This won’t help Mark McGwire’s Hall of Fame bid: His brother Jay, a confessed juicer, is penning a tell-all book.

The title: “The McGwire Family Secret: The Truth about Steroids, a Slugger, and Ultimate Redemption.”

Uh, oh.

CHICAGO WANTS YOUR FOOTBALL TEAM

St. Louisans fret…

So what did we learn on New Year’s Day?

That USC is really good and the Big Ten isn’t one of the power conferences right now. The Trojans stepped all over Penn State in the Rose Bowl.

That left Los Angeles Times scribe…

Nobody was shocked when Rod Marinelli or Romeo Crennel got the short haircut Monday. But Eric Mangini?

Wasn’t the Jets coach known as Mangenius not that long ago? Didn’t he lead New York to the playoffs in 2006?

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It’s not easy covering a really bad professional football team. Sometimes a little news conference levity can go a long way.

And sometimes it falls flat. Just ask Lions coach Rod Marinelli, who has been under fire – along with his…

Yes, it could always be worse in St. Louis. You could have the Lions instead of the Rams.

At least Rams fans have good memories. Not long ago, you had the “Greatest Show on Turf” rolling teams at the dome. You…