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LA Times Writer Makes Big Smurfing Mistake
Los Angeles Times' Mark Heisler calls Mavericks' guard Jose Juan Barea a "Mexican Smurf" in his power rankings. Funny, except that Barea is Puerto Rican. [LAist]...

Lemme Know It's Christmas Time At All
Tonight the Philadelphia Eagles attempt to dismantle the hapless Cleveland Browns in front of a raucous crowd at Lincoln Financial Field. Stu Scott and Santa will be there to witness the carnage....

The Greatest Game Ever Played
...Is not going to be at Detroit Tiger Curtis Granderson's second annual Celebrity Shoot-Out....

ESPN Backs Up Ed Werder: "We Stand By Our Reporting"
Even though Terrell Owens went out of his way to single out the supposedly "made up" reporting of ESPN's Cowboy specialist Ed Werder, the WWL is sticking by their mustachioed menace....

Oh, So He's Insane
"We understand that Sean has problems, and we understand that people are human," Hull said. "We don't want to ruin Sean or his career. We want him to get better, but we needed to obviously part ways with Sean. It's amicable." [Dallas Morning News]...

ESPN Keeps Us Entertained With Ironic Headlines
Perhaps not the best choice of words in headline No. 2, considering the whole story behind headline No. 1. Oh ESPN headbots, you've done it again....

T.O. Scolds Media, Ed Werder Following Spanking Of Giants. Let's Watch The Fun
Here's Terrell Owens doing what he does best, denying controversy that he's supposed to have started. In this case, the jaunty jalopy cap adds a special air of believability, wouldn't you say?...

Battle Tonight In Dallas
Yeah, I'm pretty sure the ref walked away from this fall with a broken nose....

Finally, CBS Gives Us the Two Favres We All Crave
Sure most of the one o'clock games didn't exactly light it up on paper, but most of them remained moderately competitive, and downright watchable throughout. Plus, TWO FAVRES!...

Sean Avery Out In Dallas
It looks like Sean Avery's suspension is upgraded back to "forever". Avery will not be re-joining the Stars when is six game time-out is over....

Playoff Spots Are On the Line, Nobody Told Washington
The Redskins are getting crushed, the Falcons are dominating the Bucs, and JP Losman engineered an real touchdown drive and everything....

ND State Guard Scores 60, Sets School Free Throw Record
North Dakota State basketball player Ben Woodside had an incredible NCAA high 60 points in Friday's game. Amazing for sure, but only half of it was from action scoring....

Pop Warner Team Gets Kicked Out Of Disney
Two pop warner football teams are facing disciplinary action for getting kicked out of a Disney World resort. Their infraction? Fighting in the cafeteria....

Did Witten Leak The Cowboys Drama?
The Terrell Owens and Jason Witten drama is reaching a delightfully fun high. Apparently Owens and Witten almost came to blows in the locker room....

Ed Werder Gets Owned
Cowboy fans are taking this whole TO/Romo/Witten thing pretty well, huh?...

The One With A Shivering Canadian Women's Basketball Team
We get a massive amount of tips in our inbox each week. Some are pretty interesting, but don't get published for one reason or another. (NSFW)...

Florida Lineman Has Some Interesting Facebook Friends
I get five or six Facebook friend requests a day, and all of you can just $#&% off! Kidding. But I do require a series of grueling background checks....

Blackhawks Field Trip Now The Feel Good Story Of Mid-December 2008
The original tip about the Chicago Blackhawks and their winter sojourn to the funeral of GM Dale Tallon's father was actually a complaint that no one was talking about it. Well ... you win....

Terrell Owens Jealous Of Romo-Witten Sleepovers
Wait, a second ... Terrell Owens isn't happy in Dallas? I am surprised to hear that because this is completely new information....

Bears Win Battle Of Mediocrity
"It's a great opportunity to get a field goal to win the game, but at the same time it's a total team effort," Gould said. "The offense battled back. And the coin toss went our way. The offense played well just to get the ball down in range." [Chicago Tribune]...