The Baseball Hall of Fame ballot was mailed out today, and this year’s vote is going to be one of the most interesting in recent memory. That’s because Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens are eligible for the first time. The Steroid Era players are going to complicate the vote and probably lead to a very crowded ballot for years to come.

Amazingly, we managed to go a few weeks without any news on the conference realignment front. Some of us were actually stupid enough to think it might be over. Or at least cool down a little. Especially now that there’s going to be a college football playoff. Silly us. Today the Big Ten, who started this mess in the first place, got in on the act, adding Maryland and Rutgers to become the Big 14. And so Round II (or is this III? Maybe IV?) begins.

A new White House petition wants President Obama to nationalize the “Twinkies industry,” saving the popular junk food from possible extinction.

“We the undersigned, hereby request Barack Obama to immediately Nationalize the Twinkie industry and prevent our nation from losing her sweet creamy center,” a petition on the White House “We the People” website requests.