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Here's Whitney Houston Singing The Super Bowl XXV National Anthem
With word tonight of Whitney Houston's death, we'll take this opportunity to highlight one of the best renditions of The Star-Spangled Banner—Houston's National Anthem performance in Tampa before Super Bowl XXV....

The Asian American Journalists Association Wants Jason Whitlock To Apologize
Calling Jason Whitlock's controversial tweet "inappropriate on so many levels," the Asian American Journalists Association has called for the Fox Sports columnist to issue an apology....

Nantz: Pebble Beach Is The World's Best Golf Course, So You Should Respect Bill Belichick For Playing It
Pebble Beach Golf Links (among the other courses associated with the Pebble Beach Pro-Am) is one of the most desired courses on Earth for hackers to play. Today's CBS broadcast of the event regularly referred to it as "The World's Best Golf Course." Yet for some competitors in the Pro-Am, CBS golf...

Sweden Has Rednecks Who Drift Tractors On Rally Courses
This is presumably a Michelin promo video for this weekend's Rally Sweden WRC event in Värmland, but for whatever reason there's video interspersed of a side event which features people drifting their farm tractors. I've never seen this before, and I come from farm country where it snows a whole l...

Rick Reilly Once Again, Apropos Of Nothing, Wants To Remind You That He Has A Hot Wife
A few months back, Reilly, who was new on Twitter, tweeted Colin Cowherd a photo of his wife in a gross interoffice "scoreboard!" incident. On Friday he posted a blog entry about the Twitter contest he's starting. He managed to work his wife in....

David Robinson Was Victimized By One Of The Great Videobombs Of All Time
NBA Hall-Of-Famer David Robinson decided to take in today's Kansas State-Texas game, but even at 7'1" his view could be blocked by an old woman who stood up when he was sitting. [ESPN]...

"He Should Wear Leather Pants": Metta World Peace Has Some Fashion Advice For Jeremy Lin
Linsanity met some real insanity last night at the Garden. The basketball cognoscenti has zeroed in on Kobe's postgame tip of the cap to Lin's sudden greatness, but the dong-texter formerly known as Ron Artest has also weighed in with his thoughts. And, like much of what's floating around inside the...

On His Blog, 15-Year-Old Jeremy Lin Imitated The Headband Fashions Of NBA Players, Including Derek Fisher And Ben Wallace
What appears to be New York Knicks superstar Jeremy Lin's Xanga—chinkballa88.xanga.com, naturally—popped up on Reddit earlier this week, but somehow we missed it, and now it's password-protected. Drat....

A Norovirus Outbreak Sickened More Than 200 People At The Washington State Cheerleading Championships
A virus better known for causing epidemics on cruise ships is blamed for making 229 attendees of the Washington State Cheerleading Championships sick with vomiting and diarrhea....

According To New Tapes, Richard Nixon Tried To Screw NFL Fans Forever
It's hard, in 2012, to imagine anyone being upset about Redskins games not airing on local television. Presumably it would be a treat for the long-suffering fans in DC....

This Is What Tom Brady Looked Like As The Lion From <em>The Wizard Of Oz</em> In The 8th Grade
And Sandy painted his face. Aw. [via; h/t to thesallydrapers]...

Your All-Day College Basketball Open Thread
There are four games today that match teams ranked in the Top 25. There are also plenty of other college basketball games taking place all over the country, right up until Kentucky-Vanderbilt tonight at old Memorial Gym. Go right ahead and discuss them in the comments....

AccuWeather Predicts A One Hundred Percent Chance Of Derek Holland
Last night, Derek Holland dropped by News 8's studio to give Peter Delkus a hand with the weather forecasting. What followed was a clinic on how to be a goofball Major League Baseball player who reads the weather for a local news broadcast. Highlights include the weatherman—"meteorologist"—calling...

Poultry Farmer Drinks 24 Beers, Runs Onto Rugby Pitch In His Underwear, Makes A Tackle
The whole thing is just so New Zealand: "I was pretty drunk. I didn't expect to tackle the guy but he had the ball." [Stuff NZ]...

Jason Whitlock: Expert On Asian Penises
Truly Jeremy Lin's extraordinary explosion to prominence in the NBA is bringing out the best in sportspeople. Writers have been fired for far less, indeed, and as of 11:10 p.m. EST this off-color tweet from Jason Whitlock is still out there. It probably will be in the morning, too, since Whitlock i...

Jerry Sandusky's Wife Nearly Ran Down A Reporter With Her Car, And It Was All Caught On Camera
Yesterday, on the eve of Jerry Sandusky's latest court hearing, Courtney Brennan of Pittsburgh's WPXI-TV was taping a report in front of the Sanduskys' house. It starts off looking like your standard TV news story: An earnest Brennan ready to give an overview of neighbors' complaints to police a...

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....

Someone Shot Creepy Video Of Jerry Sandusky Throwing Biscuits To His Dog
Ol' Jerry gave his own Checkers speech earlier today in front of the Centre County (Pa.) Courthouse. "Now I can't take our dog on my deck and throw out biscuits to him," he said. That's because people were apparently filming him taking his dog on his deck and throwing biscuits out to it. You can wa...

Ku Klux Klan Costumes Ruin Otherwise High-Spirited Night Of Bowling At Umpire Training Academy
Today's New York Times has a report about an umpiring school, and it's not one of those puff pieces about Joe West's country music career....
