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Erin Andrews Once Again Disposes Of All Sexy Sportscasting Competition
For the second year in a row, America's Sideline Princess wins Playboy's Sexiest Sportscaster of the year award. Playboy.com has a YouTube tribute to Andrews' super-sexy microphone fiend technique. Enjoy. [Playboy.com](Kinda NSFW)...

Naked Nebraska Wrestler Doing Just Fine At New School
Remember those Nebraska wrestlers who occasionally liked to take their clothes off for gay porn sites? It turns out that they also like to wrestle! One of them is pretty good at it, too....

Sports Columnist's Attempt At Keeping Himself High All The Time Fails Spectacularly
We're all well aware of the crappy economy's effect on many Americans. Journalists are particularly vulnerable: newspapers are shutting down, salaries are freezing, jobs are scarce. Might as well grow some weed....

Back To Bitches: Tales From Westminster
Once again, Deadspin has deputized Barry Petchesky as its professional pooch reporter to cover the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show mess. Here is his day two report....

Things Are Still A Bit Frosty Between Billy Gillispie And Jeannine Edwards
Jeannine Edwards had a rather awkward run-in with coach Billy Gillispie the last time she worked the sideline at a Kentucky game, so naturally ESPN sent her right back into the fire last night....

Um, Wasn't Roy Williams Traded To The Cowboys?
Behold, the Detroit Lions 2009 Team Calendar. I hear that October features Matt Millen. [The World Of Isaac]...

Would It Have Hurt Her To Lez It Up Just A Little?
Former Central Michigan player Brooke Heike is suing the school because, she says, she lost her scholarship for not being a lesbian. Just another example of an athlete not being able to follow simple instructions....

Jose Canseco Says He Will Save Baseball
Canseco proposes a meeting with Bud Selig and Donald Fehr aimed at fixing the game's drug problem. "I think I have the ear of the nation now." [Yahoo Sports]...

A-Rod's Self-Centered, Misguided Prickishness Is Astounding
This "exclusive" photo was featured in today's New York Daily News on page 2 above the Mike Lupica column. Unfortunately, you can no longer find it online because A-Rod's people complained about it....

Three Random Dudes Agree To Play H-O-R-S-E
Kevin Durant, O.J. Mayo, and Joe Johnson will be the three competitors in the NBA H-O-R-S-E contest on Saturday. Try to contain yourself. [USA Today]...

Is The Delightful Dana Jacobson Era Almost Over At ESPN?
ESPN's been public about its plans to trim down staff during the wintry economic climate and one of the first higher profile casualties might be everyone's favorite Belvedere guzzler, Dana Jacobson....

Schedule Div. II Power Academy Of Art At Your Own Peril
So this was a pretty amusing basketball box score sent to me by a friend: Final, University of San Francisco 74, Academy of Art 28. I wish I could have attended that matchup of titans....

Ma'am, There's A Dog In Your Crotch: Tales From Westminster
Once again, Deadspin has deputized Barry Petchesky as its professional pooch reporter to cover the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show mess. Here is his report....

The Imminent Return Of Charles Barkley
The Round Mound Of BJ Hound will return to his rightful place in the TNT analyst chair after NBA All-Star weekend. [SI]...

Examining Jon Gruden's Unhealthy Obsession With Tim Tebow
Jon Gruden has only been out of football for a month, technically, but he's already having trouble adjusting. Case in point: This rather remarkable interview he did with the Sun-Sentinel on Sunday....

Stanley Pringle Still Ignoring Your Creative Taunts
As basketball nicknames go, The Library Masturbator is probably greater than even Dr. J or Black Mamba. Man, I hope Stanley Pringle makes it to the NBA....

Peter Gammons Regrets Not Sticking Up For Roberts
SI writer Jeff Pearlman criticized ESPN's Peter Gammons for the way he handled the Alex Rodriguez interview, accusing the venerable baseball writer of "softball questions and limited inquisitiveness."...

PETA: Dog Master Race To Rise Up, Annex The Sudetenland
The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show got underway on Monday, and of course PETA was there to add an air of dignity and understatement to the proceedings, as the photo indicates....

The Cardinals Will Win A World Title Or Die Trying
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Lane Kiffin Finds More Hilarious Ways To Get Into Trouble
Tennessee turns in own coach for recruiting violations, including using a fog machine to introduce a recruit. I'll bet Urban Meyer got a kick out of that. [Atlanta Journal Constitution]...