No, I don’t (and you shouldn’t either) know what the New York Yankees smell like.

Yes, that bottle of cologne with the Yankees logo on it is real.

No, I don’t know anyone who would spend money on Yankees cologne or perfume.

Yes, there is someone (probably hundreds of someones) out there that will spend money Yankess cologne or perfume.

Now that that’s out of the way, let’s let The Cloudbreak Group, who is in charge of bringing this product to the masses, explain what this is all about while trying to convince you that you do indeed want to smell like the New York Yankees.

The Yankees, Major League Baseball and The Cloudbreak Group are rolling out “New York Yankees” and “New York Yankees for Her” fragrances this April in time for the new 2012 baseball season.
The New York Yankees men’s fragrance caputures “captures a sporty and confident attitude, creating a timeless, masculine scent, ” says Cloudbreak. New York Yankees for Her is an “is alluring and flirty scent that captures a more playful spirit,” notes the company.

The scents are packaged in fancy blue and pink glass bottles, emblazoned with the “NY” logo. They’ll sold in 1.7 oz. and 3.4 oz. sizes for $49 and $62 a piece. and hit the the shelves at departments stores such as Macy’s and Lord & Taylor, as well as Yankee Stadium, in the spring. The advertising tagline: “Past. Present. Forever.”

“The comments attributed to me in a recent magazine article are in NO WAY reflective of my opinion of Tim and the Broncos. Tim deserves a lot of credit for our success and I’m happy for him and what he accomplished. Most importantly, he is a great teammate. That interview was conducted three months ago, and the resulting story was a completely inaccurate portrayal of my comments. I have addressed my disappointment with the writer and have reached out to Tim to clear this up. I apologize to anyone who feels I was trying to take anything away from our Team’s or Tim’s success this season.”

Yeah, all that stuff I said about Brady Quinn should be commended for his honest. Throw it all out the window.

Here are White’s comments in all their glory:

Mike Tyson. On the Las Vegas strip. Doing a reality show called “Confessions”.

There is just no possible way this ends well.  And once you hear the details, any slither of hope that this could end well will be washed away.

“It will be raw. Nothing will be held back. He’s not going to shrink from the problems he’s faced and the battles he’s fought professionally and personally. It will be unfiltered, and he’ll tell it like it is,” one of Mike’s pals confirmed. “The project has the full blessing of his wife Lakiha and their family.”

Mike is so committed to the honesty of his new headliner show that he’ll also answer questions from the audience at the end of each show before meeting fans for autographs and photos. The theater should be officially announced this week, with tickets going on sale for the March debut of “Tyson: the Raw Truth.”

Did I mention that this can’t possibly end well? I did didn’t I.

While a “Roy Halladay was wrestling giant snakes!” story would be the best thing since sliced bread, it unfortunately didn’t happen that way.  But the real story isn’t too shabby either.

Here’s Halladay reminiscing about the ordeal:

“I was not wrestling snakes. I was nowhere near snakes. We were just driving back. We had been fishing all day and we were on the boat driving back and we happened to see a guy sitting on the shore line without clothes. We couldn’t talk to him. The guides had to talk to him. They were speaking Portuguese. He had been attacked by a snake and escaped, but it had ripped the engine off the boat and left all his stuff out in the middle of the river. So we picked up his stuff and drove him back to his tribe, I guess you would call it.

“What he was doing is he had nets underwater because he was diving for Aquarium fish. When he was diving for the fish the snake bit him on the backside and started wrapping him and when he was getting away from it, it pulled the shorts off him. So he swam to the banks and I guess the next closest thing for the snake to grab was the boat engine.

“By far I’ve told that story more than any other story I’ve ever had. And I’ve got the guys I went fishing with to thank for leaking it.”

Quinn’s thoughts on Tebow’s season shape up the way you think they would. First, being pissed because Tebow jumped him on the depth chart.

Early in the season, there was a game when Kyle [Orton] got hurt and the coaches were calling for me to go in, but Kyle got up and finished the game out. So I was the second-string guy. Then, a few weeks later, they decided to put Tim in. I felt like the fans had a lot to do with that. Just ’cause they were chanting his name. There was a big calling for him. No, I didn’t have any billboards. That would have been nice.

Then, downplaying Tebow’s success during a comeback victory over the Bears.

We’ve had a lot of, I guess, luck, to put it simply.

