AP Goes Over 100 On The Day. All Day Adrian Peterson was going 109 MPH in a 55 when he was pulled over by police and issued a ticket for speeding. It's a shame he doesn't have the type of speed that Gus Johnson claimed Titans superback ChrisJohnson possessed. (FOXSports)

There are no I's In Wii We Tennis star AndyMurray was dumped recently by his girlfriend for reportedly "playing video games for up to seven hours a day." I'm not saying Murray's gaming habit is totally ok. All's that I'm saying is that I'm sure whatever game Murray was playing had a second player option. I've always said the best relationships are built around understanding and compromise. (With Leather)

"Seattle: We're Barely Even In America!" 'Close Proximity to Canada' typically isn't something a major league ball club will advertise to lure big names to their team but that's exactly what the Mariners are doing with Canadian free agents JasonBay and RichHarden (Mariners Blog). Renowned M's blog, USS Mariner, dismisses the Bay rumors but says the M's could land ChoneFiggins.

Slowjammin' with Eldrick Amidst this cacophony that is the TigerWoods debacle, the fine folks at Half Day Today thought it'd be best to take everything down a notch and provide us with a sublime remix of Woods' voicemail message to Jaimee Grubbs. Just a warning, watching this video will cause you throughout the day to periodically sing out ?"Name...Off...Your....Phone...."?



First the fat boys go and break up.... With the departures of Mark Mangino and CharlieWeis, the average weight of the division one head coaches could dip below 200 lbs for the first time this decade. As for Weis's replacement, the latest name to pop up is former Tennessee coach Phil Fullmer who could be an ideal candidate having both the experience of winning a national title and dealing with mountains of rabid and irrational scrutiny (Midwest Sports Fans). Speaking of which, you may think RichRodriguez isn't getting a fair shake at the U of M but he isn't doing himself any favors by making godawful analogies.

Futility Man With the Nets now officially off to the worst start in NBA history, the inevitable comparisons to last year's Lions squad have begun to surface (Rumors And Rants). Speaking of which, Matt Millen continues to demonstrate amazing prowess in the announcer's booth.

Evil Empire Vs The Blogosphere How are the Yankees celebrating the recently won 27th World Championship? By shaking down websites for using the Yankee name (from the soon to be renamed Yankee Universe).

The Obligatory 'Prodigal Son Returns' Reference AI is back in Philadelphia and the Answer came out and broke down as if he just got done watching Philadelphia. And since no one likes to see thugs cry, we need a nice compilation of some of AI's more memorable and upbeat press conferences (My Sports Rumors).

Good till the last drop. Here is quite possibly the worst drop you'll ever see in a professional football game, courtesy of who else, BraylonEdwards.

I'm not sure if you've heard, but it seems as if Tiger Woods was involved some sort of fender bender over the weekend which allowed the internet to make approximately 618,201 'Tiger should have went with a driver' jokes. Woods issued a statement on his website Sunday stating "This situation is my fault, and it's obviously embarrassing to my family and me. I'm human and I'm not perfect. I will certainly make sure this doesn't happen again." Well then, all settled. This is the last we'll hear of this story.

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Well, it appears as if Irish fans won't have Charlie Weis to kick around anymore. They also in all likelihood won't have James Clausen to punch around anymore either. With no Weis, no Clausen and no Tim Tebow, who will maniacal college football fans vehemently despise next season? (Well, Max Hall always has Utah.)

I wouldn't feel all too bad for Ol' Charlie though. It appears he's going to land on his feet. As for his replacement, Urban Meyer has already said he's not interested and ditto for Bob Stoops, so the Irish may have to put away their 'Wish List' and instead focus on more realaistic candidates. Cincinnati head coach Brian Kelly has a nice Irish name and seems to have emerged as the early favorite, but will he want to leave an undefeated team weeks before they'd be scheduled to appear in a BCS game? That may force the Irish to look elsewhere. One person I'm sure isn't waiting for his phone to ring: George O'Leary.

