Welcome to Top 5 Dead or Alive, a new feature that’s designed specifically to make life hell for our employees. Each week, we’ll ask one of our writers to come up with a definitive list of the five best people, places or things in a particularly subjective category — then, we’ll ask you to tell him who or what is missing from the list. Feel free to be a total dick.

We’re sure Linda Cohn didn’t mean for this SportsCenter send-off to be so peppy, especially right after co-anchor Steve Levy announced the firing of Blues coach Davis Payne. Still: bye!

Linda Cohn and Michelle Beadle discussed the Casey Anthony verdict on a recent podcast, and took issue with how one NYC radio host reported the news.

A rather jubilant Arthur Moats spoke today with Linda Cohn on “SportsCenter” about the hit that ended Brett Favre’s consecutive starts streak.