A – A.J. Burnett. The Yankees traded A.J. Burnett to the Pittsburgh Pirates in February. In his first Spring Training appearance with the Pirates, Burnett bunted a ball off his face. Yeah, he'll fit right in.

B – Baseball. Major League Baseball has announced that it is expanding postseason play, adding an additional wild card team to each league. This will alter the postseason landscape and will make it easier for teams to reach the postseason, except the Pirates.

C – Cardinals. The Arizona Cardinals will play the New Orleans Saints Aug. 5 in the Hall of Fame Game to kick off the NFL Preseason. The irony is that the Cardinals probably have produced the least amount of Hall of Famers ever.

D – Dino I. Laurenzi. The man who hung out with Ryan Braun's urine for a weekend has been revealed and his name is Dino I. Laurenzi. Because of Laurenzi, Braun is off the hook for a 50-game suspension. Laurenzi is the most famous urine collector since that stripper Pac Man peed on.

E – ESPN. The NHL Trade Deadline came and went and most of America and ESPN did not bat an eyelid. Hockey fanboys cried bloody murder at ESPN for not covering the deadline. If the NHL wants to get coverage on ESPN, it should try to trade for Jeremy Lin, Tim Tebow and/or Ryan Braun's urine.

F – Friars. The Providence Friars dealt a serious blow to UConn's NCAA tourney hopes with a 72-70 win over the visiting Huskies this week. Providence was a five-point underdog and 3-13 in Big East play entering the game. UConn started the season 12-1 but has lost 11 of 16 since and could become the first team with two NBA lottery picks (Jeremy Lamb and Ryan Boatright) to miss the dance.

G – Gone.  After 14 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Hines Ward has been released. Now everybody outside of Pittsburgh will likely find out Heinz Field is named after ketchup and not a wide receiver.

H – Homeless. The bipolar Delonte West was bipolar and homeless during the NBA Lockout. Despite making $14 million to play basketball, West said he spent nights sleeping in the Mavericks' locker room and in his car. West had been living in a team-paid-for hotel room before the NBA Lockout, so once the lockout came, West had to move and he had no money for an apartment somehow.

I – Italy. The United States beat Italy in soccer for the first time in over 78 years and nobody in this country knew about it until after the game was over. The U.S. won the exhibition, 1-0, Wednesday night in Genoa, Italy, when Clint Dempsey scored in the 55th minute. The game aired live on ESPN2 at 2:45 p.m. EST during the workday so people at least had an excuse to ignore it over here.

J – Janoris Jenkins. Former Florida and North Alabama cornerback Janoris Jenkins went to the NFL Combine and showed the league he has what it takes to be a professional player. He already has multiple arrests under his belt and was dismissed from University of Florida. At the Combine people found out he has four kids (Jenkins is 23 by the way). The kids are named Janoris Jr., Legend, Janorian and Paris. You know it’s bad when Paris is the most normal of the four names. If he can make the NFL, Janoris is on pace to shatter Antonio Cromartie and Shawn Kemp's records for most children fathered by a professional athlete.

K – Kansas City. Some wise souls realized how bad the quarterback trifecta of Kyle Orton, Tyler Palko and Matt Cassel is in Kansas City. People began to pound Sportsbook.com with bets on Peyton Manning to land in Kansas City at 40/1. The line eventually fell to 20/1 and now it sits at 4/1 behind only Miami (+225), Indianapolis (+250) and New York Jets (+350) as possible destinations for Manning. See P for the long shots.

L – Lakeview Christian Academy. A high schooler by the name of Anders Broman (sick last name, dude!), dropped 71 points in a game to break the Northeastern Minnesota boys’ basketball record by 10 points. How is good is Broman, pretty good. How bad is his team? Well they still managed to lose, 114-110. 

M – Mike Scioscia. The Los Angeles Angels added Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson this offseason and lost 38 pounds from manager Mike Scioscia. The Angels skipper reported to spring training 38 pounds lighter, so his countless walks to the pitcher’s mound may be a little quicker this year.

N – NCAA Tournament. The end of Black History Month can mean only one thing, March Madness is here. Potential No. 1 seeds with the best odds to win the NCAA Tournament according to Bovada are Kentucky (5/2), Ohio State (13/2), North Carolina (7/1) and Syracuse (7/1).

