11 p.m.

• Not only are these non-Americans taking our jobs, but they are also taking our contests. If the mother is not a legal resident, and if the rules state citizenship is a requirement, then she doesn't get the prize money. I guess since she can't run for President, that must smack of second-class citizenship, too.

Toys "R" Us Inc. agreed on Saturday to award a Chinese-American infant a $25,000 prize in a New Year's baby contest after the company came under fire for disqualifying the girl because her mother was not a legal U.S. resident...

 

...The company responded by awarding each of the three babies in the grand prize pool of the "First Baby of the Year Sweepstakes" a $25,000 savings bond. Toys "R" Us is the parent company of Babies "R" Us, which sponsored the contest...

 

...Yuki Lin was born at the stroke of midnight at New York Downtown Hospital, according to hospital officials. The Wayne, N.J.-based company had said the prize would go to the first American baby born in 2007.

 

Although promotional materials called for "all expectant New Year's mothers" to apply, Toys "R" Us spokeswoman Kathleen Waugh said eligibility rules required babies' mothers to be legal residents. Many sweepstakes have such requirements, Waugh said.

 

Waugh said the prize instead was awarded to the runner-up, Jayden Swain, born 19 seconds after midnight at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Ga., after the contest administrator was told that Yuki's mother "was not a legal resident of the United States."

 

The third baby in the running was born in Bay Shore, N.Y., to a couple from El Salvador.

 

Some Chinese-American advocates said the company's decision smacked of second-class citizenship.

 

"People are just pretty much outraged," said John Wang, president of the New York-based Asian American Business Development Center.

 

Albert Wang, an attorney, who launched the e-mail campaign said "She was deprived of $25,000 intended to be used for her college education because of who her parents are," he said.

 

The controversy had Janet Keller worried her winning grandchild in Georgia would lose the money, and said revisiting the contest would be unfair.

 

"She was disqualified. That should be it," Keller said. "Don't go changing your mind now."

 

The company hopes the matter is settled now.

 

Attempts to reach Yuki's parents, Yan Zhu Liu and Han Lin, 22, for comment were unsuccessful early Saturday. Their immigration status was not clear.

4:30 p.m.

• I love Wild Card weekend. Four games throughout the weekend – you can’t beat that. Time to make some pickkks:

Kansas City at Indianapolis (7.5)

Because everybody is expecting a 52-49 shootout, I’m sure this will probably end up being a 6-3 affair. Kansas City needs to run the ball and this matchup favors them. Indy needs to score a bunch of points because of a poor defense and this matchup favors them. What will happen? I have no idea. But this game is at Indy, and it’s not a divisional playoff, so I’m hoping Manning doesn’t choke until another round or two into the postseason. Since I’m making people pick final scores in my kkk Bowl contest, I’ll say Indy 40, KC 27.

Dallas at Seattle (3.5)

These two teams haven’t been playing well as of late, so I’m just hoping the home field really does play an advantage in this contest. Dallas has won on the road this year, and Seattle plays in the NFC West, so I have no idea how this one will turn out. Seattle 24, Dallas 17.

New York Jets at New England (8.5)

This one intrigues me. These teams split the season series. The Pats pretty much dominated the first game, with a few freak plays keeping the Jets close. The Jets then beat New England on their home field in the next game. Now will the more experienced Patriots kick it into high gear in the playoffs, or will the Jets hang tough against a divisional foe? The only reason I’m going with the Jets is because this doesn’t look like the same Patriots from year’s past. New England 20, New York 13.

New York Giants at Philadelphia (7.5)

Philly has been playing good late in the season, and the Giants have been inconsistent. However, because this is a divisional match-up I’ll go with the Giants, even though I think Philadelphia will win. New York 17, Philly 21.

3:30 p.m.

• Might as well finish up my NFL pickkk results for the rest of the regular season.

First are my Week 15 results, which I forgot all about.

San Francisco at Seattle: Correct

Dallas at Atlanta: Correct

Cleveland at Baltimore: Incorrect

Detroit at Green Bay: Correct

Houston at New England: Incorrect

Jacksonville at Tennessee: Correct

Miami at Buffalo: Incorrect

N.Y. Jets at Minnesota: Correct

Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants: Correct

Pittsburgh at Carolina: Incorrect

Tampa Bay at Chicago: Correct

Washington at New Orleans: Correct

Denver at Arizona: Correct

Kansas City at San Diego: Incorrect

St. Louis at Oakland: Correct

Cincinnati at Indianapolis: Correct

This week's record: 11-5

Week 17 results:

N.Y. Giants at Washington: Incorrect

Atlanta at Philadelphia: Correct

Buffalo at Baltimore: Incorrect

Carolina at New Orleans: Incorrect

Cleveland at Houston: Correct

Detroit at Dallas: Correct

Green Bay at Chicago: Incorrect

Jacksonville at Kansas City: Correct

Miami at Indianapolis: Correct

New England at Tennessee: Correct

Oakland at N.Y. Jets: Incorrect

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati: Incorrect

Seattle at Tampa Bay: Correct

St. Louis at Minnesota: Correct

Arizona at San Diego: Incorrect

San Francisco at Denver: Incorrect

This Week's record: 8-8

Year-end total: 126-130

Well, that's almost .500

• A while back I talked about this MTV show called "My Sweet 16," and how I wanted to take a shovel to the head of each of these spoiled brats. It was during this time I vowed never to watch this show again. I lied. I just had an episode on where some chick had a party that cost more than my college education, and the event was almost ruined when some boy put his face into her $800 birthday cake, toppling it onto the floor. While that was funny enough, there was then video of this kid being taken away in a police car.