Did You See That?

Welcome to another installment of <italics>Did You See That?</italics>, the world's most dignified photo gallery. We begin with a stately portrait of the NBA commish, Yao Ming, and Kobe Bryant with some urchins before a preseason hoops game between the Lakers and Warriors in Shanghai.

High fashion at CenturyLink Field in Seattle.

The favorite to win the Cox Plate (by a tongue, we presume) horses around before a workout at Melbourne, Australia's Moonee Valley Racecourse. Fittingly, his name translates from the original French into "Power of Moon."

Welterweight champ Timothy Bradley Jr. demonstrates his mastery of the stick and move as the fifth round of his bout with Juan Manuel Marquez winds down in Las Vegas. Bradley won in a spit, er, split decision.

The NFL is in the pink each October, but league poobahs were red-faced after it was reported that only a small percentage of the dough from designated merchandise sales actually goes to breast cancer research.

Decked out like a Hanson brother of <italics>Slap Shot </italics>not <italics>MMMBop</italics> fame, the <italics>Mind Games</italics> star took in a game between the Sabres and Blackhawks at the United Center in Chicago and eventually got carried away.

In oceanic news, you never know what you'll find in the foaming brine, like singing pilgrims fer instance. These ones washed up at Les Saintes Maries de la Mer, Camargue, Bouches du Rhone, France during an annual procession.

The crew of the sailing school vessel Tole Mour and folks from Catalina Island Marine Institute proudly display the carcass of an 18-foot-long oarfish that was found in Toyon Bay, California, by an instructor enjoying a leisurely snorkel. The massive eel-like creature is a rare species believed to be the inspiration big fish tales and other salty legends.

As <italics>The Walking Dead</italics> reactivated for Season 4, the extras were put too good use during an NHL game at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis where the Sharks chowed down on the hometown Blues, 6-2.

Sad news indeed that the Danish tennis star and the Irish duffer are no longer an item. Let us remember them as they were in happier times, eyeballing an NBA game between the Wizards and Heat at American Airlines Arena in Miami.

Two very lifelike canvasses were on display at the titillating fair's bodypainting session.

Special Edition kicks up some dust while trying to dislodge Joao Ricardo Vieira during the Professional Bull Riders Cooper Tires Invitational in Hollywood, Fla. No doubt, both bull and rider were tired by the end of the competition.

Another loss is in the bag at Reliant Stadium where the hometown Texans have gone down to five straight defeats while falling to 2-5.

The stench of defeat was in the air for the Dodger phenom in the NLCS where His team's once promising season came to an ignominious end with a 9-0 loss to the Cardinals in Game 6.

The Foottball Hall of Famers convened at MetLife Stadium to announce that Broadway Joe had donated his old Fu Manchu 'staches to his former receiver, who is now wearing them as sideburns.

Like the ladies at the 34th annual even at Cipriani in New York City, we salute you for making it to the end of this week's edition.