MORNING NEWS CRUISE

A quick glance at my morning online haunts reveals:

Duke lacrosse player Ryan McFayden has been re-instated to the school and athletic program. After being suspended for sending a vulgar email depicting the killing of strippers (mere hours after the infamous Duke party), he is happy to be back, having learned "a valuable lesson" about the power of words and how they can be misunderstood. [Sports Illustrated]

"What I meant to say when I said 'I want to kill strippers with a jackknife' was 'I want to love strippers with a jack-rabbit...'" See? Easily misunderstood.

Some of the Tour de France's biggest names have been implicated in a doping scandal. Jan Ullrich, Ivan Basso, and Francisco Mancebo are just a few of the names mentioned. [ESPN]

Is this really any surprise to anyone? Although, it looks like Lance Armstrong avoided yet another drug scandal.

Big match-up today in World Cup action. Germany takes on Argentina with the winner moving onto the semi-finals. Watch it!

My condolences go out to the Odom family today.