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Eastern European Grudge Matches Settled On Tennis Court
What's this? Another Australian Open update? It seems Croatian and Serbian fans are not getting along in Melbourne, which is shocking because they've known each other for so long! [Fanhouse]...

Venus Williams Disappoints Oreo Double Stuff Marketing Department
Sixth-seeded Venus Williams loses, failing to face her sister in the Australian Open final—which is just rude, don't you think? [Open News]...

The Buttsaw That Is The NFC Champion Arizona Cardinals
Well. That happened. If anything this exercise in permanent body desecration has taught me this: I will never, ever bet on the Philadelphia Eagles again....

Hoo Boy, This Can't Be Good
Anyone know how this turned out? Was Shiancoe there? At any point did the festivities move out onto open waters?...

Syracuse Coach Fails His Way On To Michigan Staff
The Wolverines solve their defensive woes by hiring Greg "10-37" Robinson as their new coordinator—because in football, a firing is just a job you haven't been hired for yet. [Detroit News]...

Police Capture Wily McNabb Lawn Vandals
Lex Luthor, Professor Moriarty, Dr. Doom ... evil super geniuses all. It's time to add two more names to the pantheon of criminal masterminds: Arizona Cardinals fans Ryan Hanlon, left, and Rex Perkin....

Does Ray-Ray Want To Be A Cowboy?
"Dallas owner Jerry Jones believes his team is in the serious hunt for a Super Bowl title next season, and thinks Lewis would be a help in the Cowboys locker room." [Ravens Insider]...

Hope. Change. Buzzsaw Tattoos.
This is the Mighty Jim Cooke sketch of what will be placed on my upper right buttock very soon. No red birds, no shooting flames — just buzzsaw....

Nine-Fingered Kobe Enough To Stop LeBron James
How confident is Kobe Bryant that he deserves the MVP Award? He intentionally dislocated his right ring finger before their game last night and still dispatched the Cavaliers with relative ease....

McNabb's Arizona Home Vandalized By Cardinals Fans
Donovan McNabb's off-season home in Chandler, Ariz., was vandalized overnight last week. "Go Cards" and other messages were burned on the front lawn. Quite a thing to learn on Martin Luther King Day....

The Solution To All Your Buck-McCarver-Morgan-Vitale Needs
Problem: You want to mute your TV and listen to the local radio play-by-play while watching the games on the tube—but you can never get the sounds to sync with the pictures. The solution?...

My Super Bowl Party Guest List Is Hereby Set
The years have not been kind to Wendy since leaving Neverland. But she's a lot more fun to hang out with. It goes without saying that's she's a huge celebrity in Japan....

Kobe vs. LeBron: ¿Quien Es Mas Macho?
The 31-7 Cavaliers will play the 31-8 Lakers tonight in the greatest regular season game in history until they play again next month....

This Sign Is The Unkindest Cut Of All
This Steelers fan not only knows his franchise history, but he understands how to deliver a crushing insult (sign on far left of photo). Devastating. [Flickr]...

NBA Un-Bans Liquor Ads, Embraces Cheerful Drunks
The NBA has long taken a principled stance against allowing liquor ads at courtside where kiddies can see them. But now they need the money, so forget all that. [Sports Business Journal]...

Buddy's Kid Will Try His Hand With The Jets
Jets waste no time, reportedly ready to hire Ravens' defensive coordinator Rex Ryan as their new head coach sometime today. [NBCSports]...

Sunday Leftovers: Don't Know About You, But I'm Stuffed
• Some ridiculous college hoops dunks, because why not? [Examiner]...

Baltimore at Pittsburgh: The Right To Be "That Other Team" Playing In The Super Bowl
You good people can do your own live bloggin' right here in this thread for the AFC Championship Game....

Congratulations, Buzzsaw
Can't say that this isn't a massive disappointment for both Donovan McNabb and my skin, but the scrappy Arizona Cardinals did what the scrappy Arizona Cardinals do, I guess. So did the Eagles, unfortunately....

The NFC Championship Live Blog, Done Right (Not With Tagged Posts)
Will it be the desert dwellers or the East coast fellers? Which nine-win team reigns supreme? This and much more Iron Chef-style prose to follow in the live blog, aprez le jump....