Looks like another good sports weekend, but just in case your cable goes out or your team is getting crushed, it’s always a good time to catch up on a little reading.

“Both the offense and the defense….one’s trying the advantage over the other.” The Pam Ward Chronicles has this weeks best worst quotes of the day (Awful Announcing)

If you think there’s pressure playing for Steinbrenner… how ’bout if your team was owned by God? (Doberman on the Diamond)

I’ve been asked a few times to explain the “Spiderman” tackle. If not for getting rocked on the initial hit, Kennedy does a decent job at it here (Gherogie: the Blog)

C.C. Sabathia had a helluva year but baseball does not have a great history of awarding the Cy Young to African-American pitchers (One More Dying Quail)

A very creative set of posteason awards for baseball (Rumors and Rants)

I’m not the only one disappointed that I’m stuck watching Oakland-San Diego while two undefeated teams square off tomorrow (Signal to Noise)

College hoops are just around the corner, so with the football team in the dumps, it’s probably time to start looking forward to Pac 10 basketball (Storming the Floor)

Vinny Testervade is again a QB in the NFL. If that’s not funny enough, here are some “Vinny” haikus to prep you for this weekends action (WBRS Sports Blog)