Exclusive Pics: Commemorating a franchise’s 17th championships through some fly shoes was perfectly cool.

But now, adidas has rolled out… Election Day shoes? Kevin Garnett and Tracy McGrady will hype up Nov. 4 with a pair of customized fresh kicks. KG’s say: “Embrace Change, Vote ‘08” while T-Mac’s say: “Change is Needed, Vote ‘08.” Not that these show any political opinion towards one party — it’s great to encourage young people to vote — but there’s no reason for sports and politics to collide.

Next from the factory: An Amber Alert edition of shoes that displays names of missing 8-year-old girls.

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Talk about spirited! Sideline reporter Craig Sager was wearing his pumpkin outfit the night before Halloween at the Phoenix Suns – New Orleans Hornets game last night.

Or was he dressed as a Tennessee Volunteer?

Or an Orange Sherbert Creamsicle?

This dude must be color blind.

Editor’s Note: The Sports Culture took a few weeks to compile the Pac-10’s hottest cheerleaders. Below are our final rankings and ugly ass photos of them after the jump. The SEC is next, so grab some grits. Or tits.

Pacific 10 Conference CURRENT STANDINGS:

1. UCLA (4.63 stars)
2. Oregon (4.55 stars)
3. Arizona (3.81 stars)
4. ASU (3.72 stars)
5. Washington State (3.65 stars)
6. USC (3.15 stars)
7. Oregon State (3.14 stars)
8. Stanford (2.67 stars)
9. California (2.4 stars)
10. Washington (2.33 stars)

University of Oregon

Arizona State University

University of Arizona

UCLA

University of Washington

Southern California

Oregon State

Stanford

Washington State

California

Sure, the Oakley shades may have been a downgrade from his original Louis Vuitton stunners, but either way, do you think that affected Amaré Stoudemire’s game?

No, no, we mean his game:

How’d he do for himself?

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Screen grab brought to you by the dumbass editors at CBSSports.com

Upon further review, Terry Porter did, in fact, sit on the Suns sidelines during last night’s game. Not the Spurs. Which is why the world has not seen an NBA game on CBS Sports since the Robin Lopez turned two years old.