- THE SPORTING BLOG reports that Greg Paulus is Syracuse’s new starting QB. I’m rooting for the kid. He had a rough senior season at Duke and got a bad rap as he became the latest (white) Blue Devil that everyone loves to hate.

- WAITING FOR NEXT YEAR reveals how Twitter enables Browns fans to bitch directly to the players.

- DEADSPIN provides its take on the Brett Favre signing.

- SPORTS BY BROOKS details the Brendan Haywood non-apology apology he made to homosexuals. Seriously.

- Over at YARDBARKER, Brendan Haywood calls out LeBron for failing to shake hands or do interviews after losing Game 6 in Orlando.

- THE LEGEND OF CICILIO GUANTE lists the Top 10 Sports Quotes to Use While Watching Sports.

- SPORTSbyBROOKS has photos of a pregnant Royals fan drinking a little brew at the game. So sad. The site also finds it funny that Jay Mariotti lectured LeBron on good sportsmanship.

- THE LOVE OF SPORTS reviews “Tyson” (the movie).

- SPORTSbyBROOKS documents the debate happening Down Under where there are some who think that getting rid of the Australian rugby cheerleaders will clean up the athletes’ poor behavior. Yeah, right.

- On his blog over at YARDBARKER, Brendan Haywood wonders what a lot of us are wondering — what in the hell was Arizona State thinking when they refused to give President Obama an honorary degree when he spoke at the school’s commencement?

- YEP YEP has a post entitled, “Athletes and their ridiculous cars,” which is pretty self-explanatory. I think my favorite is Travis Outlaw’s lime green ‘96 Impala. WTF?

- DEADSPIN finds it highly ironic that Jon Gruden is working for ESPN after digging up some interesting quotes that Chuckie has given us over the years about the Worldwide Leader.