Atlanta Falcons’ owner Arthur Blank wants to build a new stadium to replace the Georgia Dome that could cost upwards of a 1 billion dollars. Too soon? (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Terry Francona’s breakfast – 12 pieces of bacon and Red Bull. (Boston Globe)

Dallas Police are looking for a pudgy, naked backyard dancer. (AP)

Roy Williams and Felix Jones did not travel to KC today. (ESPN)

Golfer loses arm in alligator attack. (Fox Sports)

Guy in Florida kills his pet rat after an argument over a cigarette. (Fox News)

Black Barbie is getting blacker. (MSNBC)

The Yankee game was full of boneheads and boneheaded plays. (Kallas Remarks)

Gun rights activist shot to death while a friend watched via webcam. (Philly Enquirer)

Apparently, boobs can be too big. (Sunday Express)

A little girl who gives away her birthday money. I do not agree with this. Seriously. (News Jacksonville)

Australians are coming to North Dakota to learn how to make rural schools work. (Bismark Tribune)

Trucker fined for smoking in his truck because its also his workplace. (Globe and Mail)

One of the Columbine killers’ mothers wrote an essay for Oprah’s Magazine. (Star Tribune)

A couple of Bahstahn Massholes assaulted a McDonald’s employee after they got the wrong size french fry order. (FOX News)

Michael Bloomberg’s undercover gun show probe. I think this was an episode of Law & Order. (The Commercial Appeal)

But if a coalition of students gets their way, his successor might be singing a different tune. Like, say, Auto-Tune.

This is the what the “T-Pain Killa Cam-Pain,” two weeks old and thriving on their own website, Facebook, and Twitter. I hollered at Justin de la Cruz, FSU graduate student and Head Killa Cam-Pain Manager, via email.

“I started the Cam-Pain with a single Twitter post,” de la Cruz wrote. “I just thought ‘T.K.’s leaving… why not get T-Pain? It’s practically the same name, but T-Pain is much, much more popular.’

“Weeks later, when a friend of mine threw a themed rock star party, I deemed it an appropriate time for the unveiling of my shirt idea, and that’s what got the ball rolling.”

FSU could, if it wanted celebrities, tab anyone from Burt Reynolds to Creed frontman Scott Stapp, but T-Pain’s different, according to de la Cruz.

“The cool thing is that T-Pain is a great businessman — he has successfully popularized both a movement in the hip-hop realm (the use of auto-tune) and in the parody realm (e.g., “I’m On A Boat”). When is the last time someone got famous for doing something seriously, then got famous for making fun of himself doing that same thing, and then kept both branches of his popularity afloat?”

Their efforts are easy to dismiss as a lark, de la Cruz insists there’s some method to the madness.

“We do mean to be taken seriously. We want students to start thinking about this process of choosing a new university president. When I was an undergraduate, I didn’t really care about who was president, but now I see how much impact the person in the top office can have.”

It’s gaining momentum, too. “The real explosion in numbers,” de la Cruz reports, “happened on Wednesday, August 5, when we received coverage from the Tallahassee Democrat, the Orlando Sentinel, local news stations WTLH and WCTV, and Fark. On that Wednesday, we went from just under 200 people in the early morning to just under 1,000 people just before midnight.”

“I’ve been wearing the shirt around town and I’ve only been getting positive reactions,” de la Cruz reports. “I’ve personally only heard one negative reaction from a younger person, through a message on Facebook, and I’m pretty sure he was just a robot.”

And T-Pain himself has blessed this movement on Twitter. So it’s probably time to start treating the meeting between Bobby Bowden and his new boss Faheem Najm as an inevitability, right?

“I imagine them sipping iced tea on Bobby’s back porch, discussing everything from politics to the weather,” de la Cruz writes. “Mrs. Bowden brings out a plate of lemon bars, and the two men have a relaxing snack and play a game of Scrabble to wind down the evening.”

Even if it doesn’t work out, it’s a tutorial on how ideas go viral: “The real fun was seeing an original idea of mine spread like wildfire through the things I use everyday — through Twitter, Facebook, blogs. This is really what Web 2.0 is all about: connecting people and ideas.”

And if it does? De la Cruz reports that a UF member of the Cam-Pain is scheming to put Tom Petty up for the AD role in Gainesville, filled admirably for so many years by Jeremy Foley.

