• Video-game Shaq goes 1-on-1 in argyle sweater
• Couple covers baseball with 19,100 coats of paint
• Uniforms worn by every major-leaguer
• Ugliest holiday gifts for Yankees fans
• Fantasy Football Hall of Fame nominations
• Video of annoying drunk: Gooooo Raiders!
• Tonya Harding & Jeff Gillooly comic books
• Philly readies for Wing Bowl 14
• NASCAR Nation host Leeann Tweeden shows off for Stuff
• ... and more

I'm always looking for links to wacky or interesting sports sites and news, so if you come across any, please e-mail them to me.

And Some Random Sports Thoughts, 'Cause I Feel Like It:

• I used to think the '72 Dolphins were kinda funny for doing their champagne toast every year, but now that I see how damn serious they are about rooting against teams with a legitimate shot to join their club, I think they're a joke. Mercury Morris likened the experience to walking on the moon; you wouldn't know what it's like until you've done it. Well, I don't remember Neil Armstrong rooting for a spacecraft to explode before another guy got up there. Here's why they're so pissy, though: because the '72 Dolphins get no respect when all-time teams are discussed. And whoever does go 19-0 will blow the doors off Miami, at least in terms of public perception. Hell, the '85 Bears, '70s Steelers, '80s 49ers and '90s Cowboys already do.

• As if it's not bad enough having Yankees-hater Chris "Mad Dog" Russo man one-half of NYC's most popular sports radio show, co-host Mike Francesa, a buddy of Bill Parcells, is getting on my nerves with his pessimism over the Giants. Tuesday, he warned fans that, should the Giants lose at Washington on Saturday, the Raiders loom as a dangerous opponent on Dec. 31, because Kerry Collins has a vendetta against the G-Men, and Oakland sports a lot of weapons. Weapons, he failed to mention, that have been playing like dogs for weeks, having lost six of seven, including the last two to the Jets and Browns. In the NFL, no ballgame is a gimmie, but to label this matchup as especially dangerous, with the West Coast start time slated for 5 p.m. local in what should be a half-empty stadium on New Year's Eve, is absurd.

• Did you know Goose Gossage's career lasted until 1994 with Seattle, the same year Alex Rodriguez made his debut with the M's? I saw a clip of him striking out Jose Canseco, who debuted in 1985, and couldn't believe it. Sure as hell didn't know he lasted nine more years.

• Also learned by watching Yankeeography, Reggie Jackson hit his 537th home run, the one that moved him ahead of Mickey Mantle and into sixth place on the all-time list, against none other than Roger Clemens, then in his third season with Red Sux and en route to winning his first Cy Young Award, as well as the MVP he robbed from "The Greatest Living Ballplayer," Don Mattingly. C'mon now, if Ron Guidry couldn't win it over Jim Rice in 1978...

• As a Yankees fan, I wonder if I'm gonna get anything under my tree. Ya know, like a center fielder or something. But after 2004, when A-Rod magically appeared out of nowhere in February, I've learned that "it's a long season" even applies to the offseason.

• Some pics I took at the Giants-Chiefs game, if you're interested.