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1. ESPN premiered its Pete Rose movie, Hu$tle, on Saturday night. The film, which stars Tom Sizemore, has received mixed reviews. Now the network is waiting to hear from the FCC for a ruling on Sizemore's obscene hairpiece.

2. Yankees pitcher Kevin Brown was raked for six hits and four runs in just 2/3 of an inning in Sunday's 11-4 loss to the Red Sox. It was the pitcher's first start after breaking his left hand in frustration three weeks earlier. Fortunately, Brown was quickly placed in a hermetically sealed plastic bubble to keep from further injury.

3. An arbitrator ruled on Friday that Ricky Williams must repay the Dolphins more than $8.6 million in bonus money after his sudden retirement this summer. Williams has hinted in the past that he might file bankruptcy to keep the Dolphins from recovering the cash, but it's possible he's just blowing smoke.

4. Ichiro update: He inched closer on Sunday with a sixth-inning single to give him 251 hits, seven shy of breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old record with seven games to play. For the weekend, Ichiro went 4-for-13 (.308) and is hitting a robust .373 for the season. For those of you in the Ford Frick camp (i.e. applying asterisks), Ichiro passed the 154-game mark -- the number of games that Sisler played in 1920 -- on Saturday with 250 hits. That would have tied Ichiro for fifth all time but marks the most hits by anyone since 1930, when Bill Terry had 254 and Chuck Klein 250.

5. The 10 Spot was reminded of one of its pet peeves after watching USC kicker Ryan Killeen miss a 23-yard field goal from the left hash during Saturday's 31-28 Trojan victory over Stanford. Why are the hash marks so far apart in the college game? It has the effect of making a short field goal much more difficult than it should be. A team should be rewarded for moving the ball so close to the goal line. Therefore a short field goal should indeed be a routine chip shot, not a complicated geometry problem. Forcing college kickers to make short field goals from sharp angles, rather than the less extreme hash marks in the pro game, makes no sense. And judging by the many misadventures so far this season on extra points, these kickers don't need extra challenges.

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6. Reader mail: Glen from Sunnyvale, Calif., chimes in on the 10 Spot's item last Friday about the drug finasteride. "You think that a drug that treats both prostate problems and hair loss in men is too good to be true? Well maybe it is, since the drug basically 'feminizes' parts of your metabolism. Some men have to deal with side effects such as breast development, loss of libido and erectile problems. As far as an SNL skit, that sounds more like something Hans and Franz would call the 'Girly Man' drug." So as to avoid lawsuits, we can't verify the part about "feminizing" one's metabolism, but the drug's Web site does indeed warn against those potential side effects. Maybe one could take some Cialis to address one of those issues. Speaking of which, Bill from Arcata, Calif., has requested the Cialis shirt the 10 Spot "won" for his woeful drives in last week's SI golf tournament, though he says that his wife can attest that he has no need for the drug itself. Too much information, Bill, but watch your mailbox because the shirt is on its way.

7. A group of Columbia and Harvard alumni are touting a new way to get people to the polls -- by promising sex to voters and withholding same to those who don't vote. Michelle Collins, president of Votergasm, says she's lined up 6,000 pledges to the cause. "Young people these days are hot," says Collins. "They look better than ever, and they've got an opinion that really matters. Why not combine these things and make voting sexy and hot?" 10 Spot reader Jeff of Chesterton, Ind., shares Collins' goal of encouraging people to vote, but Jeff opts for an approach of vinegar rather than honey. He was unhappy with the 10 Spot's joke last week that Fox intends to broadcast the baseball playoffs rather than a presidential debate because the network prefers to stick with a competition for which it seems both sides are still capable of winning. Says Jeff: "Dear Moron, The election is far from over. It is idiots like you that perpetrate the stereotype that we don't need to vote. Check out this link.  Currently it is a 12-vote difference. I don't care what your politics are, but you are most certainly a [expletive]-stick." Hey, Jeff, you know what's good for releasing pent-up rage? A votergasm.

8. The Titans tried to re-enact the Music City Miracle on Sunday night. It didn't come close to working, which only served to underscore how amazing the original was. After the Jaguars scored with nine seconds left to take a 15-12 lead, Titans wide receiver Drew Bennett fielded the kickoff. Bennett, who was briefly the starting quarterback at UCLA, whirled and threw a lateral to cornerback Samari Rolle. But Bennett's pass was a wounded duck that skipped to Rolle, who was harmlessly tackled. It was nothing like the dart thrown by tight end Frank Wycheck to Kevin Dyson back on Jan. 8, 2000, which Dyson took 75 yards to win the AFC wild-card game. (Sorry again, Bills fans.)

9. Reality TV note of the day: Broadcasting history was made last Thursday on Suvivor. For the first time, one of those confessional interviews with a booted contestant was actually quite revealing. Young, blonde sheep farmer Dolly thought she was the swing vote heading into tribal council, but was completely sideswiped and booted from the game. Said Dolly immediately afterward, "First of all, I have to say, Phew! [She wipes her brow.] Because this game is too much for me. I wasn't cut out for this. I'm just a simple farm girl. I can't plot, plan and scheme, and I'm not too good at reading people. I just kind of live in my own little world. I'm way too simple and I just belong on the farm." Please, Mark Burnett, can't we find a way to get Dolly back on the show? Don't act like you've never done it before. (Lil, anyone?)

10. The 10 Spot certainly hopes that nobody took our Lock of the Week advice and picked the Dolphins laying one point against the Steelers on Sunday night. The Steelers, of course, won the game outright, dropping the Lock of the Week record to 2-1 and capping a terrible weekend of NFL picks. The 10 Spot was also unceremoniously booted from the SI suicide pool, even though it's a double-elimination affair. (One needs to pick a team simply to win, with no spread, but cannot pick the same team twice.) After the Packers lost to the Bears last week, the Chiefs ended the suspense by gagging at home against the Texans. It might hearten (or frighten) our readers to know that a number of SI's best and brightest were actually eliminated in a mere two weeks, including NFL editor Mark Godich. The lesson here, of course, is that one should never bet on the NFL. Oh, and stay in school.