And you thought we’d open with something from Friday Night Lights or Lost. Wrong! Our top two shows will be rolled into an entire post. So … would you do Topanga? Don’t get all high and mighty and say she’s nothing – you’re in a bar and she rolls up … the guess here is 75 percent of you go ahead and try to bed her. Anyone else surprised at the amount of time ESPN gave the release of the NFL schedule? It seemed a bit excessive, no?

This is a great photo, but SI’s going to take a hit for it – and rightfully so – Tiger Woods graces the cover of Sports Illustrated this week, and Zach Johnson only garners a chip. Once again, it’s all about the bottom line: selling magazines. (Des Moines Register)

Over sushi in Boston, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning bond. (Inside Track)

Kurt Vonnegut, an outstanding writer everyone should be familiar with, passes away at the age of 84. One helluva writer. (NY Times)

Pretty classic stuff – Naughty by Nature imitation by ballers, including Christian Laettner in a Brandon Walsh-like turtleneck. (DC Sports Bog)

Jay Bilas, Bob Huggins, and loyalty among college basketball coaches. (Money Players)

So how come nobody’s talking about Louisville stud running back Michael Bush? (IGN Sports)

Legendary college football coach Eddie Robinson is laid to rest. (Times Picayune)

Something about Carmen Electra and naked wrestling, but who’s with us – she’s definitely lost a step or two, like Jordan when he played with the Wizards. (Hollywood Tuna)

For the conspiracy theorist in you: broadcaster may have jinxed King Felix’s no-no in Boston (more on that performance in a minute). (The Big Picture)

The Duke lacrosse case is tossed, and who doesn’t think those kids should celebrate with strippers? (Lion in Oil)

And finally, we get the photo of the stripper from the Duke case and we’re curious about your thoughts on her hotness. (Smoking Gun)

Irony: MLB hit-king promotes a taxpayer assistance company; in 1990, he did jail time for tax evasion. (Review-Journal – last item)

When a guy starts a website about trash talk, you know he’s going to piss some people off by hyping Barry Bonds. (Sports Trash Talking)