The white powder Super Bowl hotel letters were sent from Toronto.
Doesn't Rob Ford's secretary know he's staying in Vancouver this weekend?

Two dozen military helicopters flew over the Hudson River Friday afternoon.
Security, or start of 51-hour pre-game show?

Suspicious powder was mailed to hotels near the Super Bowl.
Isn't that in the Chili Peppers rider?

The good news is the Phoenix Coyotes are changing their name.
The bad news is it's not to the Quebec Nordiques or Seattle Grunge.

Ronnie Lott says it's only a matter of time until Peyton Manning figures out any defense.
The only question is how long it takes him.
He's like an Italian prosecutor!

Atlanta was frozen to a standstill with two inches of snow.
Good thing they're not hosting the Super Bowl.

Roberto Luongo said the Canucks "need to play 60 minutes".
I'm not sure the CBS News show staff has a team, but I bet the Canucks could score 5 or 6 goals against them.

Hockey Canada president Bob Nicholson said "Russia is a difficult place to get around in - it's not Vancouver".
Spoken by someone who isn't doing rush hour commutes in the Lower Mainland.

The NHL should move the entire league outdoors, and then they could hold special "indoor game" events a few times a year.

Fox Sports Latin America has acquired the rights to broadcast the Sochi Olympics.
Next up: figuring out who's going to show the Super Bowl.

The Seattle-Denver mayoral Super Bowl wager is on: if the Seahawks win, Denver is sending a brick of weed, and if the Broncos win, Seattle is sending a brick of weed.

Even injured, Nadal could still beat me using a teaspoon.

Does anyone know why the Anaheim Ducks throwback jerseys were honouring the B.C. Lions?
I thought the Felions were going to start playing beach volleyball against the Kiss Army.

Jonas Hiller gets the first shutout of the year in Dodger Stadium.
Your move, Clayton Kershaw.

I hope no visiting Vancouver Giants fans get jumped in the Dodger Stadium parking lot.

The Knicks Carmelo Anthony scored 62 points in a romp over the Charlotte Bobcats.
Charlotte was so embarrassed, they are going to change their last name.

Warren Moon lost $200,000 in a scam involving Miami Heat tickets.
Now he knows how Knicks and Lakers celebrity fans feel.

The Australian Open would be better if one of the ball boys was a live croc.

Eugenie Bouchard wants to know if Dade County allows conjugal visits.

I wasn't sure if we were seeing Team USA's Opening Ceremony outfits or a preview of 2014's ugly Christmas sweaters.

Greg Maddux will enter the Hall Of Fame with no logo on his cap.
I didn't realize he was part of the alter-globalization movement.

Justin Bieber was pulled over and arrested in Miami after a police officer saw him racing a Lamborghini against a Ferrari at speeds of "55 to 60 mph in a 30 mph zone".
Does that strike anyone as the worst car race ever?
This is like the Seahawks and Broncos starting Tarvaris Jackson and Brock Osweiler in the Super Bowl.

The security guard at Cass Tech High School in Detroit has asked for a transfer somewhere safer like Sochi.

One thing was clear after Eugenie Bouchard's run at the Australian Open: she needs less tennis coaching and more date coaching.

Celtics versus Wizards. Winner gets Stonehenge.

There was a shooting scare at the University of Oklahoma Wednesday, but it turned out to just be a rivalry.

If it's really cold at the Super Bowl, Bruno Mars might feel like he's walking on the moon.

Ron Burgundy cancelled his Olympic guest announcing trip after he found out the games are not in "Scotchy".

The U.S. is offering Russia security support for the Sochi games.
Paul Blart.

Quicken Loans is offering a $1 billion prize for a perfect 2014 NCAA Tournament bracket.
In other news, the White House announced it was closing down until early April.

Seattle, Denver, Mars, New Jersey in February: is this the Super Bowl or a remake of The Thing?

The Nets beat the Knicks Monday at MSG in the Jabari Parker Invitational.

