Like Shaq in the Champagne Room last night, SbB limps to the finish …
• ESPN has apparently now embargoed any Dana Jacobson news.
• Al Davis wants to derail Lane Kiffin’s Raiders coaching career.
• Jim Spanarkel used to be a sexy (Blue) Devil - now he’s a sexy Pirate.
• If a Ray Lewis lie detector test […]
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Shaq Diesel may be in the shop for repairs, but he says he’s not ready for the junkyard just yet.
The MIAMI HERALD reports that O’Neal has brushed off talk that he should retire. The 35-year-old Heat center has been recently sidelined with a hip injury, but he’s not hip to calling it quits, saying he […]
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We’ve heard ESPN has completely yanked all coverage of the Dana Jacobson story. Bristol has also begun directing ESPN-owned radio stations to stop mentioning Jacobson on-air and remove Jacobson-related material from its websites.
Think the Jacobson photos coming out today had something to do with that?
We thought it was a little bizarre how much ESPN covered […]
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The HARTFORD COURANT reports (sans byline) on the “dozen protesters” who “marched in front of ESPN headquarters in Bristol today, calling for the firing of on-air personality Dana Jacobson for comments she made at a recent roast.”
The jobless protesters, most from local houses of worship, carried snazzy signs that read “ESPN , Say No to […]
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The Chicago Cubs want the Wrigley family to start paying for the naming rights to the Friendly Confines.
(A rare sighting - the Cubs winning)
Michael Sneed of the CHICAGO SUN-TIMES chews on news that the NL club is looking for the gum giant to pony up for the name that’s been on 1060 W. Addison for […]
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Chris Mortensen of ESPN reports this afternoon that Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis “sent a letter to Lane Kiffin recently asking for the coach to resign.”
Kiffin then told Mortensen that he had refused to resign.
Davis is reportedly also, SURPRISE, “considering Dennis Green as a potential replacement, sources close to Kiffin and the team said.”
How low […]
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The NATIONAL ENQUIRER confirms today that Tony Romo has indeed split with Jessica Simpson, and is now planning to “propose” to a woman named Crystal Kasper.
Enquirer Source: “If you could see Tony’s phone bill from all the calls and text messages he sends Crystal, you’d be stunned. They couldn’t hook up much during the season. […]
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Great find by Michael David Smith of Fanhouse today. Jim Spanarkel, the man we normally only see for those scintillating 1-vs-16 tournament tilts (hello Len Elmore!), has an amusing Freudian slip while interviewing Seton Hall coach Bobby Gonzalez recently:
For those without sound, Gonzalez said, “The emotion, the energy, the buzz in the building, just spectacular, […]
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The criticism of LaDainian Tomlinson taking a powder during the Bolts’ loss to the Patriots has died down, which is really a shame for the Chargers running back.
(We only want one with the sticker)
The interest in LT bench action figures was just starting to heat up again (we thought Jack Haley was the only guy […]
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Can this be true? We finally get to know the truth from Ray Lewis?
Ben Maller of FoxSports.com reports today that “Ravens LB Ray Lewis took a lie detector test as part of a segment called ‘Best Damn Moment of Truth,’ a play off of Fox’s new popular reality show.”
“In the segment, which will air during […]
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