Jessica Alba’s calendar will give us roundup material for weeks … authorities are closing half the brothels in Amsterdam to curb organized crime … cute New Jersey teacher may have slept with student … Spitzer’s first offering at Slate was quite good … more competition in the dwindling job market – retirees … keep an eye on the angry, revolting Chinese blue collar workers… oh, look it’s happening in America, too! ….

What does Turner Gill have to do to get a high-profile college coaching gig? (The Wiz of Odds)

Speaking of hiring: Gladwell. (New Yorker)

Bowl game irony: BYU goes to Vegas, Utah goes to New Orleans, and Notre Dame is rewarded with a trip to Hawaii. (4th and fail)

Large number of athletes partied in Vegas this weekend, ostensibly for the boxing. (Review-Journal)

Jermaine Dye traded to the Reds for Homer Bailey. (Dayton Daily News)

Good look at how different the paths have been for KG and Marbury, once teammates in Minny. (SI)

First review of the ESPN.com beta test site: Do not want. (Ryan Spoon)

FOX: Oops, sorry about showing that naked guy in the Vikings locker room. (Star Tribune)

Brave man wonders why Jeanne Zelasko wasn’t on Playboy’s Sexy Sportscaster list. (Farther off the Wall)

Lengthy high school football win streaks were snapped over the weekend. (Online Sports Guys)

Another UCF fooball player was hospitalized after a brutal George O’Leary practice. (Orlando Sentinel)

A Christmas gift the ladies can dole out to their fantasy football playing husbands. (Roto Nation)

Historical perspective on UNC’s awesome start. (Rush the Court)

Maybe we need a lucky Thomas Jones jersey. (Niners Nation)

But … but … we’re Texas. (College Game Balls)

Panthers lineman sprays Dom P at a restaurant, ends up getting arrested for allegedly assaulting a bouncer. (Charlotte Observer)