This gallery may not appeal to the more Hot-Cheerleaders-In-Slow-Motion-inclined members of the With Leather readership, but don’t be afraid to enjoy it, because at some point during the 1970s the Walt Disney Corporation teamed up with Wonder Bread to give away pennant stickers with loaves of bread that are literally nothing but Disney characters destroying college names with puns. Yes, that’s a sentence I’ve written.

As I see it, there are two fine ways to enjoy this:

1. Flipping through and trying to figure out which school each pennant represents, because some of them are a stretch.
2. Losing control of your neck and bashing your head against the desk in a full-body groan when you realize “Mickey Can Skate” is Michigan State, or whatever.

A third way to enjoy it is through the absurdity of the illustrations, like Cinderella doing 2,000 pounds of laundry in her ball gown or Goofy with a broken leg because you can only make so many puns about Tulane. And yes, ACC fans, here is where you learn about how Disney preappropriated your “dook” joke for Duke and made it about fowl royalty a decade or so before you were born. I kept expecting to see a Virginia Tech pennant where Shan Yu from Mulan is holding up a castrated turkey.

Note: Full credit for these goes to Disney, I guess, but credit for putting them on the Internet goes to Jason Liebig.

[h/t Disney Food Blog]

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#1 North Carolina defeated #6 Duke in Durham last night 76-68 to even the season series and lock-up the top seed in the ACC tournament. Is this the best rivalry in sports or what? Um, I'll take the 'or what' and ponder the question while I look at some more pics of lovely Antonella. 

In Big East action, the Jesuits from D.C. beat Rick Pitino's depleted Louisville squad 55-52 to claim their second straight conference title. Meanwhile, Pitino's former team, the Providence Friars, lost to Villanova 73-63. This means if DePaul can somehow defeat Pittsburgh today, the mighty Blue Demons would secure the last seed in the Big East tournament. Undoubtedly, they will begin their historic run to San Antonio at Madison Square Garden as everybody knows they excel in tourney play. I felt a little like a traitor rooting for the Augustinians to best the Friars since the good Dominican sisters taught me everything (and I mean everything) I know. The Good Lord knows I would like every Catholic school go to the conference tourney except for those dastardly black robes from Milwaukee and Georgetown, but you can't fight a vast Vatican conspiracy. Sure, you think I'm crazy, but wait 'til the truth is revealed in the next thriller by Dan Brown.

Oh yeah, UCLA won an exciting game, and John Wooden is being treated for a rapid heart rate — probably because he read Monday Morning Punter's post on the Bruins. -KD         

After a drunken argument that ended in a bar brawl an enlightened discussion with some classy Notre Dame fans at the tavern last night concerning the match with DePaul today, I placed an ill-advised call to my local independent businessman this morning to support my vainglorious boasting with my pocketbook. Alas, my beloved Blue Demons let me down yet again as the Fightin' Irish defeated them 98-91. 

"From the get-go, we've kind of bounced around a little bit trying to understand who we are, what we can do well," DePaul coach Jerry Wainwright said. "I feel where we good about where we're headed. We have to get better; we just have to get better."  

Uh, what? At least he feels good about where the team's headed (I think that's what he was saying), while I feel good that I don't have to save money for retirement because DePaul's penchant for making games close will certainly cause me massive cardiac arrest. Oh well, if you don't want to send me money, send some so With Leather staffers can send the Chief to meet the Power Rankings leader:

ScarJo is raising money for the charity OxFam with an auction on eBay that begins tomorrow, March 3, the Sunday Mirror reports.  Oh, did we mention that the highest bid wins a date with the silver screen siren? The winner will accompany Scarlett to the June 2009 red carpet premier of her upcoming film, He's Just Not That Into You.

Just mark the envelope Jameson Fund c/o KD, I'll make sure it's used wisely. -KD 

Hopes were dashed for many college basketball squads as the NCAA Selection Committee released the brackets for the upcoming Division I Championship.  Most notable among the omissions were Syracuse (22-10), Drexel (23-8), Air Force (23-8), West Virginia (22-9), Florida St. (20-12), Missouri St. (22-10), and, of course, the DePaul Blue Demons (30-0).  Don't worry guys, there's a tournament for you, or you can always get back to your studies like the lovely Brooke above. 

Also, does anyone know who at Stanford has naked pictures of Gary Walters? -KD