Dolphins and Jets line up here Monday night to renew a bitter, division rivalry on a national stage, and things figure to get very physical. Intense. Brutal. Words will be flying. There might be taunting. Bad blood. Would anyone be surprised if there were shoving or punches, even ejections? Yes, it could get very ugly.

But enough about Jets fans!

Festivities in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month will be featured at the game.

I have an idea.

Let's honor all Hispanics except the one in the Jets uniform named Sanchez.

Him, we get to kick the crap out of.

• The Heat, opening its season Oct. 28, is 0-2 in the preseason and plays its first home exhibition Sunday night. I don't wanna say the NBA's replacement referees are not working out, but how else do you explain Miami losing its last game on that late pass interference call?

• The IndyCar finale was Saturday down at Homestead, where Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti and Ryan Briscoe were gunning for the season championship because IRL officials, for the life of them, could not figure a way to finagle the points standings or the race results to make Danica Patrick win.

• The Marlins announced that Fredi Gonzalez would return as manager after a few tense days in which owner Jeffrey Loria considered firing him. Evidently, Loria, in searching for reasons why Florida missed the playoffs, looked in the mirror and saw the lowest player payroll in the league.

• Even though Gonzalez survived, two of his aides were let go: pitching coach Mark Wiley and first-base coach Andy Fox. Somebody read me the headline, ``Wiley, Fox dismissed.'' And I'm thinking, ``The fox couldn't have been that wily, then.''

• Somebody else told me Miguel Cabrera ended the season at .324. And I'm thinking: batting average? Or blood-alcohol content?

• Actually it was too bad Cabrera getting drunk was a reason the Tigers blew it and missed the playoffs. I invested heavily in heartfelt postseason media references to the ball club lifting the spirits of economically downtrodden Detroit.

• Cannot confirm Cabrera has since been suspended by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

• Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter said in the buildup to the Jets game, regarding who's in charge in the AFC East, ``There can only be a certain amount of bullies on the playground.'' The school board immediately sent an admonishing letter reminding Porter about anti-bullying rules.

• University of California-San Francisco Medical Center has named its main pediatric-patient playroom in honor of Barry Bonds. It's true. Controversy already, though: Apparently, two toddlers have been found in possession of performance-enhancing Lego's.

• Five NFL teams are 4-0 entering this weekend, tied for the most in league history. Quick. Somebody wake the '72 Dolphins!

• The four-team United Football League launched, with the Las Vegas Locomotives beating the California Redwoods. No interest here, though. I have a long-standing policy of not caring about any league whose biggest-name player is J.P. Losman.

• Somebody has invented a hat that wakes up drowsing drivers. I might recommend the same hat for readers trying to get through one of my columns.

• ESPN The Magazine's overhyped ``Body'' issue is out, in which sports figures are in various stages of nudity, but with privates covered. (Think of it like Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue, only with less skin.) The highlight for me? I would say probably the two-page layout on John Madden. And thank God for that artfully positioned turkey drumstick.

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