Few better ways to start the week than Sophia Bush … later today, we’ll be posting an interview with a writer that many of you have been wanting us to get for the longest time … a figure skating controversy! … with Lost out for a month, read about why it is such a tremendous show … and interview with the guy who created Jump the Shark and then sold it for big bucks, Jon Hein … Tibet, China and the Olympics … we’ll be finishing the first round of the 2008 Culture Tournament today and tomorrow …

Marlins minor league manager used to be an undercover narc. (Can’t Stop the Bleeding)

Steve Lavin, Digger Phelps and Dick Vitale are watching several games on several TVs in a room together …. (Hartford Courant)

Brutal news for fantasy owners: Curtis Granderson’s broken finger puts him on the shelf for three weeks. (Mack Ave Tigers)

Avery Johnson on thin ice? What about the guy who pulled the trigger on the deal for Jason Kidd? (Statesman)

You know who we haven’t heard a lot about this spring? Joe Torre. (LoHud)

A good read on Trip Kuehne. (Golf.com)

Yes, Tiger’s like Mike Tyson in his prime: You must watch. (Washington Post)

With a limited roster, USA lost to Honduras, 1-0. (MLSnet)

UCLA blogger, confident about the Bruins’ chances vs. Western Kentucky in the Sweet 16. (Gutty Little Bruins)

Some fool pays $1,350 for an Illinois-shaped corn flake. (Fox 27)