Where have I been?

SPORTING GOODS

In looking this over, I discovered that Jacoby Ellsbury is at least half Navajo. No matter what his heritage, he sure is fun to watch.

I also see that

Chinese Olympic officials have conceded that controversial flame attendants are trained security personnel and declared that they will defend the torch if it is attacked.

[T]he Olympic torch arrived in Canberra yesterday morning for what authorities said had become the city's greatest security challenge, greater even than the visit of US President George W.Bush.

If this isn't the funniest sporting item I've seen since Larry Bowa's April 1 ejection, I don't know what is.