Speaking of Notre Dame, Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh's decision to go for a touchdown as opposed to a field goal to seemingly pad Toby Gerhart's Heisman candidacy has stirred some discussion on whether he made the right call for his team. I don't have a problem with Harbaugh going for it. It's not like a loss would have been any sort of major detriment to the season, but having a player win a Heisman would give his program more recognition than simply knocking off a reeling Notre Dame squad.

In other PAC-10 news, Pete Carroll probably shouldn't expect a Christmas Card or an invite into the UCLA March Madness pool from Rick Neuheisel anytime soon.

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In today's coaching rumors that have nothing to do with Notre Dame, the Nets have fired the diminutive Lawrence Frank. And if NJ wants someone with a little more stature as their next coach, former Knicks great Patrick Ewing would like to throw his giant, sweaty gray t-shirt hat into the mix.

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The on-again, off-again saga between Allen Iverson and the NBA continues, with his latest suitor being his original team, the 76ers. In what seems to be the now standard procedure for teams pursuing Iverson, it initially appeared as if the signing was imminent but the Sixers now seem to be backtracking a bit which I don't completely understand. The Eastern conference is top heavy, and despite boasting a record of 5-12, Philadelphia is still much in the thick of things. The loss of Louis Williams for two months should only serve to expedite the process. It was abundantly clear in Iverson's retirement statement that he's not ready to walk away just yet and you'd like to think that Allen Iverson with a chip on his shoudler, even at age 34, could will a team to the playoffs.

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Vince Young added another chapter yesterday to his season of redemption with a last second game winning TD throw to Kenny Britt while Matt Leinart had to sit on the sidelines and relive his own personal nightmare.

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Absurd rumor of the day: Hanley Ramirez back to the Red Sox. The Marlins have him under contract for FIVE more years and while Billy Beane gets all the publicity, the Malrins front office could be the best in baseball at getting the most out of what little they are given (via New York Daily News).

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With his team, the Blouses Vikings, off to a 10-1 start, you'd think that Prince would be ecstatic but that's clearly not the case. I guess the guy's just a huge Tarvaris Jackson backer.

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Derek Jeter is your 2009 SI's Sportsman of the Year. Jamarcus Russell did not receive any votes.

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Be thankful this morning if you aren't a fan of the CFL's Saskatchewan Rough Riders who should have defeated Montreal to win the 97th Grey Cup except for the fact that they had 12 men on the field on the final play giving the Alouettes another chance at a game-winning field goal. (Last play starts at the 2:33 mark.)

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And finally, your Awkward Retro Sports Photo of the Day:

--Pel

You know the routine. 50 Cent has an album coming out so he stirs up some controversy with a new feud. Nothing new really although if this last run in is any indication, I think Fiddy is officially out of people to beef with.

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At this point, you probably think that hearing Brett Favre's name over and over again is pretty much torture. Turns out that would be correct.

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Baseball's free agency period kicked off at Midnight. With that in mind, here's Fanhouse's Top 50 free agents. Royals and Pirates fans can skip ahead to the next item.

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Thierry Henry's handball in the Ireland - France World Cup qualifier match gives instant enshrinement to the Irish soccer team into an elite group of historic sports teams that Rumors and Rants has dubbed 'The Screwed'.

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Midwest Sports Fans makes the case that the QBs from the 2007 Draft Class are the worst collective group at any position from any draft. And this is before Jamarcus Russell lost his job to Bruce Gradkowski.

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It seems as if the Notre Dame faitful won't have oi' Charlie Weis to kick around much longer. With that mind, here's a list of the candidates who are big enough names to appease the Irish fanbase.

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Just how bad exactly are the New jersey Nets? Their opponents are now apparently shooting at their own basket to keep the game close.

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I don't know if Twitter is the best thing to happen to Ochocinco or vice versa, but Chad is certainly someone that needs to be followed and not just because he's a funny dude. You could also win a shopping spree like these two fine gentlemen did. Part of me thinks this is great, how social media lets pro athletes connect directly with fans, but my more cynical side thinks this is going to end up with Chad or some other athlete kidnapped in a Celtics Pride type situation.

