Yes, fantasy football season is here again. And that means it’s time to pull out your scouting reports, injury lists, slide rulers, voodoo dolls or whatever tools you need to make those winning draft picks happen. The NFL season officially kicks off September 9^th (a Thursday night marquee match-up between Super Bowl hopefuls the Vikings vs. the Saints).

Last year there were some real surprises in Fantasy Football leagues, with the point-happy emergence of Chris Johnson, Aaron Rodgers and Matt Forte. But some high draft picks were real busts too, from Steven Jackson and T.O. to Tom Brady (who missed all but the first series of the first game – and yes, I had him on my third-from-last-place loser team).

Because you’re such a wheeling & dealing fantasy football GM, we figured you couldn’t resist a steal of a deal. So we picked out a couple of our most popular fantasy football-themed designs and are dangling them in front of you for $19. Next to Peyton Manning’s hefty $14 million dollar salary that may not seem like much, but every dollar counts when you’re building a fantasy football dynasty from the ground-up.

The Fantasy Football Legend T-shirt and the Fantasy Football Makes Work Fun T-shirt are now on sale for a limited time. Get yours for $19 until September 9. By saving some cash, you’ll feel like you got Adrian Peterson in the tenth round.

As baseball heats up and football kicks off (unfortunately basketball & hockey are on ice, but they’ll be back soon!), it’s fun to take a gander at those time-honored sports rivalries that make great games unforgettable. Here are five of the all-time-classic match-ups. Each is exemplified on sports-themed gear designed by our highly-competitive & highly-opinionated CafePress community:

5. Michigan vs. Ohio State.

Geographically close (weather permitting),

this football rivalry is a gridiron clash.

4. Lakers vs. Celtics.

An old favorite returns, as Kobe vs. Shaq picks up

where Larry vs. Magic left off.

3. Cowboys vs. Redskins.

NFC East rivals, these two square off twice a year.

Throw the season records out, it’s always a nail biter.

2. Duke vs. North Carolina.

Funny how the color blue can have two shades that

are so similar, yet so far away. Lace ’em up, boyz.

1. Red Sox vs. Yankees.

East Coaster or not, many a fan look forward to this match-up.

If they have cable TV in Heaven, you know Babe Ruth is watching.

Needless to say, this is a U.S.-centric, male sports Top 5 list.

Someday we’ll cover a world of rivalries (for serious international ones, drop by an India vs. Pakistan cricket match, Celtics vs. Rangers football match in Scotland, or the dropping of the puck at a Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple Leafs game). Not to mention mano vs. toro in a Madrid bullfighting ring. Plus there are all those great female rivalries out there, from tennis and golf to track and skiing. Tune in later for more lists.

We’ve got some goodies for you this weekend. Why? Because it’s Friday, and we like Fridays and weekends and you.

You too can be a superhero, jumping off buildings, flying across the sky, landing from fearless heights with little to no scratches. Reach new heights with parkour, a form of non-competitive physical discipline where you adapt your body’s movements to your environment. It’s getting from point A to point B the fastest way in the fastest amount of time, no matter what obstacles are in the way. Chain-link fence? Over and up, weaksauce. Through a fountain, up a 10-foot wall across a five-foot-long trail of hot coals at the top? I’ll watch and clap on the side and tell you how great you are. Instead of reaching those new heights, most of us out-of-parkour-shapers could go for a $14 parkour t-shirt.

They say in that movie, “white men can’t jump.” Apparently kittens can’t either. Silly kitten, tricks are for kids. When you’re done laughing at this little guy, check out our $14 hilarious cat t-shirts and laugh a little more.

Remember that lady from the 50s with red hair, had a husband named Desi and got herself into funky, quirky, crazy situations that involved eating through a chocolate factory? Well, today is Lucille Ball’s birthday, and if you love her as much as us, celebrate and spread the love (on some strawberries, maybe?) with a yummy chocolate t-shirt that is also (surprise!) $14.

If you haven’t noticed, we love the number 14 today and for the entire weekend, our white and light t-shirts are only $14. So explore CafePress and find your favorite, and let us help you give your legs and your wallet a rest this weekend!

