Impossible-to-pronounce Adrian Wojnarowski of YAHOO SPORTS covers the possible cleave between Lebron James and the Cavaliers, despite team owner (and busy tax guy) Dan Gilbert and the city doing all they can to maintain their mulling monarch.

Wojnarowski is the latest points to James’ close relationship to Jay-Z, who also happens to be part owner of […]

Last Friday Jon Heyman of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED scooped the ravenous Red Sox media by reporting that Manny Ramirez hired Scott Boras to rep him in his next contract negotiation.

We found the move a little perplexing, considering the man Ramirez fired, Greg Genske, granted him an exorbitant contract the last time around (eight years, $160M).

MJD at Yay-Hoo Sports points us to a Chris Mottram-posted Bud Light Super Bowl spot that was apparently spiked by the NFL:
Handy tip: Just listen to the audio.

The fine folks at PRO FOOTBALL WEEKLY, SVP STYLE and FAN IQ are helping us to bone up for the upcoming draft by introducing us to one of the four kickers who was invited to last weekend’s league combine: Shane Longest.

PFW dutifully notes that Longest, who is sure to be (listed) deep into Mel Kiper’s […]

Days after accepting a $750,000 buyout from Indiana University in the wake of accusations he lied to NCAA officials about phone-related recruiting violations, the CHICAGO SUN-TIMES reports Kelvin Sampson has been seen texting his former Hoosier players.

Jay Mariotti has an anecdote that includes Sampson texting IU’s Armon Barrett - as the columnist paints a […]

So we’ve been watching SportsCenter more and more these days, so long as Scott Van Pelt is hosting. The show is getting back to the understated wisecracking that made it a staple for us.

What killed the show for so many years was blindered buffoons like Chris Berman and Stuart Scott shouting down the viewers […]

One of the key figures in the Minnesota Vikings’ raucous high seas adventure two years ago, Bryant McKinnie, finds himself once again (allegedly) outside the law after his possible role in a street melee in Miami last weekend.

(Bigger boob: Toccara’s or indoor sunglasses?)
The MIAMI HERALD reports the former Miami Hurricane is accused of starting some […]

Darren McFadden had the need for speed, as the ex-Razorback raced to a 4.27 in the 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine on Sunday. How was he able to move so fast?

Maybe he was running away from his paternity problems.
The ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH reveals that back in January, a woman from Little Rock filed suit […]

INSIDE THE LAKERS gets an earful from Kobe, as the L.A. hoop star tees off about getting tossed from Sunday night’s win over Seattle - Bryant’s first ejection of his season:

With about 4 minutes left in the 3rd quarter, Bryant was given a technical by official Brian Forte after complaining about a non-call. When […]

With Fidel Castro calling it quits, The WALL STREET JOURNAL slices over news of Cuba trying to gather some some green by bringing back golf.

So, why has there been such a shortage of links in the Caribbean nation - besides abject poverty, limited tourism and communist beliefs that golf is a vile symbol of capitalist […]