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On a televised report, ESPN's Adam Shefter reported the Colts are likely going to ink wide receiver Hank Baskett to a contract. Baskett is most famous for stealing Kendra Wilkinson from Hugh Hefner, but he does play a little football on the side.

The four-year veteran has caught 72 passes for 1,052 yards and six touchdowns in his career. Most notably, he has a penchant for long touchdowns -- he's caught TDs of 90, 89 and 87 yards in his career. Baskett was recently released by the Eagles.

Even though he doesn't want it to be the case, it could be the same old story for Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson: Miss the preseason.

After battling toe and groin injuries last season and finishing with a career-low 1,110 rushing yards, Tomlinson believes that if he plays some in the preseason, it will help him find a groove a little faster once the regular season starts.

The Chargers open the preseason Saturday against Seattle.

"This year is different," Tomlinson said to reporters on Monday. "I wouldn't rule out me not playing. It's always good to play at home in front of your home crowd, so I'll leave it at that. Let's see what the coaches come up with."

The Playboy Mansion is often a time of old-school, traditional romance, and never more so than this past weekend, when former Playmate Kendra Wilkinson and professional football player Hank Baskett got married.

It was, according to PEOPLE, a week-long festivus of sorts, with Kendra and Hank attending the Transformers premiere (see picture), getting spa-pampered, yada-yada-yada and eventually getting married Saturday at the mansion.

Hugh Hefner doesn't believe in small parties. And why should he? After all, when you're the guy who created the Playboy empire, you should throw down in large fashion. Which is why he's in the middle of a week-long birthday celebration, culminating in Hef turning 83 years young on Thursday.

And, of course, there are indeed plenty of Playmates in attendance, including Kendra Wilkinson. Which, naturally, means everyone's favorite WR3 turned Playmate favorite Hank Baskett was in attendance. And he kicked it hard with Hef.

Because the NFL season never ends, we present our 2009 Offseason Roadmaps for front offices to navigate through the summer.

The Eagles underachieved for most of the 2008 season (the nadir had to be either tying the lowly Bengals are getting thumped by the Ravens -- take your pick) only to get hot during the last month of the season.

Philadelphia would eventually lose to Arizona in the NFC Championship game. And while nobody saw that coming as recently as Thanksgiving, the team did have high expectations heading into the season. Assuming Donovan McNabb is indeed in the organization's long-range plans, what do the Eagles need to do in the coming months to make a Super Bowl run?

Live updates from the Eagles-Cardinals NFC Championship game at University of Phoenix Stadium.

The Eagles were driving, and a touchdown would have had them leading this game, but nobody can doubt the fact that they their head honcho looks rather pitiful.

Donovan McNabb, who is making his fifth NFC Championship game visit, has thrown a "should have been" interception that was saved by a hustle play from DeSean Jackson. After that pass, McNabb was bailed out by Hank Baskett (Kendra cheers!) on a pass that, if put in his chest, might have gone for a score.

Here are a few random thoughts during the Eagles-Giants game that have absolutely nothing to do with anything ... besides questionable commercials, comedians and commentators.

-- The "safety" symbol has to be the most fun motion to make in sports. Honestly, whenever a safety occurs, every defender on the field tosses up the safety symbol. I think it is like the "fist blow up" thing from three years ago. Everyone loved doing that.

-- Did Eli Manning call his brother and ask him, "How do you do that 'God, I can't believe my kicker sucks this bad,' face?" Because he sure has perfected it.

-- Do you think Jesus points back when athletes stick their finger towards the sky after a good play?

Kendra Wilkinson is a pretty good catch (actually, no, it wasn't intended) for Eagles wide receiver Hank Baskett. I say that because, well, she's really attractive. Also, because he's Hank Baskett. And I suppose, after listening to a recent interview she did with FOX Sports, it's not because she's really, really, really smart.

There's any number of reasons why you should think that (and I recommend taking Daulerio's advice and DO NOT LISTEN to the podcast, unless you really love killing brain cells) but here's a few, in bullet form:

Hank blows her kisses after catches 'every game'.

They are NOT getting married at the Playboy mansion anymore. Presumably because Hank hasn't met Hugh.

When the Eagles play the Chargers next year, Kendra will NOT wear an Eagles jersey in Qualcomm.

'Play-calling' and 'Norv Turner' are to blame for the Chargers stinking it up this year.

Fire Norv and bring back Marty Schottenheimer would be her first move as owner.

She finds John Madden funny. Wow.

She is ADD. NO. WAY. OMGLOLZ.

Hank Baskett does not have the Sunday Ticket. Most likely because he's working then.

She asked Donovan McNabb to throw Hank the ball more at the Eagles' Christmas party.

But, surely you get the point. She's an attractive lady, she's been in Playboy, she's been on television many times and she's married to an NFL player. So she's going to get lots of attention (guilty as charged here) but good gravy ... I'm not entirely sure that any amount of sex appeal can overcome what Hank has to deal with on a day-to-day basis.

Of course, on the other hand, no one else in America has seen his wife-to-be naked, so there's that.

If you can, journey back with me two weeks ago to the Arizona Cardinals-Dallas Cowboys game. Remember the guy that recovered the blocked punt to win the game for the Cards? At the time, it was reported that this fine gentleman, Monty Beisel, was hitched up nice and good to Playboy model Amanda Carraway. Well, as it turns out, this isn't exactly true, according to Playboy.

Let the world hear it from my lips, Cardinals' Beisel is not married to the beautiful and airbrushed Carraway. According to the magazine, the former Ms. Kansas was getting a lot of attention after the great Cardinals win, so Playboy wanted to get Carraway out to do interviews and such. Amanda let it be known (NSFW) that she had divorced Monty in 2006 and she is now remarried and living back in Kansas.

This is rather disappointing news, considering Beisel looks like this and Amanda looks like this (on left). I was starting to think that all the dodgy-looking dudes around the world might have a chance if by some miracle, we knew a pretty girl before she got famous.

With attention spans dwindling, we forego full game-by-game previews to give you the essentials you need to know about every contest this glorious NFL weekend. Click here to go back in time.

The 1s

San Diego (3-3) at Buffalo (4-1): Trent Edwards is back from being concussed (my favorite word), which is probably a good thing, since they absolutely got rolled by the Cardinals two weeks ago after Edwards went down. The bad news is that he has to face a Chargers defense that sacked Matt Cassel four times last week, basically tossing him around like the plastic bag in that video from "American Beauty." Also, always beware of the LaDainian Tomlinson bounce-back game. He's slumped before, but always has that "140-yard, three-touchdown" game when his fantasy owners are about to give up on him that makes us completely forget about what came before. I'm putting this on the table for LDT -- if he doesn't reach double-digit fantasy points this week against a team that gives up 114 rushing yards per game, he cannot appear in any more cool Nike commercials.

Pick: San Diego