SPORTS BLOGGERS OR MARKETING GENIUSES? YOU DECIDE: “Girls Gone Sports” is my new favorite website to visit after unsuccessfully trolling Sunset Blvd. on Saturday night for insightful sports analysis on a wide range of topics:

With a wildly successful sports website that is no doubt generating a cash overflow, I’m wondering if Joe Francis will soon […]

INSPIRATION FOR MOVIE JERRY MAGUIRE BOOKED FOR DUI: Sports Agent Leigh Steinberg, who was the inspiration for Tom Cruise’s main character in the film “Jerry Maguire”, has seen his sports representation practice go into steady decline thanks to the corporatizing of the business.

And SbB contributor Tom Hoffarth of the LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS has more […]

MIKE AND MAD DOG TO DUST OFF THE OLD CLOCK RADIOS: The NEW YORK TIMES reports today that WFAN-AM’s Mike Francesa and Chris Russo of the “Mike and the Mad Dog show” will take over Don Imus’ morning drive slot for now. The move may be temporary.

Meanwhile, the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER notes CBS Radio had Imus […]

SHEFFIELD’S WIFE SEXED UP R. KELLY; FEDS SEIZED VIDEO: Gary Sheffield has a new book out called “Inside Power“.

His story is one that every baseball fan knows: Malcontent bouncing from team to team, with no doubt his own version of events that lead to him being discarded over and over again despite prodigious talent.

But shockingly, […]

MEDIA IGNORES HYSTERIA ENVELOPING HOUSTON NUTT: Unless you read Deadspin or live in Wal-Mart country “Always Low Prices, Always!”, you are missing the wacky, weirdiful case of Arkansas football coach Houston Nutt vs. the school’s hilariously hysterical fans.

Said Razorback followers lately have put ‘Bama football and UK basketball fans to shame, by legally acquiring Nutt’s […]

NO MORE BEGGING FOR SPEEDSKATER’S NUDIE PICCIES: As expected, a couple more semi-nude photos of Kiwi inline speedskater Nicole Begg have been uncovered.

If you want to crack to code to see inside the box, get behind WITH LEATHER’s intrepid commenters.

WEAVER D-CHART HAS M’S PLUGGING PLENTY OF LEAKS: Normally I’m loathe to the finer points of baseball strategy, but as an avid follower of the train wreck career of Jeff Weaver, I found this empirically-based breakdown of Weaver’s pitching performance this week against Boston fascinating.

The most impressive of Lookout Landing’s post? This defensive chart which […]