Major League Baseball will be outsourcing their new expanded review calls.
Hopefully not to the same video reviewers who gave The Lone Ranger the same amount of Oscar nominations as Inside Llewyn Davis.

When Richard Sherman yelled out "L.O.B." at the end of his post-game interview, he was calling out Seattle Mariners hitters.

I felt sorry for Erin Andrews, stuck in Mean Gene Okerlund's old role.

Seattle and Denver make the Super Bowl.
California and Massachussets rethinking legalization of marijuana.

We need to hear from Keith Olbermann about how much the Canucks Kellen Lain is earning per second.

John Tortorella with the edgiest hallway visit since The Shining.

Jets TE Kellen Winslow caught in a Target parking lot.
I hope he paid cash for that Vaseline at Target, or there may be more than one thing that fell into the wrong hands that night.

Why was John Tortorella trying to get into the Calgary dressing room between periods?
Is Larry Brooks currently embedded with the Flames?

The Sacramento Kings will become the first major pro sports team to accept Bitcoin for ticket and merchandise purchases.

Kings fans will be able to use the virtual currency to buy replicas of the Kings virtual NBA Championship trophies.

Vladimir Putin now says gays are welcome at the Sochi Winter Olympics.
I guess he realized they were going to lose half the audience for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies.

Imagine what Putin would do to a gay killer whale.

Ryan Tannehill's wife left a rifle in the back of her rental car.
If you're the Dolphins, that's an improvement.
She appeared to spend the fall leaving the Miami playbook lying around.

The new FIFA world soccer rankings are out: Canada #111.
Canadian soccer fans can wear three of those huge #1 foam hands at the same time.
One on each hand and one on the head instead of a paper bag.

I'm hoping Norway wins gold at the Sochi Olympics, because they've changed their national anthem from "Take On Me" to "The Fox".

U.S. women's hockey goalie Jessie Vetter had a quote from the Constitution ordered removed from the back of her mask by the IOC.
Senior Italian IOC official Mario Pescante said a shopping list would be okay.

So Camilo is gone from the Vancouver Whitecaps.
Mexico: where Brazilians go to get away from crime.

Reports say the Vancouver Whitecaps are reaching out to Bryan Adams for help, a la Drake with Toronto FC.
Who are they hoping to sign, Franz Beckenbauer?

That's a pretty bold stance by the Seahawks.
When I first saw the phrase "no tickets sold in California", I thought Nickelback were headlining Coachella.

The Seahawks are banning all ticket sales to California.
Manti Te'o says he's never been more thankful for his fake mailing addresses.

The Seattle Seahawks have banned sales of NFC Championship Game tickets to California, restricting access to Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Alaska, Hawaii, and parts of Canada.
I wonder which "parts of Canada" they are worried are aligned with the 49ers.
Other gold rush places, like the Yukon?

It doesn't seem fair: if Russia fails to win gold, Putin will probably exile the players to Siberia.
If Canada loses, none of the players will have to spend the rest of the winter in Calgary or Edmonton.

The White Rabbit had better clock management than the New Orleans Saints.

The Dallas Cowboys just signed Marques Colston to QB their taxi squad.

A-Rod was suspended for 162 games, plus the playoffs.
Red Sox, Tigers and A's pitching staffs have already filed an appeal of that second part.

Mike Tyson came out with a long diatribe against Dennis Rodman and his activities in North Korea, accusing him of treason.
I get the feeling they're laying the groundwork for a WrestleMania bout.

A new survey says Ndamukong Suh is the NFL's most feared player.
Unless you're the Vikings - then it's that punter.

J.R. Smith means EA Sports will have to add a warning of "Comic Mischief" to the back of NBA Live 15.

Miami Marlins president David Samson will compete on the next season of Survivor.
He should do well - he has lots of experience in isolated environments with dwindling numbers of people.

