The Carolina Panthers released a new logo, giving their cougar a "more aggressive look" around the eyes and mouth.
I guess they want it to look like it has had a couple of cosmos.
It should fit the overall vibe of the team's graphics: the font in the end zones look like they're taken from an '80s hair-metal band.

Columbus was selected as the host of next year's NHL All-Star Weekend.
I'm not sure this is the best way to lure Alex Ovechkin back to the game.

Time Warner wants Dodgers: the scariest 4 words in L.A. outside of "untitled Bruce Vilanch project".

Is there drug testing at the Winter X Games?
The THC levels on the mountain must be like a reggae tour bus.

Tommy Lasorda says Dodgers fans are the greatest in baseball.
Maybe from the 3rd through 7th innings.

First there was Moneyball, now Tom Hanks is set to star as a Detroit Tigers executive in a movie about baseball contracts called Extremely Long & Incredibly Expensive.

Newt Gingrich says if he is elected President he will build a permanent colony on the Moon.
Gary Bettman is excited by the prospect of a new home for the Coyotes and is studying where it would fit in geographical realignment.

The tennis announcers mentioned Geoffrey Rush was named 2012 Australian of the Year.
Who did he beat out - Elle Macpherson and Crocodile Dundee?

The Tigers plan to play Cabrera at third and Fielder at first.
Oh, to be a helmet and glove vendor in the first base stands.

Recommended audiobook: Ed Hochuli reads Kindle Fire For Dummies

President Obama hosted the Boston Bruins at The White House Monday.
Video of the event was immediately sent to the FBI and Brendan Shanahan.

The Giants line gave up six sacks to the 49ers.
Iran did a better job of blocking the Strait of Hormuz.

The Bengals announced they are moving their training camp from Kentucky to Cincinnati.
Now their fans can watch an extra month of meaningless football each year.

Accused Auburn tree-poisoner Harvey Updyke rejected a plea deal that would have sent him to prison for 13 years, barred him from ever attending Alabama sports events, and forced him to stay away from former NBA centre Wayne Rollins.

Sources say Jim Tressel will interview for the Indianapolis Colts head coaching job.
Followed by his interview for Italian cruise ship captain.

Terrell Owens has signed with the Allen Wranglers of the Indoor Football League.
"Allen"?
You know you're just one step above fantasy when the owners are naming teams after themselves.

Cleveland Indians pitcher Fausto Carmona was arrested in the Dominican Republic on fake identity charges.
He told them he was Danny Almonte.

Fausto Carmona's real name is Roberto Hernandez. He's 31, not 28 like the Indians thought.
Unfortunately, he really did have a 5.25 ERA last season.

When Miss Wisconsin was crowned Miss America she asked Aaron Rodgers to call her.
Just make sure he doesn't use his wide receivers as wingmen; the call might get dropped.

Hundreds of Green Bay Packers fans spent hours shovelling snow at Lambeau Field after a rumour circulated there was cheese and beer buried underneath.

President Obama welcomed the 2010-11 NBA Champion Dallas Mavericks to the White House Monday.
It was an awkward couple of hours for Lamar Odom, who was left on the team bus with a Nintendo handheld and some comic books.

The Bruins Brad Marchand now says he was just practicing Tai Chi when he hit the Canucks Sami Salo.

Huge stakes in the BCS Championship Game Monday night: winner receives a "Get Off Of Probation FREE" card.

The Dallas Cowboys are accused of using factories for their products that employ child labor.
Don't all NFL teams do that? It's called the NCAA.

Demonstrators outside the Montreal Canadiens arena protesting coach Randy Cunneyworth's unilingualism also complained the Bell Centre only plays English music.
C'mon, that's not fair: AC/DC is Australian and U2 is Irish.

The Black Keys and Nickelback are feuding...
The Keys' Patrick Carney said in Rolling Stone that Nickelback helped kill rock 'n' roll.
This is the most one-sided fight since Evander Kane vs Matt Cooke.

Alcatraz is a new Fox series debuting January 16th about men imprisoned in the San Francisco Bay area.
You may remember it by an earlier title: Oakland Raiders.

None of the NHL's top 10 leading scorers were voted into the All-Star Game in Ottawa.
What did you expect, given that city's voting track record?

It used to be the FedEx Orange Bowl but their sponsorship wasn't renewed after they just tossed a check over the bowl committee's fence.

Nice Fiesta Bowl win for Oklahoma State and their 28-year-old QB Brandon Weeden.
After the game, the student section chanted "One more decade!".

Because there is no Heritage Classic in Canada this year, the Flyers-Rangers Winter Classic was the last outdoor game of the NHL season, unless Dallas doesn't make rent.

A unique Rose Bowl halftime show consisted of the Oregon and Wisconsin defensive coaching staffs polishing their resumes to music.

Someday, Shawn Kemp may replace The Rose Bowl as "The Grandaddy of Them All".