BREAKING: The FOX-TV affiliate in Atlanta reports “The NFL says that Michael Vick will be taking a leave of absence.”

UPDATE: Fox Sports reports Roger Goodell will force Vick not to attend training camp (via DEADSPIN). The ASSOCIATED PRESS confirms - with a statement from Goodell.
Meanwhile, SbB has learned that Vick will probably make an […]

WE FOUND A GAME MORE FAKE THAN BECKHAM MLS DEBUT: The ASSOCIATED PRESS reports today that Nielsen BookScan said “2,652,656 copies of ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ were sold in Britain in the 24 hours after it went on sale in England at midnight London time“. And in the U.S. over eight million copies […]

MATT LEINART’S BABY MOMMA - NO. 7 IS AN ABSENTEE DAD: If you thought this recent piece in the VENTURA (CA) DAILY STAR on the mother of Matt Leinart’s out-of-wedlock son, Brynn Cameron, escaped our gaze, you would be wrong.

The story, which includes an adorable photo of mother and son (sans the VIP-inside-the-VIP), has Cameron […]

SERENA WILLIAMS NUDE PHOTO REGRETTABLY SURFACES: LARRY BROWN SPORTS asks the (presumably rhetorical) question: “Are you excited about Serena Williams posing nude?”:

Larry scares up the recently published nude photo of our favorite fashion designer and observes, “So, I’ve heard this met with conflicting opinion. Some people feel Serena is the sexiest being on Earth. They […]

RUBBING VICK ON IT NOT HELPING NFL, FALCONS OWNER: Cartoonist Steve Breen of the SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE lifts his leg in the direction of Michael Vick:

The LOSS ANGELES TIMES reports today that one of the main reasons Roger Goodell will not suspend Vick anytime soon is because of the possible impact the move would have […]

WELCOME TO INTERVIEWING 101, JOURNO SCHOOL KIDDOS: T.J. Simers of the LOSS ANGELES TIMES punctured Kobe Bryant’s verbal gasbag in a media gangbang over the weekend in Vegas.

It’s rich reading, as Simers forces Bryant to admit that:
1) he is a “baby”
2) he sent mixed messages to Lakers fans
3) he apologized to Andrew Bynum
4) ESPN’s […]

• ANONYMONITY SUITS PAY-FOR-SEX L.A. CLIPS OWNER: We’ve been walking the Venice Beach boardwalk daily for some time now, and in all those years down there, we’ve never seen ANYONE wearing a suit. Let alone a black suit-black shirt ensemble in the middle of summer.

That changed Saturday when we observed Donald Sterling in the middle […]

BONDS’ BITCHINESS BLOWING AWAY ENDORSEMENT BUCKS: Jonah Freedman of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED points out how much endorsement money Mr. Bonds could be missing out on due to Barry being Barry:

Contracts from contacts like shoe shuckers and fast food financiers could be netting the Giants slugger almost $30 million in sponsors’ spending. However, it’s difficult to […]