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Lenny Dykstra Gets Played Off
I'm generally unmoved by popular internet memes but, dammit, I just can't help myself when it comes to Keyboard Cat. Luckily, Gawker video samurai Mike Byhoff shares my love of The Cat and put this together for us....

Braves Reliever Breaks Hand On Door, Pops Bone Back In, Pitches 7th, Needs Surgery, Apologizes
"I'm ashamed of myself.This is a professional sport; you handle yourself in a professional manner. I didn't do that. … I'm just hopeful that Bobby and Frank will give me another chance." [SBB/AJC]...

Blazer Girl To The Rescue: Hello, Deadspin
Meet Blazer Girl. Her name's Cathryn White, and she's a senior at Oregon. She's here to judge how you support your teams. If you spot fans embarrassing themselves by wearing ridiculously awful team gear let her know. Rip City, baby....

Ryan Leaf Used To Be Carried In The Arms Of Cheerleaders, Redux
Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to [email protected]. Subject: Morning crap...

Dan Shanoff Deconstructs The Sideline Princess
"But watching her at the event confirmed what I had thought when I watched her on TV: She was down-to-earth and completely comfortable with herself." You cad! [The Sporting Blog]...

The Man's A Menace!
Bill Murray hits spectator with tee shot at Outback ProAm, uses incident as opportunity to test new comedy material. [St. Petersburg Times]...

Last Blogdome Ever
• But keep sending links: We'll make our best efforts to find a place for it. [The Tainted Supplement]...

James Parr's Not Buying Into All This Obama Hype
Atlanta Braves' pitcher James Parr got a taste of the big time this week when he was featured in SI's "Pop Culture Grid" section. But his answer to one question may raise a few eyebrows....

Nathan Moore Would Like To Know, Is That A Titleist?
It's hard to believe that the man pictured here is accused of attacking a young child with a golf club while out on the course. He looks so calm and centered....

Hockey Games Bring Out The Drunk Muppets
Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to [email protected]. Subject: Morning crap....

Matt Vasgersian Christens The MLB Network With Its First F-Bomb
As the 2009 MLB season inches closer, you can see the fledgling MLB network really hitting its stride. Then last night likable host Matt Vasgersian said "fuck" into an open mic. Video after jump....

Boof Bonser Bounced
Exploratory surgery on the Twins reliever revealed a torn rotator cuff, which means six to eight months of not being able to shout "BOOF!" at inappropriate moments. [MLB.com]...

The AFC Championship Game As Imagined By An Eight-Year-Old Boy
Yes, this Pittsburgh Post-Gazette graphic sums up Sunday's AFC Championship game matchup perfectly (WTF?). Time to worry: That Raven looks totally unaffected by the deadly eye beams. [Best Week Ever]...

Your Team Has No Chance Against The Pittsburgh Sumo Attack
What they're saying out in the ether about the weekend's AFC playoff games ......

Joe Buck Pefers To Call It Multitasking
What they're saying around the blogs about the weekend's NFC playoff games ......

LeBron James: Sicker Than Sick
• We get it. You're good: What is the reality here?That the Cavs are the best team in the NBA right now or that the Celtics free-fall is more than just a temporary speed bump....

Who Dares To Tamper In Joe Flacco's Unibrow Domain?
The Baltimore Ravens' Joe Flacco-led run through the AFC playoffs is just one more example of a famous unibrow influencing world events. [East Coast Bias]...

Boom, Goes the RCA Dome
Known as the Hoosier Dome until 1994, it was home to the Indy Colts for twenty-four years, and as of this morning, it is now a pile of rubble. Such is life....

More Dong From The NFL Vault
Another tale of televised locker room nudity: This time it involved the Redskins' Jeff Bostic and George Michaels' Sports Machine, and it was no accident. [The Coach Is Killing Me]...

USC Wins Hypothetical Playoff According To Vegas Odds
Leave it to Las Vegas to sate all our needs. Even those we didn't know we had before. (I'm looking at you midget escort service.) Everyone knows that the idea of a playoff is so awfully complicated that it would require a Manhattan Project-level commitment before anything could happen. Or, you know...