A – Ante Up. Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl was forced to wear a Denver Broncos jersey and be photographed “Tebowing” after losing a bet with the Denver mayor on the outcome of Sunday’s wild card game, won by the Broncos. If the Steelers would have won, the Denver mayor would have had to force himself on a drunk girl.

B – Big House. Some NHL games this season are drawing fewer than 10,000 fans. Now the NHL wants to bring its tired Winter Classic to the Michigan Stadium, “The Big House”, in 2013 and try to lure more than 100,000 unsuspecting sports fans to a regular season NHL game between the Red Wings and Maple Leafs.

C – Cleveland Browns. Since their stadium is not in use during the postseason this year (or any year, for that matter) the Cleveland Browns are offering a Stadium Bar/Bat Mitzvah package to fans. The all-inclusive packages start at $76 per person and include food and beverage and club level room rental for 200 guests or more. For an extra $25 per person you can pay to have all the Cleveland Browns logos covered up during the ceremony and for a $500 flat fee you can hire James Harrison for security to keep all Browns players away from the facility during the event.

D – Declare. Probably because their last collegiate football game bored them so much, three Alabama underclassmen have declared for the NFL Draft. Running back Trent Richardson, cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick and linebacker Dont’a Hightower will all forego their senior year at Alabama.

E – ESPN. After the LSU/Alabama BCS National Championship Game was somehow more boring than their regular-season encounter, ESPN boasted that the game was the second most watched cable event in history behind the 2011 National Championship Game. That was true,. But ESPN failed to mention that it was the lowest-rated BCS National Championship Game ever (prior games were on the basic networks). I wonder why ratings were so bad compared to prior games?

F – Floyd Mayweather. To get his name back in the news, Floyd Mayweather called out Manny Pacquiao again via Twitter. The boxing odds for the fight are somewhere in the neighborhood of Mayweather -145 to -180, but the odds of the fight happening are closer to +100,000.

G – Grady Sizemore. Cleveland Indians outfield Grady Sizemore used to be good in baseball. While he was good (in 2007) he snagged Playboy Playmate Brittany Binger (Ms. June 2007). Despite the fact that Sizemore now stinks at baseball, he still somehow found a way to get engaged to Binger this past week.

H – Hockey. Here’s another reason hockey players are the worst athletes in sports. In the NFL you can get injured by being on the receiving end of a pancake block. Los Angeles Kings forward Dustin Penner was injured while eating pancakes. He began to have back spasms after inhaling syrup-soaked pancakes made by his wife that forced him to miss Saturday’s game against Columbus. This brings up a reality show idea that will get better ratings than the NHL, “NHL Player vs. Food”.

I – Idol, American. Turns out the “American Idol” reality show is really just a competition to see who gets to sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl. American Idol alumni Jordin Sparks (Super Bowl XLII), Jennifer Hudson (XLIII) and Carrie Underwood (XLIV) have all performed the anthem in the past five years. Non “American Idol” alum Christina Aguilera sang something before the Super Bowl last season, but I don’t think it was the national anthem. This year the NFL goes back to the well one more time as it tabs Kelly Clarkson to sing the anthem at Super Bowl XLVI. Now we’re just waiting on the ‘over/under’ on length of the anthem.

J – Joe Paterno. Apparently because Penn State is tired of not being the center of controversy, university President Rodney Erickson announced that at some point in the future the school will honor Paterno, the octogenarian coach fired for doing nothing to stop child sex abuse on his watch.

K – Kentucky. Kentucky is 16-1 and the No. 2 team in the country. Just don’t try telling degenerate gambling Wildcat fans that their team is having a good season. Kentucky has failed to cover in its previous 12 games after starting the season 3-0 ATS.

L – Leigh Steinberg. Sports agent Leigh Steinberg, the inspiration for “Jerry Maguire”, has declared he has battled alcoholism and now that he is filing for Chapter 7 personal bankruptcy. It comes as a surprise right off the bat, but it should have been pretty obvious, according to court documents, Steinberg’s car was a 2001 Mercury Mountaineer worth a whopping $6,700.

M – Matt Barkley. It is always too early to mention the Heisman Trophy race, but that has not stopped everyone from talking about it. Bovada has issued odds for the most overhyped award in sports. The 2012 Heisman Trophy favorite is USC quarterback Matt Barkley (7/2). Other contenders include Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson and Wisconsin running back Montee Ball (5/1 each), Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones (13/2) and West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith (7/1).

N – Number Two Pick. Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck is a lock to be the top overall pick by the Indianapolis Colts. Now speculation moves on to the second overall pick, currently owned by the St. Louis Rams. Their contenders are USC offensive tackle Matt Kalil and Oklahoma State wide receiver Justin Blackmon. Bodog has the odds of Kalil going second at +350 while Blackmon is listed slightly ahead of him at +250.