I think we’ll leave the free-falling to the Seminoles’ football team.

Follow the Cam-Pain on Twitter with this hashtag: #tpain4FSUprez.

On Tuesday, Marc Anthony became the latest Miami musician to buy a small stake in the Dolphins. He brings with him such gridiron-ready hits as “I Need To Know” and of course his wife, Jennifer Lopez.

Anthony of course joins fellow minority-owner Gloria Estefan and business partner Jimmy Buffett to round out the Super Bowl 44 halftime show trio of summer management hires plucked from South Beach variety radio stations.

The press conference announcing the move took place at a Manhattan mall with a spicy soundtrack and in front of more entertainment reporters than football scribes.

Perhaps they were attracted by the blaring soundtrack of Anthony’s music that preceded the news conference (memo to the N.F.L.: more news conferences with soundtracks), and bigger-than-life size posters of Anthony holding a Dolphins helmet. It featured a staggering number of security personnel, some of who inexplicably told some shoppers to keep moving, and an introductory video of Anthony that was heavy on concert footage.

Join us next month when the team announces a name change to The New Miami Sound Machine.

Florida law has an exception in their DUI manslaughter law for “causation.€Â  Essentially, if the victim helped cause the accident, the driver, though drunk, is not inevitably fully responsible. UPDATE (After the Jump)

The man Stallworth hit with his car, Mario Reyes, allegedly was jaywalking when he was hit.  Stallworth could argue that Reyes’ illegal action helped cause the accident.  His culpability would be mitigated.

The wide receiver would still face jail time, though probably two to three months instead of up to 15 years.  Should Goodell be down with it, he could play next year.

Stallworth May Get Break on Manslaughter Charge (Yahoo! Sports)

UPDATE: According to one of our readers, a Florida attorney, the Yahoo article misrepresents the Florida statute.

There seems to be some misinformation going around that I guess originated in the Yahoo article you linked.  The writer of that post must have had some bad sources who aren’t familiar with the current Florida statutes.  I’m a practicing attorney in Florida and I can assure you that there is no “causation exception” in the current statute.

Prior to 2002, the statute required the drunk driver to “cause” the death of someone else.  Since 2002, the drunk driver must “cause or contribute to causing” the death to be convicted.  In other words, the victim’s own negligence doesn’t affect the case as long as the defendant had a hand in causing the death.

The statute carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 4 years, wtih a max of 15.  The only way Stallworth gets off with 3 months is if he pleads down to a lesser offense such as vehicular homicide, which is also a 2nd degree felony but doesn’t have the mandatory minimum.

Christina Hendricks got hosed by Erin Andrews’ Army in the Culture Tournament.  I’m doing my best to makeup for the injustice.

In the tangible world, possible civil rights violations in a Birmingham police beating.  Credit card companies could target those with good credit, if Congress limits penalties for delinquents.  Would love to have Jimmy Kimmel’s self-confidence.

Notre Dame discovers an ingenious way to make Charlie Weis look successful. (No Guts No Glory)

We definitely can count on the Clippers to put their lottery pick to good use. (Sparty and Friends)

The Nuggets “act on instincts rather than spreadsheets.” This season it seems to be working. (Wall Street Journal)

More doom and gloom from Michigan: $15 million 22,000 square foot mansion available for $2.5 million. (Detroit News)

How NBA teams should have drafted from 2000 to 2005. (Kotite’s Corner)

Hungarian Model claims to have a relationship with David Beckham (Goal)

Not everyone at the law firm agreed with the Redskins’ name decision. (Above The Law)

Florida radio host felled by an f-bomb and a faulty dump button. (Sun Sentinel)

You know a woman is awful when a man leaves her with eight kids, and he is the sympathetic one. (US Weekly)

Yankees fans can pay $37 to look like Fred Durst for Memorial Day! (River Ave Blues)

Melky Cabrera takes one for the team. (via JimmyTraina)

Arctic Monkeys – View From The Afternoon

Obama Ballin’ Part 3: There are now two videos of KJ warning Obama to not even think about playing him. Apparently the Mayor of Sacramento has some ball-busters in his cabinet. (NESW)

The ACC has more success in college basketball when there’s a Republican in the White House. (ACC Sports Journal)

