Jay Mariotti: So there was Ben Wallace, $60 million waste, laughing on the bench Tuesday night in Orlando. The Bulls were losing by 20-something points in another hapless, character-less performance, and Big Bum was having such a good time that you wanted to stuff him in a Goofy suit and point him to Disney World.

Congress targets Tejada
Move over, Roger Clemens, there’s a new target in the cross hairs of baseball’s ongoing steroid drama.

Nadal breezes into Aussie 3rd round
Rafael Nadal advanced to the third round of the Australian Open on Wednesday with a 6-0, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Frenchman Florent Serra.

Hossa’s hat trick downs Red Wings
Marian Hossa scored three goals, and Kari Lehtonen made 46 saves to lift the visiting Atlanta Thrashers to a 5-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday.

Set up a family Web call
Now and then we turn over “How do I …?” to our readers: Mike e-mailed to ask for help keeping in touch with family all over the world by setting up video chats. Everyone is ready to buy the hardware, he says, but they need help understanding how to use it.

Boylan steamed
Since taking over as Bulls coach three weeks ago, Jim Boylan has tried his best to accentuate the positive, but the honeymoon apparently ended Tuesday night. After the Bulls suffered a 102-88 loss to the Orlando Magic at Amway Arena thanks to a third-quarter implosion, Boylan erupted and questioned his team’s effort and professionalism.

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