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Rinku And Dinesh Are Boycotting Topps (With Update)
Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel, the teenage pitchers from India who were signed by the Pirates recently, would like you to know that the man from Topps is a bad man. A very baaaad man....

Your Definitive Big East Breakdown By A Pink-Colored Paper
The New York Observer has a nice little rundown of the Big East tournament that starts tonight. [NY Observer]...

No Pressure On Sixth-Grade Basketball Recruit
The New York Times is concerned about the hype that recruiters place on young sixth grade athletes. You know what would definitely help with that? A feature story in The New York Times!...

Dan Leone Will Not Stop Yapping Until The Eagles Give Him His Usher Job Back
Yesterday we showed you the story of Dan Leone, the former Eagles' game-day worker canned for illegal use of the Facebook. The Eagles have not relented, and Dan is still part-time jobless....

Play Football For Lane Kiffin Or Suffer The Minimum Wage Consequences
Tennessee's spring football practices begin today, but it's really hard to imagine how Lane Kiffin's tenure as head coach could get any more entertaining than it's been so far. (Fingers crossed!)...

And Now Some Deleted Scenes From 'Talladega Nights'
Dude, it's not a foul ball … if a tire rolls onto the infield during a NASCAR race, you don't run over there and retrieve it....

Cashing In On The Good Name Of Stephon Marbury
A former high school teammate of Stephon Marbury is selling an out of focus picture of his state championship ring. (Oh wait—he's selling the actual ring.) The price: $250,000. Yeah....good luck with that. [eBay]...

High School Kids Now Refusing To Take Shots From Less Than 80 Feet
• Do I need a slide rule for this?: I was just thinking that the real problem with the NFL's QB rating is not enough high level math. [Kotite's Corner]...

Dan Serafini Wins One For Team Italy
Much head scratching over Italy's defeat of Canada in the World Baseball Classic on Monday. How could such a thing happen? Easy. It was pretty much just a glorified MLB spring training game....

Binghamton Player Blackballed By America East?
That's the speculation from the NY Times scribe Pete Thamel, who says that Binghamton's less-than-law-abiding team under coach Kevin Broadus may be the reason they're empty-handed during awards season. [The Dagger]...

Wake Up, Matt Jones
Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to [email protected]. Subject: Morning crap....

Red Bull Gives You Product Placement
A German footballer gets in trouble for turning his goal celebration into an advertisement for Red Bull. Because advertising should only be done on jerseys, shoes, balls, fields, seats, every available blank space... [The Spoiler]...

This Here's What You Call A "Danwich"
I love this photo. The expression on Dan Patrick's face, with an Andrews sister on each arm, just seems to scream, "Hey, E.A. Fanboys — SUCK ON THIS ACTION."...

Stephen Jackson Is The Last Dragon
If the Warriors' Stephen Jackson is Bruce Leroy, the mystical martial artist who possesses "the glow," then who is the evil Sho'nuff, the Shogun of Harlem?...

Geno Hayes Will Wear His Helmet From Now On
Tampa Bay special teamer Geno Hayes is doing fine, even though his 19-year-old girlfriend stabbed him in the head with scissors—then again in the neck with a real knife. The second stabbing shows dedication. [TampaBayOnline]...

Urban Meyer Is Nothing If Not Chivalrous
Florida coach Urban Meyer has a strict "no weapons" policy with his team, as you probably knew. But are you also aware that he insists that his players hold the door open for a lady?...

Alex Ovechkin's Job Is His Credit
• Did he use a golden glove?: The Chicago Cubs are not letting go of their favorite celebration move—the ol' "grab your teammate in the crotch" maneuver. [Right Field Bleachers]...

Skip Bayless Blames Rick Reilly, Jeff Kent For America's Barry Bonds Hatred
The Starting Five's Michael Tillery unleashed Part II of his epic Skip Bayless interview and today we find out some of the reasons Skip became a full-blown Barry Bonds supporter....

Alex Rodriguez Is Made Of Human Parts
The doctor who performed A-Rod's surgery today says there were "no surprises." Like a what? A third arm? A underdeveloped conjoined twin? An adamantium exoskeleton? [ESPN]...