O – One-car garage. Michael Jordan is putting his Highland Park, Ill., mansion up for sale for $29 million. The house features 32,000 square feet, 15 (!?) full baths, a full-size basketball court and most amazingly, a one-car garage. The full baths to garage ration of 15/1 might be a North-American record.

P – Peyton Manning. New York is one of the potential destinations for Peyton Manning, according to oddsmakers, and not just the Jets. The oddsmakers went ahead and put odds on Peyton landing with his younger brother and Super Bowl champion New York Giants (+10,000). You think that is unlikely, his odds of joining Tom Brady in New England are +20,000. Other longshots including Baltimore and Denver, both +5000.

Q – Queen Elizabeth II. If you weren’t already foaming at the mouth in anticipation for the 2012 Olympics in London, here is something to get your blood boiling: Queen Elizabeth II will "open" the 2012 Olympics this summer. So I guess she will announce something along the lines of “gentleman, start your engines”.

R – Red Wings. The Detroit Red Wings won an NHL record 23 consecutive home games. The only thing more impressive than that is that nobody knew about it until the winning streak reached 20 games. Only in the NHL is something like that possible (and maybe the AFL, CFL and MLS).

S – Soccer. Apparently not only is there soccer in the United States but there are also hooligans. Houston Dynamo fans have had their "festivity rights" revoked at future away matches. (Full disclosure: I have no idea what festivity rights are). The rights were revoked after the Dynamo supporters ignited smoke bombs, used obscene language and gestures and hurled objects at players and security. To go to a soccer game in the US, let alone travel to one on the road, you have to be a little unstable in the first place so this could all be expected.

T – Tim and Taylor. In a match made in ESPN, CMT and alliteration heaven, Tim Tebow took Taylor Swift to Toscanova for dinner. Somehow this event did not bring the ESPN bottom line to a screeching halt. The jesus-loving duo met at a pre-Oscars party and went to dinner but obviously didn’t have premarital sex.

U – UNC. While calling the North Carolina/Maryland college basketball game Wednesday night (presumably because nobody else wanted to), veteran commentator John “Bending Bending” Saunders said the possession arrow goes to the North Carolina Terrapins. Good thing he wasn’t officiating.

V – Vontaze Burfict. The linebacker from Arizona State did his best to talk his way out of the NFL Draft while at the NFL Combine. He punched a teammate last spring in the locker room and racked up numerous personal fouls in college. At the NFL combine he blamed the penalties on officials, he blamed inconsistent play on his coaches and about that locker room fight he offered this, "My first instinct was to swing, and everyone thinks I'm the bad guy because my first instinct was to swing on the guy." You could literally hear him falling down the draft boards with that gem.

W – Wizards. The Washington Wizards are a mess, on and off the court. They don’t win much, nobody goes to their games, when they lose its often ugly and then there are just the random things circulating around the Internet like a picture of Andray Blatche waiting in line at a DMV wearing Uggs. And I'm not talking about the "manly" Tom Brady Uggs but the full on Saturday morning hungover sorority girl Ugg slippers. Also, Nick Young, went public with his desire to be on "Dancing With the Stars." The guy can’t play basketball, let alone dance.  

X – XLVII. It’s one thing to wager on the Super Bowl Coin Toss. It’s another to do it 330 days before the big game. Right now on Bovada you can wager on the coin toss result from Super Bowl XLVII, both heads and tails are -105.

Y – Yohan Blake. Usain Bolt is regarded as the fastest human on earth. Many people consider Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell as his best competitor at the Olympics. But one quick look to the odds for the 2012 Summer Olympics and you’ll find out about a guy named Yohan Blake. Of course, he is from Jamaica just like Bolt and Powell. The 25-year old Bolt is a favorite at -250 on BetUS to win the 100-meter dash but the 22-year old Blake is not far behind at +300. Gay (+500) and Powell (+700) are the only other legitimate contenders, according to oddsmakers.

Z – Zuleyka Rivera. Pure television gold broke out during a recent Timberwolves game when it was revealed to long-time announcer Ralph Lawler that smallish goofy looking point guard J.J. Barea was dating Zuleyka Rivera, a former Miss Universe. Lawler expressed disbelief on air when it was brought up and he even dropped this gem, "I'll bet he enjoyed the All-Star break." Old people say the darndest things.