There is reportedly a shortage of strippers in Dallas for the Super Bowl.
Pacman Jones says that is the final straw and there will be a players' strike in 2011.

The new Egyptian government is like the NHL All-Star Fantasy Draft if there was only one captain picking.

Has anyone looked at O.J. Mayo's stats this season?
Definitely "not guilty" of using performance enhancers.

Rafael Nadal got injured but "refused to withdraw".
Chicago Bears fans want to bring him in for a QB tryout.

Lance Armstrong says he has nothing to hide, and welcomes a probe from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.
In fact, they are welcome to come over after he tidies up for about 6 months.

Mid-winter rituals: pitchers and catchers and Peter Forsberg reporting.

Euro soccer score Friday: Hamburg beat Frankfurt 1-0 in Germany's Fast Food League.

Despite an estimated 93,000 fans that will be in Cowboys Stadium for Super Bowl XLV, official attendance is expected to surpass 100,000.
They will also count ticket holders watching on TV from an outdoor plaza, plus anyone Jerry Jones imagines in his head.

Auburn coach Gene Chizik won the Paul "Bear" Bryant College Coach of the Year Award, and the William Jefferson Clinton Denier of the Year.

FOX has rejected airing Ashley Madison's adultery dating ad during the Super Bowl.
The site will try again with the Golf Channel.

The Texas Longhorns are getting their own TV network with ESPN.
One of the first shows is CSI: Austin, as investigators try to figure out how they went 2-6 in conference last season.

There is speculation that the Detroit Red Wings put something in Evgeni Nabokov's contract to dissuade other teams from claiming him.
Dinner for two with Gary Bettman?

Auburn QB Cam Newton - against the advice of his accountant - announced he will enter the NFL Draft.

North Korea announced plans to hold its first international golf tournament, on a course where leader Kim Jong Il holds the record with a 38, including 11 holes-in-one.
Something tells me one of that course's hazards is a windmill.
Either that or secret police.

An article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune that our understanding of the zodiac may be off a month caused an online panic, with people tweeting that they had the wrong tattoos.
If true, the NBA may need to take a two-week All-Star break.

Auburn will have a title celebration in Jordan-Hare Stadium on January 22.
Cecil Newton is trying to sell the rights to Mississippi State to host it in Davis Wade Stadium.

Brett Favre's sister was arrested in a Mississippi meth lab bust.
Isn't it time she retired?

David Brandon's coaching-search skills made Bill Martin look like Indiana Jones.

Brandon attacked the "national search" with all the gusto of O.J.'s hunt for the real killer.

The NCAA put Texas Tech on two years probation after finding coaches and assistants sent nearly 1,000 inappropriate text messages to recruits.
Scratch "recruiting coordinator" from the list of possible post-NFL jobs for Brett Favre.

David Stern says that NBA fans boo LeBron James because he's good.
Maybe; but that doesn't explain why they boo David Stern.

Russia's world champion junior hockey team was thrown off their plane home out of Buffalo for "unruly behavior".
They were probably just upset the vodka bottles were so small.

Tiger Woods and Golf Digest magazine dissolved their relationship of 13 years, where Woods was a "playing editor".
He will accept a similar position with Maxim.

Khloe Kardashian and her husband Lamar Odom are getting their own reality series on E!
The eight-episode series is tentatively titled Khloe & Lamar Go To White Castle.

EA Sports Tiger Woods PGA Tour '12 video game will feature Augusta National for the first time.
There's even a divorce mode where you can only play with half your clubs.

The Cleveland Cavaliers offered the homeless man with the golden voice - an Internet sensation - a job.
But his star is rising so quickly he may take his talents to South Beach.

Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven were elected to the Baseball Hall Of Fame.
Both will be featured in the new "spitter" wing.

If you're having trouble playing as Ohio State or Auburn in NCAA Football 11, you need to learn the cheat codes.

Birds have been mysteriously falling dead out of the sky in the U.S.
The Saints, Chiefs and Packers hope the trend continues this weekend.

San Francisco was awarded the 2013 America's Cup yacht race, edging out Somalia's bid.

The Big East has 7 basketball teams ranked in the latest Top 25 poll.
Combined with football, the conference will have 7 teams ranked in the two sports.

I'm glad Brett Favre is retiring and not returning for another season and just phoning it in.

A Baltimore Orioles reliever is the main suspect after a fatal shooting in the Dominican Republic.
No doubt his lawyer will argue he was setup and not the finisher.

The Seattle Seahawks became the first NFL team to win a division title with a sub-.500 record on the same day a Volkswagen won the first stage of the Dakar Rally.

Rio de Janeiro unveiled its official logo for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Appropriately, it resembles a string bikini bottom.

LeBron James is torn over whether or not to enter the NBA's Slam Dunk Contest next month in L.A.
Will LeBron take his talents to Venice Beach?
ESPN: it's time to air The Decision 2.

The Big Ten went 0-5 in New Year's Day bowl games.
For the record, the Leaders were 0-2 and the Legends 0-3.

The Florida Gators announced Charlie Weis as their new offensive coordinator.
State biologists are worried about the hiring's impact on the food chain of its fragile ecosystem.