Turkish politicians are considering implementing tough new penalties for violent soccer fans.
One of the possible punishments is having to watch Turkish hockey.

Miami and Notre Dame have banned their players from crossing the Mexican border and visiting Cuidad Juarez during free time on their Sun Bowl visit.
Too bad; the players were looking forward to hanging out there as a relaxing respite from North Miami and Gary, Indiana.

The Houston Rockets are shopping Yao Ming's $17 million expiring contract and the world's most fussed-over ankle.
So far, the New York Jets have expressed the most interest.

LeBron James is throwing himself an 11-stop, 3+ month "Birthday Party Tour".
I'd love to go but I'm double-booked with the 4 month Brett Favre Retirement Party.

The NFL handed out 16 fines to players for Week 15 games.
No wonder they want to move to an 18-game season.

Not only can they play in the Sugar Bowl, but now it turns out those Ohio State Buckeyes 5-game suspensions in '11 can be served in EA Sports NCAA Football 11.

The 31-year-old Maple Leafs fan who threw waffles on the ice during a game at the Air Canada Centre has also been banned from BMO Field, Ricoh Coliseum and the Niagara Falls' International House of Pancakes.

Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego has been flooded.
Is Gary Bettman thinking of adding a Kings-Coyotes NHL Winter Classic?

Nailing the Buckeyes for trading autographs is like getting Al Capone on tax evasion.

Much discussion on the NBA playing games on observed major holidays.
This debate started years ago with Shawn Kemp and Fathers Day.

What's duller: bowl season or bowling season?

What Rex Ryan and his wife do with her feet is their own business.
Just don't do it on the sideline during opponents punt and kick coverage.

Ryan Leaf signed a contract to write three books.
That's two more than he read at Washington State.

The Washington Wizards got a Secret Service patdown during their morning shootaround before playing the Miami Heat in front of President Obama.
They should consider themselves lucky they're not still called the Bullets.

FIFA head Sepp Blatter warned soccer fans journeying to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil they better be prepared to have sex in public or else face ostracization or jail time.

The Big Ten naming their divisions Legends and Leaders will soon be joining New Coke on the list of Flops and Failures.

The first 5,000 Vikings fans in the gate for the Bears game Monday night at TCF Bank Stadium at the University of Minnesota get a free shovel.

Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin will appear together on The Price Is Right Monday.
They'll be the first athletes on the show since Cam Newton.

Art historians found that by magnifying high-resolution images of the Mona Lisa's eyes letters, numbers and symbols can be seen.
They are calling it Da Tebow code.

Let me get this straight: someone named Sal Alosi who works for an organization in New Jersey took out a hit on an opposing family's foot soldier?

The TSA caught boxing promoter Don King with ammunition in his luggage.
Don't you think he'd be a little edgy not being able to travel with hair care products?

The Metrodome roof collapsed, pouring massive amounts of snow onto the field, and analysts said "obviously they couldn't play in those conditions".
I think the New England Patriots would have done fine.

The ratings are in for the Maple Leafs-Canadiens in 3D: of the 50 households in Canada with the technology, it was the highest-rated in its time slot outside of those watching Avatar again.

The Giants-Vikings game was postponed til Monday night due to accumulations of snow on the Metrodome roof and ice on Brett Favre's shoulder.

The San Antonio Spurs Manu Ginobili says he saw a UFO when he was in LA to play the Clippers December 1.
The New York Knicks claimed the same thing a week earlier but video later proved it was actually Blake Griffin.

Evander Holyfield will fight Sherman "Tank" Williams at a four-star resort in West Virginia next month.
Pretty shocking stuff.
Who knew there was a four-star resort in West Virginia?

Harlem Globetrotters legend Curly Neal was on hand as Dr. James Naismith's original rules of basketball sold for $4.5 million at auction.
When Neal presented the document to the winning bidder, it had mysteriously changed to shredded confetti.

The Red Sox loved the Winter Meetings so much, they signed them to a 7-year deal before they left Lake Buena Vista.

Cam Newton won the Maxwell Award as the nation's best all-around player.
His dad won the Maxwell House Award for shaking ADs down to the last drop.

A glitch in one of the computers used in the BCS rankings almost put Cee Lo Green in the Fiesta Bowl.

Jets coach Rex Ryan buried the game ball from the 45-3 loss to the Patriots.
It's right next to Jimmy Hoffa.

The Jets observed the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death by having another New York tragedy broadcast over Monday Night Football.

Diego Maradona may be the next coach of the Iranian National Soccer team.
If they win a big game, he has pledged to run naked through the streets being chased by secret police.

It appears the Washington Nationals signed Jayson Werth to Derek Jeter's contract demands.

The New York Yankees reached agreements with Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera.
Analysts say if they can just re-sign Bernie Williams and David Cone they will be favorites to win the 1998 World Series.

Two people were stabbed in a huge Rose Bowl parking lot brawl before the Southern Cal-UCLA game.
Anyone know if O.J. is getting weekend passes?

Cincinnati's Bearcat mascot got arrested during a football game for throwing snowballs and resisting security.
Its been a rollercoaster year for feline characters in Ohio, between the Bobcat, the Bearcat, and the Lyin' King.

The USC student-agent who gave tailback Dillon Baxter a ride across campus in his golf cart has been decertified by the NFL Players Association.
He will also have to start displaying a "L" sticker on the back of his golf cart.

The NCAA ruled Cam Newton eligible, claiming he was unaware that his father concocted a pay-for-play scheme during his recruitment.
Apparently, for these Newtons, the apple does fall far from the tree.

Observers at the Heat-Cavaliers game said it was the most riled-up Ohio crowd they had ever seen outside of a monster truck rally.

A new autobiography by disgraced sprinter Ben Johnson claims he was once the Egyptian pharaoh Khufu in the mid-2500s B.C.
Things were going great until he tested positive for frankincense.

Russia and Qatar? Is this the World Cup or a James Bond movie?

Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to a Midwestern law firm to investigate LeBron James's decision to join the Miami Heat.
Who is having the better year: Cavs or Heat?
Neither; Midwestern law firm.

Sports Illustrated named Jason Schwartzman its Schwartzman of the Year.

A new study applied a monetary value to each NFL player.
Those generating the most money for the league are Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and James Harrison.