Having a bad hair day? You’re not alone. In the never-ending search for the perfect coiffure, some wild and wacky hairdos are growing in popularity. Fortunately, among our design community, cooler heads prevail. Here are some of their fun and funky hairstyle designs that are making the cut:

Funny Hairstyles for Men

10. The afro. A classic makes its triumphant return. Channel early Michael Jackson.

9. The fauxhawk. Popular from the college campus to the Lollapalooza stage.

8. The mohawk. A nod to American Indians (though few who wear one know that).

7. The mullet. No hairdo creates more controversy. You either love it, or you hate it.

6. The rat tail. A second cousin to the mullet, good for hitting the road sans brush.

5. The dreads. Next stop, Jamaica (by way of urban America). No need for a comb here.

4. The ‘stache. Hey, not every hairdo grows on top. The way its worn says it all.

Funny Hairstyles for Women

3. The pigtails. Never seen an actual pig wear one, but quite popular with young girls.

2. The side ponytail. 30 years later and it’s still turning heads. But only to one side.

1. The curlers. Technically not a hair style, but still…fits right in at the grocery store.

And the loveliest lady of them all…

The iPhone 4 certainly hasn’t been the smoothest of Apple’s product launches.  First an Apple employee left a prototype in a bar.  Then, Steve Jobs had a network interruption in the middle of his keynote at MacWorld (and blamed it on live bloggers clogging up the network connection).

Those with the phones weren’t buying that excuse, though, and blaming AT&T (whose service, truth be told, is the reason that this blogger was forced to abandon the iPhone entirely – I do miss it, but when you can’t use it as a phone it loses its appeal eventually) is passe at this point.

As more and more folks started complaining about reception issues Steve Jobs’ patience started to wear thin, and he reportedly told one irate customer to “relax… it’s just a phone,” and told another to “just don’t hold it that way.”  (Sorry, lefties, you’re out of luck too.)  The company, meanwhile, insisted that nothing was wrong with the phones, having already trumpeted the innovative design of its wraparound antenna at MacWorld, and noting that this design was supposed to solve the AT&T reception woes.

As “antenna-gate” continued to grow (earning itself a catchy nickname in the process), Apple finally decided to defuse the problem.  As of today, Apple is offering free iPhone cases to those who have the iPhone 4, as Apple can’t make enough of the rubber bands (bumpers) that were supposed to solve the reception issue.

And so we award Steve Jobs a Fantasy T-Wearer award today, with the “bad air day” shirt, above.

Even with all the fanfare over World Cup soccer matches in South Africa, another great sporting event is now simultaneously rising to the top of our collective national consciousness: Beer pong.

Yes, Atlantic City, New Jersey was the host of last week’s World Beer Pong Tour Championships. According to reports, a great time was had by one-and-all. It was especially enjoyable for two righteous dudes from Sacramento, CA who split the $25,000 first prize (FYI, $25,000 will buy you a lot of beer). In all, $50,000 in prizes were awarded (which will buy you twice as much beer – check my math … I’ve been playing beer pong since breakfast).

In case you don’t know, beer pong is sport/game/way of life/religion where people stand at opposite ends of the table tossing ping pong balls into their opponent’s 10 beer-filled plastic cups. The rules are simple: When you sink ’em, they drink ’em. Needless to say, it’s popular among fraternity brothers and tailgaters. And bloggers.

Word on the street in South Africa (perhaps a cuss word?) is that prior to the USA-England World Cup soccer match Saturday, the Brazilian referee and his assistants took a “crass course” on English-language obscenities.

Apparently English star Wayne Rooney (among others, on both teams) has been know to swear a blue streak. This could have lead to a yellow or red card – if the referees knew what he was saying (Rooney didn’t get one in the game). Plus the refs were also brushing up on obscene gestures favored but the English-speaking countries. Chances are, they would get the general gist of any of those.

Anyway, it was a great game and those at home (or office?) wearing their soccer t-shirts and gear are in for a big treat as the potty-mouthed matches continue.

So adios (don’t worry, it’s “goodbye” in Spanish, not a curse word). Back to the web … to stream some more soccer matches.

Move over, Exxon Valdez.  In what’s quickly becoming the worst oil spill in the world’s history, the massive oil slick off the coast of Louisiana is… well, no longer off the coast of Louisiana.

Despite efforts to contain it (hey, they even lit it on fire – don’t try this at home, kids), the oil spill reached land early Friday morning, posed to ruin a variety of fragile ecosystems: marshland, avian habitats, shrimp and oyster breeding groups, mink, otter and already-endangered sea turtles will all be affected, in addition to whales, dolphins and other marine and marsh life.  As of last week it was thought that the downed rig wasn’t going to leak any oil, and speculation of it’s potentially catastrophic environmental effects were merely that.  Unfortunately, at this point the oil slick is so huge it can be seen from space – it’s about the size of Jamaica, and growing.

Unlike the Exxon Valdez incident wherein the oil spill was from a finite source (the boat), this disaster continues because the oil is coming from an active well.  The “Deepwater Horizon” (which might be more accurately re-christened “The Greasewater Horizon”), the collapsed rig still diligently doing its job no matter that it’s already exploded and sunk, is still pumping somwhere around 5,000 barrels (210,000 gallons) of crude oil per day into the Gulf of Mexico.  BP officials have deployed underwater robots to try to stanch the leaks, but have somewhat reluctantly admitted that it may take months to completely seal off the 2 leaks that continue to pollute the Gulf.

