The weekend is almost here. Hopefully you have a better day than this guy.

• The Big Ten decided to place Michigan and Ohio State into separate divisions when Nebraska joins the conference in 2011, but they will still play each other in their final regular season game. Kudos to Jim Delaney for getting this one right.

• The Tigers called up long-time minor league Max St. Pierre this week. At Bless You Boys, Kurt wrote a spine-tingling piece about a guy finally getting a chance to live out his dream in the big leagues. Congrats on getting to the show, Max. Now beat the damn Twins.

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If you're interested in seeing Brandon Spikes' Chatroulette video, check out the very NSFW link at Kissing Suzy Kolber (this one's ok). Otherwise, check out today's links.

• Of all people to advocate for Reggie Bush losing his 2005 Heisman trophy, I'm not surprised that Texas coach Mack Brown is leading the charge. Why? Vince Young (his QB, remember) was second that year.

• Somehow I missed this, but apparently Marcus Jordan (yeah, Michael's son) spent an absurd amount of money in Vegas last weekend. Naturally, Deadspin has found pictures. I'm disappointed to see that there are no tigers involved.

• I'll hold off on any Gary Coleman jokes (R.I.P.), but how do you let a 21 year old pass as someone under the age of 14, especially to play football? [via Hot Clicks]

• The geniuses at Bro Bible came up with 17 shirts that every college student owns. It's pretty accurate; I counted 12 of the 17 in my closet, including the actual "You can't spell..." shirt they display on the site. [via Busted Coverage]

• I wanted a picture in here somewhere, so I Googled this. Hope you don't mind (and I doubt you will).

• A lot of people posted about this, but you'll see why I picked With Leather's version of the "Danny Granger thinks Europeans smell funny" story. You're welcome.

• Not surprisingly, someone from ESPN said something stupid related to Detroit sports (I'm going to start copying/pasting this). Today's nominee to bat clean-up? Big Al from The Wayne Fontes Experience. Take cover John.

• I was wondering why I wasn't seeing anything new being posted from the guys at The Production Line. Apparently, I'm an idiot. They have a completely new set-up (complete with a ridiculously awesome banner) and apparently they're ready to take over the world.

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Come on kid, at least wait until she's 18. [via Packey's Facebook]

• Manny Ramirez is taking his talents dreadlocks and "Manny Being Manny" swagger to southside Chicago to play for the White Sox after being waived by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Basically, expect an MVP-like September followed by a spectacular flame-out next July.

• The Houston Texans are officially a symbol of all that is right with America. OK, maybe not, but at least they aren't leaving their drunk fans hanging out to dry. This "game time dinner bell/horn" is a brilliant idea. [via Busted Coverage]

• Vince Ellis of the Detroit Free Press wrote your typical fluff piece about how Tracy McGrady "isn't washed up." While I'm OK with signing McGrady to the veteran's minimum, I doubt we'll get the T-Mac of old this season in the D. [via Ball Don't Lie]

• The Lions signed veteran linebacker Rocky Boiman yesterday. Naturally, Big Al has the big picture in mind. Get that soulless devil off my team.

• Usually I don't sweat too much over some of the offseason injury talk, but a story about Nicklas Kronwall's knee has PANIC written all over it. Kronwall has always had injury troubles and this isn't a good start to the year.

• Why is this guy smiling? While everyone else thinks that's a "wig," it's actually his real hair. Suckers.

• I don't know what to say about this, other than it's hysterical. Go check it out. [via Sharapova's Thigh]

Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu has some nice hair. So nice, in fact, that Head & Shoulders is insuring his long, flowing locks for $1 million. You may remember Polamalu playing the tough guy role in a few ads over the past couple years.

With that kind of money devoted to someone who will just have to cut his hair once Coach Boone gets into town, you have to wonder what kind of coin AXE is going to throw down to protect their franchise quarterback. Some of that exotic hair action can get pretty dangerous.

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New school, same links. I'll be rocking the authentic Tracy McGrady jersey all day long.

• Yahoo Sports columnist Dan Wetzel absolutely laid into boxer/MMA fighter James Toney yesterday after Toney's poor showing in Saturday's fight against Randy Couture. The sad part? Toney deserves it.

• The Cincinnati Bengals cut WR Antonio Bryant yesterday after signing him to a $28 million contract this offseason. This isn't a shocking move given the play of rookie Jordan Shipley, but Bryant can't be happy he's losing out on $20+ million.

• This is long overdue: Scottie Pippen will (finally) be commemorated with a statue outside of the United Center in Chicago. Hopefully his pose involves this dunk in some way.

• Kyle of Babcock's Death Stare will be taking the year off from his site due to an internship with the Grand Rapids Griffins. As much as he'll be missed in the Red Wings community, it's a great opportunity for him in many ways. Good luck Kyle.

