The News

--Big night of sports in the Steel City: there's the Pens and Canadiens, Pitt and Notre Dame, Duquesne and Xavier, and Robert Morris vs. Mount St. Mary's. Make sure the batteries are working in your remote.

--The Steelers use the transition tag on McDonald's pitchman Max Starks.

--The World's Biggest Music Collection sold for a little more than the $3 million minimum bid this morning, to a buyer from Ireland.

--Anyone watch that Suns-Lakers game last night? It was Shaq's debut and another excuse to trot out the "Shaq vs. Kobe" storyline. But turned out to be a highly entertaining matchup, with the Lakers ultimately prevailing, 130-124. Let me repeat that: 130-124, in regulation.

--You have to admit, the Brazilian guy who got the octopus suction cups onto his arms is pretty innovative.

--It's that time of the year: Combine!

--FSU cowgirl Jenn Sterger has a new job as "The Sports Babe".

--Omar Minaya thrilled to discover David Wright’s Great-Grandmother was 1/8th Cuban

--Here's an interesting ESPN column outlining the needs of QB-deprived NFL teams.

--Meet the the North Huntingdon lady who beat her sister with a prosthetic leg, crapped in the back of a squad car, and threw ground beef at her neighbors.

--People Magazine is always a softie when it comes to overrated quarterbacks, so naturally they would prominently feature Tony Romo in this week's issue.

--Miss the lunar eclipse? I would say, "tough luck", since it's not happening again until 2010. But luckily, the PG sent a photographer into space to capture these photos:

World's Largest Music Collection (From Pittsburgh) is For Sale

Totally off the topic of sports, this interesting little tidbit was found in the inbox today. What's billed as "The World's Greatest Music Collection" is up for sale, and as luck would have it, the owner is right in our own backyard: he's Paul Mawhinney, owner of Pittsburgh's fabled Record-Rama. Legally blind and fighting diabetes, Mahwinney is reluctantly parting with his life's work, setting a goal of March 1 to unload this once-in-a-lifetime stash. The contents of the auction are quite amazing:

From Thomas Edison to American Idol, this is the complete history of the music that shaped and defined five generations. 3 million records and 300,000 CDs containing more than 6 million song titles. It's the undisputed largest collection of recorded music in the world. About half of the recordings are new and never played, and every genre of 20th century music is represented. There are countless rare recordings worth hundreds, or even thousands of dollars each on the collectibles market. Organized and cataloged, the collection is meticulously maintained and housed in a climate-controlled warehouse. The estimated value of this amazing collection is more than $50 million.

Right now, the auction sits at $3 million, with no takers. Mahwinney said that he had an offer of $28.5 million but it fell through. One question: if you win, what do you do with all of those records?

Record Rama

The Greatest Music Collection [info]

The Greatest Music Collection [auction]

Pine record collector selling 'history of music' [Trib]