HBO FIRST OUT OF GATE WITH PLANNED BARBARO DOCO: BROADCASTING & CABLE has the inevitable news that HBO Sports “will soon announce that it is in production” on a documentary about Barbaro.
HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg: “We are going to try to explain why Barbaro became so significant and important to the American public.”
Actually, […]

BOWLING VIDEOS GIVE PLENTY OF HARD, POLISHED WOOD: The MightyMJD’s “athlete of the week” gives an all-too-rare glimpse into the early ’90s pro bowler personality profile.

• Turquoise shirt - check
• Gold Chain - check
• Hair feathered, part down the middle - check
• Wife with bad perm - check
YouTube, like most things, is a bonanza of […]

WILL HBO ASK ISLANDERS’ NOLAN ABOUT HASEK CUCKOLD? Tonight HBO updates an old piece on current New York Islanders Coach Ted Nolan.
The original piece focused on Nolan getting fired by the Buffalo Sabres after the 1997 season, despite leading “a young team of overachievers to the top of their division after only two years at […]

I THINK I JUST GOT PASSED ON THE CARPOOL LANE TO HELL: If you’ve been feeling guilty about the evil deeds you’ve been perpetrating on your brethren of late, take heart.

Thanks to Kissing Suzy Kolber’s “Terri Schiavo Looks At Some Early Free Agent Signings” post today, your early bird reservation for a lake of fire […]

ARTEST POPPED BY COPS ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHARGE: A Sacramento TV station is reporting that Ron Artest was arrested this morning for domestic violence, and he’s now residing at Placer County jail in Auburn.

Artest is “being charged with domestic violence and using force to prevent a victim from reporting a crime.”

The Sacramento Sheriff’s Department will […]

HONDA’S NEW ENVIRO-FRIENDLY RACE CAR GETS 4 MPG: Jalopnik reports Honda is providing us with the ultimate sports-based oxymoron: An environment-friendly F1 car.

From Honda press release: “The car’s new look is a powerful call to action for fans, sponsors, customers and members of the public to join Honda’s commitment to help address the environmental issues […]

DODGERS-GIANTS TIX RELEGATED TO JUNK BONDS STATUS: Next time someone compares the Dodgers-Giants rivalry to Red Sox-Yankees, be sure and show them this email I received this morning from L.A.-based ticket broker Goldstar Events:

By the way, this is not an ad, I signed up for Goldstar events email alerts some time ago, the screen shot […]

IF GARY MATTHEWS, JR.’S HEAD FITS, YOU MUST ACQUIT: Great news for Angels fans today, since Gary Matthews, Jr., who has been implicated in a recent federal investigation into an HGH and steroid distribution ring, has hired O.J. Simpson murder trial attorney Robert Shapiro:

Anyone knows that only an innocent man would resort to such desperate […]

SOCCER STAR MAKES BIG MISTAKE, ALSO DISOBEYS COACH: Shocking story out of England, as West Ham (London) soccer star Anton Ferdinand was spotted at a club in Columbia, South Carolina, after he told his coach he was going to visit his sick grandmother on the Isle of Wight over a recent four-day break for the […]

CONFIRMED: FAN CHARGED FOR LITHUANIA DUNK CONTEST: There’s a reason why Americans shouldn’t hold butter churning contests. And it’s the same reason (whatever it is) that Lithuanians shouldn’t hold dunking contests.
Exhibit A: Paulius Parachomikas, the runner-up in this year’s Lithuanian professional basketball league’s dunk contest - see if you can guess why:

I’m just hoping against […]