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Dennis Rodman Finds The Role He Was Born To Play
• Based on a true story: There is an actual movie about a midget basketball team playing against full-size people, with Dennis Rodman as "Himself." Just let that sink in for a minute. [SbB]...

Because The World Isn't Truly Free Unless The Gators Win
• Tebow for Commerce Secretary: Idiot Congressman asks Nancy Pelosi to delay the certification vote of President Barack Obama, so that he can attend the National Championship Game on Thursday....

Your Wife Wants A Wunder Boner
• Needs less boxing: Can The Contender save boxing? That depends—does it allow chokeholds and roundhouse kicks? [Good Point]...

Shane Victorino Will Banish You To The Land Of Wind And Ghosts
Of course, there was a live blog: Shane Victorino is Sportsman No. 1 Muscular Athlete Champion. Can you do any less?!? [Lost in Ube]...

UFC: Ultimate Fleeing Championship?
• Starting The New Year In Style. Another UFC fighter arrested after a high-speed car chase. Josh Neer, however, is no Rampage Jackson. [Yahoo Sports]...

Sir, You're No Craig Sager
• Fashion. Forward: What was up with Bryant Gumbel's jacket? Doesn't he know we're in a recession? [Leave The Man Alone]...

A Technical Foul ... Of Love
• Maybe not: What's a Scott Pioli and why does everyone want to hire him? Oh, right—because Patriots employees always do so well once they stop working for Bill Belichick. [Midwest Sports Fans]...

It's Sorgi Time
I'll take this one Peyton. Week 17 belongs to Jim Sorgi. Not even Smokey Robinson's Miracles could be a more reliable backup. [Daily Snowman]...

Not to Mention Dallas is a Landlocked City
Emmitt speaks (we think), Adam Dunn doesn't sign, the Thunder gets the nickelodeon treatment (doo doo doo doo doo doo DOO doo), and the Stars give up on selling the on-ice product....

Your Obligatory "Supple Wrist" Joke Before Your Obligatory Cheerleader Post
Todd MacCulloch is huge, the Wildcat in Cleveland, and the Lego Hand of God....

That's Just ... Not. Right.
• Nice hops: This poor Chinese girl lost both her legs in an accident, so her family replaced them with a basketball. And I thought my health insurance was bad. [Sports Rubbish]...

Now That's A Knee Injury!
• Gnarly: Former Bengal Reggie Williams has had a few problems with his knees. Unless you think that having kneecaps that look like tree trunks aren't a problem. [Money Players Blogs]...

Sideline Reporters With Sex Appeal? What a Novel Idea!
Sex over substance on the sidelines, the world's strangest taunt, and Matt Cassell: Hero to some....

In Which Giant Alien Heads on the NFL Network Set are 'Hilarious'
• We come in peace: I'm not exactly sure what's so hysterical - it's probably the drugs! - about producers from the NFL Network deciding to make the on-air talent's heads look like creatures from another galaxy, but the guys on the set (especially Deion) seem to get a huge kick out of it. [SOX & Daw...

You Can't Park That There
• Moises Alou would have caught that: Wrigley Field has a little trouble with its Zamboni. Of course it did. [NBC Chicago]...

The Gary Payton Of Poultry
• Good news: Rocco Baldelli is not dying. Well, we're all dying, but at least he's not going anytime soon. [MLB Trade Rumors]...

Hannah Storm Pulls Out All The Stops
• Captivating: The one day I miss SportsCenter and Hannah Storm starts dressing Daisy Duke. It was only on for 14 hours yesterday so it was pretty easy to miss. [Not a Sports Blog]...

Beware English Soccer And Its Unclean Women
Napoli owner Aurelio De Laurentiis has a message for any of his players who are thinking about defecting to the Premiership:...

May The Force Be With You (Because No One Else Will Be)
• The Phantom Coolness: Star Wars-themed Sports jerseys; When you want to tell the world, "I will never have a girlfriend and I've come to terms with that fact." [Fan IQ]...

Naughty Stick Figures, The Shocker, And More Fan Heckling
For the record, the stick figures are labeled "Me" and "Your Mom". Guess which is which. [The 700 Level]...