• Dennis Rodman has written a new children’s book, Dennis the Wild Bull. Sure, because who better to write a kids’ book than a man ordered to pay $500,000 in back child support?
• New FIU coach Ron Turner was upset that two of his players tweeted about taking football recruits to a strip club. The lesson? Don’t tweet about it!
• Tiger Woods won a golf tournament at Torrey Pines, but nobody cared because it wasn’t a major.
• The 25th and final Joe DiMaggio Legends Game was held in Fort Lauderdale. The occasion was so special, Joe DiMaggio himself showed up, went 3 for 4.
• In running news, Greg Cote won last week’s Miami men’s marathon by an astounding margin of more than two hours while competing in a 2005 Corvette.
• PBA League team bowling has begun, for those of you who thought PBA head-to-head bowling was too intense and wanted to scale back on the excitement.
• In soccer, Barcelona did not play Saturday, so Lionel Messi was held to two goals.
• I can’t seem to shake this flu. Honey, could you hand me the deer antler spray?
• Answer: Lions receiver Titus Young, twice disciplined for insubordination and once for punching a teammate, ranted on Twitter about not getting the ball enough and wanting out. Question: What’s the best way to make other teams run from you as if you were about to explode?
• Ex-NFL’er Simeon Rice plays for a Davie team in the developmental American Basketball League. Might not be a good sign when your new basketball league’s biggest star is a 38-year-old retired football player.
• Somebody make sure Brent Musberger is OK. Been almost a month since he leered lecherously at a beauty queen.
• Brazilian prostitutes are being given English lessons to prepare for that country hosting the 2014 soccer World Cup. I thought their profession was a universal language. Man pays money, shouts, “Goooaaaalllll!”
• Disgraced Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton lost her spokeswoman role with the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association after admitting she led a secret life as a prostitute. With endorsement deals like that, I can see why needed the extra income.
• Parting thought: It is estimated that 1.2 billion chicken wings will be eaten on Super Bowl Sunday. The figure could top 1.5 billion if I happen to be even hungrier than usual.
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