We all know that Vesa Toskala had a bad season last year and is having an even worse season this year, but how bad is Toskala historically?

(ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images) Arriving in Taiyuan, which writer Anthony Tao calls “unapologetic about its devaluation of human worth.” On Deadspin, Anthony Tao has had a front row seat (PG-13 for language) for the Chinese debut of Stephon Marbury. It’s an amazing tale of globalization — an NBA star, of sorts, has come to a bleak, polluted urban Chinese landscape. What’s even more amazing is that, again, thanks to globalization and the efforts of Tao, it’s easier to have a sense of what Marbury is like when he’s in Taiyuan than it was when he was in New York.

  The NFC Championship game between the Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints was watched by some 57.9 million viewers as the Saints prevailed in the classic back and forth overtime battle. The allure of Brett Farve possibly making it back to the Super Bowl and the feel good appeal of the Saints drew in the mammoth audience. Not since the finale of Seinfeld had so many people watched a television program outside of the Super Bowl

Jason Quick of the Oregonian , on an incident that occured during Andre Miller’s 52-point game in Dallas over the weekend: During a timeout with 41 seconds left in regulation, two women walked onto the court and into the Trail Blazers huddle. One woman wrapped her arms around the waist of Blazers guard Rudy Fernandez from behind. Fernandez, who was not in the game but focused on the plays being diagrammed by coach Nate McMillan, was stunned.