REPORT - ELIJAH DUKES GOT 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL PREGNANT: The ST. PETERSBURG TIMES reports tonight that “A 17-year-old foster girl living with a relative of Elijah Dukes told police the Devil Rays outfielder got her pregnant.

“Detectives believe the sex was consensual and no crime was committed, but the incident has sparked a state investigation into the […]

CLAIM - LIDDELL WAS IN REHAB JUST BEFORE JACKSON KO: In an interview with that esteemed bastion of sports journalism, BLOODY KNUX, UFC fighter Vernon White twice claims that Chuck Liddell was in rehab for a substance abuse issue just before his embarrassing defeat at the hands of Quinton Jackson on May 23.

White first said, […]

SOMEONE’S SUGGESTION BOX IS ABOUT TO BE STUFFED: SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY reports today ESPN has named Rob King Editor-In-Chief of ESPN.com.

King is a former sports editor at the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER who joined ESPN in 2004 and had most recently been overseeing NBA coverage on ESPNews.
He reportedly beat out Kevin Jackson and Patrick Stiegman for […]

Cecilia greets The Great One outside Staples Center in L.A.:

• Insane in the membrane: SPORTS GONE SOUTH lists their Top Ten Crazy Sports Wives & Girlfriends:

• Although they’re not in the finals, The ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER cashes in with the news that Kobe & the Lakers are Number 1 - in merchandise sales.
• CNBC’S Darren Rovell gets out his pitchfork & catches up with […]

BLAZERS GM CONTEMPLATES INTERSTATE DRAFT DILEMMA: The team mouthpiece TV announcer for the Blazers, Mike Barrett (no, not THAT Mike Barrett), posts this billboard on his blog:

Barrett reports Portland GM Kevin Pritchard “actually said Monday that he considered sitting out along I-84 (next to the billboard) to get an accurate measure of where Trail Blazer […]

BURNED-OUT BUSS IMPLIES KOBE BRYANT WILL BE TRADED: The LOS ANGELES TIMES has a priceless web find: The Myspace page of Johnny Buss, the 50-year-old beach bum-burnout son of Lakers Owner Jerry Buss.

The LAT’s pretense for exposing Buss’ (unintentionally hilarious) page is a cryptic bulletin he recently sent through Myspace to friends about Kobe Bryant: […]

KNICKS LOOKING OVERSEAS TO FIND TEAMS TO LOSE TO: The New York Knicks will be facing Israel’s top pro team in an exhibition game this fall:

Isiah’s flock will host Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv on October 11 at Madison Square Garden. While the Knicks haven’t won any titles since 1973, Maccabi has claimed 47 Israeli […]

RATTLER, RATTLER, THUNDER, CLATTER, BOOM BOOM BOOM: A group of minor league players in Wisconsin are in trouble for attending a demoltion derby - with their own cars:

The APPLETON POST-CRESCENT reports three members of the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers were accused of ramming their cars in an apartment complex parking lot. The players were also […]