SPORTSbyBROOKS.com shared an interesting story from the SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY about sports data company Stats LLC heading to the Middle East to provide…well…stats.

From the I’m-Not-Making-This-Up-Dept.: SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY reports that Stats LLC today unveiled “a joint venture with Naveen Aranha, CEO of India-based Sportz Interactive, to create Stats Middle East.

“Stats LLC today will announce a joint venture with Naveen Aranha, CEO of India-based Sportz Interactive, to create Stats Middle East. The operation will be headquartered in Dubai, and the move continues a marked global expansion for the sports data provider that last year opened a European operation and also has made significant inroads into India, China and Japan.”

STATS Middle East? That no doubt means President Bush is soon to be confirmed as the only man on the planet with a lower save percentage than Joe Borowski.

As you know, we’ve quite the homeless problem here on the westside of Los Angeles.

And then there’s the bums (see right).

I don’t know what to think about the Stats LLC story, but looove the picture. SbB also reports that The Grip is back thanks to hottie sports reporter Erin Andrews.