These Sharpton shenanigans are getting really dull.
• Boston beware? T-Wolves owner Glen Taylor claims that Kevin Garnett “tanked it” in his last two seasons in Minnesota.

• Former Mets GM Steve Phillips admits he wanted a player to take amphetamines. Would that make the drugs “Met-hamphetamines“?
• Boom! John Madden and Charles Barkley think it’s turrible that […]

While HOME RUN DERBY faithfully covered the cheerleading experience during the Padres/Dodgers visit to Beijing, we are proud to declare this is not an isolated event in China. The MAIL & GUARDIAN dutifully reports the growth in cheerleading in China and the effort to have cheerleaders at Olympic events.

The Chinese Basketball Association introduced […]

Fresh off their valiant battle against the Cape Cod League, Major League Baseball has scored another trademark victory by shutting down a site selling baseball-inspired Barack Obama shirts.

THE SMOKING GUN shoots over news of MLB ceasing & desisting Morris Levin from selling any more of his Obama-themed clothing.

Tired of scalpers bleeding Final Four fans dry with escalated ticket prices, the NCAA is doing something about it - by scalping the seats themselves.

The LOS ANGELES TIMES reports that the athletic organization has arranged deals with online ticket resellers “in a bid to share in the wealth being created as Final Four tickets change […]

It’s been a while since Al Sharpton last stuck his mug into the news, so it figures it was time for another sighting of the good reverend. And this one’s a doozy - he’s calling on the NFL to cancel their Hall of Fame game.

WKYC-TV reports that Sharpton and his National Action Network wants the […]

• BUSTED COVERAGE wouldn’t mind huddling up with Maria Sharapova at quarterback.

• Michael David Smith of AOL FANHOUSE reports drug testing in cycling may be going a bit too far, as Kevin van Impe was ordered to immediately give a urine sample - in the middle of arranging his young son’s funeral.
• DEUCE OF DAVENPORT […]

Amazing, these banned bloggers, the things they come up with when they are actually granted access to the team.

Jerry Zgoda of the MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE in his blog today has Minnesota Timberwolves Owner Glen Taylor flatly admitting that he thought Kevin Garnett “tanked” the last two seasons.

NEWSDAY gleefully reports today that a NEW YORK POST report about Tiger Woods buying a $65M is wrong.

The Post report: “Tiger has a brand-new lair - a $65 million estate in the Hamptons where he can send his chip shots flying into the ocean.”
But the agent who listed the property had a completely different story […]

Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN’s Ombudsman, this week covers a recent, rather shocking on-air admission by ESPN baseball analyst and former New York Mets General Manager Steve Phillips.

During an Outside The Lines report, Phillips talked about a player he had signed when he was general manager of the Mets. The player’s performance dipped once he joined […]

Derek Jeter: Yankees shortstop nonpareil. Acquirer of hot babes like others purchase eggs. And, if MEN’S HEALTH is to be believed this month, the last bastion of integrity and character in all sports.

(All regular guys like Derek Jeter can relate to this)
MEN’S HEALTH gets its face down deep into Jeter’s lap for their […]