Prince William has taken flack for eschewing a wedding ring, but there's a group of dudes who could probably get out of wearing theirs by reason of occupational hazard: pro athletes. Nonetheless, some choose to put a ring on it. And their reasons are pretty amusing.

Today is the day that everyone pretends that they didn't make fun of Amy Winehouse and her demons, at least a little bit. It's all fun and games until someone ends up dead at age 27.

Charges against Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger were dropped, mind you. Nevertheless, Piven doesn't really seem to be looking forward to Super Bowl Sunday.

Watch at 0:21 for Chris McKendry's (Freudian?) slip-up with Ben Roethlisberger's name. Maybe she thought she was talking about Brett Favre?

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger originally received a six-game suspension as a result of rape accusations against him. But now the punishment has been cut down because he went to church. And apologized to his teammates. And cried.

Distracting the menfolk from playing well isn't the only way women mess with athletes. They can also play the rape card! But not if you pay them off, says an anonymous NFL player in an advice column.

Frank DeFord spectacularly misses the point of the Ben Roethlisberger rape allegations today, asking, "Don't you just want to say, 'Let the thugs play'?"

Wondering why Ben Roethlisberger has been suspended from football for rape allegations, but won't actually be tried? The Atlanta Journal-Constitution explains the law enforcement conflicts of interest that may have gotten him off the hook.

• The crowd at last night's NFL draft had some interesting words for Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. When Roger Goodell stepped up to announce their pick, he was met with chants of "she said no!"