Sports Redux: Vince Wilfork Fought The Law And The Law Won in Overtime

Vincent Wilford was called to the Commissioner's carpet yesterday to answer for a series of controversial plays. Wilfork, still a watched man after his hit on Buffalo's J.P. Losman last season, was asked to New York to explain to the Commish his side of a dicey hit on Denver's Jay Cutler a couple weeks ago. They talked it out, the Commish made Wilfork an offer he couldn't refuse, and the meeting ended with Vince a little poorer and, perhaps, a little wiser. At least he didn't get suspended for this week's Colts game.

The Rams, meanwhile, don't seem to be getting anywhere with their quest to cry foul about Sunday's game. Alarmed that the Patriots weren't called for any penalties, they sent tapes of the game to the league office, because the NFL office has no way of seeing what's going on out on the fields. If they were smart, they would have packaged the tapes with an URGENT REQUEST for a bank transfer, since there's more chance of that working than this ploy. "Never ever, ever, ever played a perfect team before...that's all I am going to say on that one," said Ram Richie Incognito. That's not even his real name, we bet.

Congratulations to our phriends in Philly, who finally get something to celebrate, winning the 3-inning battle last night. We guess that confirms that Cleveland is now sports' most woebegone city.

CelticsBlog took a look at every NBA team's 2008-09 marketing campaign, and ranks them #1-#30. We like the Kings (in a nutshell, "Please Buy Tickets"), the Nuggets ("Come See the Lakers!"), New Jersey ("It's About Birthday Parties", and that is not a paraphrase at all), and of course, their pick for #1.