With the Jets losing 4-1 to the Lightning, I'll spare them the electrical puns — like lacking a spark, feeling re-volted or Tampa being amped up. I will say this: Watt happened?

A cheerleader pic from Sports Deke. Cheers.

The U.S. Checkers Championship will take place starting July 1 in Vidor, Texas. I was never any good at checkers – my opponents always got the jump on me.

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At home I usually sleep downstairs, so my first goal each day is to climb out of the basement. These days, it's the same story for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

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British company ThinkGeek sells a onesie with a beanbag chair sewn into the butt so you always have a place to sit. They got the idea years ago watching Serena Williams play.

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With Team Homan off to the Olympics, Team Einarson will be Team Canada at the Scotties. This just in from the rock band Kansas: Kerri On My Einarson.

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I heard an ESPN commentator say he made the mistake of "sleeping on his Nuggets." That's gotta hurt.

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According to Reuters, inmates in a British prison were receiving marijuana thrown over prison walls — sewn inside dead rats. I'm wondering which end did they light?

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Netherlands is reportedly trying to grow curling with a campaign called “Holland's Next Gold Medal." I was thinking maybe “Orange is the New Hack” or “A Rockwork Orange.”

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Braves ace Chris Sale said he comes from "a long line of tall, skinny people." Skinny doesn't cover it: if he stuck out his tongue, you'd think he was a zipper.

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Virologists claim germ-infested handles on shopping buggies cause respiratory illnesses such as colds, flu and bronchitis. Before long, you've put the cart before the hoarse.

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Nikolaj Ehlers had his first hat trick with the Hurricanes. How soon before they change his name to Three-lers?

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Vancouver Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko was placed on injured reserve this week. He is hampered by a lower body injury and a higher goals-against average.

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At the GSOC event in Steinbach, MB, team John Shuster cut the sleeves off their outfits and played with exposed biceps. Or in typical US fashion, they exercised their right to bare arms.