Pedroia's are like royalty (according to fellow resident Tom Ziller). [The Sporting Blog]...

Michael Redd's Knee Is Shredded
"Redd was injured in the third quarter of Milwaukee's victory over Sacramento on Saturday night. Bucks general manager John Hammond said Sunday that an MRI exam on Redd's knee revealed a torn ACL and MCL." [AP]...

Their Youth Sustains Him
How does Jerry Jones unwind after a stressful season? By hanging out with the young people at John Legend's after party, of course. The unbuttoned shirt just screams youthful and hip....

Afternoon Blogdome: The Crying Giants Fan
• This video of a distraught Giants fan contains language that is both NSFW and hilarious. [KSK]...

Nuts in Space
Sometimes we cover feats of human achievement in space. Other times we cover massive international f*ckups. And then, sometimes, we have the privilege to bring you something like this. Nuts, in space. [YouTube]...

Torre's New Tell-All Book Sounds Delightful
The New York Post managed to obtain an early copy of Joe Torre's soon to be released tell-all. The book, co-written by Tom Verducci, includes some fantastic characterizations of A-Rod....

WaPo's Mike Wise Delivers Another Revealing Profile
"DeShawn Stevenson moved closer, toward the image of Darryl C. Stevenson. He looked for a resemblance, but the mug shot disappeared too quickly." [Washington Post]...

Mighty Fedor Fells Arlovski With One Punch
Here's video of the fight comes via Ballhype, so watch it while you can. Those crappy t-shirt printing fight promoters like to get all sensitive about their video showing up online....

Mother of Eddy Curry's Son Found Murdered
"Police are searching for a "known acquaintance" of the woman in connection with the homicides. Curry, who now plays for the New York Knicks, was in Philadelphia Saturday for a game. He was back in New York later that evening, distraught and contemplating a trip to Chicago, the source said." [Chica...

Morning Blogdome: Another Feather In Jose's Cap
Jose Canseco fought Danny Bonaduce to a draw in what some observers are calling a boxing match. Maybe next time they shouldn't schedule against Mosley-Margarito and Emelianenko-Arlovski. Or better yet, no next time. [Wax Heaven]...

Sugar Shane Shocks the World, KO's Margarito In 9
The air of invincibility surrounding Antonio Margarito following his super human performance against Miguel Cotto was brought down 37 year old Sugar Shane Mosley before the largest crowd in Staples Center's history....

Baton Rouge Is Still a Football Town
Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to [email protected]. Subject: Morning crap....

Michael Vick Has Nothing But Respect for Chickens
When Michael Vick plead guilty to dogfighting charges back in 2007, he also agreed to enroll in PETA's version of sensitivity training. His test results from that training are in, and they may surprise and/or amuse you....

Joe Thornton Does His Best "Italian Soccer Teammate" Impression
The West Captain on All-Star teammate Roberto Luongo: "[He's] a nice, dark, good-looking Italian guy." I choose to take this as conclusive evidence of his homosexuality....

Craig Sager's Awkward Flailing Inspires Others to Dance
Warning: this video contains footage of an "oddly-dressed man flopping around spastically" nature. And dangerously high levels of Gary Payton-sass....

Kay Yow Passes Away
N.C. State's Hall-of-Fame coach passes away, but not before battling breast cancer for 20 years. She was 66. [Sports Network]...

Who's Ready for Duke To Be Number One Again?
Well, that was a throttling. Duke nearly doubled up Maryland 85-44 this afternoon, handing Gary Williams his worst loss since joining the Terrapins in 1989. And everybody knows what that means......

Today's Australian Open Action Nudity and Violence-Free
In a nice change of pace, today's Aussie Open produced no disturbing video images. Unless you happen to be Rafael Nadal or Andy Murray's opponent....

Jim Leyland Has a Lovely Singing Voice
The Tigers skipper belts out a couple bars of "Betcha By Golly Wow" during the team's recent visit to the Motown Museum. And people say smoking is bad for you....