IF ONLY THEY COULD CHARGE FOR POPCORN & MILK DUDS: The useful idiots who secretly recorded Kobe on video and audio have given up trying to sell their dreck.

Instead, they’ve now posted the stuff for free *yawn*.

LINE FINDS TOM BRADY’S (TOILET) BOWL GAME OFFENSIVE: The BOSTON HERALD reports on the progress of Tom Brady’s bid to rehab a condo building which he purchased last year for $7M.

Brady is putting $3M into the project, and plans to sell at least one of the five units, while using the other four for himself […]

SbB’S EXCLUSIVE ROUND BY ROUND COVERAGE OF SERENA: You may be tracking Serena round-by-round at Wimbledon:

And as you can see, so are we.

MICKELSONS READY TO RUMBLE WITH WOODS IN BASEMENT: WAGGLE ROOM somehow is able to glean a thimbleful of humanity out of the cardboard cutouts better known as Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, reporting on the gift Mickelson sent Woods after the birth of his daughter, Sam Alexis: “Amy and I want to congratulate Tiger and […]

BUT SHEA DOESN’T LOOK QUITE AS SPIFFY IN A BODYSUIT: Shea Hillenbrand, who was thrown out on his ass by the Angels last night, is characterized by Derek Nelson of MVN as “baseball’s Terrell Owens“.

And Nelson states his case on Hillenbrand quite nicely:
* Tell the GM from said team to “trade […]

ANGELS ROOKIE TEAM RAISING HELL OVER BALLPARK NAME: A minor league team and a local university in Utah are at odds over the naming rights of their shared baseball field:

From the PROVO DAILY HERALD, Utah Valley State College recently awarded naming rights of their ballpark to local car dealer Brent Brown. However, the co-tenant […]

SHAQ’S WEIGHT-LOSS CHALLENGE FAILS TO GAIN VIEWERS: The MAYOR OF TELEVISION has the skinny on the ratings of the weight-loss reality show “Shaq’s Big Challenge”: They were as flat as a pancake:

Only 4.4 million estimated viewers were enthralled enough to see O’Neal chewing the fat while trying to trim it from the young’uns on his […]

• As the NBA draft nears, FORUM BLUE AND GOLD wonders if the Portland Blazers learned the lessons of 1984:

• Speaking of questionable draft choices, CLIPPERBLOG reveals that Pat Riley was set to select Chris Kaman, but was talked into grabbing Dwayne Wade instead.
• Short on cash: Turns out Earl Boykins’ summer basketball camp costs […]

CHAD JOHNSON WANTS TO DO IT ALL, AND HE SEEMS TO BE: After winning a race against a horse, Chad Johnson exclaimed he was ready to face some new challenges.

He wants to face LeBron James one-on-one. He wants to step in the ring against Floyd Mayweather Jr. He wants to grab the pole […]