The NFL's oldest living alum, Sam Dana - who caught a TD for the New York Yankees in 1928 - has died at the age of 104.
And so the torch passes to Vinnie Testaverde.

81,000 Londoners booed while Eli Manning of the Giants took three straight knees to end New York's 16-13 win over the Dolphins.
It was the most bewildering performance by an American in England since Kool & The Gang showed up in that Band Aid video.

Rockies owner Charlie Monfort says they would beat the Red Sox six games out of ten.
Further evidence of the effects on the brain of drinking Coors at high altitude.

Michigan State football player SirDarean Adams has been charged with unarmed robbery.
I wonder if he will be stripped of his knighthood?

Tim McCarver, Game 1: "Once you get to third, the next stop is home."
Game 2: "I researched it and can confirm that Boston is very near sea level."
What's next? Once you get to the beach, the next stop is the ocean?

The L.A. Sparks won the WNBA Draft lottery Tuesday in New York.
I didn't even know the WNBA had a draft lottery.
Does the winning envelope have a picture of Ed McMahon on it?

The Vancouver Canucks managed to go 30 minutes without a shot Sunday.
Sounds like Britney Spears' latest rehab attempt.

New England (7-0) 49 Miami (0-7) 28.
Not only will the '72 Dolphins keep that champagne on ice another week,
they should be made to run laps around a winery.

Pity Josh Beckett in Cleveland tonight.
Most guys would rather be swarmed by insects than listen to their ex-girlfriend sing.

MSNBC reports that 23% of the polar ice cap has disappeared during the past two years.
Has Charlie Weis developed a taste for Sno-Cones?

Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio wants to make the Spartans-Buckeyes annual tilt a trophy game. Suggested sponsor: Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?

Scientists have discovered Gliese 581C, a twin Earth with very similar conditions just 20 light years away. Gary Bettman immediately announced plans to schedule next season's NHL opener there.

Rumblings about a possible NFL franchise to Toronto have started again.
No doubt there'll be a contest to find a team nickname. Let me suggest the Toronto Roughriders.

Alex Rodriguez's agent Scott Boras wrote a note to all the Major League
Baseball teams saying his client will speak on the field, but added a P.S.:
"Getcha Checkbook Ready."

The next person who publicly calls Tiger Woods cheap will be hearing from his lawyer, LegalZoom.com.

Jacobs Field hadn't seen that many flies since Scott Elarton was in the rotation.

One expert said there was likely a mating swarm taking place inside the ballpark.
Despite this, A-Rod still managed to strike out three times.

Travis Henry is protesting his failed drug test
(marijuana) suspension from the NFL, saying his
experts should have been present for the test.
If you have your own drug test experts, you
may have a problem.

$11.6 million in damages awarded to former New York Knicks executive Anucha Browne Sanders.
Tough hit for Knicks brass: they had earmarked that money for a one-dimensional, overrated, washed up free agent signing.