- SPORTSbyBROOKS.com has the lowdown on Sarah Palin naming her daughter after the town ESPN is located in because she always wanted to be a sports anchor for the major network.

- SPORTSbyBROOKS.com also fills us in on how Michael Phelps is scheduled to appear at a handful of motivational speaking gigs in California later this month after being caught smoking the hippie lettuce.

- YepYep has the odds on which swimsuit model will grace the cover of Sports Illustrated this year.

- Larry Brown Sports writes that home schooling your kids is now more popular than ever thanks to Florida quarterback Tim Tebow.

- Kissing Suzy Kolber has the story of Dan Reeves quitting as a consultant for the Dallas Cowboys after only one day.

- PACMAN JONESIN’ has the story of the sheriff in Richland County, South Carolina that is threatening to bring criminal charges against Michael Phelps for smoking the weed.

- SPORTSBYBROOKS informs us that multi-millionaire Tiger Woods doesn’t tip. Ever. (Is he secretly Australian?)

- FOX SPORTS lists the top 10 Super Bowl commercials.

- DEADSPIN has video of an escape artist nearly dying of drowning during the intermission of a recent Oklahoma City Thunder game. (Not for kids.)

- THE LOVE OF SPORTS has a helpful Pittsburghese-to-English dictionary.