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Plans Are Forming For A New NBA/NHL Arena In Seattle
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Seattle's mayor talks about the state of the arena plan....

Él Es Fiesta: Sterling Moore Went To IHOP Just Two Days After Losing The Super Bowl
This soon after a heartbreaking loss, It is an insult to every long-suffering fan for a player to go to a reasonably priced national chain. Perhaps Moore should be spending a little more time thinking about what more he could have done to help his team on Super Bowl Sunday, and a little less time ea...

One Of Jeremy Lin's Former Unofficial Volunteer High School Coaches Owns A "Linsanity" Website And Now Hopes To Cash In
Linsanity has swept New York City. This much we know. What's harder to fathom is the origin of the term "Linsanity." The big-city tabloids would have you believe their headline writers invented the portmanteau during the last fortnight. Incorrect! The term dates to an earlier era: July 17, 2010. Tha...

Sunshine Patriot: Chad Ochocinco Sure Looks Happy Just Five Days After Losing The Super Bowl
The fun police have been alerted, and Rodney Harrison is en route. Perhaps Ochocinco should be spending a little more time thinking about what more he could have done to help his team on Super Bowl Sunday, and a little less time smiling. [Twitter]...

80 Bucks Will Buy You A Chance To Name A British Soccer Stadium After Your Penis
Or your cat. Or your shoes. Or pretty much whatever you want. Bath City FC, of the Blue Square Premier League, is raffling off naming rights to its stadium, with almost no restrictions. All you need is £50, which converts to about $80. Those who enter will also receive four tickets to the April 9 ma...

28-Year-Old Man Banned From North Dakota High School Basketball Games After Allegedly Dressing In Uniform And Asking For Piggyback Rides
Last we checked in with the "Piggyback Bandit," a little over two years ago, he was terrorizing the state of Washington, lurking around libraries and gyms and stealing piggyback rides from unsuspecting athletes....

The Sad Story Of The Sorority Girl, The Scrappy Guard, And The Law That Came Between Them
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure, where we showcase three heartwarming true stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Off we go....

Angelina From <em>Jersey Shore</em> Says Ahmad Bradshaw "Is A Hot Black"
It's that time of the week when Super Bowl analysis starts to devolve into silliness, isn't it? Thank the stars TMZ is there to counterbalance things with some serious, well-sourced reporting:...

Kobe Bryant Has Never Heard Of Linsanity
We can confirm Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin wasn't with Kobe shooting in the gym, either. Because some reporters asked Kobe—whose Lakers will play the Knicks tonight—what he thought of Linsanity, and he had no idea:...

Hanley Ramirez Has Made The Best (And Only) Spanish-Language Powerade Commercial We've Ever Seen
Lots of us have probably taunted Hanley Ramirez. He ruined fantasy teams (and, to some extent, the Marlins) in 2011, he porked up, he bungled balls in the field. But like any vengeful young man, he has waited six months and found revenge in a Spanish-language advertisement for a slightly downmarke...

Finally, Peyton Manning's Face In Every NFL Logo
What happens when the famous Manningface falls into the hands of a graphic designer? Every single NFL team logo (plus some alternates) gets a makeover to incorporate Peyton Manning's rectangular head. It started at Something Awful, but the guy who created them has assembled them all in one place for...

Vince Wilfork Straight Up Told The Refs They Blew A Call In New England's Favor
It goes without saying (and yet bears repeating) that NFL Films does an incredible job. Their weekly Sound FX packages, where selected players are mic'ed up for the game (like Tebow!), are slick and entertaining, but above all insightful....

Much Like a Zombie, <i>The Walking Dead</i> is Back From a Brief Hiatus
It's been over two months since the mid-season finale of The Walking Dead, and while some folks may still be recovering from November's traumatic barn massacre, most viewers are ready to dive right back in to the undead bloodbath....

Jeremy Lin Dominates Other NBA Players In Planking
The NY Post ran a cropped version of the above photo in a story this morning about how Jeremy Lin, who's been sleeping on his brother's couch on the Lower East Side, is now searching for a home of his own, as it seems Lin will be sticking around New York a little longer. (He will also be making the ...

Learning The Secret Of Rugby, Nine Concussions Later
I once drank so much weight-gain powder that I couldn't go 40 minutes without peeing. I was an intern in San Francisco, trying to play rugby with the big boys, and working part time clearing tables. Whoever designed Mass XXX surely did not intend for it to provide 50 percent of my daily calories, us...

Don't Tell Rodney Harrison, But Rob Gronkowski Posed For A Photo Last Night With Kobe
Your morning roundup for Feb. 10. Photo via Larry Brown Sports. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. ...

<em>Boston Herald</em>: Kevin Youkilis Is Getting Married To Tom Brady's Sister
Holy alleged eugenics, Boston! A sister of Boston's resident best athlete (sorry, JaJuan Johnson) is getting married to its resident Greek god (sorry, Niko Koutouvides), if this story is true, anyway....

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Jay Bilas Is Lazy
Every week, ESPN basketball analyst Jay Bilas releases the "Bilas Index," his ranking of the top 68 teams in college roundball. He provides a short blurb with each team to justify their place in the index, for example:...