Frankly, we can’t believe we didn’t get to this Ronaldo story yesterday. But everything has a reason (too busy with other work) and sometimes it works out in your favor to wait. We’re not sure this headline, for instance, would have been available had we rushed to get the story out there: “Three Ronaldo girls all had men’s tackle.” That’s from the Times. Not the New York Times. But the times, they are a changin’ for one of the world’s best-known soccer players. From the story, in case you missed it:

Ronaldo, the Brazilian football star, is at the centre of a police investigation after a night on the town ended with an argument in a motel room after he discovered that three prostitutes he had allegedly hired were transvestites.

Ronaldo had been spending Sunday evening celebrating a victory by Flamengo, the local team he supported as a boy, in the Rio state football championship.

After attending the game the 31-year-old AC Milan player, who is recovering from a knee injury, went to a nightclub in the Barra de Tijuca neighbourhood, a nouveau riche enclave favoured by footballers and Brazilian soap opera stars. He reportedly left the club at about 4am and soon afterwards picked up a prostitute on a nearby avenue.

They went to a nearby sex motel, where the prostitute called two more friends to join them. Ronaldo told police that they offered him cocaine, which he refused, and that on discovering that the three were transvestites, he offered each £300 to leave and keep the story from the press.

We still think the whole Roger Clemens/Mindy McCready thing was worse, which really goes to show just how bad that looks for Mr. Clemens. … The other big news of the day, at least if you follow this whole silly blogs vs. mainstream media thing closely (hey everybody: there’s room for both!), was the Buzz Bissinger meltdown against Deadspin.com editor Will Leitch on “Costas Now” last night. We didn’t see it, unfortunately, but we suspect it’s only a matter of time until we do. Bissinger, author of the book “Friday Night Lights,” among other things, might want to sit a few plays out.

Also: Booooooooooooooooof! And check out this football offense we wrote about. Crazy stuff.

Fasola-link! Fire hockey. No, really. Just like it sounds.

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