PAPER USES STOKKE PIECE TO HAWK HER PHOTO FOR $215: Allison Stokke and her lawyer father Al (a noble defender of our best and brightest), have this week set a record for becoming colossal bores faster than any other public figures in human history.

Amazingly, there’s now nothing left to write about those empty vessels […]

NOW JUST WHO WAS IT WHO SAID DONOVAN IS GOING PRO? So Billy Donovan is going to the NBA to coach the Orlando Magic? What, were the Atlanta Hawks unavailable?

Hmmm. I seem to remember someone who made a (widely ridiculed) suggestion some time ago that he would make a move to the pros after last […]

PROVING AN SUCKER ILLINOIS FAN IS BORN EVERY MINUTE: Brian Grummell of AOL SPORTS BLOG has the most nonsensical breaking sports news of the week - besides the Kobe Bryant media pretzel maker: ILLINOIS FOOTBALL TICKETS ARE SELLING OUT(!).

But don’t believe me, believe this:

So apparently Illinois football, “which has enjoyed a generous season ticket sales […]

TROJANS’ TERRIBLE TALES NOT TARNISHING THEIR IMAGE?: The PAC-10 FANBLOG digs deep to see just how dirty the USC football program has been under Pete Carroll:

Since Carrol came to power in 2001, there have been allegations of assault, drug possession, sexual assault, spousal battery, steroid use, and creating racist internet groups.

On a lark, Google searches […]

• INSIDE THE LAKERS has the transcript of Kobe’s chat with the Loose Cannons on AM 570 in Los Angeles:

• AOL FANHOUSE spins the NBA rumor wheel and lands on Jason Kidd in L.A.
• WE ARE THE POSTMEN gets out the spellchecker while offering up Greg Oden’s Mad Bloggin’ Skillz:

• SIGNAL TO NOISE has the […]

• The SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS reports the WNBA is imploring fans in a “chain letter scam” to pressure the media into giving the league more coverage by sending press outlets spam emails.

Natalie England writes the plan is “not cool. … If the league wants more coverage, it has to earn it on the court and […]

NBA’S MOST NATURAL ENDORSEMENT OPPORTUNITY EVER! The fine gents and ladies at JUMPUSA.com claim to have the “World’s Coolest Sports Products!” And who can argue, when you consider their latest, greatest rollout - the Hemp basketball net:

Website: “Why Hemp Basketball Nets? They outlast normal basketball nets by 5 years, and over time, they actually […]

BLOG - VICK DOGGED BY ESPN’S “WEASEL-LIKE” COVERAGE: Gregory Kane of BlackAmericaWeb.com has serious questions about ESPN’s coverage of Michael Vick’s involvment in dogfighting.

Kane: “We have it from that unimpeachable news source, ESPN, that Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick is ‘one of the heavyweights’ in the crime known as dogfighting. Oh, the folks at ESPN […]

ESPN HOSTS HAVE INTEREST IN PROTECTING ADULTERERS? ESPN radio hosts Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic apparently think it is reprehensible that anyone found out about Alex Rodriguez cheating on his wife.
Greenberg on the news yesterday morning: “This has always been off limits“.

Golic: “I guarantee you it’s not a beat reporter who’s snapping that picture of […]

FATHER OF ALLISON STOKKE WORRIED ABOUT UNSAVORY CHARACTERS, EVEN THOUGH DEFENDING THEM IS HIS JOB: The family of Allison Stokke is a bit wary of the internet attention the high-school vaulter has been receiving lately:

However, as WITH LEATHER points out, it’s hard to believe you want out of the spotlight when you appear on the […]