Update: The Chargers have posted a tribute page on their website – click here to get there – on which you can leave your condolences to the Seau family. Also, Saints OL Eric Olsen has posted a great story about an amazing thing Junior Seau did for him as a kid.

Not much to say here other than this: whether you’re a Bolthead or a member of Raider Nation – whether you’re a Trojan or a Bruin, for that matter – you had to admire the talent and heart of Junior Seau. His death today – potentially a suicide – is <insert your preferred synonym for “hideous beyond hideous” here>. We’re sure you join us in sending heartfelt condolences to his family.

Jimbo toasting with a football legend.

Frankrupt – the worst sports owner in the history of life not named Sterling or Stepien – is history. (Well, unless you count the parking lots he still owns part of.) Lift a glass or ten to celebrate.

That is all.

Yee-freaking-haw – it’s time for the Lakers’ Second Annual Quest To Catch The Beelzebubs of Basketball, er, Boston Celtics In NBA Championships, also known as the playoffs. Yep, it’s now okay to come to after another pointless NBA regular season, conveniently shortened by a couple months thanks to a lockout we’ve all forgotten.

And this go-round, as expected, we have some exciting new guests. Please welcome to the dance floor the professional sporting world’s former answer to The Twelve Stooges, “yourrrrrrr” Los Angeles Clippers!!! (Actually, the Clips have really always been about one Stooge, but since he owns the team, and his buffoonery has been so, uh, buffoonarific, even all-stars like Danny Manning and Dominique Wilkins have staggered under his buffoonishness.)

Going into the season, we told you SoCal’s two NBA entries were more or less evenly matched, and that’s more or less how things played out this season, with the Lakers (thankfully) taking the season series and, by the skin of Kobe Bryant’s shin, the Pacific Division. Okay, so what happens now? Here we go…

Sports Pickle has a sneak peak on what upcoming NFL games you should TRULY avoid.

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The Cleveland Browns released their 2012 NFL Schedule. See how it has been received by a die hard season ticket holder

Football season is a mere 4+ months away, but you can already smell it, can’t you? Presented for your consideration, here’s the 2012 Chargers schedule.

It’s a pretty funky, but interesting, schedule. Here are a few highlights:

• Sayyy, Raider fan: the season opens and closes with Hate Week. Yep, it’s Chargers vs. Raiders in Week 1 (Oaktown on Monday night) and Week 17 (at the Q).
• With His Royal Peytonness in the AFC West, the Bolts see the Broncos for the first time in ‘Diego on Monday of Week 6 (October 15th). The Silver & Black, by the way, see him two weeks earlier on a Sunday in Denver.
• The Chargers get five – count ‘em, five – night games, with two on Monday, two on Sunday and one on Thursday.
• Oh lookee – they’re playing Stu’s Steelers in Blitzburgh Three interesting road games that would also make for good promotions if we can work something – Pittsburgh (With Stu?) in Week 14 (December 9th).
• Two weeks later, they play the Jets in NYC.
• Oh, and watch out for Dog The Bounty Hunter when they travel to New Orleans in Week 5 (October 7th). Wanna take a roadie to a cool town? Try the Big Easy. Special bonus – The Red Hot Chili Peppers are playing there on Thursday before the game.
• One weird note – After Week 3, the BOlts don’t have a 1pm Sunday kickoff until Week 11. They play only seven 1pm games all season.

Until the NFL Draft in nine days, that is all…

Man, the NFL sure as hell knows how to keep people talking about it all year long, don’t they? The draft is just around the corner, and today they released the full schedule for the upcoming season. It all opens up on Wednesday, September 5th, with the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants taking on their division rival Dallas Cowboys. The first Sunday night game features Stuman’s Steelers heading to Denver to face the now Peyton Manning led Denver Broncos. Monday night? Opening weekend double header once again. Cincinnati taking on Baltimore at 4pm on Sunday, September 10th, and then they let loose the rivalry right out of the gate with the Raiders and the Chargers banging heads at 7:15pm! Damn, I’m ready to go now! Click here to find out who/when/where your team is playing this season…

For your enjoyment, here’s Batman running onto the field at the Baltimore Orioles home opener the other day. Nice tackle by the cop!

We’d like to present you with evidence that either (1) people have some serious issues with Big – sorry that’s B1G – Ten Commissioner Jim Delany, who was one of the dudes who spearheaded the creation of the college football trainwreck known as the BCS or (2) Big Jim has begun a fascinating new career in which he can express himself in so many different ways.

We’re guessing that (1) is the correct answer, but Jimbo’s praying that it’s (2). If it is, Jimbo’s just learned that his dream job is a reality.