THORNE’S PAINT-ON CON CUT OUT OF O’S REBROADCAST: You know about Gary Thorne’s douche-a-licious comments
in which he asserted that Curt Schilling Krylon’d blood on his sock during Game Six of the 2004 ALCS - and that Bosox backstop Doug Mirabelli backed up his absurd theory.

ESPN’s Bob Ley reports today that when the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network […]

MIKE PENNER/CHRISTINE DANIELS UPDATES:

• The LOS ANGELES TIMES has a comments page set up for people who want to weigh in on Mike Penner/Christine Daniels’ transsexual admission today.
As of 3pm PT, there are around 500 comments and in the later posts, there are numerous references to earlier negative comments - most of which were […]

• Female IRL driver Milka Duno, a member of the Samax Motorsport team, is attempting to qualify today for the IRL’s Kansas Lottery Indy 300 at Kansas Speedway this Sunday.

USA TODAY reports that Venezuela’s Citgo corp., which is a Samax sponsor, is attempting to use Duno’s racing as a way to “regain its mainstream standing” […]

JOHN MCENROE CLAIMS HE AND BROTHER GOT IMUS’ SLOT: The NEW YORK DAILY NEWS reports today that during the Tribeca film festival in New York this week, John McEnroe “told Police Commissioner Ray Kelly that he and his brother, Patrick McEnroe, had been tapped to co-host the morning slot recently vacated by Don Imus.”

This is […]

LA TIMES SPORTSWRITER ADMITS TO BEING TRANSSEXUAL: Longtime LOS ANGELES TIMES sportswriter Mike Penner has an announcement to make today.

You can call now call him “Christine“.
Penner announced in the newspaper Thursday that he is a transsexual and “is taking a few weeks’ vacation” to complete his gender reassignment therapy “and when I return, I will […]

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• FORMER WISCONSIN LINEMAN KICKS ASS IN IRAQ: Lion in Oil has an interview with Jake Wood, who is a Marine stationed in Iraq and also happens to be a former Univ. of Wisconsin football player. […]

RED SOX SCOUT AUCTIONS OFF ‘04 WORLD SERIES RING: Former Boston Red Sox scout Cucho Rodriguez, who is about to enter a nursing home in Puerto Rico, auctioned off his 2004 World Series ring on Ebay this week - winning bid: $53,877.77:

Doubly good news for Sox fans, who see a longtime organizational employee enjoy a […]

NOW-ANONYMOUS TENNIS PLAYER NETS MISS UNIVERSE: Fading pro tennis player Paradorn Srichaphan, who has seen his star plummet from #9 to #86 in the latest ATP rankings, is marrying former Miss Universe (and Canadian) Natalie Glebova.

Srichaphan, who is Thai, can thank the Miss Universe pageant being held in Bangkok 2005, which is the year, you […]

CAV HOPES TO SQUEEZE IN GAMES AROUND PARTY SCHED: The Deuce of Davenport reports that Cleveland Cavaliers guard Larry Hughes will apparently do his damndest to attend his team’s playoff games in DC this weekend, so long as they don’t cut into his party schedule:

Hughes is being promoted as a wild-time party attendee for two […]

OLBERMANN’S MANHATTAN CONDO IS A $4.2M LUST NEST: Gawker points out a NEW YORK OBSERVER report this week that notes Keith Olbermann’s latest foray into the Manhattan real estate market.

Fresh off being awarded a gigantic contract for doing god’s work on MSNBC, and a bloody beatdown of ESPN brethren sh–bag Schrutebag, Olbermann has dropped $4.2M […]