I’m in the middle of Blogs With Balls, but I had to get this out before anything else. It’s the intro for the conference, produced by the indefatigable Bill Saylor, aka Slickbomb, and friends. And enjoy this sneak peek at original daddy Matt Ufford passed out in Prospect Park. Nice boxers, big boy. Thanks, John, for the link.

UConn lineman Rob Lunn started his own blog, and while it may come up short on photos of his own genitalia, it is a refreshingly candid look at a BCS-conference team from the inside. Titled Thoughts From A Fat White Guy, Lunn breaks down not only his own play, but that of his teammates, with a PG-level brand of humor. Some excerpts:

The offensive line play was good, led by fellow senior (center) Keith Gray…While he still might resemble a Koala, I think he does a great job.

Again Julius Williams is stealing sacks from me and again I admit that if only I had been a little faster (insert fat white joke here) I’d have had him clean, which is a little frustrating because Griffin from Baylor had the moves to make me look silly, but this kid had no business escaping my grip.

Cody Brown again added to the strong case he is making for the NFL. (Although, I will say that as his roommate on the road, NFL execs might wanna consult me if they need a witness to personal hygiene. Time to shower, Cody. Seriously.)

It’s pretty cool that Lunn apparently hasn’t faced any resistance to his chronicling of the Huskies’ season. Hopefully Lunn’s blog will pave the way for Thoughts From A Tailback That Bangs Sorority Girls Around The Clock, which would be a delicious addition to anyone’s Google Reader. Or my porn bookmarks. I’m not picky.

[found on USA Today Blogs]

Last month Stephen A. Smith was all, "Bloggers are dangerous because they're unqualified, untrained, wreckless [sic], non-expert non-professionals who are sabotaging upstanding professionals like myself."  And now this month he's like "Welcome to my blog."  Oh, excuse me: his online blog.  It's different from those stodgy old paper-and-ink blogs.

In the first and only post so far, Stephen A. writes (not in all caps, surprisingly enough):

Happy New Year everyone. It’s the night of Jan. 2,2008…

Now would be a good time to point out that he published the post on January 14th.

I’m actually doing something I never thought I’d do in my lifetime: writing a blog. In the interest of being real, although I’ve been a journalist for more than 14 years, therefore intimately accustomed to writing, especially on the fly, I’ve never desired to have my own website, let alone write my own blog. But things change when your loved ones notice your notoriety more than you do, when they aspire for your voice to expand, when they’ve grown tired of the countless times they’ve heard critics rain venom without compunction because they sensed my voice was limited.

Anyway, he drones on and on and there's nothing particularly interesting (or, to be fair, stupid), then he ends with, "So fasten your seatbelts! Get ready for a ride!"  A ride that stops immediately and doesn't move for nine days.  Oh my gosh my hair's on fire!  Slow this ride down!!!

[Simon on Sports]