The drill has enraged a variety of folks; the President’s reaction, however, is somewhat muddled.  Just a few weeks back Obama announced that offshore drilling was going to be permitted off the Atlantic coast, but is now avoiding the specifics of that plan while speaking in macro-level vagaries to note that he will continue to support offshore drilling as part of a larger energy package, but that no drilling will be authorized in the near future.  Speaking specifically about this oil spill, the President puts the blame on BP.

Sarah Palin, she of the “Drill Here, Drill Now” catch-phrase that so enamored T-shirt makers and oil-drillin’ fans alike, withheld public comment until Friday, at which point she seemed to hold a position similar to the President’s.  Noting her concern for the downed oil workers and the potential for an ecological nightmare, Palin also made sure to point out that all responsibility for safety procedures lies with the parent company, and further noted that she still supports offshore drilling.

And so we award a Fantasy T-Wearer Award today to both Sarah Palin and Barack Obama, with the “Spill Baby Spill” T-shirt, above.

True story: An Ohio man recently making tie-dyed T-shirts noticed an image of Jesus in one of his tee’s ink designs. While we can neither confirm nor deny the validity of his religious experience, we can tell you that there is a moral to the story: Kids, don’t try this at home. Let the design professionals from the CafePress community create Jesus-themed T-shirts for you. It’s much simpler, and you won’t have the Eyewitness News Team helicopter flying over your house all afternoon.

We have thousands-and-thousands of religion T-shirts — from inspirational to humorous. In fact, for all of your religious gear needs, look no further than the divine collection here at CafePress.

…on your arteries.

With April 1st pranks like Starbucks’ Plenta just having come out last week, the thought of a Kentucky Fried Chicken sandwich named the “Double Down” that consists of breaded fried chicken as the bun of a sandwich whose interior contains bacon, cheese and a sort of  mayonnaise sauce might sound made up.

But this is America, wherein batter-coated French Fries are considered a fresh vegetable by the USDA, and our obesity rates have been on the climb for 30 years.  Not to mention that KFC is owned by the same company that brought us the double-decker taco, the bacon-ranch tortada and stuffed crust pizza.  Which is to say that the KFC Double Down is real, it’s been test-marketed in Rhode Island and Nebraska, and it’s coming next week at a retail price of $6.99.  In fact, it’s already on the KFC nutritional guide, which lists the sandwich as having 540 calories (290 from fat), 32 grams of fat and 1380 grams of sodium, which is over half the recommended daily intake of sodium.  (Want fries with that?)

The Vancouver Sun, though, guessed that the calorie count of this sandwich is around 1200.  By their estimates, the sandwich on its own contains “more than the daily recommended allowance in fat (124%), saturated fat (117%), cholesterol (105%), sodium (125%) and protein (194%), as well as 61% of your daily recommended calorie intake.”

KFC spokesperson Rick Maynard disagrees with the Sun’s nutritional assessment of the sandwich, noting that the Sun used the wrong nutritional information on the chicken patties themselves.

If we add up the calories of the individual ingredients, here’s what we get:

(KFC doesn’t specify how much a “dollop” of Colonel’s Sauce is – nor what’s in it – so we used 1 TBSP of mayonnaise as an example, even though the pix of the sandwich would indicate that a “dollop” is a lot more than 1 TBSP.  If anyone has any guesses as to how much a dollop is or what makes a sauce orange and viscous like a mayonnaise, hey – holler.)

The point of confusion the Sun might be having is how two 3.5 oz breaded and friend KFC chicken breasts come out as only having 140 calories and 7g of fat each.  The breasts have the skin (we called and asked), and any other nutritional information found available on this amount of fried chicken is around 220 calories per piece, with far more fat.  Even a roasted chicken breast of the same size would seem to have more calories than KFC’s fried ones.  Curious.

Of course, anyone ordering a sandwich made entirely of fried chicken, bacon, cheese and a mystery orange sauce probably isn’t too overly concerned about fat and calories in the first place.  Although, breading aside, perhaps there will be some sort of appeal to folks on the low-carb craze, who might think about justifying this one as health food.  (Sorry, Dr. Atkins.)

With Michelle Obama focused on tackling childhood obesity and Jamie Oliver likewise trying to revamp the school foodservice system to, you, know, make changes like not counting french fries as a vegetable, we’ll guess that neither the First Lady nor the cheerful British chef will be in line for a Double Down next week.

And so we award a Fantasy T-Wearer Award to both Michelle Obama and Jamie Oliver today, with a virtual “hang in there.”  May they both enjoy the “I love me some veggies” apron, at right.