FanHouse: Wed. AM 'Daly Can't Even Get Paid to Drink Anymore' Edition

Today's award for coaching dedication has to go to Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho: After being banned from his team's facilities, he allegedly snuck in anyway before gametime, and then snuck back out in a laundry basket. Would Phil Jackson do that?

In other 'news':

• AwfulAnnouncing declares that posts like this mean our own Bethlehem Shoals has 'pretty much solidified himself as the net's top YouTube gem finder.' We'll take that.
  
• Observe: The Phils are 5-2 since the Manuel/Eskin showdown.
• Halberstam appreciation.
• Giambi is desperately text messaging Roger Clemens.
• New York Ranger promises to play naked guitar in Times Square if he can do it with the Stanley Cup.
• The online people are wondering: Does Len Pasquarelli pay his sources back?
• Pamela Anderson is the muse of the Pepperdine baseball team.
• Both Rutgers Coach Vivian Stringer and Juanita Jordan are doing just fine, bankwise.
• Marketers cast John Daly in a beer-drinking commercial because he 'lights up a room.' CBS disagrees and blocks the commercial.
  

And as the NHL moves into its second round, you'll want to check our bloggers' exhaustive coverage, laid out at the bottom of this note.

NBA:
Lakers @ Suns Game 2: 3rd (and final) Quarter Live Blog
Heat vs. Bulls, Game 2: Not-So-Live Blog, 1st Quarter
Don Nelson Predicts A Dallas Win In Game Two
Shed No Tears For Michael Jordan's Ex-Wife
Playoff Revelations: Chuck Hayes

Baron: I Owe It All to Magic

In Baron They Trust

Tony Parker Would Rather Be on His Honeymoon Than Play for Charity

Celtics Owner: Telfair Finished Here

Random YouTube Magic: The World's Biggest Jazz Fan

Masha Kirilenko Stands by Her Man

Rasheed Is Good at Making Buzzer Beaters

Isiah Thomas Got a Coach of the Year Vote

How Good is Golden State's Smallball Lineup?

Spencer Hawes Loves George W. Bush

NFL:
Could Jets Take the Draft's Biggest Sleeper?
C'mon! Bet On the NFL Draft
Marvin Lewis Gives Great Poker Face
Who Is Len Pasquarelli Kidding?
Sports World Remembers David Halberstam
How Would LJ Look In Titans Colors?
There's Still Some Impressing to be Done for NFL Draft Prospects
Bears Looking for Next Urlacher
How Does the ACC Make Out in the NFL Draft?

Boomer Esiason Will Get Tryout as Don Imus Replacement

Pat Tillman's Brother Denounces Military Lies

This Is Why Art Monk Isn't In The Hall of Fame

Keiwan Ratliff Knows How To Get Down

MLB:
Red Sox World Series Ring for Sale on eBay
Endy Chavez Gets a Drag Off Hit
Aaron Rowand Streaks, So Do Phillies
Jason Giambi Has Been Texting Roger Clemens Like Crazy

John Lackey Has A Blog

Harvey Keitel Tempts Derek Jeter Into Stealing A Base

Panic in the Bronx? Yanks Will Recall Philip Hughes

Pamela Anderson Is Like Pepperdine Baseball's Team Mom

Albert Pujols Is a Hockey Player at Heart

Why Are The Cubs Losing? The Umpires, Of Course

Torii Hunter's Gratitude Has No Place On A Baseball Field

The Pirates' Owners Are Rolling in Dough

NCAA Football:
Marcus Woods Becomes Invisible Man at Missouri
Source Says OU-Texas A&M Could Have Replaced OU-Texas
Texas Players Will Wear Virginia Tech Wristbands
College Eye for the NFL Guy: Robert Meachem
College Eye for the NFL Guy: Adrian Peterson

UConn Receiver Hauls in Four Counts of Stupidity

Karma Hunts Down Anthony Reddick's ACL

CSU Spring Game Yields Toddler Stitches, Cute Overload

NASCAR
Earnhardt Jr.: Throwing Beer Cans Ain't Cool At All
Rubbin' Is Racin': Ragan and Everything But The Pace Car

David Poole Explains How Jeff Gordon Won

NHL
If Forsberg is Finished, Does The Hall Beckon?
NHL Eastern Conference Playoff Preview, Round 2
NHL Western Conference Playoff Preview, Round 2
Round 2: Sabres (1) vs. Rangers (6)
Round 2: Red Wings (1) vs. Sharks (5)
Round 2: Ducks (2) vs. Canucks (3)
Round 2: Devils (2) vs. Senators (4)
Flippin' Quarters No. 1: Shark Bites Octopus, 1994

Iron "Mikael" Signs on With Swedish Hockey

Golden Tee Club: Nashville Predators

Flippin' Quarters No. 2: Leafs, Flyers and Old-Time Hockey (2003)

Lil' Jon, the Big NHL Fan

Agony to Ecstasy in Vancouver

Golf:

Mickelson Hires Tiger's Old Swing Coach