Last week, the International Olympic Committee announced that all competing athletes in the London 2012 Olympics (more than 7,000) would be free to post personal messages and photographs via Twitter and organizers are expecting an explosion of tweets. 

Now, the British Olympic Association has strongly suggested that English athletes not use illiterate messages, but rather employ correct spelling and grammar at the London Olympics. The BOA has concerns about poorly spelled and punctuated messages, which will set bad examples for British youth.

The BOA is further concerned that the athletes won't be good role models for young fans and is issuing a guidebook called "Social Media Guidelines" to be distributed to competitors in the various Olympic sports.

2012 London Olympic tickets went on sale last week in the United States. CoSport, which has been appointed official reseller of tickets for the USA by London 2012, will put all tickets not sold in the first phase (March 2011-May 2011) on sale and is also selling hospitality packages which include housing and admission to private parties at CoSport's downtown London hospitality center.  

For additional information go to:  cosport.com.

Brad Rock, in the Deseret News of Salt Lake City, on the New Mexico safety who was thrown off a US Airways flight and arrested for wearing extremely saggy pants and refusing to pull them up: 

"Since when is a New Mexico DB getting caught with his pants down a big deal?"

The NFL lockout is now well past 100 days, so Rick Reilly of Sports Illustrated has suggested that fans take up fantasy soccer.  Here are some of the proposed rules. 

A bicycle kick goal with the opposite foot: 10 points

A goal scored while pretending that your spine has been severed by a slight brush of your opponents' pinky finger:  7 points 

Goal scored without a riot:  6 points

As Derek Jeter continues on his magical march to 3,000 hits, the sports books have not been far behind.  Now, you can wager on what type of hit will mark 3,000 (a single is 4-1, while a home run earns 10-1 odds), what the count will be (0 & 0 - 7-2, 5-1 for a full count) and even who will be the first to congratulate him on the field (one of the base coaches 4-5, an umpire 5-1 or a Yankee player 7-1). No odds yet on a fan getting to the Captain first.   

There has been considerable speculation of late as to whether or not Derek Jeter is baseball's most overpaid player.  He earned $21 million in 2010, batting .260. He then signed a 3-year/$48 million contract with the Yankees, hitting .258, with 2 HR and 22 RBI so far this season (entering Saturday's game vs. the Rays). 

That equates to $41,000 per day.

A businessman in New Brunswick, New Jersey, 30 miles south of New York City, is having trouble getting an operating license from the local liquor board because the mayor of New Brunswick (Jim Cahill) is a Boston Red Sox fan.  The proposed name for the new sports bar is Buck Foston’s.

Trevor Bell is a third year relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels, with a career record of 4-8. Entering Friday’s game vs. the Seattle Mariners, the 24-year-old is 1-1 with an ERA of 3.22 this season. 

The North Hollywood, California native was a child actor, who starred in several commercials as a youth and two of his brothers work as actors and models.   

The big thespian star of the family is Bell's grandfather Bob Bell, who was the original Bozo the Clown on WGN-TV in Chicago, from 1960-1984.  No truth to the rumor that Bell drinks seltzer instead of Gatorade.

Tennis legend Boris Becker was a commentator for the BBC at Wimbledon, talking about the matches and the beautifully manicured courts. But, it turns out he should be more concerned about his own grass. 

A court on the Spanish island of Mallorca is preventing Becker from selling his palatial villa because the estate’s gardener claims Becker owes him nearly $500,000 for upkeep. The court decided to hold the debt against the villa which means that if Becker, now  43, does not pay up, it can be claimed against future transactions.

Jury selection begins this week in the perjury trial of Roger Clemens, regarding his 2008 testimony before Congress claiming that he never used steroids or other performance enhancing drugs. The actual trial will begin next week and will last four to six weeks. Clemens could receive up to 30 years in prison if found guilty on all charges.  He is facing a total of six counts, including obstruction of justice and making false statements to Congress.   

Among those likely to testify are former Yankees strength and conditioning coach Brian McNamee and at least three former Yankees teammates, including Andy Pettitte. Clemens still insists that McNamee only injected him with vitamin B12 and lidocaine.