Athlon's Essential 11 Links of the Day: March 4, 2014

This is your daily link roundup of our favorite sports and entertainment posts on the web for March 4.

• It's already March 4, but here's a look back at February's lovely ladies of sport, including some Polar Bear Plunge hotties.

• This baby picture is one for Grandma's wall.

• LeBron  James scored a career-high 61 points last night. And here's a cool interactive shot chart from King James' evening.

• At the other end of the spectrum, this 10-year-old Knicks fan doesn't like what he sees.

• Today's feel-good story involves some racers and a WWII veteran.

• Brett Favre is looking like the love child of Santa Claus and Popeye.

• Dirk Nowitzki did a more than passable Arnold Schwarzenegger impression on the Dan Patrick Show. Of course, the accent gives him a built-in advantage.

• The NFL might test 43-yard extra points. Not so routine now, is it?

• Late to this party, but there's a widget to do to your name what John Travolta did to Idina Menzel's name at the Oscars.

• Snowed in? Time to kill? Going on Nancy Grace later? You can watch the Oscar Pistorius trial streaming live.

• Watch a soccer coach take a beverage to the mouth.

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