MASN will start its Hot Stove show next Friday at 7 p.m. The hour-long program features Jim Hunter, Phil Wood and Roch Kubatko. With a debut the day after the winter meetings, you just know there will be a flurry of Orioles activity to talk about.

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The word from the NFL Network's Rich Eisen (via news release) on last night's Raiders-Chargers game: "Somewhat ironic that the first game shot in 3-D is somewhat one-dimensional."

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During ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown, the "Virtual Playbook" segment will focus on Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis vs. Redskins running back Clinton Portis.

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This week while sitting in for Mike Golic on ESPN Radio's Mike and Mike show, Mark Schlereth mentioned his recurring role on the soap opera Guiding Light. I'm no soap fan, so I didn't even realize Guiding Light was still on the air, much less that Schlereth is playing Roc Hoover, who apparently is a detective and novelist, according to a quick Web search. In an interview with a Colorado newspaper, Schlereth said he came up with the character's name when he was doing a radio show and the soap's producers heard it and liked it. Not bad, but it's no Chest Rockwell.