You work for a major national company for 11 years in a regional office. You probably don’t expect to get any attention from the very high rungs of the company. One day, the CEO of said company wants to talk to you — not about you, but about your son, who happens to be very […]

As an analyst, you’re usually given a wide berth of leeway for comments on air, particularly in sports. However, if you’ve already been disciplined once regarding off-color sexual innuendo on air, like Aussie football analyst Sam Newman, it helps to not do it again.

(Once again, Sam [lying on ground] needs to be brought to heel)
Newman’s […]

Initiations and hazing rituals tend to be an unspoken part of sports, even all the way to the pros. Plenty of rookies have carried helmets, picked up enormous dinner tabs, or done any number of tasks for the amusement of veterans.

This need to initiate the new members even extend to cheerleader squads, and that’s got […]

If baseball teams are getting peeved by celebrations, it’s pretty clear the second half of the season (and the one really worth paying attention to) is underway. The NEW YORK TIMES writes that Mets shortstop Jose Reyes’ exuberance at his three-run homer in Wednesday night’s game had the Philadelphia Phillies fuming a bit.

If it ticked […]

Formula One head Max Mosley has been through a lot after NEWS OF THE WORLD published photos of him involved in what appeared to be a Nazi-themed, sado-masochistic orgy involving Holocaust-related death scenes. He had to cop to an S&M fetish, which shocked his wife Jean. So, what does he do? Thanks to […]

Despite the good story and impressive feat of Padraig Harrington winning back-to-back British Opens (as well as Greg Norman being competitive), Thomas Bonk of the L.A. TIMES passes on a shocker: without Tiger Woods, the PGA Tour’s TV ratings are taking a dive.

The details of the tournaments without Tiger, as far as eyeballs on sets […]

I wouldn’t believe it if I hadn’t read it myself: The SUN (UK) reports that European Ryder Cup team captain Nick Faldo is bringing in Iron Maiden drummer (and golf nut) Nicko McBrain to “help motivate the team.”

The SUN’S Gordon Smart apparently caught Faldo mentioning it during his work commentating on the British Open for […]

Minor league and collegiate summer baseball promotions are all over the map. They go from appearances by washed-up stars of the past to out-of-whack bobbleheads, and anything else you cant think of to get people in the seats. The CAPITAL TIMES in Madison, WI, gives us the latest in bizarre promotions.

Customers of the collegiate […]

The big question after the former Seattle SuperSonics left the Emerald City for the state where the wind goes sweepin’ down the plain is what Clay Bennett & Co. will name the franchise, as the Sonics’ name and records have been left back in Washington State.
The OKLAHOMAN is reporting rumors that the franchise will be […]

Buzz Bissinger has gotten the business end from bloggers and many others after his lashing out at former DEADSPIN editor Will Leitch on “Costas NOW” a while back. But, in a guest op-ed written for the NEW YORK TIMES, we can actually sympathize a bit with the “Friday Night Lights” author, for the one thing […]