• HERBSTREIT HUMBLE WHEN IT COMES TO UF FAUX-PAUS: GATORCOUNTY, via AOL FANHOUSE, has this exclusive admission by Kirk Herbstreit about his myriad misgauging of the Univ. of Florida last football season:

“If they want me to say I was wrong and I was a moron … no problem … I was dead wrong. I was […]

COULD MCMAHON CON SPAWN WWE SHAREHOLDER SUIT? By now you probably know about Vince McMahon faking his death on a recent WWE episode. Since then, McMahon’s pro wrestling organization has taken to flying the company flag at half-staff at WWE headquarters in Connecticut, and is still pushing the concept on shows.

CNBC’s Darren Rovell sorts out […]

• Columnist C.J. of the MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE got a good laugh with SbB’s take on her breaking story of Twins owner Carl Pohlad buying a local hip-hop station:

• The CASPER STAR-TRIBUNE catches up with former Dallas Maverick and three-time cancer survivor Ray Johnston.
• Cowboys signal caller & Carrie Underwood courter Tony Romo hits the covers […]

GAY BLOGS AGOG OVER BRADY QUINN’S BEEFCAKE SHOTS: When it comes to online sports celebrity fascination, one of the few things more talked about than Chris Berman’s ebola-inducing, on-air performance at the last weekend’s U.S. Open is the relentless fascination that gay male bloggers have for Brady Quinn.

If you track online media and blog posts […]

BRYANT BLOG DEMANDING DEAL WRITTEN WEEKS EARLIER: REAL GM reports that Kobe Bryant’s widely-media-cited Sunday blog post on his official website, which detailed his demand to be traded, wasn’t posted on Sunday after all: “

GREG ODEN ADDS APPENDAGE ONTO DRAFT DAY DEMANDS: ELEVEN WARRIORS has a pointer to this quote from Greg Oden to the PORTLAND OREGONIAN: “I’m going to be in Portland on the 19th. I’m probably going to go up and get something to eat. Don’t be afraid to say ‘hi’ cause I’m gonna be going in […]

BECKHAM LEAVING MADRID MADNESS FOR CALM OF L.A.: Fans were rioting and throwing bottles after Real Madrid won the Spanish League title in David Beckham’s final appearance with the team:

Although most of the celebrations were peaceful, things got out of hand around 2 a.m., when some fans started to clash with police. Over 100 […]

WEST VA. TAKING UM’S PLACE IN BIG EAST POLICE LINEUP?: Although it sounds like a tired gag, yet another Cincinnati Bengals player has had a brush with the law:

As LARRY BROWN SPORTS reports, RB Quincy Wilson was arrested outside a Huntington, WV, bar on Sunday where he was attending a wedding party. Wilson, the […]

HEMP MINOR LEAGUE UNIFORMS SURE TO BE HIGH SELLER: The Lake Elsinore Storm promises to be down-to-earth for “Positive Purpose Night” on June 23. The minor-league team will be hosting a health festival, and will be serving organic foods from their concession stands.

Best of all, the Storm will wear green uniforms made of hemp […]

BOB BARKER COMES ON DOWN TO FIGHT FOR ESPN AIRTIME: Now that he’s faced his final Showcase Showdown, what’s Bob Barker to do? Well, JOSSIP has an inside tip that BB’s next TV conquest is ESPN’s SportsCenter:

Some of the highlights from Barker’s “audition tape” for the Boys in Bristol:
“Before anyone had heard of Michael […]