Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue comes out in February. Throughout the years, the issue has featured more than just the usual shots of models posing on a beach. There have been a slew of offbeat shots, which you can see in this gallery. Awful Announcing has compiled its 10 favorite clips from 2012. AthlonSports.com has compiled the 15 most amazing runs, hits and catches from the 2012 college football season.

Model Elyse Taylor stars in this new photoshoot. This item is a few days old, but I keep forgetting to mention it. Barry Alvarez is coming out of retirement to coach Wisconsin's bowl game against Stanford. Here's the kicker, though. He's getting paid $118,500 to coach ONE game. And he'll pocket another $50,000 if the Badgers win. But let's make sure those college football players don't get paid! The Eagles blocked their own punt last night.

Here is the latest installment of This Week in Unnecessary Censorship.

Dion Rumsey, of New York, sent this e-mail earlier this week. "Jimmy, I hope you can get a copy of it -- there was a great videobomb of a "News 4 New York" reporter on the top story about train service being restored on the LIRR after Hurricane Sandy." We have gotten a copy of it, and it's a gem.