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Because I’m tired of looking at Bob Costas, let’s span the globe looking for the ridiculous and the sublime, Larry King-style.

One half of the G:TB editorial staff was stuck in airports yesterday evening because of inclement weather on the East Coast. I know with certainty that Whitney spent the night in Newark, stuffing his 6’5” frame in a chair near baggage claim. As noted below, advantage, short people. We’re still waiting to hear from Teejay.

Rick Ankiel is my new favorite story of the baseball season. From phenom to pre-garters Nuke Laloosh to hard-luck injury story to Roy Hobbs in the span of seven years.

David Beckham sounds like a Muppet. A Muppet with a cockney accent. Best that he should avoid postgame interviews when possible.

Ken Tremendous of firejoemorgan.com published a column in this week’s issue of Sports Illustrated. Worlds are colliding, Jerry. I think that’s a brilliant move by SI on a number of levels. One, they get to use the weight of the blogosphere as a marketing tool – now every Tom, Dick, and Gheorghe will be on their jocks trying to get their 15 column inches of fame. Two, it signals a growing willingness on SI’s part to diverge from the conventional wisdom. It’ll be interesting to see if they begin taking seriously the idea that mainstream sports broadcasting has no clothes. Finally, Ken Tremendous can write, and SI’s always been a bastion for terrific wordsmiths. Kudos to KT and SI.

John Kitna says that the Lions will win 10 games this year. That’s a joke that writes itself. Just stand back and watch the giggles begin.

Is Jon Jansen’s much-hyped RV a 21st Century version of the storied 5:00 Club? The Redskins had much success during Gibbs I when they had a handful of agent provocateurs in the Riggo mold. If Jansen, Casey Rabach, and Rabach’s nutsack can capture a little of that irreverent spirit, a certain national broadcaster cum local columnist may need to test the engine on a different sort of recreational vehicle. The obtuse nature of that last sentence is very much intentional.

I learned this week that William and Mary’s head men’s basketball coach makes about as much money as a first-year associate at a decent-sized Richmond law firm. That was a stupefying moment, frankly, and well captures Tribe Hoops’ place in the Division I pecking order.