DID MCHALE INHALE? THATS WHAT MINNY NEEDS TO KNOW: MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE gossip C.J. has a hysterical Kevin McHale reacting to a sly implication by John Mellencamp that the TWolves GM smoked pot (well then, that would explain everything!).

In an interview with BLENDER magazine, the Indiana native Mellencamp said, “I’ve known Larry Bird since we were […]

JETS DON’T THINK LINEMAN LOOK OFFENSIVE IN SINGLETS: WFAN-AM reports that the New York Jets invited two top collegiate wrestlers (no, not steroid-buffed-fakers) to minicamp to give them a look-see as offensive lineman.

WFAN: “The Jets went out & invited Tommy Rowlands (Ohio State) & Cole Konrad (Minnesota) to camp to work out with the offensive […]

WORLD SERIES TIME MEANS MORE TURDUCKEN THAN EVER! USA TODAY reports on World Series scheduling changes baseball is making to bend over for faciliate Fox television.

The Series will begin midweek this year (instead of the usual Saturday) and the Fall Classic may actually extend to November 1.

Night baseball (and four hour games, mind you) in […]

• OUR BOOK OF SCRAP reports a German adult store chain is in trouble for using the names of soccer players on their sex toys without permission. And just when their U.S. shops were whipping out the Big Unit and Big Papi.
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Happy belated Mother’s Day from MLB.com …
… and FIRE JOE MORGAN. Hehe.

FEELGOOD = DAD RUNS ON FENWAY FIELD TO IMPRESS SON: WBZ-AM in Boston has your feel-good story of the day, reporting that Michael Baggott, 37, of East Haven, Conn., was arrested yesterday after running on the Fenway Park field during the ninth inning.

The reason for his invasion: “Baggott told police he was at the game […]

BLIND’S SIDE - STEINBERG CLAIMED WILLIAMS WAS CLEAN: CELEB STONER reports that NFL player agent Leigh Steinberg, who knows all about head injuries and bad judgement, apparently believed Ricky Williams had broken up with Mary Jane before the former Dolphins running back recently tested positive for the mind-altering substance.

Steino: “He’s told me that his interest […]

FRENCHMAN GIVES NEW MEANING TO WORD SNOWBALLED: Frenchman Yannick Bertrand competes in the Super-G in Norway, and gives new meaning to the word snowball(ed) (while also providing priceless audio):

WILL SPURS MATCH PHX/NASH WITH MANU MERCH PATCH? Based on a merchandising move made by the Phoenix Suns late last week …

… you wonder if the Spurs are now seeing dollar signs over Manu Ginobilli’s recently received mouse:

MILLER QUITS U.S. TEAM DAY AFTER COUSIN MURDERS COP: It has been a strange and very sad last few days for Bode Miller. Saturday the U.S. skier announced he was quitting the U.S. national team, for reasons we can all surmise.

The day before, Miller’s cousin Liko Kenney brutally murdered a police officer in New Hampshire, […]