BLUES KNOW HOW TO GUARANTEE ONE SELLOUT PER YEAR: The CANADIAN PRESS reports that for the second straight season, the St. Louis Blues will offer free food to all fans in attendance at the team’s Jan. 19 game against Nashville.

CP: “Fans will be able to have hot dogs, chicken fingers, chips, popcorn, peanuts, soft drinks […]

WELL, AT LEAST WE STILL HAVE TIM DONAGHY (FOR NOW): The ASSOCIATED PRESS reports, “Michael Vick’s lawyer said Monday the NFL star will plead guilty to federal dogfighting conspiracy charges.

“The offense is punishable by up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine, although federal sentencing guidelines most likely would call for less. […]

MARADONA HATES AMERICA; CHOCO TACOS, NOT SO MUCH: We searched far and wide for satisfactory sports television to no avail yesterday.
If only we spoke Spanish!

Turns out our favorite recent gastric bypass surgery recipient and illegal intoxicant user (think John Daly about 35 minutes after he retires), Maradona, appeared on Hugo Chavez’s weekly TV show […]

GOLDEN AGE OF WOMEN’S SPORTS IS OFFICIALLY UPON US: Here’s a quick, recent sampling of just how far women’s sports have come in recent times:

The SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE reports last weekend that as keynote speaker for a youth tennis benefit in San Diego at the city’s Grand Hyatt hotel, tennis legend and women’s rights activist […]

SbB Girl Karen in the SbB studio in Beverly Hills, CA:

AND WE QUOTE: “HI, I’M CHRIS ‘BACON LOVER’ BERMAN“: You have to hand to it to Dunkin’ Donuts for furiously trying to spin it’s image. Normally when we think of donuts and butter-battered biscuits with bacon shoehorned into them, brain synapse-stopping images of lardasses with regrettable public hygiene issues are soon to follow.

But in […]

IT TAKES BRASS BALLS TO SELL US YOUR BASEBALL BOOK: We think we can all agree that ESPN baseball guy Jayson Stark is one of the more likeable sports journos who have turned to a teevee career. He’s in the room with Tim Kurkjian and Ken Rosenthal and every breathing member of SABR as fellows […]

NFL PHONES IT IN WITH NEW SIDELINE COM TECHNOLOGY: The usual way of sideline chatter is being put on hold, as the NFL is ditching the old Batphones with brand-spanking new 21st-century technology:

Michael McCarthy of USA TODAY rings in news that for the 2007 season, coaches & players who want to call up the press […]

GREENBACKS GUARANTEE GORGING WITH GATORS GENERAL: So, you’d like to have dinner with Urban Meyer? That’s no problem, just write out a check…for One Million Dollars!

The TAMPA TRIBUNE forks over news that a meal with the Florida coach will cost you an arm and a leg. (That’s usually how it is when you’re […]

SHARAPOVA SOMBER IN SACK, SAYS SEX-STUNNED SINGER: DEUCE OF DAVENPORT ribbits the news that apparently Maria Sharapova makes love “like a dead frog”:

Adam Levine, lead singer of the group Maroon 5, briefly dated the tennis star. (Guess the guys from Matchbox 20 and Hinder were unavailable.) Levine made this statement regarding the Russian’s reluctance to […]