WAZOO PLAYER HELPS COUGARS GET UNDER SALARY CAP: The SEATTLE TIMES has the bizarre tale of Washington State basketball player Taylor Rochestie giving up his scholarship to enable coach Tony Bennett to give another player a full ride:

“This week, 6-foot-5 guard-forward Marcus Capers of Winterhaven, Fla., committed to WSU for 2008-09 — after WSU junior […]

M. JONES BUSTED; FINALLY RECOGNIZED HER EVEL WAYS: Quote of the day from Jim Rome on Marion Jones (finally) admitting she was steroids: “We should’ve known when you were long-jumping 10 buses“:

Silver lining: She’s set to finally cash that coveted pinball machine endorsement:

USD BALLER IS GRANDSON OF “KOOL AID” MASS MURDERER: In an ESPN.com “Outside The Lines” feature, we learn today that Rob Jones, freshman basketball player at the University of San Diego, is grandson of notorious mass murderer Jim Jones.

Jones is the son of Jim Jones, Jr., who was an adopted son of the fake reverend […]

ROCKETS FINE YAO FOR ATTENDING SPECIAL OLYMPICS: Balding retread New Houston Rockets coach Rick Adelman is off to a rousing start with his new club, doing all he can to engender good will with players and fans alike.

Take for instance, one of his first official acts as coach: Fining Yao Ming for attending the opening […]

COMING SOON TO A PARK NEAR YOU - THE RENO MARMOTS?: A fierce debate is raging in Reno - all about what to call the new team coming to down.

The RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL names names, as the minor league baseball club coming to the Biggest Little City in the World tries to find a new identity.
A […]

RED SOX FAN SEVERELY BEATEN OUTSIDE NEW YORK BAR: Red Sox and Yankees fans are already getting started on their post-season pugilism:

WNBC-TV reports that a Red Sox fan was sent to the hospital Thursday night after two men attacked him outside of a hotel in Yonkers, NY. The injuries were serious enough to send […]

AGENT ZERO USED BLOG TO BERATE NEW ADIDAS SNEAKER: Someone wasn’t too thrilled about the new Gilbert Arenas shoe. And that someone was Agent Zero himself:

The WALL STREET JOURNAL writes how Arenas used his blog to criticize the new GilIIZero under development last month by Adidas. On reacting to the prototype, the Wizards […]

• MAC Gs WORLD finds one silver lining to the Cubs’ current post-season woes - the hot bleacher bums at Wrigley:

• CONSTRUDA gives Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy the Coors Light press conference treatment.• The MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL has their Chinese delivered, as Yi Jianlian finally arrives in Beertown.
• Believe it or not, RIVALFISH […]