The NEW YORK TIMES has a piece today on Tommy Amaker as he plumbs the depths of the bowels of college basketball at Harvard. Amaker is in his first year coaching the astonishingly, historically-inept Crimson (they’ve never won an Ivy League title?) .

Now, we know what a wonderfully mediocre head coach T.A. was in his […]

WBZ-TV has a easy ratings gain story of an adorable New Hampshire girl who had her worst nightmare realized recently at Red Sox Spring Training.

(Followup piece with her holding new autographed ball in 3..2..1..)
Nine-year-old Katina Hart is “heartbroken this Monday after returning home with her family from Red Sox Spring Training in Florida. It […]

LARRY BROWN SPORTS reports today that Cubs outfielder Felix Pie “missed a couple of days early because of a twisted testicle.”

Sounds like Pie might consider borrowing Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Contrero’s “electronic bone stimulator.”

Christmas Ape at DEADSPIN (via RUFUS ON FIRE) gives us a momentary reprieve from our onset of carpal tunnel today:

If Charlotte’s WNBA Sting hadn’t dissolved, we doubt this moving picture masterpiece would’ve seen the light of day (video after the jump).

Bill Zwecker of the CHICAGO SUN-TIMES reports some potentially catastrophic news for all you Pat Hughes fans out there.

Bill Murray apparently has his bloodshot sights trained on the Wrigley Field broadcast booth.

We’ve heard folks (on and off-air) calling ESPN’s Digger Phelps a crotchety, old foggie in recent days after his supposed blow up on-set about the reax of IU players to Kelvin Sampson getting the sack.

We didn’t think what he did or said was all that bad. More importantly, thanks to a video of Phelps and […]

PRO FOOTBALL TALK’s Mike Florio (who else?) reports that the Steelers will hand over a guaranteed $38.7M to Ben Roethlisberger as part of a contract extension (commence catch-up reports on MSM websites and ESPN News).

How can a guy in the hills of West Virginia continue to scoop the big boys at ESPN, NFL Network and […]

University of Washington QB (and NFL hot prospect) Jake Locker is going to play baseball this summer. But Michael David Smith of COLLEGE FOOTBALL TALK thinks the idea is a foul ball.

“And that, in a nutshell, is why (Ty) Willingham is a better person than he is a football coach. Willingham is a good […]

The Houston Rockets just keep rolling along, as they won their 15th in a row Sunday night, downing the Denver Nuggets 103-89.

The Rockets still seem to be on course despite the loss of Yao Ming, who’s out for the rest of the season with a stress fracture in his left foot. Yao is scheduled to […]

So, how’s the Roger Clemens conundrum affecting Andy Pettitte’s play?

So far,not too badly.
The NEW YORK TIMES reports the Yankees hurler looked pretty good in his spring training debut, holding the Phillies to a walk & a single in two innings of work during Sunday’s 7-7 tie.
Wait, a 7-7 tie? Was Bud Selig in the crowd?
But […]