With that in mind, it’s time to spread a little love to our friends in the sports blogosphere with our daily link dump that we refer to around here as LOTD (Links of the Day).

 And the first link of the day is a blog that should be required daily reading for any sports fan, and a place that link to often: Hot Clicks by Jimmy Traina.  In addition to sterling pictures of Erin Andrews and Beyonce in today’s edition, Jimmy has embedded one of the highlights of last night’s All Star game: the pitch-perfect Taco Bell commercial featuring a devilishly clever parody of the song “It’s All About the Benjamins.”

The video is below, and is about as good as it gets for non-Super Bowl commercials.  

Come to think of it, with the relatively poor quality of recent Super Bowl commercials, this one may be as good as it gets period.

Video of Taco Bell All Star Game Commercial: It’s All About the Roosevelts

And now we spread some link love elsewhere around Al Gore’s glorious creation, the Internet:

Jay Crawford: ESPN’s Resident Hard-Ass — (Deadspin)

Cards Willing to Make Strong Offer for Halladay — (MLB Trade Rumors)

Batting Stance Guy on Letterman — (Zoner Sports)

Goodbye, Dale Tallon — (Tremendous Upside Potential)

A Dozen Video Game Firsts — (Gunaxin)

Harry Potter Look-A-Likes in the Sports World — (Sports Rubbish)

Mountain West, WAC Sign BCS Contract — (The World According to MoonDog)

Derrick Mason Goes Barry Sanders All Over the Ravens — (Detroit 4 Lyfe)

Remembering the Duel in the Sun — (Major League Jerk)

Former Standout QB Found Dead — (Sparty and Friends)

Want to throw out the first pitch at Wrigley Field? — (Valspar)

MLB Halfway There Hardware — (Josh Q. Public)