Who is this cutie, you ask? Here name is Kate Mara. Until Saturday evening, we had no clue who she was. Turns out she’s not only related to former New York Giants owner Wellington Mara, but she’s smoking hot. She was in the movie Shooter, which we saw this weekend. It was pretty awesome; almost exciting enough that it could have been part of the Bourne Supremacy trilogy. We like to think of Mara as a winning cross between Jessica Simpson and a young Julia Roberts.

Well, we might as well close up shop here, because it doesn’t get any better than this – a mention on National Public Radio. (NPR.org)

If the ombudsman keeps this up, and ESPN listens, bloggers won’t have anything to bitch about. (ESPN.com)

If you’re only watching the Blog Show to learn about cheese and trendy t-shirts, then you’re missing out. Reminder: bloggers have a TV show. That’s cool. (Mister Irrelevant)

The eloquent Torii Hunter is quickly becoming one of our favorite baseball players. (Pioneer Press)

We’re not quite ready to opine on this yet, but if Yahoo does purchase Rivals for $100 million, will it surge ahead of Fox and ESPN? (Sports Biz Blog)

Nude body greasedowns are making a comeback in boxing! (Black Sports Online)

ESPN won’t be thrilled about this: NASCAR has hit a wall. (NY Times)

The Voodoo Council weighs in on Pat Burrell. (Voodoo Sabermetrics)

Some thoughts about Jackie Robinson. (Foul Balls)

Don’t know about you, but ever since Jennifer Aniston posed topless in Rolling Stone at the height of Friends, she seems to have gone downhill. (Just Jared)

Iowa police are really ahead of the game. (Steroid Nation)

Readers seem unhappy that Mike Greenberg’s wikipedia page has been locked. (Wiki)

Not sure how we missed this, but when Hillary Duff shows up in sideboob Friday, it’s worth a mention. (Boiled Sports)