The sports world is abuzz with the news that a Magic-Johnson fronted group broke the dang old bank in order to purchase the Dodgers for over $2 billion, which is a figure so absurd that it may as well be written like a comic strip character says cuss words.

His long odyssey to get back into the NBA is finally over.

Actually, we're not even sure we should call Orlando a contender after last night.

Gilbert Arenas, the point guard with a funny name and a flair for the funnies, had an electric run as a premiere scorer.

Kenyon Martin isn't the only one in search of a team.

If you're a fan of Penny Hardaway, it's impossible not to consider what could have been.

Nothing hurts more than losing your spot at the gym because you lost to a bunch of random dudes.

You had to know this was coming sooner or later.

"I can stand in a room full of dead people and make it exciting.

We thought we'd mix it up a bit this morning.

The fact that Gilbert Arenas is still a free agent says a lot about the direction the NBA is headed.

It wasn't too long ago that Orlando/Miami was a big Eastern Conference tilt.

The Clippers better hope David Stern likes their team because if it comes down to it, he'll have a huge say in whether or not they get the best point guard in the game to possibly ignite the next Gary Payton/Shawn Kemp oop combo.

Of all five teams that the New Orleans fiasco sort of screwed over this week (Los Angeles, New Orleans, Houston, the Knicks and Boston), it's the Lakers who are probably hurting the most to get these talks kick-started and moving again.

Now things are getting real.

There has been a lot of talk over the last several weeks about the new CBA's "Amnesty Clause" for NBA teams.

As more details become available as to what's included in the NBA's new labor deal, one of the more interesting additions to the CBA is the so-called "amnesty clause," where every team can waive one player and remove their salary from counting against the cap.

I guess nuclear winters don't last too long.

In the words of one of our more eloquent Twitter followers: "What the f--- am I supposed to watch after the Super Bowl.

If you were following along on Twitter Saturday night, then you saw we were coming to you live from San Jose for the We Believe vs.