Pictures Of The Day

Uni update: Future wave.  Check out the Washington Mystics' jersey. You will note they don’t say Washington or Mystics, but they feature the logo of their sponsor Inova Health System.  This trend has been used on international soccer uniforms for some time now.  Look for more of it as teams figure out how to meet ever rising costs by selling naming rights to everything they can.  We predict NBA players getting tattoos that say “PNC Bank” before it’s all over with.  (Photo by Ned Dishman/NBAE/Getty Images)

Where’s Rudolph?  Nick Malceski wears a red nose for Sids and Kids Red Nose Day during a Sydney Swans AFL training session at Sydney Cricket Ground on June 21, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Nolan/Getty Images AsiaPac)

More visual proof that the gap between men’s and women’s basketball is narrowing.  Here Tulsa Shock center Elizabeth Cambage drives the basket in a game against the Seattle Storm.  (Photo by Greg Nelson/Sports Illustrated)

Focus point.  Benoit Paire of France serves agasint David Ferrer of Spain on Court 3 during their men’s singles first round Wimbeldon match.  (Photo by Simon Bruty/SI Snapshot)