News Black Hole: Enterprise stories for NY sportswriters who've had enough of following around Brian Cashman

1. Obama Care: A long overdue program or government program we can't afford? The Yankees debate.

2. Infield chatter in the multi-lingual age: Are the real messages of encouragement getting through?

3. For a world-class expert in French perfumes, a trip into the Yankee clubhouse isn’t always "heaven scent."

4. Yankee game or Yankees game? After 70 years, a dark rift threatens the friendship of Strunk and White.

5. Though they have money, baseball's homeliest players resist plastic surgery.

6. Who is the cheapest MLB tipper? Waitresses speak out.

7. When your player dogs his workout, a personal trainer sometimes must get personal with insults. But do some push too far?

8. On Opening Day, doesn't baseball deserve a "Red Carpet?"

9. Domestic abuse. After going 0-for-5, a ballplayer is not likely to swing and miss at a nagging wife.

10. Toothaches: The injury nobody discusses.

11. Political career after retirement? Not for ballplayers caught with kiddie porn.