Saint Andrew’s Net is With Leather’s daily link dump.  Now with 20% more filler!

  • Chris Mottram of The Sporting Blog is in Tampa, filing stories about what it’s like to be a semi-credentialed reporteresque person at the Super Bowl.  It’s good stuff.  Check out dispatches one, two, and three.
  • In shocking news, parts of the Arab world are total tightasses about the notion of gender equity in sports.  Men and women can’t play soccer together in Iran.  [Sports by Brooks]
  • Are the Rangers’ new batting helmets the worst in the majors?  Eh, I think the blue-and-black numbers the Mets have are a little worse. [Fan IQ]
  • Shaquille O’Neal may be old and decrepit (albeit less decrepit than last year), but this is a badass photo. [Ball Don't Lie]
  • Didn’t Brooke Burke marry a plastic surgeon?  I can’t quite decide who got the better end of that deal.  [on 205th]
  • The Miami Dolphins cheerleaders are in Djibouti.  That’s my favorite country on the continent of Yapantsfrica. [The Professional Cheerleader Blog]

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