Linkage…links you can believe in.

Sharapova’s Thigh brings us the good news (ok not at all) that ESPN has decided to better the Sunday night broadcasts by adding Steve Phillips to the booth with Jon Miller and Joe Morgan. Will he do fake press conferences there too?

Baseball Reflections has a nice interview with Phillies pitcher Chad Durbin. Durbin is from Spring Valley, Illinois.

No Guts, No Glory: Who would win a pickup game between the crews of ESPN and TNT? Gotta love this line: “No real scorer for this team (ESPN) so it would have to be done on the defensive end. And we know Jalen Rose ain’t playing any defense.”

MoonDog Sports: Government Mandated Playoff? I Don’t Think So. Moon says: “Frankly, I don’t believe anyone currently serving in the House or Senate could get their fragile little minds wrapped around an issue as complex as a playoff format.” Exactly.

Empty the Bench elaborates on what I was saying the other day: It’s time to take the Orlando Magic seriously. Give yourself a dollar if you thought Jameer Nelson was going to be this good.

The Hoop Doctors: Maybe Sasha Vujacic Should Avoid the Chest Bump. Hilarious!

Fox Sports updates their top 10 NCAA players of the year.

Josh Q. Public asks (and lets us know) just who is this Jarvis Varnado?

[tags]Jarvis Varnado, Chad Durbin, Philadelphia Phillies, Jameer Nelson, Steve Phillips, ESPN[/tags]