• FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, PLEASE NOT WES UNSELD: “DC Madam” Deborah Jeane Palfrey, makes the shocking claim to CBSSPORTSLINE that sports personalities were clients of her escort service: “I don’t know sports but I can tell you some people in sports are going to get hit.” (we in no way are accusing Mr. […]

PATRICK THROWS ANCHOR AROUND CAREER, LEAVES ESPN: Dan Patrick on his radio show today announced he’s torched his career (by leaving ESPN on August 17 after 18 unremarkable years).

Since no one besides us heard the pronouncement (on the death march better known as the Dan Patrick radio show) we’re sure this will send shockwaves through […]

KROENKE’S REGRETTABLE GEL AVERSION GOES UNCOVERED: If you’re looking for some light reading that will tickle your funny bone, might we suggest the DENVER POST’s photo montage of the varying states of pro sports team owner Stan Kroenke’s toupee (and accompanying profile).

Kroenke owns the Nuggets, Avalanche and a piece of the Rams, is the man […]

SbB Girl Anyssa gets her greet on in Laguna Beach, CA:

RON DIBBLE IS ON-AIR AND D. PATRICK ISN’T - WHO KNEW? Privately knowing that he was embroiled in a contentious contract dispute with ESPN, Dan Patrick earlier this month on his radio show began teasing an announcement that would “change lives” - which he promised to release last Tuesday.

He never made it.
After his radio […]

“LET IT RAIN” CLUB PROMO FEATURES ANONYMOUS NFLERS: It’s a good news, bad news kind of day for Pacman Jones.
The bad news: His plea arrangement keeping him out of the cooler in Tennessee may soon be revoked (and scuttling our planned Joe Francis-Pacman buddy cop sitcom pitch to BRAVO).
NYJER PLEASE has the good news: A […]

• YOU BEEN BLINDED peeks in and sees Kwame Brown taking Jonathan Richman’s advice, as the Lakers star was seen dancin’ at the lesbian bar:

• WINNING THE TURNOVER BATTLE ponders if the Home Run Derby will soon go the way of the Slam Dunk Contest.
• BLOWN COVERAGE admires Manny Ramirez’s intestinal fortitude, except when said […]

TV CRITIC FUMES ABOUT ESPN’S “THE BRONX IS BURNING”: Glenn Garvin of the MIAMI HERALD reviews the latest ESPN offering, “The Bronx Is Burning”, a series about the 1977 New York Yankees:

Garvin believes that 1978 would have been a better year, but as he points out, “that would have required ESPN to do actual research, […]

BC PLAYERS BEAT UP BAR PATRON, DRAFTED BY BENGALS: Some Boston College football players allegedly beat up a man at a bar because he wouldn’t move out of the way:

The BOSTON GLOBE, via the BOSTONIST, reports the fracas took place at The Greatest Bar in Boston (not an opinion, that’s just what the place is […]

BLOGGERS GUIDE SURE TO ENLIGHTEN MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Matt Ufford of WITH LEATHER hops over to AOL FANHOUSE and pens this handy guide to the mainstream media in understanding bloggers:

The cause for this manifesto came from a Sports Illustrated writer taking an uncredited P. Diddy quote from a blogger. The catch to this online theft […]