The incredibly beautiful (and talented) Monica Bellucci … we will do everything in our power to get to a midnight showing of I Am Legend, even if it means pushing back our start time tomorrow … more thoughts on Petrino’s departure for Arkansas … we feel like that losery, unreliable boyfriend that keeps letting down the girlfriend (that’s you). So we splurged and bought a watch (server!) so we’d be on time from here on out … the Jets – who seem like the ultimate public dog to take this week – rapping … before thinking about leaving your company X-Mas party early, read this! … very solid read on the nationwide mortgage crisis … clearly one of the worst high school moves by a referee we’ve ever seen … why weren’t these guys wearing cups? … some love for the wife of former Cowboys LB Dat Nguyen … last week Huckabee was all the rage – this week, he’s under fire for comments about the Mormon religion …

Pretty tremendous piece here on Buffalo Bills TE Kevin Everett’s recovery from a scary injury. ( SI.com)

A vote to ditch Mike Nolan and keep Alex Smith! (Mercury News)

Broncos kicker Jason Elam has a new book, Monday Night Jihad. “I do a lot of traveling to the Middle East for missionary work, so radical Islam is real to me.” (Page 2)

So is Kelvin Sampson in trouble at Indiana? (Cobra Brigade)

Everybody’s having fun with the name of the Cubs’ new outfielder. (Docksquad)

The ski hat, the ripped jeans … Andy Roddick totally wants to be David Beckham. (Socialite’s Life)

Here’s an original (idiotic?) take on the Mitchell report: “isn’t worth anything and should be taken with a grain of salt.” (Detroit News)

There’s a video circulating of three Irish footballers sharing a girl in a hotel room. (This is Extra Time)

What happened to all that money that was raised for the Jena 6? (Chicago Tribune)

Hashmarks thinks “sports blogs could make newspapers obsolete.” Now that’s an interesting take. (The Big Picture)

Aaron Rowland and his mediocre numbers are going to San Francisco for crazy money ($12 million a year!). (Fanhouse)

Why give the college coaches such long contracts if nobody is fulfilling even half of them? (OC Register)

Speaking of athletes dating hot chicks, new Nationals Lastings Milledge and Paul Lo Duca aren’t doing so badly, either. (DC Sports Bog)

Tubby Smith’s new contract in Minnesota means he’s taking home more duckets than any other Big 10 hoops coach. (Star Tribune)

Mike Vick’s first letter from prison. (Your Mother Slept with Wilt Chamberlain)