FILM NOIR FORESHADOWED DINOSAUR MEDIA EXTINCTION: After enduring 16 years in press boxes across North America, and recently coming to the sad realization that we’d like to have those days back, we haven’t had much interest in commenting on the Louisville blogger who was recently thrown out on his ass by the NCAA for live […]

WHAT IF WE LIKE OUR WRESTLERS OILED AND SPANDEXED? The gang at SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY watches Conan so we don’t have to, and thanks to their industriousness we learn that WWE wrestler John Cena guested on the show last night, and talked about “reinventing” the traditionally homoerotic wardrobe worn by wrestlers in the ring.

Cena: “I […]

WE’ll TAKE OUR 20%, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. STOKKE: Like we have been saying in this space for some time, Allison Stokke may soon cash in on endorsement deals thanks to *unwanted* attention from us artifically-lit internet bloggers.

COLLEGE CANDY and ADRANTS both report that a deal with Nike could very well already be in […]

MLBER BRINGING REALLY OLD SCHOOL BACK TO HIP-HOP: The MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE reports that 92-year-old Minnesota Twins Owner Carl Pohlad “will pay $28M to acquire KTTB-FM, a hip-hop station in Edina, Minnesota.”

Pohlad reportedly bought KTTB “just to get into the industry. My charge is to find other radio stations and possibly TV and build a […]

FORMER BRYANT BODYGUARD RELEASES TELL-ALL BOOK: LARRY BROWN SPORTS has news of a book released by a former bodyguard of Kobe Bryant, Patrick Graber, which attacks the NBA player on several fronts.

Graber claims Bryant was guilty in the Colorado rape case and often cheated on his wife, “sometimes with several women at the same time.” […]

WE WON’T SHAKE CHRIS BERMAN’S HAND ANYTIME SOON: Despite initially having absolutely no earthly idea who he is, Bristol-based blogger DIAMONDSSAPHIRE ends up having a more-than-memorable remembrance of Chris Berman on her flight home from the Carribbean last year.

The story starts predictably enough, with her husband spotting the balding, bloated one during a layover. He […]

CATCHER’S 8 HOME RUNS PACED 51-3 BASEBALL BLOWOUT: Over 100 years ago today, Corsicana whipped Texarkana 51-3. But this wasn’t a football rout - it was a baseball blowout:

On June 15, 1902, the Corsicana Oilers drove the Texarkana Casketmakers to dig their own diamond graves in a 48-run Texas League triumph. The busiest bat […]

CUBS SAMARDZIJA’S BLOG DOWNED DURING MINORS FLOP: The CHICAGO TRIBUNE’s Steve Rosenbloom has this gem on ex-Notre Dame receiver Jeff Samardzija, who turned down a sure shot in the NFL to grab baseball bonus money (and accompanying minor league anonymity in the Cubs farm system):

Rosenbloom, who recently escaped the fate of further working with ESPN […]

REPORT - WINLESS WIE MADE $19 MILLION DOLLARS IN ‘06: The Forbes “Celebrity 100″ is out, and as usual, there is plenty of representation from the world of athletic endeavor:
1) Oprah ($266M)
2) Tiger Woods($100M)
15) David Beckham ($33M)
16) Phil Mickelson ($42M)

23) Kobe Bryant ($23M)
24) Michael Schumacher ($36M)
25) Shaquille O’Neill ($22M)
29) Alex Rodriguez ($29M)
31) Ronaldinho ($31M)
35) Michael […]

BASEBALL BUNCH BUFFOON BAD BENGALS BEFORE BILLY D: The team that’s giving you “Billy Donovan Night” recently offered up another amusing promotion with “Don’t be a Bengal, Be A Good Citizen Night“:

The Fort Myers Miracle gave a salute to the NFL’s own Cell Block C on Thursday will all sorts of jail-themed jocularity. Fans […]