Timberlake bringing bowling shoes back

Wardrobe malfunction? Turns out Justin Timberlake experienced one of those with Peyton Manning, too.

The scene: a charity bowling event put on by Indiana Pacers star Reggie Miller, just after Manning signed with the Colts.

"I walked up to shake his hand and said, 'Hey, man, really honored to meet you,' " Timberlake told Sports Illustrated. "I told him the whole story of how my cousin went to Tennessee and I watched him play and congratulated him on the Colts and blah, blah, blah.

"And he looks up at me and says, 'That's great, man. Tell you what. Can you give me an 11 ½?'

"I was like, 'Uh, what?'

"He says, 'The shoes. I don't have any shoes. Can you give me 11 ½?'

"And I was like, 'Uh, OK.' "

"So he thinks I work at this ... bowling alley. I didn't even say anything to him. I thought it was so funny that I just went and got him his shoes and brought them back.

"I said, 'Here you go,' and I walked off."

Nobody's perfect

The New York Jets knocked off the 10-0 Tennessee Titans on Sunday, leaving the NFL with no unbeaten teams.

Or, as Don Shula told his '72 Dolphins: Gentlemen, start your corkscrews.

Not mincing any words

Denzil Gunner couldn't stomach the thought of an encore after downing 41 mince pies in 10 minutes to capture a British eating competition.

As he told the London Daily Telegraph: "I'm glad it's over a month to Christmas when I have to eat another one."

Pumping iron

Canadian heavyweight champ Greg Kielsa's nickname? The Steel Pole.

B-12? Bingo!

Jets rookie quarterback Erik Ainge has been suspended four games by the NFL for violating the league's policy on steroids and related substances.

Stealing a page from Rafael Palmeiro, Ainge blamed it on the Geritol he took from Brett Favre's locker.

Returning serve

Steve Schrader of the Detroit Free Press, envisioning the conversation before Jimmy Connors was arrested after a confrontation outside a college basketball game last week:

Jimbo: "Do you know who I am?"

Cops: "The guy who keeps beating Aaron Krickstein during U.S. Open rain delays?"

Talking the talk

• Jets receiver Jerricho Cotchery, to ESPN.com, on Favre's reputation as a butt-slapper: "You have to watch out for him because you may be stretching out or something, and he just comes out of nowhere."

• Gary Loewen of the Toronto Sun, offering up a fitting excuse for spelling England soccer coach Fabio Capello's name "Capelli" in a previous column: "In typing the 'o' I went wide left."

• Pete McEntegart of SI.com, offering up 46-year-old Evander Holyfield a clue he might to too old to be making a boxing comeback: "A hard punch knocks out both your mouthpiece and dentures."

• Headline at TheOnion.com: "Jimmie Johnson's car put out to stud."

NFL 101

"Bubba Franks" refers to:

• A tight end for the New York Jets.

• The top-selling hot dogs at Dallas Cowboys games.

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