The NFL is cracking down on uniform infractions, and Chris Cooley provides an overview on his blog.

Just for fun I figured I would list some of the fines mentioned in our meeting and different amounts.
$5000 fines
- High/Low whites on socks
- Pants not covering knees (no skin should show below the waist)
- Bandana
- Wrong nasal strip
- Hand towel alterations – towel must be 7 to 8 inches and have no tape on it
- Tape not the same color of the shoe.
- Jersey untucked (usually there is a warning for this one)
- Jersey cut too short
- Sleeves coming out of jersey – only QB can have this and only a certain amount can come out
- Chinstrap undone ($7500)

$10,000 fines
- Personal messages
- Any second offense fine
- Wrong attire 90 minutes previous and after a game – clothes must be Reebok apparel
- Tinted visor – must have a doctors note for a tinted visor

The entire post is an interesting read. Cooley is a character.

- In light of the news/rumor that he won’t return to ESPN next season, AWFUL ANNOUNCING pays respect to Emmitt Smith by listing his top 10 “Emmittisms.” Good stuff.

- SPORTSBYBROOKS has photos of Lance Armstrong fending off “Syringe Man” at the Tour of California cycling race.

- CHRIS COOLEY describes having to fend off overzealous fans during his night out with Alexander Ovechkin at a UWC fight.

- DEADSPIN chimes in on Jim Calhoun’s run-in [video] with a freelance journalists/rabble rouser. Calhoun was right, but he was condescending about it.

- I defy you to watch this touching story about a high school basketball game in Wisconsin without getting misty eyed…

Over at his blog, Chris Cooley relates a funny story about how he and the Redskin offensive linemen get along. Here’s how it starts…

There is no better way to celebrate a win than getting grabbed and punched in the balls by a bunch of offensive lineman on the bus. Lesson learned though, if you go back and try to mess with one of them then the rest are gonna gang up on ya. To their defense, I guess I kind of had it coming…

Read the rest.