For the first SLO of a new year, here’s a new face for the blog, Bar Refaeli.

A look at athlete “transgressions” from an inside perspective. (New York Times)

Suppose somebody was to make a movie about Tiger Woods’ transgressions. Who would you put in that movie? Well, somebody’s already fantasy cast a Tiger Wood’s biopic. (Fanhouse)

Basketball is such a civil sport. Players will fight with fans, sleep with other players’ fiancés and even draw guns on each other. Even weirder, it was teammates drawing guns on each other. (Deadspin) And you thought the NFL had a culture problem…

After the jump, the return of wrestling’s Monday night wars, even more decade and year retrospectives, and the interstellar A-Team.

The Edmonton Oilers’ biggest rival in Calgary is no longer the Flames. It’s a bar owner in Calgary. (National Post)

Hulk Hogan is back on Monday nights. He’s making the move to TNA on Spike TV with a live three-hour special on Monday. (IGN) Interestingly, Bret Hart is coming back to WWE Raw on Monday as well. I’m thinking a live blog is in order.

The Mike Leach brouhaha at Texas Tech is playing out like a wrestling storyline. It turns out that Adam James’ “ordeal” in an “electrical closet” was just a convenient excuse to get rid of Leach. TT staff had been planning this for a while. (Deadspin)

Who can’t do with more Seinfeld in their lives? Here’s George’s Top 20 food-related moments. (Top Cultured)

I’m not really sure where “meet more women” falls on the spectrum of common New Year’s Resolutions (which are a waste of time) but in case it is one of your resolutions, here’s some pointers on proper wingmanning. (The Bachelor Guy)

Is it too late for another decade retrospective? Well, it might help you to know which sports team will break your bank. (Covers)

Coming soon is LSSU’s world-famous list of words that should be permanently removed from the Queen’s English. Until then, here’s the top words of 2009 (most of which LSSU will hate). (Lion’s Den U)

Okay, one more 2009 recap. It’s the best blog posts from the last 12 months in one easily to click list. (Steady Burn)

Instead of a 2009 recap, here’s a 2010 preview/prediction. It’s TBL’s 3rd annual In/Out list. (The Big Lead)

I have to say that I’ve never heard of a radio show do a visual year in review but there’s a first time for everything. (SI/Dan Patrick Show) We’d have something like that for The Lowdown but The Enge destroyed all of our (and CHRW’s) cameras. He said something about them stealing your soul.

Today’s second photo gallery is a sort of meta-rap project. The interweb bands together to rap the Fresh Prince theme song. (Daily Booth)

What happens when Star Wars takes an A-Team spin? Something like this.

I think the year should start with an example of the waste that is the Ontario education system. My old high school made this recruiting/spirit video. My cousin (who is in the middle of the mob at the end) said they cancelled classes for an afternoon to make that video. What a waste…