A morning peek into what sports bloggers around the web are saying, blended with various news, gossip, and analysis. So we missed LOST last night. Happens when you’re out of the fucking country. Avoiding spoilers for the next few days will be like attempting to avoid the beach – near impossible. But we’d sooner barely survive death by red snapper bone than to find out what happens next to Sawyer, Kate, and that jackhole Henry Gale. And ps – a huge thanks for all the links and tips and vacation stuff sent via email. You guys rock.

One of those hoity toity brains at the New Republic claims the Washington Post is the worst sports section in America. (New Republic via Sportsjournalists.com)

Everybody loves diversity. Except NASCAR fans. (New York Times)

When things go sour from here on out, Isiah Thomas will be invoking a new word. It won’t sate the angry NY media, though. (NY Post)

Jesse Jackson and the NBA. A scary proposition. (The Worldwide Reader)

Elle McPherson is a woman who likes to show a little nipple. (Hollywood Tuna)

Butch Davis turns up at a college football school that a) Is second banana to hoops, and b) won’t contend in the ACC for at least three years: North Carolina. (Her Loyal Sons)

It sure is puzzling why everyone hates the Raiders. (Rumors and Rants)

In case you’re pumped about the Steelers-Saints game. (Joey Porter’s Pit Bulls)

Bud Black, who isn’t a minority, is going to be the Padres new manager. Sorry, Dusty. (Baseball Musings)

Got Comcast? Then you know why this blogger is pissed. (Mass Live)

This is probably where the idea for all those NBA mohawks came from. (The Feed)

If those wacky unwritten Heisman rules didn’t exist, perhaps Calvin Johnson is your winner. (Fan IQ)

When ESPN brushes off Notre Dame, and gets told to fuck off by Boise State, it kind of makes you wonder about the Worldwide Leader. (Fleece the Pig, Flog the Pony)

Down goes Toomer! (Simon on Sports)

The Miami football player’s death, as seen through his myspace page. (Deadspin)

Don’t the days of Troy Davis at Iowa State seem like so long ago? Another coach bites the dust. (Des Moines Register)