Caught on the fly

The Colts no longer will call their defense a "cover 2." Instead, it will be known as a "leave your guy open, then by to bring him down with wet-noodle arm tackles 2."

Lawbreaking incident

Ty Law might not play the rest of the regular season after breaking a bone in his foot. He is known as the most physical corner in in the NFL, but on the play he was injured, Law crumpled to the turf without even touching another player. So yeah, you could say that the preseason projections were dead-on. Law was adversely affected by grass interference.

He can pick up the blitz, but what about his pickup lines?

Pittsburgh simply can't get enough of rookie sensation Ben Roethlisberger. In fact, many are starting to say that his similarities to Terry Bradshaw almost are that mean Big Ben shamelessly flirts with Jillian Barberie, too?

To vote for Manny, punch E7

The day after the election, ESPN.com polled readers on which athlete would make the best president, with Shaq, Dale Jr., Serena and Manny Ramirez among the choices. What? You were expecting Man-Ram to be up for Secretary of Defense?

Both have good field-goal percentages

Antonio McDyess was ejected and then fined $5,000 for kicking a basketball into the stands during a game with the Pistons last week. That's the bad news. The good news is Detroit might have found an eventual replacement for Jason Hanson.

Hey, didn't you used to be a Gainesville homecoming?

It's nip and tuck in Big D

Not to insinuate that a lot of the cast members of Return to Southfork have had plastic surgery since Dallas went off the air, but in credits for the reunion show, Jerry Jones was listed as a consultant.

Write 100 times:

I will not watch Dolphins football.

I will not watch Dolphins football.

I will not watch Dolphins football.

When news broke last week that Junior Seau would miss the second half of the season (actually, it was news that Junior made the first half), he said it was akin to going to detention instead of recess. Which, interestingly enough, is how fans also have described their 2004 trips to Pro Player Stadium.

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