• Shannon James? Why not? [via Busted Coverage]

• Guyism came up with a list of 9 people you find in Walmart after midnight. One you could add to the "noon on a Sunday version" is the crazy Spanish guy that tries to talk to you about Jesus. Not that I've had that happen to me at all.

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I wanted to let all our trusty readers know that Awful Announcing, a one-time powerhouse sports blog, is being resurrected from the dead and yours truly will be leading its charge back into blog-stardom. Head over there, bookmark it, like it on Facebook, follow it on Twitter, and read it daily. Send in your tips, too, if you have any awful announcing experiences to share.

What does this mean for Bobby B on D4L? Well, I don't really know. You'll just have to stick around and find out. I will say this, though: It's not called Detroit4lyfe for nothing.

I'm not sure what prompted this, but Carmelo Anthony isn't happy with Kat Stacks. In fact, he's offering up a decent chunk of change to see Kat smacked around a bit.

To prove his point, Melo even took a picture of the cash. Something tells me he's going to regret this, as his Twitter account has already been deleted. Lala Vasquez, Melo's wife, says that someone hacked his account. I doubt that's the case, anyone taking the time to hack a celebrity's Twitter account isn't going to have this kind of cheese laying around.

Plus, given Stacks' history with other famous individuals, it's likely that she called out Melo at some point to draw attention to herself (and away from her drawn-on eyebrows). Still, not smart Melo. He might as well drop that cash off at David Stern's office on Monday.

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I'm moving to Washington, D.C. tomorrow. I think I'm going to like it there. [pic via Daily What, Guyism]

• Longtime Cubs 1B Derrek Lee was traded to the Atlanta Braves yesterday for 3 minor league pitchers. Bleed Cubbie Blue is happy to at least get something in return for Lee. Another Cubs Blog, a fellow Bloguin site, has more info on the prospects the Cubs received.

• We already saw plenty of boobs yesterday, but what's a couple more? [via Bro Bible]

• This post is mostly college-oriented, but CoEd's list of 10 things for an off-campus house applies to any bachelor's living space. Advice like this is golden, use it wisely.

• This picture is awesome. I don't blame any of those guys for staring at perfection.

• Due to reasons that we're not 100% sure on, Maize 'n' Brew is changing their logo and is asking for reader input on what it should be. Head on over if you have any ideas.

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A bit late with these today; I decided to put on my spiffy jacket and have a night on the town last night.

• I'm not sure when BYU turned into Notre Dame, but their athletic department is looking to wiggle into the same sort of deal as the Irish. BYU would be a football independent and a member of the Western Athletic Conference in all other sports. There's a Mormon joke in there somewhere.

• Puck Daddy has been plowing through its "Mount Puckmore series" lately, where a team-specific writer chooses four faces to... basically a hockey Mt. Rushmore. The Red Wings version, written/chosen by George Malik, is up now.

• Andrew Sharp, not to be confused with the worthless Drew Sharp, wrote a great piece about Tiger Woods and whether he will recover from what ails him to win again. If needed, a strip club chain is offering to help get the "old Tiger" back.

• Ball Don't Lie has a little bit of down time before the NBA season starts, so they are filling that space by ranking the 10 best players at each position. First up are the point guards, though I'm not sure how Baron Davis makes that list.

• Sharapova's Thigh is all about the thighs, naturally. Yesterday Clapp offered up a double dose featuring Leighton Meester and Blake Lively in New York City.

• The Tigers will probably look to put Brandon Inge through waivers this week. There was a false report about this last week, but actually going forward with the move this week doesn't necessarily mean Inge will be moved.

• Check out Gunaxin's list of the 10 people you will meet at your fantasy football draft. Amazingly, my 12-team league features every one of these characters.

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Hot girls are nice. Hot girls with guns? Happy Tuesday everyone. [via Gunaxin, Hot Clicks]

• Word is that Carmelo Anthony and the Denver Nuggets won't last together too much longer. I'm not too surprised by this news, but hopefully it won't venture into the awkward "ex who still has feelings for you" phase. Joe D? Pick up the damn phone.

• A few quick NFL notes for your fantasy teams: the 49ers signed RB Brian Westbrook to replace the retired (seriously, WTF) Glenn Coffee, while Steve Smith (the Carolina Panthers version) and Percy Harvin both returned to practice yesterday.

• Eva Longoria, wife of Spurs guard Tony Parker (I just wanted to be the first person EVER to say that), said that Tony wants to play in New York. Hmm, sounds kinda like something we heard from a certain pop-star/pinup a little while back.

• Just one day after I mentioned that George Malik would be going to training camp, he decides to switch blog allegiances. Malik will be moving to the Kukla's Korner empire and writing at A2Y for the time being until his new digs are set up.

• I just got around to watching the first episode of Hard Knocks today (I don't have HBO, give me a break) and, like the rest of the country, I thought Rex Ryan was hysterical. Tony Dungy? Not so much. He wouldn't even hire him if he had the chance.