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Vikings' Punter May Change His Name To 'World Of Warcraft' (580 diggs) I love video games. But not so much that I'd consider changing my name over them. However, Chris Kluwe from the Minnesota Vikings wants to ensure he'll have the highest selling NFL jersey.

Terrell Davis calls T.O. 'a cancer' (422 diggs) Terrell Davis had this to say Monday on "Total Access" when the discussion turned to fixing the Cowboys: "The first guy that's got to go is T.O..." T.D. said. "T.O. I'm sorry you are a cancer. You got to go." I think T.D. called T.O. the "c" word at least three times. What is it about T.O. that brings out such tough words?

ESPN to air 2010 Pro Bowl (315 diggs) The Pro Bowl will be played one week before the Super Bowl in 2010 and both games will be staged in Dolphin Stadium.

Cute 2yr old Tiger Woods looks like a prodigy even back then (493 diggs) Happy 33rd Birthday Tiger! Today Tiger Woods is the best golfer in the world, carries his clubs nowhere, misses few drives. When he was two, he was still on national television but doubled as his own caddy and his tee shot needed some work.

Worker Dodges Huge Warehouse Collapse (758 diggs) This looks like security camera footage from Dunder Mifflin.

BREAKING: Broncos Fire Coach Mike Shanahan (702 diggs) Collapse at end of season the undoing...

Breaking Down 'Questionable' Calls Against Yao Ming (526 diggs) Houston Rockets center Yao Ming was taken out of the game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on 12/23/2008 with foul trouble by a pair of strange calls, then seems to have trouble getting a call when he's clobbered on the other end.

Dallas Mavericks Fans Give Up Their Seats To Soldiers (595 diggs) Mavs fans show their holiday spirit by giving up their front row seats to military personnel, writes Marc Stein.

Chargers Owner Spanos Announces he has Dementia (254 diggs) Billionaire developer and owner of the San Diego Chargers, Alex Spanos, has announced in a letter that he suffers from Dementia

Gender Barrier Persists at Vancouver Olympics (351 diggs) Ten female ski jumpers from six countries are suing to get into the 2010 games. They argue that the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games is violating the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms by staging ski jumping competition that excludes women.

Motorcycles Finally Go Green (359 diggs) Motorcycles are by definition efficient machines, but their Prius-like fuel economy often is accompanied by emissions that make a Hummer look clean. As regulators get wise to that fact and go after two-wheelers, the motorcycle industry is embracing alternatives ranging from battery power to hydrogen fuel cells.

Chris Cole's Video Part In New Blood (346 diggs)

Australia's first defeat in a home series for 16 year (619 diggs) (CRICKET )South Africa have sealed a historic Test series victory in Australia, winning the second Test after reaching 183 for the loss of just one wicket.

Dead New York Rangers prospect Cherepanov was "blood doping" (365 diggs) Alexei Cherepanov, who died after losing consciousness during a Russian Superleague game two months ago, had been taking banned substances, government investigators said on Monday.

8 snowmobilers missing in Canadian avalanches (337 diggs) Eight snowmobilers buried in avalanches were missing Monday in western Canada's backcountry, and rescuers searching for the men faced "extreme" risk themselves from crashing snow.

Lions, Jets and Browns all Fire Head Coaches (499 diggs) The day after the NFL regular season, the winless Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns and New York Jets are looking for new coaches. Rod Marinelli was fired by the Lions on Monday after an 0-16 season and Romeo Crennel was let go as expected by the Browns.

The Top 10 NBA Stories for 2008 (261 diggs) Overall, 2008 will go down in history as one of the good years for the NBA. Here is one person's opinion of the top 10 stories from around the Association this past year:

Lewis Hamilton Smashed Down The Barriers In 2008 (291 diggs) Lewis Hamilton is the 'Time Lord' of Formula One. A month on from the most thrilling championship conquest in the history of four-wheeled combat we are still taking the sedatives. Dream sequences are peppered with screams from Interlagos: "He's got Glock!" Dawn breaks over icy December mornings posing the question, did he really do that?

The Worst Seasons in Sports History (441 diggs) It's been more than 30 years since the Buccaneers went 0-14 in 1976 -- but they had the excuse of being an expansion team. The Lions' journey to the first 0-16 season in NFL history completed a 10-year freefall, where they were undone by one bad personnel move after another.

Dallas-area media rips Cowboys. (469 diggs) As expected, the media in Dallas -- and nationwide -- has been none-too-kind to the Dallas Cowboys since the team's 44-6 loss to Philadelphia that left the Cowboys out of the NFL playoffs.

San Francisco 49ers hire Singletary fulltime (478 diggs) Mike Singletary was given the 49ers' full-time coaching job on Sunday.

Peyton Manning Breaks Record - 9th 4,000 Yard Passing Season (479 diggs) Manning entered the game needing 93 yards to hit 4,000, achieving it on a 55-yard touchdown play to Joseph Addai. He has failed to hit 4,000 yards passing in only two of his 11 NFL seasons — 1998, his rookie year, and 2005, when he threw only 14 passes in the final two games and finished with 3,747 yards.

Jets fire head coach Eric Mangini (473 diggs) Eric Mangini is out as head coach of the New York Jets, 1050 ESPN Radio and various other New York media outlets are reporting. Mangini and the Jets missed out on the playoffs after losing to Miami on Sunday. The Jets lost four of their last five games to finish 9-7.

Soup Up Your Sled (242 diggs) Winter Wonderland just isn't complete without the scream of a 200-plus horsepower snowmobile engine. What people did for fun in the dead of winter before they could tear up the countryside Artic Cats, Yamahas, Polarises (Polarisi?), and Ski-Doos remains a mystery.

NY Times: Jets Reject Is One Headed to the Playoffs (647 diggs) Chad Pennington is going to the playoffs at the expense of the Jets, the luckless franchise that sent him away five months ago and lived to regret it. Pennington jogged off the field today, followed by a horde of cameras, to a chant of “M.V.P., M.V.P.,” and then at the locker-room entrance fell into the embrace of a Dolphins teammate.