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SWINDAL SICKS LAWYER ON STEINBRENNER’S DAUGHTER: Things are starting to get very nasty between Steve Swindal and his former wife Jennifer - who also happens to be the daughter of George Steinbrenner.

Swindal you remember was in line to take over the team until (apparently) Nancy decided to divorce him (I wonder if a Swindal’s DUI […]

YELTSIN WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR RUSSIAN TENNIS HOTTIES: Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin passed away this week. He’s of course the man given credit for somehow keeping the country while the Soviet Union collapsed.

The MOSCOW TIMES provides a different perspective on the man who was often known as the “Russian Bear” and admired for his […]

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• FBI REVEALS UNI-BOMBER RANTS ABOUT CHEERLEADERS: Sportscolumn tips us off on the kook who has been mailing letters (some laced with insecticide) to various TV networks […]

• Sporting News Radio host Steve Cofield reports to SbB that a UFC website notes that Cementhead UFC fighter Tito Oritz has taken to calling his upcoming opponent, black UFCer Rashad Evans, a “nappy headed ho“.

At least half the term came easy to Ortiz, considering his girlfriend is sex worker Jenna “Trout Lips” Jameson.
• The […]

DOUBLE-AMPUTEE GETS LEG UP ON 2008 OLY GAMES SHOT: South African double-amputee Oscar Pistorius has been churning out some astonishing track times in the sprints, and the BBC reports that the 20-year-old is now pressuring the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to allow him to participate in the Olympics.

Pistorius was allowed to compete last […]

SbB makes Darren Rovell’s CNBC Sports Biz column today:

Who hasn’t dreamed of being in the same column as a stock ticker symbol? My professional life is complete.

BERMAN PROVES AGAIN THAT HE’S A REAL MAN OF GENIUS: This whole internet thing is now spinning completely out of control. A regular guy like Chris Berman now can’t go anywhere without one of his admirers whipping out a cell phone camera and treating him like a *hush* celebrity:

I would say “poor guy“, but any […]

CBS BANS BEER-SOAKED AD FROM ALCOHOLIC JOHN DALY: Over the years, PGA Tour golfer John Daly has been thrown off a British Airways flight for drunken harassment of flight attendants, once boasted that he downed a bottle of Jack Daniels daily, and has thrice entered the Betty Ford Clinic because of alcohol abuse.

So it stands […]

BC COVERS COACH’S LEWD CONDUCT WITH 19 YO PLAYER: This time yesterday, CSTV.com posted a press release from Boston College that said that the school’s women’s hockey coach, Tom Mutch, had resigned. It was strange news considering Mutch recently took the team to the Frozen Four - and the release offered no clues as to […]