Informant rolled over on Vick

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick might turn out to be pound for pound the best in show, at least in dog fighting circles.

Although Vick hasn’t been collared, he might need to enter a federal witness protection program should PETA get involved after an unnamed informant told ESPN that Vick is “a pit bull fighter. He likes to fight dogs.” The informant also said Vick was a “heavyweight” gambler.

Vick denied involvement when police sniffed out wrongdoing at a house he owned, liberating 66 dogs -- 55 pit bulls -- last month. Vick said Davon Boddie, his cousin, lived in the house. But the informant said chasing that stick would be barking up the wrong tree.

“Everybody in the dog world is worried about Michael Vick talking,” the informant said.

All Briefing can say is, “Speak, Michael, speak.”

Trivia time

Whose career home run record did Babe Ruth break?

Late bloomer

Smack talk will be guaranteed -- but only if players forget their false teeth -- on June 16 when the granny basketball game of the century is played.

The Waukon (Iowa) Granny Basketball League lived up to its motto -- “Die With Your Tennies On!” -- by challenging the Hawk-I Grannies of nearby Fayette, the Fayette Leader reported (winner to buy the early-bird special at Denny’s).

The game will be old-school -- six on six -- with bloomers over striped socks and shirts that must have at least three-quarter-length sleeves. Have the San Antonio Spurs, the NBA’s oldest team, got next?

Ah, somewhere former NBA star Larry Johnson must be digging through his closet for his old “Grandmama” costume.

All that Jazz

“Desperate Housewives” co-star Eva Longoria apparently got caught red- -- uh, blue- -- handed while watching her fiance, San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker, play Saturday against the Utah Jazz. Longoria wore a light blue shirt, a color strikingly similar to the shirts the Jazz handed out to fans for the playoff game, KUTV in Salt Lake City reported.

Desperate Jazz fans still booed Longoria when she was shown, and NBA Commissioner David Stern is believed to be looking into suspending her fashion coordinator for one playoff game.

Your 15 minutes are up, Jose

Jose Canseco’s latest look-at-me venture is a reality show, “A Day With Jose,” in which he plans to have fans spend a day with him doing some activity, USA Today reported.

“It will be interesting to see the reaction of the fans,” Canseco told the newspaper.

To him, maybe, but so far TV executives have collectively said, “No way, Jose.”

Then again ...

According to Canseco, one fan wants to go with him to a San Francisco Giants home game and scream “steroids” every time Barry Bonds comes to bat.

OK, now we’re on board.

Trivia answer

Roger Connor (138 from 1880-1897), who is not believed to have screamed about performance-enhancing hot dogs at the time.

And finally

Jason Crowther, a 25-year-old man from West Wales, described the grueling sporting event he survived over the weekend, telling the BBC, “There’s no training you can do for this. It was a bit slippery and I heard something crack, which I think was my knee. But there aren’t any tactics involved, as you can probably see.”

Soccer? Marathon racing? Ultimate Fighting?

Nope. Crowther is a three-time winner at the annual spring bank cheese-rolling event in Gloucestershire, England.

Word to the wise: Pass on the hors d’oeuvres at the post-competition reception.

chris.foster@latimes.com