Winning the Super Bowl is nice, but we all know that the real prize is being named MVP and getting that special trip to Disney World. Yesterday, fresh off his victory, Saints QB Drew Brees was paraded down Main Street like the conquering hero he is. Mickey was alongside, in his helmet, trying to sweet talk Brees into getting him a tryout for next season. Goofy has no shot, dude can't catch...

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Newly re-acquired defense man Anssi Salmela doesn't get many chances to score on the ice, before last night's game he had 2 goals in 2 years. With his Devils playing the Flyers, Anssi weaved his way through the defense and nicely deposited the puck in the net, he paid mightily for it. Hard-hitting center Jeff Carter flat-out DEMOLISHES Salmela right after he gets the shot off. Salmela lay prone on the ice for several minutes before being removed on a stretcher.

Salmela broke his nose, lost some bridgework and got a concussion from the hit, which was hard but clean. He also has zero recollection of shooting the puck, or scoring.

In an attempt to jump-start their offense, which last season was worse than anemic, the Mets are changing the height of the wall at Citi Field. Well, the center field wall at least.

Last season the Mets played with the wall 16 feet high in dead center, this year the team is lowering it to 8 feet instead. The rest of the walls remain the same. The team only hit 95 home runs last season and while the distance remains the same, 408 feet from home, the team hopes that the lowering of the wall will lead to some more offense for the club.

Presumably David Wright can't experience such a power outage again, Beltran will eventually be healthy, Jason Bay should add some pop to the lineup, and hey, there's always Daniel Murphy!

Ugh.

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I would very much like to go sky diving. When I go, I would imagine that I won't be using my parachute as a jump rope on my first time.

Ah, fuck it, I'll go for it. Someone buy me a sky diving trip and I will record myself doing this for all of you.

Hey gang, it's been far too long since we've had a good ol' fashioned caption contest here, and I think this picture is RIPE with potential. Leave your caption below in the comments, winner will receive a very special, ACTUAL prize from me!

"If I freeze my movement she can't see me right? Or is that how to avoid T-Rex?"

Fox has been broadcasting Saturday baseball games for years, as part of their agreement, they get exclusive rights for the day from 1:10 PM through 7:00 PM you cannot watch any other game besides the one Fox is airing in your market. Even if you have the MLB package, either Internet or through your television, besides a local game, you are stuck with whatever game Fox decides to show you.

This season, Fox has announced plans to air two NIGHT games as well. What is unclear as of this moment, is whether or not the blackout window will apply all day. If it does, you'd be unable to watch ANY baseball (besides local market) the entire day. It might only be two dates, but for me, imagining a day where I couldn't watch any baseball is akin to a disaster. I might lose my already fragile hold on reality.

Hopefully everything will be cleared up before the first night game on May 22nd, and hopefully soon MLB will fix their outdated blackout rules and regulations leading to fans getting shut out of their favorite teams because of antiquated media market divisions.

[Biz of Baseball]

Everyone famous ever from New Orleans seemed to be on the field following their victory yesterday. I even spotted James Carville, the Ragin' Cajun himself on the field, fortunately they kept him away from the babies. Former NBA player and Dallas Mavericks coach, Avery Johnson was born and raised in New Orleans and the ESPN/ABC analyst managed to get work his way back towards the locker room as the Saints trickled in off the field.

When head coach Sean Payton came through the tunnel, carrying the Vince Lombardi trophy, Avery made sure to stop him and get a moment with the trophy, after all, he did so much to be a part of it.

FIFA, the governing body for soccer and the World Cup have announced their choice of referees for the June event. Fans who might be hoping for a non-controversial Cup might be disappointed.

Among the 30 referees chosen are 8 of the officials from the 2006 World Cup, roundly considered one of the worst officiated in history. Three of the refs chosen have made headlines in the last several years for some highly controversial plays.

First, Englishman Howard Webb who famously awarded a penalty shot to Austria in the 2008 UEFA Euro Cup, leading to a 1-1 between them and Poland, leading to some extremely unhappy Poles.

Then there is Swiss ref Massimo Busacca who at the 2006 World Cup gave a phantom red card to Ukraine, leading to their defeat by the Spanish, and in a separate later game in the tournament was criticized for NOT giving a red card when warranted.

But most famous of all the refs chosen, or at least the one whose incident is most recent, was the selection of the Swedish ref, Martin Hansson (right). You might remember him as the ref who presided over the France-Ireland game and completely missed Thierry Henry's handball, leading to the French qualifying for the World Cup and the Irish being stuck on an island.

Despite missing an INCREDIBLY important, game-changing goal in one of the most important settings, FIFA seems to feel that Hansson will be fine in the biggest, most important soccer tournament in the world.

Good luck!

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A member of the 2000s All-Decade team, Seattle Seahawks left tackle Walter Jones has been one of the best players in the league since his 1997 rookie campaign. After 13 years in the NFL, Jones it seems has decided to retire, making something of an announcement via Twitter.

Jones clarified that he meant "conclusion" a few minutes later.

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Back in 2000 the Mets had one of the top prospects in the game down in their farm system, Alex Escobar was a can't-miss, sure-thing 5-tool prospect. After being traded along with Matt Lawton and several other scrubs to Cleveland for Robbie Alomar it was thought that Escobar would lead a resurgence in Cleveland. He didn't.

Struggling with a myriad of injuries including multiple hamstring and ankle problems, a torn ACL, a a torn labrum, a broken foot and a stress fracture in his back. Nothing major...

Last up in the majors in 2006 with the Nationals, Escobar actually came up and played decently in 33 games, hitting .356 in just under a hundred ABs with 4 homers and an OPS+ of 151 in admittedly a very small sample size. Despite that moderate success, Escobar was unable to crack the lineup the next year, even on a team as woeful as the Nationals.

Escobar hasn't had a sniff of the bigs since. On Saturday though, Escobar signed a minor league deal with the Colorado Rockies with an invite to spring training. Now 31, the shine is off of Escobar's star, but he still has a cannon of an arm and who knows, in the vast expanses of the Colorado outfield, he justy might pan out. I wouldn't put any money on it, but hey, stranger things have happened.

I hope Fernando Martinez is paying attention.

[Around the Horn]