The Daily Nickel

1. Mavs Fall to Lakers-  The Laker's with Kobe, Pao and Odom Kardashian are beatable, but when Andrew Bynumplays like an all-star and scores 20+ they're pretty unbeatable.  Some dud won a 82-inch TV for making a half-court shot though, which had to make the largest Mavs crown ever feel a little bit better about the day.

2. Beltre to Debut Today-  The Rangers finally get to see first hand what they spent all their off-season money on.  Unfortunatey, early reports don't look good for him becoming an ace in the rotation.

3.  More Greenberg News-  His exit seemed to come from left field, but upon further review it seems like it more likely came from a man who was more often found on the pitcher's mound.  It doesn't take much around here to beat the public perception of the old Ranger's owner, but don't cross Nolan...we've all got his back.  Not that he needs it, he's the Chuck Norris of baseball.

4.  NFL Union Decertifies, Lockout Begins-  The lockout will hit hardest for teams, like the Cowboys, that are installing a new system on offense or defense. Supposedly the players spent extra time preparing to counteract the negative impact from the lockout by learning Rob Ryan's system before the lights went out. 

5.  It's Bracket Time-  College basketball is unbearable until these brackets come out.  Then we all spend countless hours filling out as many different brackets as we can so that we might end up with one that does decent and we can pretend like we knew what we were doing.  This year I'm picking the teams with the lowest graduation rate... foolproof.