Asid from the obligatory headline about the Sonics heading out to barren, dusty pastures next season, there are some other fabulous news items.

- News outlets have now disclosed that prized international teen prospect Michel Inoa has signed with our division rival, the Oakland A's, for $4.25 million.  This is kinda old news to some, but in case you didn't know, there it is.

- From the Captain Obvious dept. of features, Yahoo's Steve Henson passes out midseason report cards, and you can probably guess which team is at the top with an A+, and which team is at the bottom with an F... but go look anyway just to make sure.

- And as if we needed more reason not to like Joe Buck, he a) voluntarily appeared on Colin Cowherd's radio show and b) admitted that he not only doesn't watch much sports in general, but admits that he really doesn't like baseball.

You know how some things restore your faith in humanity?  Seeing all those stories blocked into a single news feature box on Yahoo pretty much gave me the exact opposite of that.  Well played, Yahoo.