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it's a new day which means there's a new ridiculous trick play from some high school football game making the rounds on YouTube. Ten years removed from participating in my last high school sporting event, I wonder how the presence of YouTube would have affected me in high school. I like to think that I'd pull off some once in a lifetime crazy play that would make make SportsCenter and be used in a Gatorade spot but in reality I'd probably end up being one of those kids who tackles my own teammate or has a massive on field meltdown.

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Kevin Garnett easily wins today's "Best Shot That Didn't Count" award.

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Feeling she's miscast in the role of the villain in the Steve Phillips saga, Brooke Hundley is slowly trying to put the pieces of her life back together. One of those pieces - A commemorative issue of SI - is apparently being held hostage by ESPN.

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Here's an article to avoid if you're a fan of the Knicks or Grizzlies, trying to figure out exactly Bucks' super rookie Brandon Jennings fell to them with the tenth pick of the draft.

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Shame on you if you thought people in SoCal aren't passionate about their hockey. They love their Ducks. They've even been known on occasions to rip souvenirs from their favorite players out of the hands of little girls if necessary.

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Sporting News compiles the top 25 football broadcasters. I, like much of the internet community, enjoy the vocal stylings of Gus Johnson and thought he deserved to be placed higher than #24.

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It's amazing the things a championship will bring an athlete. When he was in memphis, Pau Gasol loooked like any other 6'11 guy in desperate need of a shave. Now that he's in LA, the folks who cast CSI: Miami thinks he fits the description of someone who might be wanted for vehicular homicide.

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The LeBron pile on continues on. Now his his LeBron's brother-in-puppetry is getting in on the trash talking. Here's to the King absorbing all of these shenanigans in stride and coming back next season and averaging 45 PPG. And as for the video in question, I don't think I want to see it at this point. I'd rather just use my imagination. I picture it going down something like this:

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Tracy McGrady will be switching his number next season to 'bring attention to “Darfur Dream Team” humanitarian project' which sounds like a noble cause and I'm sure the Darfur team appreciates the pub, but if history has taught us anything, it's that teams tend to get closer to their achieving goals the less McGrady actually participates.
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When we last saw former no. 1 Matt Bush, he was getting arrested for tossing lacrosse players around. Not the young man's finest moment, but it least it wasn't recorded for posterity, as was his latest run in with the law. Poor fella, he's not even well known enough to qualify for one of those Dr. Drew shows.
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Tonight is the Homerun Derby, an event I get excited than quickly tired of the minute the first guy gets up and there and starts spraying lazy doubles into a sea of 10 year old outfielders. Personally, I wish the derby was filmed in black and white and the participants wore retro unis.

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I could understand a player forgetting Tom Cable or Eric Mangini's name wrong, but come on Lawrence Timmons, Mike Tomlin lead you to a Super Bowl win last year. Try to get the man's name right.
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With Leather has the trailer for Patton Oswalt's latest film where he plays an obsessed NY Giants fan who takes his obsession too far, but in a sad way, not in the Bobby DeNiro - Wesley Snipes stabby way.
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Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson have apparently called it quits. I bet you it has to do with Artie Lange saying how she's starting to look like Chris Farley in those old Gap sketches on SNL. I know I haven't been able to look at her in the same light since.
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Your Tweet O'The Day
I am just coming to find Shawne to start a fight, we gone tear Hugh Heffner mansion apart!!!! - OGOchoCinco.
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Music for your Morning

In a truly tremendous instance of irony, it turns out there's one thing Lebron James can't stand - witnesses.
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And now for some videotaped dunks you're allowed to view....the Top 10 Dunks of the 08-09 season. With all due respect to the aformentioned King and Josh Smith, Mike Taylor was robbed.
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Big League Stew has photos of Ken Griffey Jr's subtle tribute to Michael Jackson. Rumor has it Ichiro wanted to wear a red leather jacket with a bunch of zippers to bat but couldn't find one in his size in the Seattle area.
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Unreality Magazine has 10 Awesome Celebrity Casting Call Auditions for your viewing pleasure. Sadly, none of it is casting couch footage, but there are some quality vids there, like the one below featuring Gerard Butler looking like Emo Jesus auditioning for the role of Dracula.

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Your Tweet O' The Day
"whys it called nickname whos nick? shud be shaqname" The_Real_Shaq.
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