Wednesday Blogdome: Bill Romanowski wants to teach you about sex

* Bill Romanowski Now Writes a Sex Column. Bill Romanowski, the same Bill Romanowski who played linebacker for six seasons with the San Francisco 49ers and two years with the Oakland Raiders, has published a sex column on Yahoo’s Associated Content site. I sincerely apologize for whatever mental image might have just popped into your head. [NBC Bay Area]
* Michael Jordan To Appear On Video Game Cover. Jason Argent, vice president of marketing for 2K Sports, confirmed to CNBC.com that the Charlotte Bobcats owner will appear on the cover of NBA 2K11, which will hit stores on Oct. 5. [SportsBiz]

* Texas Tech Won’t Pay Leach’s $1.7M 2009 Salary. Dwain Price of the DALLAS MORNING NEWS reports that Texas Tech has not paid Mike Leach $1.7 million he is owed for “work he performed for the school during the 2009 season.” [SportsbyBrooks]
* Why Do Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson Always Need to Be Separated? So what would happen if these two players were paired together during a skins game, or dare I say it, on Thursday and Friday of a standard PGA Tour event? Will they push and shove each other on every tee box? It’s doubtful. [Bleacher Report]
* The World Cup Trophy Even Has a Fancy Case. It’s easy to get fixated on Naomi Campbell, but in this instance we’re writing about the fancy schmancy case for this year’s World Cup trophy. Details (and a full gallery of pictures) via High Snobiety: [The Sporting Blog]
* A Xenophobe’s Guide to Hating All 31 U.S. World Cup Opponents. The World Cup is almost here. And with 32 nations vying for the biggest title in the world’s most popular sport, you bet you’re going to want to root hard for the United States — and against every other nation. But who are these other countries? I mean, Cameroon? What have they ever done that’s so hateable? Oh. Plenty. [Sports Pickle]
* On The Big Lead’s Big Payday. There are a few reasons I was sincerely excited about — and for — Jason McIntyre selling The Big Lead to Fantasy Sports Ventures. I doubt this signals some kind of acquisition spree of indie sports sites by larger media companies, and it is unclear what TBL would have commanded from a more mainstream media company. … But what I come back to at a fundamental level is entrepreneurial admiration, not just for the exit but for the process to get there. [Dan Shanoff]
* Also: … Jason Kidd’s former girlfriend, Hope Dworaczyk, talks about being Playmate of the Year … Cardinals’ fan rocks the Dave McKay jersey. That’s first-base coach Dave McKay … It’s the Stanley CUPcake, a replica of the Stanley Cup made with more than 1,000 pieces of cake. May be the only Stanley Cup Philly gets to see. (Sorry).
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