We’ve known for some time that John Madden despises Frank Caliendo’s ape-job of him. We also knew that Charles Barkley wasn’t too happy with Caliendo’s impersonation of him, which started on the TNT set earlier this NBA season.

CABLEFAX DAILY has a report today that cements the idea that both men disdain Caliendo’s parodies, as “Madden […]

NATIONALS JOURNAL, the WASHINGTON POST baseball blog, points out a new WASHINGTON POST blogging effort this spring: THE GROUNDS CREW. Since the Post can’t possibly cover all aspects of the opening season of Nationals Park and will have their employees in the press box, they’re recruiting commoners to write about their park experiences.

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Ever notice how sports media critics sometimes tend to push the most interesting tidbits in their latest published submissions to the bottom of the piece?

(No, that pesky ocular degeneration not reason for “rumor”)
Teddy Greenstein of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE does that today, with a passing reference to a “rumor” apparently floating around that this will be […]

On Saturday, Athletic Bilbao keeper Armando Ribeiro fell to the ground in a bloody heap after a brilliant Real Betis fan threw a bottle with uncanny accuracy into Ribero’s face. We continued to track the story but felt unable to really do it justice without gory video.

Thanks to ON 205th, mission accomplished.

Jason Taylor took his blitzing to the ballroom floor Monday night, as the Dolphins’ DE shook down the thunder while shaking his money maker on the season premiere of “Dancing With The Stars”.

Normally, we don’t usually tune in to such “reality entertainment”, but we were admittedly curious to see how the sackmaster would shine - […]

After six decades of vacationing in Vero Beach, the Dodgers are departing Dodgertown for the last time.

(Shouldn’t that be *61* Memorable Years?)
The Los Angeles squad played its final spring training game in Florida on Monday - a 12-10 loss to the Houston Astros. (Seems Houston has L.A.’s number these days.) But now the Blue Crew […]

It looks like Andy, Roger (& Debbie), and all those others named in the Mitchell Report may have done all that supposed needling for nothing.

MSNBC reports on a new study that reveals human growth hormone isn’t making athletes stronger, and in fact, it might be hurting performance.

• EVERY DAY SHOULD BE SATURDAY can’t face up to the fact that Pete Carroll’s Facebook page is no more.

(Pete’s last-known Facebook photo)
• MJD of YAHOO SPORTS gets a paper cut, as he finds the form to attend Duke University Flopping Camp.
• The COLUMBIA TRIBUNE shows how Missouri football is fast-becoming a big-time program, as […]