A RandBall reader and author of the delicious blog “The National Anthem Before A Cubs Game” has passed along his recent work of pure genius: Waiting For Dungy: A Farce in One Act. He hesitated with the self-promotion, but no worries here. We saw Deadspin link to it earlier, and we were going to find a spot for it here anyway. If you enjoy literature, and reading, and those sorts of things, we suggest you check it out.

But apparently the Rockets’ 7-6 center has a thing for Nia Long, an actress perhaps best known for her work on “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” (that is, of course, unless you’re a fan of the Big Momma movies). Hey, she shares a birthday with RandBall, though she’s six years older. Annnnnyway, Yao is smitten with the 5-2 actress, and it says here they’ve been on a few dates already and that “sparks are flying.” We could say something here about low post moves, but that would just be wrong.

Bill Belichick has apologized for shoving a photographer after Sunday’s game. He has not, however, apologized for always looking like he’s headed to a rec basketball game on the sidelines.

Help Sam Cassell save the world. Or at least his world.

Can we just all agree that it’s impossible to write a headline about Randy Johnson that’s not awkward or vaguely obscene? Unit passes physical … er …

Deadspin.com had a funny little find this morning: A five-car accident may or may not have been caused by gawkers checking out Nick Saban’s motorcade Wednesday in Alabama. If you read the story until the end, you can draw your own conclusions, but we’re betting it really did start by a driver saying, “Golly, look at all them cars. Is that our new football coach in there?” (And chaos ensued). Sorry to offend you if you’re from the south. And, well, sorry in general.Â

We hadn’t seen this before until perusing deadspin.com today, but it appears as though Donovan McNabb and his family take turns writing a blog (though evidence indicates it’s mostly Mama McNabb doing the writing). She recently described the Eagles’ success without injured Donovan as “bitter sweet.” We can only imagine what would happen if RandBall became a family blog. Scratch that. We don’t want to know. But go ahead and have a look at the McNabb Family Corner Blog. There’s even a Chunky soup ad at the bottom of the page. No, really, there is. Honestly.