Teams in China are searching for a mythical creature said to resemble a 7-foot tall orangutan.
Watching the hunt closely are fans of the paranormal, cryptozoologists, and the New York Knicks.

The BC Lions have released their own energy drink named "Roar".
If it was tested by their players this season, shouldn't it be called "Snoar"?

Bud Selig said baseball may be entering a new era of playoff expansion.
The Texas Rangers are experiencing playoff ERA expansion.

Troy Smith is starting at QB for the 49ers in London?
This is like those soccer matches in North America where the European and South American teams let their drivers and hairdressers play.

Buccaneers TE Jerramy Stevens was released by the team after he was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana.
Officers knew he was high when he spelled his first name.

Bad news for Brett Favre: he has a stress fracture in his left ankle and his record consecutive press conference streak could be in jeopardy.

Allen Iverson signed to play in Turkey.
I guess it's safe to say he won't become a practicing Muslim.

Sony announced it is discontinuing its cassette Walkman after over 30 years.
Joe Paterno is going to have to revise his Christmas wish list.

The Miami Heat have figured out how to get from 17 players down to the league-mandated 15.
They signed Jerry Stackhouse, who will likely take out two guys in practice.

If the D.A. presses charges in that Montreal-Hamilton junior football brawl in the stands, the defense will be: "If the touque don't fit, you must acquit".

Shaquille O'Neal spent over an hour posing as a statue in Harvard Square.
Big deal. The Knicks' Eddy Curry has been doing that on the court for years.

JoePa also thinks the best way to get rid of computer viruses is to go back to the abacus.

Joe Paterno said the best way to deal with the head-to-head hit problem is to get rid of facemasks.
The American Dental Association endorsed his position and added this could be the best Halloween ever.

All One-Man-Law-Firm Team nominees: the New England Patriots BenJarvus Green-Ellis and the New Jersey Devils Pierre-Luc Letourneau-LeBlond.

A crazed stalker jumped onto the field at Yankee Stadium during Game 3, later telling authorities he wanted to confront Alex Rodriguez about his relationship with Cameron Diaz.
ESPN already has a 30 for 30 ready to go on this next week.
It's called There's Something About Mary.

The NBA has banned a new basketball shoe called Concept 1, whose company claims can add 3 and a half inches or more to a vertical leap.
Steve Nash isn't going to like this.

Former star NFL LB Junior Seau says he fell asleep before his car drove off a seaside cliff.
Lesson: don't drive while listening to midterm election debates.

The Florida Gators next game is versus the Georgia Bulldogs in The World's Largest Outdoor Pity Party.

FIFA is examining evidence from a UK newspaper that Nigeria and Tahiti tried to sell their upcoming World Cup votes.
Craigslist or StubHub?

Auburn beat Arkansas 65-43.
College basketball seems to be starting earlier every year.

Terrell Owens was fined $5000 by the NFL for tweeting too close to kickoff.
The good news for T.O. is he just became the mayor of Paul Brown Stadium on Foursquare.

Compared to the ALDS, attendance at Tropicana Field is not expected to dip much for the ALCS.

With a vote, Ole Miss chose a black bear as its new mascot.
Maybe they could have compromised with the faction that wanted Colonel Reb back and picked a polar bear.

In an article in Sports Illustrated, an agent described how he provided money to Ryan Leaf in college.
Around the same time, he provided seed funding for Pets.com.

Sprinter Tommie Smith, who won gold at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Olympics, is selling his medal.
Can you blame him? Have you seen the price of gold these days?

Brett Favre asked to be put into the Chilean mining rescue capsule and lowered.

That was an ugly little incident between the Islanders James Wisniewski and the Rangers Sean Avery.
Thankfully, Brett Favre wasn't there to record it on his cell phone.

Rays fever gripped Tampa after they knotted their series with Texas at 2-2.
Their plane was welcomed home at TPA by 5 cabbies.

Brett Favre has no comment on reports he pursued two team massage therapists.
He's just hoping for a happy ending to the story.

What is with all these Brett Favre rumors?
What happened to "I'll always be true to you, Mary"?
I guess that was just great acting.

With 12 more medals Thursday, it looks like Canada may achieve its Commonwealth Games goal of finishing ahead of the U.S. in the medal standings.

A Browns Stadium security guard who ogled a female fan in the stands Sunday took out a Craigslist "Missed Connections" ad to try to meet her.
Coincidentally, that's also how Cleveland found Jake Delhomme.

Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has now tested positive for a chemical found in plastic IV bags like the ones used for blood-doping.
It's probably just from the sandwich bag the tainted meat was in.