Reggie Bush, you’re nothing to me now. You’re not a running back, you’re not a receiver. I don’t want to know you or what you do. I don’t want to see you at the stadiums, I don’t want you near my fantasy football team. When you have a bye week, I want to know a day in advance, so I won’t be there. You understand?

What stories await us in Sports Blog America?

The Big Lead gets us ready for hockey season with an intelligent and measured column about the benefits of the salary cap. Ha ha ha…okay, actually no. TBL gives us a nice fight video from last night’s Isles-Rangers game.

Deadspin breaks out the shovels for the New Orleans Saints.

Awful Announcing helps us re-live the 48-boxcar trainwreck that was PTI at halftime of last night’s Saints-Titans game.

Meanwhile, in other important matters, Ghosts of Wayne Fontes bemoans Drew Brees and his fantasy football-killing ways.

Lion in Oil grabs a pint of rocky road and Dear Johns the former Indiana High School Mr. Football himself. Surprisingly, Sexy Rexy summons up the strength to “respond” on Kissing Suzy Kolber.

In what may be the most important story of the week, We Are The Postmen uncovers incontrovertible proof that Greg Ostertag is a big Halo fan.

On a more serious note, Fanhouse notes that Mike Winters’ allegedly profane run-in with Milton Bradley isn’t exactly a new thing.

Finally, Empty The Bench runs down the fantasy football winners and losers for this past week, and manages to rub even more salt into my gaping “I-cut-Kevin-Curtis-40-minutes-before-gametime” wound.