It took the league being completely embarrassed on a marquee stage for it to finally happen, but it happened: the NFL’s much-maligned referee lockout is over. Your life is whole once again.

According to ESPN’s Chris Mortensen, JUSTICE is in the air.

I know it’s not the first sport on everyone’s (anyone’s) mind right now, but if you’re a hockey fan, you might want to look away. Your nightmare is slowly creeping towards reality.

I don’t know if you’ve heard, but the 2011-2012 season is back on, which means high-fives and screams of “HUZZAH” emanating from franchise headquarters and local sports newsrooms in NBA cities, as beat reporters and team employees will not be losing their livelihood for a year. But with almost two months wasted, 480 regular seasons games lost, and a kaput preseason, what does this mean moving forward for you, the fan? Here, now, is what to expect in the coming weeks.

That was a pretty short nuclear winter: at about 3 a.m. this morning, NBA players and owners finally agreed to a (tentative) deal to end the ongoing NBA lockout. The NBA has set a (tentative) 66-game season to begin with a triple-header on Christmas.