Against all odds, 5-foot-8 boxer Floyd Mayweather “defeated” house-sized Big Show at WrestleMania 24.

The Orlando Sentinel blogged the event live. Here was one observation: “Little known fact: a month ago, when this match was set, the Big Show said he’d take a hit from Mayweather except NOT in the nose. Well, Mayweather missed the side of his face and actually broke his nose. The Big Show was a good sport when he realized that Mayweather didn’t mean to do that. People love working with the Big Show because he is very supportive in the ring.”

What a guy!

In a similarly stunning development, the Undertaker edged, um, Edge in the main event – improving his career WrestleMania record to 16-0. Then, in another turn of events, the sun rose from the East in Orlando Monday morning.

Sentinel columnist Mike Bianchi wandered into the crowd of 74,635 at the Citrus Bowl and asked tough questions. Here is part of his report:

“Aren’t you disillusioned? Don’t you feel you’ve been deceived? Aren’t you disgusted that so many pro wrestlers artificially enhance their bodies with steroids? When I tried this lofty line of questioning with serious wrestling fans before Sunday’s WrestleMania 24, you’d have thought I was asking them to translate The Aeneid from the original Latin.

“‘You’re joking, right?’ said Jason Tyler, a 23-year-old fan from Atlanta, wearing wrestling boots, trunks and a fake gold-plated championship belt. ‘I don’t care what these guys take as long as they put on a good show.’”

MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE

Questions to ponder while wondering if Todd Wellemeyer and Co. can buy the Cards enough time to get healthy:

• All things considered, shouldn’t the Cards have asked Dr. Frank Jobe to throw out the first pitching on Opening Day?
• Isn’t it kind of cruel to force the Cards to open up against a top left-handed starting pitcher?
• Will St. Louisans ever enjoy another sunny day in their lifetime?

• Now that Glen Dorsey has proven his more than ready to go, how does that change the Rams draft board?

MYSPACE MISHAP OF WEEK

Briefly, Clemson offensive line recruit Kenneth Page was seen holding thousands of dollars in a photo posted on his MySpace page.

This stirred a fuss, since Page was a highly sought four-star prospect. North Carolina missed out on the young man, so that Tar Heel fans found that photo highly interesting.

The photo soon came down, followed by this explanation on TigerIllustrated.com: “Kenneth was recently out in California as one of five finalists for the Alfred M. Watkins Memorial Scholarship. Both his father and mother came along and both have relatives that live in California. They got to see one of his uncles right before he passed away a week later. They also got to see his great uncle on his father’s side of the family. This uncle is a very, very wealthy man. He owns nine ATMs and realized two were empty and low were very low. So they went to the bank that morning to get money to fill them up with. Kenneth said he had never seen that much money before so he took a picture with it. He wants to reassure everyone that yes, he didn’t take a single cent or keep a single cent of it. Someone copied this picture off of Page’s facebook and tried to spin it into something that it wasn’t.”

QUIPS ‘R US

Here is what some of America’s leading sports pundits have been writing:

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com: “This is the third consecutive year (Ben) Howland has led the Bruins to a Final Four. The guy spends more time on aluminum ladders than your roofer. If he cuts down any more nets, UCLA ought to give him his very own pair of personalized scissors.”

Mike Lupica, New York Daily News: “It turns out the point guard the Dallas Mavericks needed wasn’t Jason Kidd, it was Derrick Rose of the Memphis Tigers.”

Dan Daly, Washington Times: “Did you see it was only 201 feet down the left field line for last night’s Dodgers-Red Sox exhibition at L.A. Coliseum? Too bad Bill Veeck wasn’t running the show. He would have sent Eddie Gaedel up to pinch hit — and told him to swing away.”

Greg Cote, Miami Herald: “Jose Canseco alleges in his new book he once introduced Alex Rodriguez to a steroids dealer and that A-Rod tried to hit on his wife. Dear Jose: If this is the best you’ve got, I’d rather curl up with a good phone book.”

Scott Miller, CBSSports.com: “Majority owner Bill DeWitt and vice president Jeff Luhnow got what they wanted in running general manager Walt Jocketty out of town, clearing the way for them to mold the team the way they want to. So does that mean new GM John Mozeliak is making his own decisions? Answering to DeWitt and Luhnow? One thing will be clear in 2008: The Cardinals’ prime is past, and there are hard days ahead.”

MEGAPHONE

“ESPN rode all those clowns out there everyday like they’re experts in every sport … first off, they’re not experts in every sport. Trust me - Jay Mariotti, Skip Bayless, and now, Jemele Hill - they’re just people giving their opinion. They’re not the law, and they’re not that important. Get that straight.”

Charles Barkley, ripping sportswriters during a Miami radio interview.