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David Falk Says The NBA Players' Union Better Pucker Up
The war is coming—between the NBA Players Association and their league—and if you believe superagent David Falk the players should be prepared to bend over and take what's coming to them....

Bob Probert Heritage Night? Um, OK
Blackhawks honor their former enforcer who is best known as a Red Wing, and for his legal problems following retirement. Makes sense to me. [Between The Pipes]...

The Academy Awards Finally Recognizes 'Boom Goes The Dynamite'
And the Oscar for best unintentionally hilarious sports catch phrase goes to ... the "Boom Goes the Dynamite" guy! (Applause). Here's Will Smith to present the award....

Jerry Wishes Everyone Would Just Shut the Hell Up
Dallas owner, and noted crazy person, Jerry Jones has issued an organizational gag order to prevent leaks, even the ones that aren't real....

Pavlik and Cotto Show Off Their Old Form
Miguel Cotto and Kelly Pavlik each returned to the ring for the first time following defeat, and both men walked away with knockout wins....

About Last Night
What you missed while taking your best gal out for a night on the town......

Judge Throws Out First Bonds Evidence Of The Season
Judge in the Barry Bonds perjury trial rules that the former Giant's alleged positive drug tests and doping calendars are not admissible. Comical 22-foot syringe good to go, however. [USA Today]...

Meet Tebow Sanford Crumley
Naming your children after Florida quarterbacks: Isolated case, or alarming worldwide trend? Tebow Crumley was born on Thursday, and can already bench press 200 pounds and sing all the lyrics to The Pirates of Penzance....

Well, This Can't Be Good
Could Kevin Garnett's knee injury mark the end of the city of Boston's run of sports championships? (Kind of reaching there. Sorry). [NBCSports]...

I Guess Brian Bocock Calls It Schwing Training
So here's a rather amusing tale from San Francisco Giants beat writer Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury. Yes, it involves boner pills. Doesn't every Giants' story?...

Bonds' Testicles May Not Have To Testify After All
Attorneys for Barry Bonds on Wednesday made a defense filing that their client's gigantic skull and tiny nuts should not be entered into evidence at his perjury trial....

Bobcats Overcome Confusing Sign To Beat Pacers
Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to [email protected]. Subject: Morning crap....

It's Official: Baseball Is Worse Than Professional Wrestling
Well, that's if you listen to former Minnesota Governor and feather-boa'd wrestler, Jesse "The Body" Ventura, who wondered why the Feds aren't going after Bud Selig like they did Vince McMahon....

Oil Can Boyd Says He Can Still Bring The Nasty Stuff At The Age Of 236
Interesting story from Big League Stew about former Red Sox pitcher Oil Can Boyd's desire to return to baseball. Yes, he's 49 (hey, he looks 236), but he says his fastball has been rejuvenated....

Guilty Your Honor, With An Explanation
There are two things I wish. First, that Indiana wasn't 1-11 in the Big Ten. And second, that Daulerio hadn't taped porn over the first 18 minutes of this instructional video....

Sean Williams Knows How To Make An Entrance (And Exit)
New Jersey forward Sean Williams went back to his old stomping grounds to see the Boston College-Duke game this weekend, apparently forgetting that a restraining order prevents him from being on the BC campus....

Bong's True Owner Is A Pro Poker Player, Calls It 'My Precious'
The owner of the famed Michael Phelps bong? It's Zachery "Carter" King, 23, who won the 2008 Poker Stars World Championship of Online Poker Main Event, earning $1.3 million. That buys a lot of weed....

The Rise And Fall Of The Indiana Hoosiers
The Indiana Hoosiers have never lost 18 games in a season; not even under the dubious Harry C. Good (1944-46), who was only there because Branch McCracken was serving in World War II....

Another Case Of Discrimination Against The Large-Breasted
It's the rejected first draft of the script to Million Dollar Baby: Woman is banned from boxing due to her breast implants....

Hank Aaron Doesn't Want the Homerun Record Back
Sorry, Bud Selig: "If you did that, you'd have to go back and change all kinds of records, and the [home run] record was very important to me," Aaron said. "It's probably the most hallowed record out there, as far as I'm concerned, but it's now in the hands of somebody else. It belongs to Barry. No ...