A – Awfulness. The band everyone loves to hate, Nickelback, and the team everyone loves to hate, the Philadelphia Flyers, joined forces on stage at a recent Nickelback concert. The Flyers yucked it up on stage and launched t-shirts to the sparse crowd . The Flyers had to feel right at home performing in front of so few fans.

B  - Brandon Meriweather. Washington Redskins recently-acquired cornerback Brandon Meriweather was picked up for a DWI at 2:54 a.m. in Arlington County, Virginia. He refused a breathalyzer and failed a field sobriety test. Considering his play on the field, officers shouldn’t have been surprised about him taking a bad angle while trying to walk a straight line.

C – Cleveland Browns. The Cleveland Browns doomed the career of Alabama running back Trent Richardson when they traded with Minnesota for the No. 3 overall pick to pick Richardson. Unfortunately for Richardson, he was unable to return to Alabama for his senior year.

D – Draft. Pittsburgh sports talk radio network The Fan brought in Steelers safety Ryan Clark to be their draft expert. It was a good call considering Clark watched the entire 2002 NFL Draft. He watched the entire thing because he was waiting for his name to be called and it never was. So yeah, he knows a lot about the draft.

E – Elbow. Metta World Peace launched an absurdly flagrant elbow to the head of Thunder forward James Harden during a game. He was suspended seven games (the Vegas ‘over/under’ was 5.5). Metta World Peace, who some have now nicknamed Metta World War III, canceled his appearance on TBS’ “Conan” the next week. Conan O’Brien had some good one-liners, saying, “World Peace is in a lot of trouble because it’s not hockey. You’re not allowed to do that (in the NBA). Hockey, that’s encouraged. He’d have a Stanley Cup if this was hockey.”

F – Flirting. “SportsCenter” anchor Steve Weissman launched a subtle jab at anchor Sage Steele during a live telecast for allegedly flirting with Wes Welker over the phone. Steele made things real awkward when she just dropped her jaw and looked at Weissman in disgust. It made for good TV.

G – Georgia Dome. This whole new stadium thing is getting out of hand. Now the Atlanta Falcons want a new stadium because they feel the Georgia Dome, which hasn’t even seen its 20th birthday yet, is too old.

H – Hard Knocks. Rex Ryan stunned the football universe when he turned down publicity. The New York Jets coach said no to HBO’s “Hard Knocks,” who was hoping to film a documentary on the team, aka film Tim Tebow’s every movement.

I – Indiana. The Indiana Hoosiers are ranked No. 1 in a super-early super-meaningless pre-offseason Top 25 college basketball poll. The Hoosiers were bolstered by the return of junior Christian Watford and freshman Cody Zeller, who opted against being NBA busts next season.

J – Jerk. Sports Illustrated wordsmith Peter King used the term “circle-jerking” to describe what teams were doing by spreading fake Trent Richardson trade rumors.

K – Kings, Clippers and Lakers. The Staples Center will have to juggle three postseason teams at once this month. It is doubtful anyone envisioned the Kings making the second round of the NHL Playoffs and the Los Angeles Clippers ever making the playoffs when they built the arena.

L – Lin. Despite not being that good and only having his jersey available for sale for two months, New York Knicks Asian point guard Jeremy Lin has the No. 2 best-selling jersey in the NBA, behind only Derrick Rose. More Lin jerseys were sold in two months than Kobe Bryant and LeBron James jerseys were sold in 12 months.

M – Moondog. In the most Cleveland story ever, Cavaliers mascot Moondog was rushed to the hospital with an eye injury after Indiana Pacers forward David West clocked the mascot in the face. The mascot was seen running for help with his mascot head removed and holding a towel to his face.

N – No Media. Louisville football Coach Charlie Strong was so mad for the lack of media coverage for his football team that he decided to ban local media from covering the team. Yeah, that will help get more media coverage.

O – Ozzie Guillen. It took new Miami Marlins Manager Ozzie Guillen all of five games to be suspended for five games. Guillen did not drop any F bombs, but he did make some comments in support of Fidel Castro.

P – Pro Bowl. The NFL is seriously contemplating canceling the Pro Bowl this season. This would be a good idea considering how awful the game is. With Roger Goodell running the ship you never know, they might cancel the Super Bowl, too.

Q – Quarterback’s phone. One thing is clear, Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck was not being paid while in school. Upon being selected with the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft, Andrew Luck was shown talking on what appeared to be a flip phone from sometime around 2002. With the very next pick, Robert Griffin III was shown celebrating with his family, including a three-year-old niece who was using an iPhone.

R – Ryan Tannehill. Former Texas A&M quarterback Ryan Tannehill’s professional career is doomed now that the Miami Dolphins drafted him No. 8 overall, but at least his fiancé is smoking hot model Lauren Ufer. 

S – SEC. Nine out of the first 18 picks in the NFL Draft were from the SEC, lending further proof to the argument that the SEC is stronger than the NFC West.

T – Twitter Handles. From Canada, another awful sports idea: the Toronto Blue Jays are selling t-shirt jerseys with player’s Twitter handles as the last name on the back. So instead of Bautista on the back of a Jose Bautista jersey it reads @JoeyBats19. So now not only do you have to worry about the team trading your player, you have to worry about the player changing his Twitter handle.

U – USA! The fans at Radio City Music Hall on Thursday night took a timeout from booing Roger Goodell and the Jets draft picks to chant U! S! A! as servicemen and women were honored after the 22st draft pick.

V – Virginity. AshleyMadison.com is offering $1 million to anyone who can prove they had sex with Tim Tebow. Proof includes pictures, videos or DNA. The website is an online hookup service for people who are already in relationships. Tebow, an evangelical Christian, claims to be a virgin and says he will remain a virgin until marriage.

W – Ward. In overtime of a deciding Game 7 it was Washington Capitals forward Joel Ward scoring the series’ winning goal against the Defending Champion Boston Bruins. Ward is black. The odds of a black man scoring the series-clinching goal had to be astronomical considering how few there were on the ice.

X – XXX. Jose Canseco’s Twitter feed might be the most entertaining and vulgar on the Internet. It is a complete and total train wreck that you cannot avert your eyes from. Canseco once believed that Al Gore had passed away. He also tweets such vulgarities as “girls don’t hate me they masturbate to me” and he provokes thought (and misspellings) with tweets like, “Would you swallow your dogs throw up to save your best friend from dieing.” Canseco also tweets about most of his bowel movements.

Y – Yormark, Michael. Florida Panthers President Michael Yormark was upset by New Jersey Devils fans launching rats on the ice in Florida to draw penalties for the home team. So he did what every mild-mannered sports executive would do, he got into a Twitter war with New Jersey Devil fans. He told one fan to “get off twitter” he told another “you have 70 followers. No one cares what you think” and he told yet another person to simply “get a life!”

Z – Zetterberg. The Detroit Red Wings are out of the playoffs after a first-round flameout to the Nashville Predators. But the Red Wings left us with one of the most enduring images of the postseason when Predators defenseman Shea Weber grabbed Zetterberg’s head and slammed it into the boards in a possible attempt to murder him. Weber was not suspended, but he was fined a tidy sum of $2,500. Any fine with only two zeros before a decimal point is either BS or for an MLS player.