TV WEEK reports today that Speed TV is planning “to air 10 one-hour episodes of ‘Wrecked … focuses on a sometimes risky life at a family-owned tow truck company in Chicago.”

 
Robert Ecker, VP of programming for Speed: “We have discovered over the course of time that while there are race fans, there are also […]

Mark Cuban is a sick, sad, likely lonely fellow these days. After he banned DALLAS MORNING NEWS blogger Tim MacMahon from the Mavericks locker room (and subsequently all bloggers) for criticizing the team, Cuban is no doubt now only friended by those on the dot com-bust beneficiary’s payroll.

MacMahon shouldn’t feel bad though, Cuban eschews everyone […]

John Daly’s swing coach, the renowned golf instructor Butch Harmon, quit on the two-time major winner - questioning Daly’s level of commitment to the game.

Daly replaced Harmon with…Buccaneers head coach Jon Gruden?

Michael Hiestand of USA TODAY has a piece on the sagging ratings of the NCAA basketball tournament. Lots of theories have been raised about why the recent ratings (down 12% last three years) have been down of late.

One such hypothesis is that online viewing has taken away from the TV numbers. Billy Packer shares that […]

It’s great to see these little programs that are working the extra mile, putting forth the effort to get through these short tournaments and lock up an NCAA berth with a conference championship.

MSNBC.COM tells us that the Summit League’s very own Oral Roberts University punched its ticket to the Big Dance by beating IUPUI Tuesday, […]

Safety equipment just gets in the way of an athlete’s jet-set lifestyle. Even Larry Bowa, former shortstop and full-time curmudgeon, hates having to wear a helmet as third base coach because he finds wearing a plastic hat “cumbersome“. Having problems getting that last signal off with the helmet in the way, coach? […]

Dwayne Jarrett, the former USC standout-turned-struggling Carolina Panthers rookie recorded his first stat of 2008: 1 DUI.

The wide receiver was pulled over in a Charlotte, North Carolina suburb at around 3 am early Tuesday morning. He had driven over the center line and would fail field sobriety tests after being pulled over. And if the […]

BLOOMBERG.COM points us to what may be the next big thing in sports performance enhancement: MYO-029.

Producers of a new treatment for patients with muscular dystrophy and ALS already have concerns that Olympic athletes may use it for performance enhancement. And they’re not very happy about the scrutiny that these drugs are getting.

Tommy Lasorda was back in the Dodgers dugout on Tuesday. Two innings later, he was back out.

(Looks like someone stopped taking their Slim Fast)
The LOS ANGELES TIMES reports on the Hall of Famer managing the Blue Crew for the first time in 12 years, while regular boss Joe Torre takes a trip to China. […]

It’s been quite the week for reconsidering legal action. Earlier, the woman who wanted a restraining order against Randy Moss chose to cancel her charges. And now, the BOSTON GLOBE reports that a lawsuit over New England’s Super Bowl XXXVI victory has been dropped.

Last month, a group of fans along with ex-St. Louis Ram Willie […]