“Garry Alvin Key, 50, admitted in U.S. District Court in Panama City on Thursday to throwing homemade pipe bombs at dolphins to scare them away from fishing lines.” (News Herald)

Bill Walton’s thoughts on the inauguration. Sign the bill, big man! (Starting Blocks)

Finally, an iPhone application for snipers. (FOXNews)

How mediocre is the NFL for the Cardinals to make the Super Bowl. (Kallas Remarks)

Woman steals a case of Natty Ice and leaves her purse at the scene. (Gainesville Sun)

Ballboy got smoked at the Aussie Open. (SimonOnSports)

A look at the struggling Pistons. (Sparty & Friends)

Another crafty hire by Michigan. This time the former Syracuse d-coordinator coach. (Orange Fizz)

News anchor was pulled over and got out of the car with his pants undone. He caught a beat down. (TampaBay.com)

Did you hear about the Blackhawks’ fan that won a million bucks? Turns out he had a 1-25 chance of winning. (Vent About Sports)

Steroids in the NBA? (Josh Q Public)

Dave Meggett arrested for sexual battery. (USA Today)

Expect a flood of Florida teachers to transfer to the state of Washington. (The News Tribune)

An interview with The Fridge. (Mouthpiece Sports)

Cleveland fans have fond memories of Darius Miles. Don’t we all though? (Waiting For Next Year)

Legal trouble for Lenny Dykstra. (NY Post)

Michigan is looking at some changes in the athletic department. (Mlive)

The Wizards are giving away newspapers. (DC Sports Bog)

Vin Scully reviews Vin Scully. (LA Times)

Victoria Beckham’s underwear ad. (Sports Crackle Pop)

Girl texted 35,000 times in a single month. That’s more than a thousand a day. Her fingers must have the tiniest calluses. (Orlando Sentinel)

Related? One in five teens sends sexually explicit images via electronic devices. (Marketing Charts)

Ninja tries to steal ATMs. I think that happened in Barber Shop. (TC Palm)

In the least surprising development ever: A guy got drunk at Hooters and started hitting on the employees. Isn’t that part of the business model? (News Herald)

Look, old pictures (There’s one below the jump) of Vanessa Minnillo. It’s a New Years miracle! Just like pulling into a gas station and having some Eagles’ scrubs pump free gas for you. (Via MLJ)

For TBL: Life of an extra on the set of Gossip Girl. (W Magazine)

Jarkko Ruutu has to bite fingers, you see? He’s got a disease. (Melt Your Face Off)

Mangini to the Browns appears imminent. (Cleveland.com)

Stafford and Moreno are leaving Georgia for the NFL – after much disrespect I might add. (Sparty & Friends)

Will the topless coffee shop be allowed to open its doors? I can’t believe this isn’t from Florida. (AP)

Don Cherry defended hockey fights at the funeral of a player who died as a result of a hockey fight. (Slam Sports)

The porn industry is looking for a bailout. At what point does the blogosphere band together and ask for a bailout? (HuffPo)

Unfortunate basketball photos. (BuzzFeed)

An interview with Page 2’s LZ Granderson. (Mlive.com)

Guy pours urine on girlfriend. (Tampa Bay)

Grandfather beats grandson over $450 cable bill. (Sun Sentinel)

A vote for Matt Millen the TV analyst. (It’s Just Sports)

An interview with Lance Armstrong. (The Daily Beast)

The Big XII is overrated! (Jumping Offsides)

The Sports Hernia will be here this weekend pointing out all the crazy hair you can handle. I’ll be at a wedding.

A breakdown of MLB free agent contract riders. (The Grand National Championships)

Can you identify the fat coach? (SimonOnSports)

Vote Obama? You’re fired. (Palm Beach Post)

The Redskins signed DAngelo Hall. (FanHouse)

20 bucks for sex with a 15 year old. Yep, you guessed it… (TampaBay.com)

Could the Knicks’ bench beat the Knicks’ starting line up? (Kallas Remarks)

Suspect crashes through glass door. (Bradenton Herald)

Yes, that’s a Danny Wuerffel jersey in my TV room. (Electronic House)

Cuban won’t be owning the Cubs. (Chicago Sun Times)

Former Texas lineman apologizes for racial slurs. (Dallas Morning News)

Clinton Portis and Santana Moss love women. (Washington.com)

Melo had to shave the braids because he lost a bet. (Hoops Addict)