Clemens’ Chat With Congress Put Off ‘Til February

Roger Clemens won’t have to head off for Capitol Hill just yet.

NEW YORK NEWSDAY reports that a congressional hearing scheduled for January 16th has been postponed until next month.
Those scheduled to testify - Clemens, Brian McNamee, Andy Pettitte, Chuck Knoblauch and Kirk Radomski - are now asked to show up on February 13th. The Oversight […]

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Blog-O-Rama: Deadspin’s Will Leitch In Penthouse

• DEADSPIN’s Will Leitch is slowly but surely conquering the MSM one publication at a time.
His latest victory - PENTHOUSE:

Does the issue include a Will pictorial?
• THE LOVE OF SPORTS shares a classic tender(izing) moment between old-school hockey hitmen Tiger Williams & Dave “The Hammer” Schultz.
• RIVALFISH suggests Lou Holtz head back to the orthodontist’s.
• […]

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Obama Big With NBA; Giuliani Gold With Owners

DC SPORTS BOG tallies up which pro athletes & team executives showed monetary support to this year’s presidential candidates.
Iowa caucus winner Barack Obama scored with the NBA crowd, getting contributions from Stephon Marbury, Grant Hill & Josh Childress, among others. Must be in acknowledgment of his own mad b-ball skills.

Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton appears to be […]

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Fan Vomits On Heat TV Announcer During Game

The low point of the NBA season was probably Tuesday night, as the teams with the worst records in the league, Miami and Minnesota, squared off in Minneapolis.

The 8-27 Heat, playing without Shaquille O’Neal and with a still-injured Dwyane Wade lost to the 5-29 TWolves 101-91. Miami, just two years removed from an NBA title, […]

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Don’t Get Excited, He’s Not Leaving Anytime Soon

The NEW YORK POST today splashes “exclusive” next to a headline that reads “TERRY BRADSHAW SET TO RETIRE“.
One small detail. He’s not leaving after this season. Nor after next season. Or the Season after that.
He’s retiring when his contract expires after the 2011 season. Done laughing?
Does this sound a little attention-whorish on Bradshaw’s part? Or […]

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1st Augusta National Female Member For 100, Alex

“Critical Fanatic” at FANIQ.com has the video most of us haven’t seen - Kelly Tilghman making her inadvisable crack about “lynching” Tiger Woods.

The post also has launches this amusing blast: ” If you had Kelly Tilghman in your ‘First Female Member of Augusta Pool,’ go ahead and pat yourself on the back.”
We now know […]

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Getting Jessica Simpson Thing Out Of The Way

We know most of you don’t really care whether Jessica Simpson will attend the Cowboys’ playoff game this Sunday against NYG in Dallas. That is, unless she were to wear a low-cut top or Daisy Dukes.

But we feel it our duty to report, via US MAGAZINE, that Ms. Tony Romo will not be attending the […]

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Green Bay Makes Josh Brown’s Pants Feel Funny

The ASSOCIATED PRESS reports that Seattle Seahawks kicker Josh Brown will have a novel way to combat the cold in Green Bay during Saturday’s playoff game against the Packers.
Brown will wear “heated warm-up pants” that are installed with “battery-powered heaters for the calves, thighs and hamstrings.”
Brown told KIRO Radio that “no matter how low the […]

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Beard Gets More Coverage On “Best Damn” Show

We discovered something rather interesting today. Fox TV’s “Best Damn Sports Show” is still airing original episodes. Seriously, we had no idea until we received a press release this week touting Amanda Beard as a new, permanent “correspondent” for the show.

Not surprisingly, GoDaddy.com is all over her appearances for the FSN production, which we quit […]

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Heat Officially Suck, So Riles Again Ready To Bail

Ira Winderman of the SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL reports today that Pat Riley “is leaning toward stepping aside after this season” as coach of the Miami Heat.

This is the same Riley who said on Aug. 18, “I’m going to coach another three years, the terms of my contract. … I don’t want to be a one-and-done […]

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