TURNS OUT TONY PARKER’S PIMP HAND STRONG AFTER ALL: A NEW YORK POST report today has the best sign we’ve seen regarding the impending Longoria-Parker pairing - that the Finals MVP has apparently (finally) grown a pair.

Longoria’s vapid pack of parasites friends leak to Page Six that Parker “is just not gracious. He puts himself […]

AMATEUR VIDEO MADE OF CUSSING KOBE BEING HAWKED: HOOPS WORLD has news of an amateur video and audio tape made last week that is being shopped to the media. The contents: Kobe Bryant very candidly demanding a trade and while also criticizing Lakers management.

H-W on the video clip: “Interspersed with numerous cuss words, Bryant discusses […]

ARRINGTON IN SERIOUS CONDITION AFTER CYCLE CRASH: WTOP-AM in Washington is reporting that LaVar Arrington “has been seriously hurt in a motorcycle crash Monday afternoon.“

“Prince George’s County Fire tells WTOP that Arrington is in serious condition after the crash near Route 50 and the Beltway.“

Gentlemen prefer brunettes in Hollywood, CA.:

GOLDEN BRETT BEING TOLD BY NBC TO GET THE HULL OUT: AOL FANHOUSE reports that Brett Hull’s job as NBC hockey analyst might be one and done:

Word came from co-analyst Ray Ferraro via a Vancouver radio station that Hull’s first season with the Peacock will also likely be his last. Reasons for his dismissal […]

• HOOPSWORLD believes that if the Lakers actually did unload Kobe, the New York Knicks would have the best shot to upload Bryant:

• WORLDGOLF digs out the news of Chris Berman picking a new nickname for U.S. Open 3rd Round leader Aaron Baddeley.
• Pacman has some company: Green Bay Packers LB Nick Barnett was arrested […]

AGENT ZERO WANTS IN ON THE REALITY SHOW RAGE: According to the latest on his blog, Washington Wizards star Gilbert Arenas has some big plans for the summer - going to Tahiti with his family, writing a book, and trying to get a reality series on ESPN:

But if the show comes together, Arenas insists it […]

WHITLOCK ON WHY BARBARIANS LOOMING AT NBA’S GATE: Jason Whitlock once again injects a megadose of brutal truth - this time on the the NBA’s rapidly-crumbling empire.

The AOL and KANSAS CITY STAR columnist’s most-recent piece weighs in on the precipitous decline of the league and what the NBA has to do to revive flagging interest: […]

LAST TIME WE SAW A MOUTH LIKE THAT, IT HAD A HOOK … : The ASSOCIATED PRESS has big news from the world of swimming, where Kate Ziegler broke the oldest record in the sport (1988) by “shattering the 1,500-meter freestyle mark by 9 1/2 seconds Sunday night.”

Coincidentally, her (pictured) pre-race routine shattered our appetite […]

CONSIDER GIVING CUBAN THE ORIFICE SPACE HE DEMANDS: The #1 reason we have Mark Cuban’s blog bookmarked? His keen, insightful commentary on the fascinating world of sports and technology.

#2? His rollicking tales of farting in public.

“No where else can you rip off some huge farts and have 3 nurses and a doctor, while maintaining a […]