Nicole Scherzinger … if you’re looking for a European soccer team to follow: St. Pauli … great phrase: “Rupert Murdoch axis of demagoguery revved up” … for fans of Juliette Binoche … sad workplace bullying allegations … this one’s for prospective authors … cool photos of big cities … duck: “Gay teen says school violated her rights by removing her photo” … death of the McMansion … Top 10 most tattooed cities in America … on hooligans! … Jersey Shore and the Kardashian are not “biblical retribution for our materialistic, celebrity-obsessed age” … most disturbing story we read this weekend … and the 2nd most …

Whew. Vin Scully to stick around for another year. [LA Times]

Anyone see the Pat Tillman movie? Or eager to see it? Sounds outstanding. [NYT]

Slideshow of ugly media-athlete confrontations. [SI]

Here’s an agent making the case that college football players should be paid. Won’t happen, but good read. [Wash Post]

Mark Cuban wants you to quit gambling on the stock market and save money. [Business Insider]

Had no idea Kenny Anderson’s ex-wife drives around with a license plate that reads “HISCASH.” [Herald]

“The proposed community center is not just an issue on which Sarah Palin and Osama bin Laden agree. It is also one in which opponents of the center are playing into the hands of Al Qaeda.” Ka-boom? [Kristof]

Neat facts about the Florida Gators. Chris Rainey’s older brother? He Hate Me. [Palm Beach Post]

The Jets are about to lock up Nick Mangold. [Star-Ledger]

Those nice new seats for Nebraska fans at Memorial stadium? Being built by prison inmates. [World-Herald]

A sportswriter on Whitlock: “He is more relevant to Kansas City than almost every athlete who played in the area during the 16 years Whitlock was at the Star.” [Capital Journal]

Five women who won’t make you change the channel. We’d add Blake Lively to this list. [Fang's Bites]

Goran Dragic doesn’t want to go to Europe – he just wants to end his career there, post-NBA. You can step in off the ledge, Phoenix fans. [Arizona Republic]

Everyone else has this song on their ipod, right?

Here’s Nate Davis uncorking a 65-yard pass.