And finally, you know there had to be some criticism of Tebow’s handling of his religion.

If you look at it as a whole, there’s a lot of things that just don’t seem very humble to me. When I get that opportunity, I’ll continue to lead not necessarily by trying to get in front of the camera and praying but by praying with my teammates, you know?

You have to commend Quinn for his honesty because he had to know what kind of backlash he would get for comments like these, but he must remember that he’s Brady Quinn. Not Tom Brady or any of the elite quarterbacks in the NFL. He should be concentrating on trying to actually do something of substance in the NFL, not tear down what Tim Tebow has done.

It’s not every day that we get to go behind the scenes on what goes on in the world of recruiting.  But luckily for us, Oklahoma assistant coach Jay Norvell gave us a glimpse of what really goes down in recruiting on his Twitter page.

It was there that Norvell fired off tweet after tweet to recruits offering scholarships, inviting recruits to Oklahoma’s “Jr. Day”, proclaiming that Oklahoma has the best offense in the nation, and even giving out his personal cell phone number.

Of course, the tweets have been removed, but as we all know, the internet never forgets.

Via @miggiesmalls

Here we have Tom Brady with wife Gisele Bundchen vacationing in Costa Rica with non other than Wes Welker and his girlfriend, Anna Burns.  So it looks like all is well between Brady and Welker after Welker couldn’t catch a pass that essentially wins the Super Bowl for the Patriots. Or Brady couldn’t throw an accurate ball that essentially wins the Super Bowl for the Patriots.  Whatever floats your boat.

With that said, what follows is a stalker-ish video of the couple doing things you do on a vacation. We can’t take credit (or blame) for the stalker-ish video. You can thank (or blame) X17 Online for that.

They were inseparable on their first day together. They played catch together and batted together and stretched together and did sprints together and at one point, after most of the clubhouse had cleared out, they stood arm in arm and took several pictures of each other with their cell phones. Can you imagine that Facebook update?

I sure can.

Now onto that very moment when the love connection was made.

Fielder parked his white Mercedes Benz and walked across the lot, wearing a black T-shirt inscribed: True Love. Only a few fans recognized him from a distance, prompting a smattering of cheers and whistles.
Fielder walked through the clubhouse, greeting player after player — Jose Valverde, Gerald Laird, Brennan Boesch.

Cabrera rushed to Fielder. “What’s up?” Cabrera screamed.

Cabrera eagerly gave high fives to Fielder’s sons.

“What’s up?”

High five.

“What’s up?”

True Love indeed.

Cabrera led Fielder out of the clubhouse to the practice fields at Tiger Town.
Cabrera looked giddy.

“Look who we got!” Cabrera screamed to a crowd of fans behind a fence. “Look!”

Out on a back field, Cabrera and Fielder took batting practice together for the first time.

Fielder deferred to Cabrera, letting him hit first.

Bam. Bam. Bam.

Cabrera slammed balls all over the field. Then, it was Fielder’s turn. He took three bunts to warm up — what, seriously? — and after that momentary tease, Fielder started smashing the ball.

Fielder hit a rocket down the rightfield line. Then, one to second base. Another to second. And one back at the screen protecting the pitcher.

On his final swing of the first session, Fielder cranked a home run over the rightfield fence.

“Whooo!” Cabrera screamed.

And that, my friends is how a bromance is formed.

The Lakers’ front office knows Kobe Bryant is looking for it to improve the roster, and GM Mitch Kupchak has been working the phones. He’s spoken to Minnesota about Michael Beasley, and sources say the Lakers are intrigued by the Timberwolves’ small forward. The Lakers were actually in discussions with Minnesota about a potential trade for Beasley before the season started. If they would have been able to pull off the deal for Chris Paul, there is a good chance that a trade for Beasley would have followed.

It’s not clear what the Lakers would give Minnesota for Beasley (if indeed the talks get that far), but the Lakers could absorb Beasley into their $8.9 million trade exception while giving up a draft pick or cash. I’m told the teams have not spoken about Pau Gasol since the preseason. Minnesota is looking to move Beasley, who they feel has matured very little (if at all) since he’s been there, according to sources. The Lakers believe they can handle a player like Beasley because of their winning culture and the leadership of Bryant.

Not sure how Beasley would fit with the Lakers. He would add a little more scoring punch, but until they get their point guard situation sorted out, it won’t matter who they add.