SHAWN MARION KNOWS HOW TO HAVE FUN, LOTS OF IT: As we here on the west coast get geared up for what is sure to be a hot, sexy weekend of All-Star activities in Las Vegas, Shawn Marion has already gotten the party started:

Nothing like being dealt a full house your first night in Vegas!

With […]

ZIDANE MLS SIGN WOULD ECLIPSE BECKHAM IN TIME: Steven Goff of the WASHINGTON POST reports that Zidane may somehow find a way to end his career in worse disgrace than his notorious head-butting episode against Italy in the World Cup - by joining the Chicago Fire of MLS.

Goff reports that a decision on the move […]

BALLIN’ BIGOT BLOVIATORS FLASH (WARNER) FRIED: As apnea-inducing commentators bloviate over the ballin’ bigot (Tim Hardaway), Flash Warner clears the din with simple, well-reasoned analysis.

She notes Timmah took an “ironic stance for a bloke named Hardaway with crossover “skeels” that spent six years in the Bay Area before choosing to live every year since in […]

SbB in the WASHINGTON POST:
Number 1 with a mullet.

The good news is the SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS is reporting the Amgen Cycling Tour of California “is a contender eventually to become part of the ProTour,” which includes events like the Tour de France. And that AEG is hoping to “turn the race into a three-week stage event.”
The bad news is the SAN […]

POLICE DEFTLY FOIL CRIMINAL’S RACKET: SbBer Mark tips me off to an ASSOCIATED PRESS report, which notes a man was arrested this morning for attempting to hold up a convenience store with a tennis racquet - while claiming it was an assault rifle.
Police report Ernesto Martinez, 20, “yelled out that he was armed with an […]

BEAVERS BOB FOR DOLL’S TRUE INSPIRATION: The Triple-A Portland Beavers want to give the inspiration for the bobblehead doll his just due. If only they can find him.
At the very least, anyone named Bob L. Head — legally — can apply for the honor at the team’s official website from now until March 31. The […]

THE OTHER WHITE MEAT HAUNTS BOZEMAN: Morgan State basketball coach Todd Bozeman has an April court date following what police called a curse-filled tirade with a restaurant employee over a botched sandwich order.
Bozeman, who was charged with misdemeanor assault along with curse and abuse, appeared before a magistrate and was released on a $1,000 unsecured […]

TAG-TEAM DAD COMES IN TOO LATE: It’s the video all the kids will be talking about for hours to come, long after the injuries are assessed and the laywers are asked to file an opening statement.

This is the report WMAQ-TV in Chicago filed about the dad who bounded in during his 11-year-old son’s wrestling match, […]

PHIL JACKSON BUSTED FOR JEANIE’S V-DAY SNUB: It’s been a difficult week for Phil Jackson.
The Lakers coach is being forced to endure the longest losing streak (five games) of his tenure in Los Angeles after embarrassing home losses to also-rans New York and Cleveland.
And now Jackson’s longtime girlfriend Jeanie Buss, who is also the daughter […]