• PATRICK SHALL RETURN; OLBERMANN OFFERED HIS SPOT: A source close to the Dan Patrick situation at ESPN tells SbB that Patrick will indeed return to his radio show for, at the very least, the last week of his scheduled shows (Aug. 13-17). Production has already begun to chronicle highlights of past shows during that […]

ESPN INSULTS LISTENERS (AGAIN) WITH PATRICK DEBACLE: Anyone with detectable electrical activity inside their cranium knew that allowing Dan Patrick on the radio for four more weeks after his announced departure wasn’t going to end well.

The same day (yesterday) the CHICAGO TRIBUNE reported that Patrick had signed a deal to syndicate a new radio show […]

TIVO ALERT - SbB ON COMCAST SPORTSNET’S BLOG SHOW: SbB will be on “Blog Show XV”, tonight at 6 PM ET on Comcast SportsNet in the Mid-Atlantic region and on WashingtonPost.com. It will also be available on YouTube shortly after the show airs, so even if you’re out of market, you can see the show.

Here’s […]

COWHERD UNITARD ROCKS THE LADIES AT SPINNING CLASS: THE BIG LEAD has a public service announcment for the testosterone-challenged husbands of Central Connecticut: “A little birdie told us that Cowturd’s divorce was finalized this morning. Another birdie told us to pass along to our readers that if your wife is taking a spinning class […]

VIC BECKHAM BUNION BUSTING FLYS UNDER MEDIA RADAR: It is interesting mildy amusing to note that last night and so far today here in L.A. there is much more coverage of the Beckham arrival by national and overseas media outlets than locally. And the sight the brontosaurus media machinery enthusiastically ingesting AEG’s spoon-feeding of the […]

Headline of the day:

A swinging nut? How is Manny Ramirez not in that story?

• WITH LEATHER gets a red card for finding a Brazilian soccer ref stripping off her stripes for Playboy:

• All is forgiven, as THE BIG LEAD accepts the apology from the SI writer who lifted a fake P. Diddy quote from a blogger. Not surprisingly, an agent is to blame.
• LEAVE THE MAN ALONE […]

GREG ODEN CHATS ABOUT GETTING IT ON RESPONSIBLY: Miss Gossip of AOL FANHOUSE recently sat down and had a pleasant interview with new Blazers big man Greg Oden:

The best part of the video chat was at the beginning, where Oden is asked about this well-traveled pic of himself gettin’ down ‘n’ dirty with a female […]

AMATEUR GOLF SENSATION OF SONY OPEN TURNING PRO: Move over Michelle Wie, ZEALOUS GOLFER reports that Hawaii high schooler Tadd Fujikawa will be turning pro:

Fujikawa made a big splash at the Sony Open last January, when the 16-year-old made the preilminary PGA cut and was as high as 8th on the leaderboard before finishing tied […]

BOOYAH! STUART SCOTT LECTURES ON GLOBAL WARMING: An interesting blurb in the HONOLULU ADVERTISER noted that Stuart Scott was scheduled to give a lecture on global warning at the University of Hawaii.

Most likely, the inconvenient truth is that it’s not the same Scott who’s brought such joy into ESPN-serviced homes across the land.
But what if […]