O – One. The Alabama football team’s National Championship hats they donned at the Superdome after shutting out LSU, 21-0, read “DONE” in giant letters with the D in a darker color and the ONE standing out. The significant of the ONE is how many points it would have taken to beat LSU.

P – Penguins. With Pirates season not having started yet, the Pitt Panthers basketball team and Pittsburgh Penguins ice hockey team are battling to see who is the worst sports team in the Steel City. The Penguins have succeeded in somehow making hockey tougher to watch than it already is. They haven’t won a game since 2011. The Penguins have lost six consecutive games and somehow only scored six total goals in that span.

Q – Quarterback. Depressed after losing a de-facto play-in game to the playoffs, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo does what does best, take an ill-advised trip while still in the public spotlight. Romo was seen tearing up Las Vegas with friends, taking in a Pitbull concert and partying with the rapper, too. Romo left his pregnant wife Candice Crawford at home but at least Romo didn’t bet on football while he was out there. Well, we think he didn’t.

R – RGIII. It is looking like Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Robert Griffin III is a lock to be a Top-10 pick. Bovada has released odds on who will draft the Baylor quarterback. The Cleveland Browns with the fourth overall pick are the favorite at ‘even’. Washington Redskins with the sixth pick are listed at +300, ahead of the No. 8 Miami (+350) No. 10 Buffalo (+500) and No. 11 Seattle (+800).

S – Soccer Sex Survey.  Players on the German club soccer team Hannover are being asked to reveal their sexual interests in a bizarre survey. The survey makes statements like “I am what you could call sexually unrestrained,” “I want any sex I can get,” etc. and players are asked to evaluate how strongly they feel about them. We can only hope every team issues this survey and the results make it public. Maybe something like this could have warned people about the Minnesota Vikings Love Boat.

T – Tony Sparano. Tony Sparano was constantly being confused with HBO mob boss Tony Soprano while coaching the Miami Dolphins. Now that he is the offensive coordinator for the New York Jets, a team that plays in New Jersey, I’m sure there will be less confusion.

U – UFC. “UFC on Fox 2” will take place in Chicago at the United Center on Jan. 28. In the marquee fights Rashad Evans (-150) takes on Phil Davis (+130) and Chael Sonnen (-270) takes on Mark Munoz (+230). With the event being telecast on Fox, this could be one the biggest handles US sportsbooks haul in for mixed martial arts.

V – Voracious Applause.  After their football team took the better part of Monday night just trying to cross the 50-yard line in the BCS National Championship Game, the LSU basketball team was mocked heavily by the Alabama student section when it crossed half court during its game at Alabama two nights after the National Championship. For the record, the Tigers football team did not cross midfield until there were eight minutes left in the game. The Tigers basketball team only took about 30 seconds to get the ball past half court. Both teams also finished with the same amount of touchdowns, zero.

W – WWE Diva. Torrie Wilson is dating New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez, that much was known a few weeks ago. Now we have the beach pictures to prove it. Wilson is the smoking hot former WCW and WWE diva who is allegedly 36 years old, but one look at her in recent pictures that surfaced, indicate that she is probably taking the same stuff ARoid is.

X – XLVI MVP. Perhaps the only shot of ever getting value on Aaron Rodgers winning Super Bowl MVP again is to bet on him now, before he even plays a playoff game. On 5Dimes Rodgers is listed at +200 to win Super Bowl MVP ahead of Tom Brady (+350) and Drew Brees (+400). In a sign of how little people think of Joe Flacco, his running back Ray Rice (+1000) has better odds than he does (+2000) to win Super Bowl MVP.

Y – Yates, TJ. Tebow mania has hit everywhere except sportsbooks, who could care less about him. Tebow is pegged as a two-touchdown underdog at New England this weekend and perhaps an even bigger slap to his jesus-loving face are his odds to win Super Bowl MVP, they are +7500, which just so happens to be the same as Houston quarterback TJ “Freakin” Yates.

Z – Zoo. The “Oakland Zoo” may be converted into an actual zoo to help attendance at Pitt basketball games. The Oakland Zoo, the name of the Pitt student section at basketball games, has been thinning out and emptying earlier and earlier since the Panthers have begun an embarrassing tailspin.  Back on Nov. 16 Pitt lost at home to Long Beach State, 86-76. That was apparently the low water mark of the season until the Panthers latest embarrassing slide that included a home loss to Wagner, a loss at DePaul, a 62-39 thumping by Rutgers on Pitt’s home court and an 0-4 start in Big East Conference play.