Time Warner Cable and Disney "continue to negotiate" a fee agreement today, after a midnight deadline passed. But it looks like your ESPN and ABC is safe for now, TWC customers. Looking forward to the next dozen disputes like this!

George Steinbrenner was a goldmine for sports journalists—the kind of public figure who never said anything that didn't deserve to be recorded for posterity. On Sunday morning, ESPN paid tribute to The Boss via his own words.

Not that we're complaining. Andy Samberg dressed as the psychic octopus, Will Ferrell was a human vuvuzela, Tracy Morgan performed his usual crazy antics, and Seth Meyers delivered his lines as if it was time for Weekend Update. Videos inside!

Paul Rudd and Steve Carell, America's favorite funnymen, taped their own "decision" for last night's ESPY Awards. Like LeBron James' show last Thursday, the show was an entire hour long—which they they didn't know how to fill, either.

By now, we've all seen Spain's Iker Casillas kiss his sportscaster girlfriend Sara Carbonero after winning the World Cup. On the set of Monday's Sportsnation, Michelle Beadle reacted to the clip on behalf of the USA's female sportscasters.

*James Earl Jones Voice* THE. DECISION. HAS. BEEN. MADE. *End James Earl Jones Voice* Moments ago, LeBron James announced live on ESPN that he will sign with the Miami Heat for the upcoming NBA season. Inside, video of James' announcement.

ESPN is airing an hourlong teevee special tonight, for basketmaking machine Lebron James to announce which team he's going to sign with. To get this, ESPN ceded near-total control of the show's advertising (and reporters' question-asking!) to Lebron. The explanation?

You, the average sports-loathing homosexual Gawker reader, might be surprised to hear that as of late 2007, ESPN Magazine pap merchant Rick Reilly was the highest-paid writer in the country. But he's finally shutting up (a little). Thank god.

This dog was featured as "Adoptable Pet of the Game" at Saturday's Northwest Arkansas Naturals game, and she made quite the impression! Luckily, she was adopted within 48 hours by someone who had no idea that she'd pooped on ESPN.

Magazines that spring to life with video. Gorgeous, instantly-updated newspapers. Custom-tailored broadcasts. The iPad could revolutionize news along these lines, which helps explain why it makes people so giddy. The new era begins with these nine news apps.

Tiger Woods gave his first interview since his multiple affairs to ESPN's Tom Rinaldi. Rinaldi was allowed to ask whatever he wanted — but the interview was restricted to five minutes. Here's the video.

An interview with Tom Rinaldi will air sometime after 7pm eastern "a person familiar with the situation" tells the Associated Press. No word on whether they'll ask about sexts. But we'll watch so you don't have to. [AP]

The man who secretly videotaped ESPN reporter Erin Andrews nude in her hotel room—and then tried to sell the tape—has been sentenced to 30 months in prison. [AP]

• CBS News laid off more than 150 staffers this week. Will Katie Couric be forced to take a pay cut when her contract expires next year? Some say yes; CBS News chief Sean McManus is denying the report. [NYP, Politico]
• Avatar has dominated the box office for seven straight weeks now (and has officially bested Titanic), but that may change this weekend or next. [LAT]
• Janice Kaplan is out as editor-in-chief of Parade magazine. [NYT]
• Nikki Finke says it will take "minutes" for Comcast to dump NBC CEO Jeff Zucker after its acquisition of NBC is approved by regulators. (Meantime, maybe he could explain why the Today show is propping up Scientology?)
• An estimated 12 million people tuned in to Lost last night. [Forbes]
• Time Warner reported fourth-quarter revenues and profits were up. [AP]
• Fox and ESPN will challenge NBC for the 2014 and 2016 Olympics. [BN]
• Does Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter hate non-white women? [DF]

Elisabeth Hasselbeck knows a LOT about football. While her husband Tim will take her place on The View on the 28th, Elisabeth took his spot on NFL Live! today. And not only did she avoid embarrassment, she was quite good!

The future is now: Television is going 3-D! According to the LA Times, the Discovery Channel and ESPN are launching 24/7 3-D channels in the near future. But what will today's shows be like in 3-D? We have the answer!

• Prepare to enter the third dimension. ESPN plans to launch a 3D channel in June. And Discovery, Imax and Sony are teaming up on a 3D channel, too.
• Has Kathy Griffin been banned from CNN following her risqué performance alongside Anderson Cooper on New Year's Eve? Maybe yes, maybe no.
• Newsday is cutting pay and vacations for 1,100 of its employees. [NYP]
• Apple's buzzed-about tablet device comes out in March. [WSJ]
• Google's buzzed-about mobile phone/iPhone ripoff debuted today. [BN]
• You'll be relieved to hear that the New York Times has no plans to follow in Kim Kardashian's footsteps and begin sticking ads in its tweets. [AdAge]
• Coming soon: Publicist Kelly Cutrone's TV show and self-help book. [WWD]
• Nielsen closed Kirkus Reviews last week, but it may now have a savior. [NYT]
• Conveyor of Love, the new reality show on ABC that combines dating and the latest in baggage handling technology, is off to a solid start. [Wrap]
• Will Avatar turn out to be the biggest movie ever? Maybe! [MTV]

• Closures: Design magazine I.D. is shutting down. And while Editor & Publisher revealed last week it's folding, there's now a small chance it'll survive. [E&P]
• More bad news: The New Republic laid off some staff today. [Politico]
• Diane Sawyer's farewell to GMA last week and George Stephanopoulos's debut on Monday both did okay, but neither one topped Today. [NYO, NYT]
• More TV news: CNN's ratings continue to suck; Oprah's Obama special scored big ratings; and Oprah pal Nate Berkus is getting his own show, as rumored.
• Golf Digest says it has no regrets about its new Tiger Woods cover. Which is a tad convenient since it went to press before the scandal broke. [Us]
• Men's Health editor Dave Zinczenko got snubbed by his bosses today. [DF]
• Paramount plans to start selling movie clips on the Web next week. [NYT]
• As for plans to create the "Hulu of magazines," it isn't going to be easy. [PC]
• The guy who stalked ESPN's Erin Andrews pleaded guilty today. [AP]
• Advertisers are totally loving Lady Gaga right now. Her "Bad Romance" video managed to squeeze in ten product placements in under five minutes. [LAT]
• Golden Globe noms were announced today. Just in case you missed it. [NYM]

Kind of like a Harry Potter book, right? Michael Lohan's now Jon Gosselin's contracts expert. Nothing but squares at the Daily News. Robert Pattinson hates his life. Carrie Prejean: monumentally stupider than previously imagined. Here's your Saturday Morning Gossip Roundup:

Baseball analyst Steve Phillips was fired by the sports network for having an affair with a co-worker the Post cruelly refers to as "a portly production assistant."