By now you’ve probably heard about the Knicks doing their Harlem Globetrotters imitiation last night:
During a timeout on the bench, Zach Randolph threw a cup of water on Nate Robinson. And Robinson replied with a flying towel.
How confetti escaped the altercation, we have no idea.

The University of California has had to deal with a contingent of tree-sitters in a grove of oak trees for years — the sitters are trying to keep the university from cutting them down in order to make way for new athletic facilities.  The CONTRA COSTA TIMES reports today that the school recently cut off […]

Paul Lukas’ UNI WATCH BLOG has another great reason to get geared up for Spring Training.

Lukas finds an Earl Weaver jersey for sale online with this description: “As a liberal smoker, who’s managerial style relied heavily on player-performance charts, Weaver directed that a pouch be sewn into his jersey front for secure storage of his […]

We used to broadcast the games for the Yankees’ AAA team in Columbus (OH). During that time we met Andy Pettitte a couple times either on rehab stints or at Spring Training.

Thanks to a few too many late night drinking binges in places like Toledo and Scranton, we’ve erased most of those days from our […]

The ALLENTOWN MORNING CALL (via FAN IQ) has news that will have the parents of country club kids yearning to play college sports no doubt bubbling over with excitement: the NCAA is considering realigning some member schools into “Division IV.”

No, they didn’t happen upon the idea after watching Duke football last season.

USA TODAY has a piece today on the demise of Fidel Castro and how it could affect the talent flow to Major League Baseball.

Castro was noted for his particular baseball obsession, developing national teams over the years that have had major league scouts drooling. There were eight Cuban-born players in the major leagues during the […]

In the wake of the NHL sending the Penguins and the Sabres outside for the Winter Classic recently, the DENVER POST reports the Phoenix Suns and Denver Nuggets will take each other on in an outdoor NBA game on October 10th.

The game will be played at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in California. and the […]

Indiana’s Monday night win over Purdue will likely be the last game Kelvin Sampson spends on the Hoosier bench. ESPN reports that the Hoosiers coach is expected to be suspended this week, then eventually fired.

A source told the Worldwide Leader that this scenario is “by far the most likely” to befall Sampson. Kelvin has put […]

It’s going to be fun Wednesday night, when Shaq’s first game under the Suns will be a showdown against his old teammates from Tinseltown. And the Big Cactus had some prickly words for a couple of Lakers greats.
The LOS ANGELES TIMES reports that O’Neal had nothing but kind comments for the current edition of […]

Brenda Frese, the Maryland women’s basketball coach that continued on the court even while eight months pregnant, has given birth to twins.

The DIAMONDBACK ONLINE - Maryland’s student newspaper, not an Arizona MLB blog - announced that Frese had delivered two bouncing baby boys last Sunday morning. Both mom & kids reportedly doing fine. […]