NEXT TIME LEBRON JAMES WILL LEARN TO LIE JUST TIGER: Tiger Woods’ wife Elin Nordegren had the couple’s first child on Monday morning, Sam Alexis. There’s been plenty of discussion about the date of birth since and how it might’ve impacted Woods at the U.S. Open, but very little talk about the misdirection play pulled […]

COMPLETE CONTENTS OF KOBE VIDEO UNDERWHELMING: SI.com’s Arash Markazi has the complete transcript of the amateur video of Kobe Bryant’s expletive-filled harangue about the Lakers and Andrew Bynum. (the unintentionally funny preview of the tape, which loops Bryant dropping an f-bomb, is linked below).

Bryant on Bynum: “Andrew Bynum? What the f—? Are you kidding me? […]

SPORTSbyBROOKS Girl Cecilia in Malibu, California:

WOULD LAKER DEAL FOR KG KEEP KOBE IN LIPSTICK CITY? Patrick Reusse of the MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE lays out a reasonable scenario which would no doubt keep Kobe esconsced in Lipstick City - thanks to the acquisition of Malibu resident Kevin Garnett: “If Garnett does get traded, the logical location remains the Los Angeles Lakers.

“For the […]

JOCK WEBLOGS RENDER REILLY, OLBERMANN DEFENSELESS: Rick Reilly guested on Dan Patrick’s ESPN radio show this week to promote his latest book - and the subject of blogs authored by athletes came up (thankfully, the SI columnist wasn’t too ashamed to appear on a network that he recently accused of ripping him off multiple times).

So […]

WHO KNEW LES MOONVES WAS A WEBSITE TRAFFIC FIEND? We know CBS-owned CSTV is looking for creative ways to corral traffic, but this might not be the best way to go about it:

ESPN ANCHOR A “FUTILE HACK” WHEN IT COMES TO GOLF: The CONNECTICUT POST has the gall to suggest that ESPN anchor Stuart Scott is less-than-athletic on the links:

The C-P on the the self-styled “S-Squared” at the PGA Tour Pro-Am in Hartford yesterday: “Scott, who duffed his first tee shot and followed that up with a […]