Cubs’ Wood, Prior appear set to start season on DL (AP/Yahoo! Sports)

We think we’ll just let it speak for itself.

Iowa buys domain names that could criticize coaches (AP/ESPNU)

The University of Iowa has taken a unique approach to combating Internet sites dedicated to criticizing school coaches — buying potential domain names.

According to a broadcast report on ESPN’s SportsCenter, John Clayton informs the show that the Washington Redskins have dealt safety Adam Archuleta to the Chicago Bears for a sixth round pick.

More in a bit…

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According to Clayton, the Bears had to re-work Archuleta’s ridiculous contract to a more manageable $8.1 million over three years. His original deal with Washington totaled $25 million.

UNC’s Davis undergoes chemo for growth in mouth (AP/ESPN)

University of North Carolina football coach underwent chemotherapy after a cancerous growth was found (and subsequently removed) from his mouth.

Dodgers extend Little’s deal (AP/Yahoo! Sports)

The Los Angeles Dodgers have extended manager Grady Little’s contract to include an option for 2009, the Associated Press reports.

Little, the 25th manager in Dodgers history, finished fourth in the NL Manager of the Year voting.

LSU’s Davis headed to the NBA (AP/ESPN)

LSU’s standout center Glen ‘Big Baby’ Davis has elected to forego his senior season at the school and will declare himself eligible for the NBA Draft, the Associated Press reports.

The 6-foot-9, 290 pound Davis figures to be a high lottery selection in the upcoming draft.

Gartner resigns from NHLPA (CP/Sportsnet.ca)

NHL legend and current director of NHLPA’s hockey affairs, Mike Gartner, has resigned.

He leaves amid a growing controversy among its rank-and-file and an investigation of the union’s chief, Ted Saskin based upon allegations of NHLPA executives snooping around players’ emails.

News and notes while prepping to strap on your feed bag..

NCAA to unveil plan on gambling dangers (AP/USA Today) We’re sure athletes will learn a whole lot about gambling thanks to this initiative.

Free agency winners in the NFL thus far (USA Today staff reports) Bucs, Patriots, 49ers lead the way.

The best young corner outfielders of 2007 (The Hardball Times) A run down of some of baseball’s rising stars.

Big contracts won’t sway Royals (KC Star) The owner of the team, Dayton Moore, says the club ‘doesn’t care about money’. We guess he doesn’t since he pockets most of his revenue sharing money. Oh.

Pirates on the verge of breaking through? (USA Today) Can they and will they are entirely two different questions.

IIHF meeting cancelled due to NHLPA strife (TSN.ca) A transfer agreement between the NHL, IIHF is greatly needed. But since the NHLPA can’t get their own house in order, they can’t send a rep. Thus, meeting cancelled.

Dear Peter King, please stop baiting us so obviously (KSK) If you have a few minutes more, check out the comments for some more Peter King fun.

Rebuilding the Redbirds’ starting five (ESPNdeportes.com) We don’t know why ESPNdeportes.com decided to write this one up, but it’s a good look on how Dave Duncan can make a rotation from scratch.

Billy Walker of K-State loves the finer things in life.  He enjoys them while sitting injured on the bench during his squad’s NIT game against DePaul.

From Awful Announcing:

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Rape reported at home of Seahawks’ Kerney (AP/USA Today)

Police are investigating a woman’s report that she was sexually assaulted at the home of newly-signed Seattle Seahawk defensive end Patrick Kerney, although not by him.

We should note that, thankfully, the player isn’t the one accused, but it is yet another NFL athlete getting his name in the crime sheets of the metro section.

News and notes while rolling out of bed…

26,752 show up to see Syracuse advance in NIT (AP/Yahoo! Sports) Largest crowd in NIT history braved sleet, snow to attend Carrier Dome contest.

NHL suspends Tootoo for sucker punch (AP/Yahoo! Sports) ‘Little Ball of Hate-lite’ gets five games for punching Dallas’ Stephane Robidas.

Texas Rangers’ ballpark no longer called Ameriquest Field (Reuters) The new name is the very sports-marketing driven ‘Rangers Ballpark in Arlington’.

Verne Lundquist, Bill Raftery: Open mic day at the NCAA (Feeding the Goat) Sealed….with a kiss!

LSU’s ‘Big Baby’ set to announce NBA decision (AP/SI.com) Ditching the diapers and going to the pull ups? We may find out Tuesday.

NASCAR, teams rubbing fenders in bid for sponsors (USA Today) That’s a witty headline right there.

Frozen Four brackets announced (NCAA) For you readers that are in the St. Louis-area (all three of you), the 2007 Frozen Four is a great event (and we’re proud to say we helped bring it here).