CURVACEOUS COMMERCIALS TO COMPLEMENT CORSO & CO: The Go Daddy Girls will soon be bouncing their way to a Ball State-Baylor broadcast near you:
The ARIZONA REPUBLIC reports that Go Daddy Group Inc. has signed a multimillion-dollar deal to sponsor college football games on ESPN. The domain-name registar is best known for airing risque ads […]
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• THE ASSOCIATION wonders when did Ron Jeremy join the NBA, as they sneak a peek at this year’s Basketball Hall of Fame awards:
• HUGGING HAROLD REYNOLDS gives a toast to David Boston, who was let go by the B-U-C-S for DUI charges.
• BUGS AND CRANKS asks fellow Yankee pitchers to lend Roger Clemens a […]
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FOXSPORTS.COM LISTS EVERETT INJURY AS “DAY-TO-DAY“: Good news for both of you out there who have Kevin Everett on your fantasy football team.
According to FoxSports.com, the Bills Tight End, who suffered a sadly catastrophic spine injury last Sunday in a game against the Broncos (and is recovering nicely), is “DAY-TO-DAY for Week (spine)” in […]
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WE PREFER MUCH LESS COVERAGE IN RIVALS’ REPORTING: Yahoo Sports is the only giganto sports website we visit, thanks to a more understated, measured approach. The site columnists give us everything and more that the grandstanding, me-first cartoon characters at ESPN.com - without the involuntary audio, RAM-robbing pop-ups, takeover screens and Mike and Mike annoying […]
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REPORT: PATRIOTS CAMERA-TOTING CULPRIT IDENTIFIED: SOUTH COAST TODAY identifies the name of the cameraman spotted on the New Jersey grassy knoll last Sunday.
Patriots video assistant Matthew Estrella is apparently the man cited for illegally recording signals by members of the Jets coaching staff last Sunday.
There’s not much more to the report than the positive ID. […]
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DIVORCE LAWYER: DUKES’ STEROID USE CAUSED BREAKUP: The ST. PETERSBURG TIMES reports this week on the Elijah Dukes divorce proceeding, which somehow keeps getting uglier (and no, we’re not talking about his wife).
The Times notes from yesterday’s court hearing (for which Dukes showed up 15 minutes late): “The attorney for the estranged wife of beleaguered […]
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BELICHICK’S PEEP SHOW IS EAST COAST TABS’ HEADLINER: SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY notes that the East Coast tabs today are having fun with Bill Belichick’s propensity to peep (and cheat?):
Meanwhile the PROVIDENCE JOURNAL reports NFL PR guy Greg Aiello refuted ESPN and NFL Network reports that the Pats had broken league rules by filming Jets’ sideline […]
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BOGGS TACKLES TOURNEY TROPHY AFTER FISHY DECISION: Cal Sutphin of the Florida KEYNOTER notes today that if fishing contest judges don’t rule Wade Boggs the rightful winner, he’ll take matters in to his own hands.
Last weekend Boggs hosted a celebrity fishing event for charity in the Florida Keys. He also was the first celeb to […]
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ABC’S ND-MICHIGAN MEET-UP LOOKING TO BE SUPERBAD: You thought Disney execs would be ready to jump off the Matterhorn, as the shine of ABC’s Notre Dame-Michigan match-up has lost a whole lot of luster.
But the fine folks over at GUMP FOR HEISMAN knew you couldn’t keep a good media conglomerate down, as they have an […]
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HS PRINCIPAL MAD AT STORY BANS REPORTER FROM GAME: What happens when a newspaper writes about a possible hate-crime incident at your school? You ban their reporter from your homecoming game, of course.
WTVQ in Lexington, KY, reports that the WINCHESTER SUN ran a story about a black student receiving a threatening note from four […]
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