Seattlest Alumnus Dave Epstein has some advice for Tony Hawk, get a lawyer.
The Sports Mt. Rushmore? (VIDEO)
Ski Accident Leaves Sports World Without a Leg to Stand On
The 2008 football season ended last week for Walter Jones, the Seahawks' offensive tackle and general-prover-of-Einsteinian-physics. Jones was suffering from a knee injury so severe that it would require a cutting-edge procedure called microfracture surgery. The P-I's Danny O'Neil wrote that Jones had headed off to Colorado to have the intricate surgery performed by the world's leading expert, Dr. Richard Steadman.
Lakers 123, Sonics 121 (OT)
You'd assume that the few people who showed up at Key Arena tonight were hoping from a show from Kobe Bryant.
Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse
It was a week of bizarre, embarassing headlines at DCist. The trial of the local administrative law judge who sued his cleaners for $54 million over a pair of missing pants left everyone shaking their heads. Then the capital city was nearly brought to its knees, twice, by poop. Finally D.C. contemplated taking Vermont's place as a state and marveled at the GOP lessons learned from the "Macaca Moment."
Wacky Super Bowl Bets
Feeling lucky? The Super Bowl's the time to enlarge your wallet by beating the bookmakers. You can bet on practically anything about the game.

