NASA has confirmed there is water and ice on Mars.
Somewhere, Gary Bettman is drooling.

Seattle has become one of the first major American cities to discourage the use of plastic shopping bags after a city council vote.
The final straw came when the Seattle Supersonics recently moved their entire franchise to Oklahoma City in plastic bags.

The WNBA has garnered the first A-plus given in an annual diversity report card on race and gender in sports.
The previous highest grade was awarded in 1998 when Dennis Rodman received an A.

Nike has pulled an ad campaign showing a basketball player's face in an opponent's crotch and will replace it with a photo featuring someone dunking over an 11-year old Indonesian sweatshop worker.

Video piracy and counterfeiting in Asia remains a problem: there's already a DVD available of the opening ceremonies in Beijing.

The International Olympic Committee banned Iraq from next month's Summer Games in Beijing due to "government interference".
Really? I assumed China would feature that as a demonstration sport.

The Army has ordered Detroit 7th round draft pick Caleb Campbell to fulfill a less confusing and more promising two years than playing for the Lions: serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.

A rotting great blue heron carcass dangling above a Vancouver tennis tournament isn't going anywhere, due to concerns over disturbing the colony.
It's the biggest stink made at a tennis match since John McEnroe retired.

Green Bay Packers CB Charles Woodson has come out with his own wine label, "24", producing a merlot and a cabernet.
Next up: a Lambeau Field ice wine.

Seeking to address their weakness against left-handed pitching, the New York Yankees have signed released Seattle Mariner Richie Sexson, who will platoon at 1B with Jason Giambi.
The move could be a good one: Sexson actually had good hitting stats in limited at-bats this season vs lefties. Against righties, Sexson was about as productive as a T-ball stand.

Renovations to Rutgers University's football stadium in New Jersey have unearthed 250-year old broken beer bottles.
Also found were tailgate bratwursts so full of nitrates they had retained all their original nutritional value.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers were "scrambling to protect their reputation" today after racy photos of ex-members of their cheerleading squad became a minor Internet sensation.
Their reputation? Yeah, let's not let a little flesh make us lose sight of the fact that the mosquito capital of Canada hasn't won a Grey Cup in 18 years.

Perpetually dog-housed Ottawa netminder Ray Emery has signed a 1-year contract to play hockey in Russia.
In Soviet Russia, practice disrupt goalie!

Chiefs TE Tony Gonzalez saved a man in a Huntington Beach, CA restaurant by performing the Heimlich Maneuver.
It's the first time a receiver has prevented someone from choking since David Tyree's catch in the Super Bowl.

3-star point guard Chris Duhon verballed to the New York Knicks Friday, ahead of National Signing Day on July 9.
Recruiting analyst Tom Lemming ranks the Knicks incoming 2009 class as one of the top 30 in the league.

Canada Post has been named an Official Supplier to the 2010 Winter Games.
I'm sure the athletes will be spurred on to their quickest times ever knowing the postal system is behind them.
This is like AA sponsoring Oktoberfest.

ESPN is reporting that Brett Favre and the Packers have had discussions regarding a possible comeback as Green Bay's QB this season.
This guy's having more farewells and endings than The Return of the King.