Cheat Sheet: Bleak days for Pacific teams (Fox Sports)
It isn't East Coast bias if all the West Coast teams stink. Peter Schrager shares his objective opinions in this week's Cheat Sheet.

Mixed messages (Boston Globe)
The images on the video flicker past - Chinese dragons marching, rolling dice, cards being dealt, men betting at a table. The message is aimed at helping Asians who might be problem gamblers.

Apple Pins Its Hopes on Gaming (1up.com)
Back when I was in college -- way back in early 1997, I'm afraid -- I wrote a well-reasoned letter to the online arm of Ultra Game Players magazine in defense of Nintendo, whose star was starting to take on a distinct tinge of tarnish among the nascent online hardcore gaming fanbase. The N64's strong launch had deteriorated into the likes of Yoshi's Story , with little but Star Fox ...

'Lost': New vids, new toys -- and geek heartbreak (Entertainment Weekly)
By Jeff Jensen Doc Jensen on a Carlton Cuse-Damon Lindelof sighting, mysterious online clips -- and Dharma's ''financial woes''

Getting some much needed backing (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Green Bay - Already terrible at stopping the run this season, the Green Bay Packers' defense primed to be run over by the Chicago Bears and rookie running back Matt Forte on Sunday.