The NBA All-Star game — unofficial motto: better than the Pro Bowl, worse than baseball’s All-Star game — tips off in a little more than an hour. There will probably not be any cupcake dunks, but there will be plenty of offense.

Kobe Bryant is expected to play; otherwise, he would have to sit out the […]

The NFL never rests. Need proof? Wasn’t last week the Pro Bowl? And now we’re, what, a few days away from the NFL Scouting Combine? And don’t even get me started about cheerleader mini-camp. That’s already in full swing in Dallas, apparently.

Yeah, you heard me correctly.
The Cowboys’ cheerleaders had a mini-camp on Saturday at South […]

• A simple question: If they can play NFL games in Europe, why not bring Premier League games here. THE GUARDIAN explores it and works in the word “rubbish.”

• Old-tyme hockey, like Toe Blake and Eddie Shore. Edmonton and Vancouver engaged in some Slap Shot-esque fisticuffsmanship last night. GOOSE’S ROOST, which has one of […]

The Daytona 500 is fixin’ to get started right about now (2 Eastern, and, um, 3:30 in Newfoundland), but it appears one of the biggest stories is off the track. Yes, Dale Jr. has a new line of merchandise that has fans all atwitter.

The iPhone of NASCAR?
Well, a shirt can’t tell me where the best […]

Perhaps helped by the fact that there is nothing else to do in Bloomington, Indiana (cheap shot, not sorry), fans showed up before midnight — Friday — for a chance to be on ESPN’s GameDay (denoted here by a totally unrelated ““Gameday girl“).

They had some harsh things to say about Kelvin Sampson.
But they like Erin […]

It’s not hard to tell that Milana Dravnel and her lawyer are more interested in winning the battle of publicity and public opinion than they are in doing anything within the actual halls of justice. That big press event on Friday regarding Oscar De La Hoya and the now infamous pictures in drag? All for […]

INSOMNIAC’S LOUNGE has a great find from last night’s NBA three-point competition: Reggie Miller talking about what basketball players call the three-point arc. Apparently, it’s the titty. Um, take it away, Mr. Miller:

This is going to completely revolutionize the way I play H-O-R-S-E. Among other things.

Things have gone from great to bad to worse to, “Hey, what’s that coming down onto my head? I know it’s not raining,” for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in a span of about two weeks. He’s been taken through the wringer on Spygate. And now this: Accusations that he reneged on promises to help Tommy […]

Hello, kids. This is Richard McPlenty, and I’m here to take you through another lazy Sunday. What better way to kick things off than with a little bit of mischief at the expense of young Phillies pitcher Kyle Kendrick.

G.M. Ruben Amaro Jr. was in on it. Manager Charlie Manuel was in on it. Heck, I […]