Is this vintage Penelope Cruz, or just a black and white picture? … don’t let the slowing foreclosures fool you … Yao’s knee to Melo’s groin … google, now producing content! … Kenny Chesney’s second chance with the Saints …

To ensure a perfect start to the Olympics, a cute kid lip-synced “Ode to the Motherland” because the girl who actually sang it was deemed “not suitable” (read: not good-looking enough). (Houston Chronicle)

Steve Young’s priceless (worthless?) advice for Aaron Rodgers: “He needs to play good football.” (Sports Daily)

Athletes who retire are wise to get into marketing. (NY Times)

In-depth look at the Adam Dunn-to-Arizona deal. (Snake Pit)

The Browns have their own code of conduct. (Dave Burba Revolution)

This is awfully nice: Sports bloggers can win Best Buy gift certificates. (Press Row)

“Jeremy Shockey obviously has no use for his New Jersey home, just across the Hudson River from Manhattan, now that he’s been dealt to New Orleans. And so he has loaned it to Joba Chamberlain.” (MMQB)

For the ladies? Nebraska wrestlers, naked. (Deadspin)

The Post-Standard has Jim Boeheim blogging for them; if the paper comes down hard on Boeheim during hoops season, will he say, ‘but I blogged for you guys!’ (Post-Standard)

When was this photo of Peter Gammons taken, 1979? (Can’t Stop the Bleeding)

The whole “live” vs. “not really live” NBC Olympics business. (NYT)

Mosley, hustlin’: Donovan McNabb is bullish on the Eagles. (NFC East Blog)

Neat: Both of Bobby Engram’s – broken shoulder, out 6-8 weeks – backups are from Auburn! (Seattle Times)

Actual headline: “Two Jews and a black man help Phelps fulfill dream.” (Sports Point)

Presented without comment: “So Monday morning I taxied out to the National Aquatics Center — the building that looks like a wave in a box — to check out this kid. On the way over, my driver stopped in traffic, yanked on his emergency brake and, no joke, began to trim his nose hairs with tiny scissors. Really. Once finished, he pulled off the brake and continued on.” (Free Press)