A NASL player was traded for hotel rooms and transportation.
Maybe the Vancouver Whitecaps can get a week at an all-inclusive Mexican resort back for Camilo.

Wrestling legend Ric Flair won't attend the 49ers-Panthers playoff game due to death threats.
Was it Dusty Rhodes or Ricky Steamboat?

Sidney Crosby beating Eddie Lack in the shootout on the day the Olympic team is announced.
I like to think of that as Canada 1 Sweden 0.

Charlie Sheen told Sports Illustrated he took steroids while filming Major League to improve the speed on his fastball.
I just hope his pitching coach wasn't involved with the delivery of his speedballs.

Who produced that Team Canada announcement, Peter Jackson?

The Ottawa RedBlacks stadium will be renamed TD Place, though for a first-year CFL expansion team FG Place might be more appropriate.

What are the Vegas odds on Petr Nedved winning the Olympic Hockey MVP award?

I like how there was an ad for "Shadow Recruit" during the BCS Championship game.

The air in the Rose Bowl for the first few minutes of the BCS Championship Game looked like Snoop Lion had performed the anthem.

The Canucks' Jason Garrison has had some tough late-game plays recently.
Probably the final nail in the coffin for his bid to make Kazakhstan's Olympic roster.

The Vancouver Canucks were lucky Eddie Lack wasn't injured after being run over by Anaheim's Kyle Palmieri.
You don't want a Joacim Eriksson-Rob Laurie goalie controversy.

Ahead of the Super Bowl, New Jersey is trying to curb sex trafficking.
Are they crazy? The Super Bowl is like the Super Bowl of sex trafficking!

Dennis Rodman's basketball game featuring ex-NBAers vs a top North Korean men's team for Kim Jong-un's birthday will be decided when one team says "uncle".

Dennis Rodman has named his roster for the basketball game against a top North Korean team on Kim Jong-un's birthday.
Details on the halftime show are sketchy: a press release said it will feature "shots from half court".

The populations of Sweden and Finland Sunday will prove vodka is both a stimulant and a depressant.

Buy stock in Canadian drawing board companies.

After the Orange Bowl loss to Clemson, the whiteboard in the Ohio State locker room was smashed and destroyed.
That's an instinctive Buckeye reaction to anything that reminds them of a classroom.

First we got a week of hearing about how frigid and inhospitable the conditions at Candlestick Park could be, now suddenly the 49ers are the team from sunny, tropical California having to go into Lambeau Field.

A YouTube video shows a Bama fan launching herself at an OU student in the Sugar Bowl stands.
If only the Bama D's back 7 had shown the explosive attacking of that drunken woman.

It's hard to tell the gambling line from the forecast high temperatures in Green Bay for Sunday.

Shouldn't the losing coach have Gatorade dumped on him?

Rob Ford watching the Winter Classic from the Big House and singing along to "Sweet Crack-o-mine".

Looks like Rogers jumped the gun at taking over hockey broadcasts from the CBC.

Good thing Tom Coughlin isn't coaching in the Winter Classic.

Ohio State DE Noah Spence was suspended 3 games by the Big Ten for use of an unapproved dietary supplement.
In SEC country, that is tofu.

Lots of people posting photos of the early arrivals in Michigan Stadium.
The Florida Marlins want to know what period it's in.

White flakes continue to fall on Ann Arbor.
Now Rob Ford is really kicking himself.

The NHL Winter Classic is a Ron Burgundy-free event.

The NHL is warning fans about counterfeit tickets and knock-off merchandise sales at the Winter Classic.
Don't buy any tickets that have Comerica Park as the venue, and make sure any clothing or souvenirs are from an official Asian sweatshop.

Switzerland's World Juniors coach threw a fit at practice Wednesday, throwing sticks at the boards and repeatedly yelling "What the f---!?!".
He must have run out of chocolates.

50 million years ago, the site Michigan Stadium is on was part of a large, underground cave.
Hopefully on March 2 BC Place can get its roof open faster than that.