- TMZ SPORTS has the details about how a home invasion in Kobe Bryant’s upscale Newport Beach neighborhood forced the superstar to miss practice due to a police lockdown.

- LANE VIOLATION doesn’t like that the NCAA is exploring the possibility of expanding March Madness to 96 teams, and neither do I.

- TIRICO SUAVE has video of a female high school hockey player getting into a fight (and landing a few punches in the process).

- SPORTSbyBROOKS reports that Tag Heuer is yanking new Tiger Woods ads from the airwaves. It might have something to do with this.

- In the light of the Tennessee “hostess” scandal, DEADSPIN provides “A Brief History of Campus Recruiting Hostesses.“