Like many of you reading this, we were once a glass-enclosed sports radio goon. Thankfully, we’ve escape those artificially-lit climes, but we do still have an affinity for the biz and want to give back.
We get lotsa emails from beleaguered sports radio PDs, producers, and on-air types trying to get stuff linked on SbB. Today, […]
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John Ourand of SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL has a piece this week on the sniping ESPN is now enduring from various sources, including rival sports media operations, advertising outfits and sports leagues.
It’s much the same that we’ve been writing about for years: that ESPN has gotten too big to be able to manage quality control. And that […]
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Michael Jordan has plenty of money to make back after his (alleged) $168m divorce settlement in 2007. That may explain why he is commemorating the least successful parts of his career to rebuild the coffers. That’s right; it’s the Air Jordan Retro 1 Opening Day Pack, marking his illustrious Birmingham Barons career!
(Warning: Shoe […]
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YOUNG, BLACK & FABULOUS (via on205th) reports today that an unnamed, current flame of Reggie Bush loudly confronted him at the Bulls-Hornets game last night in New Orleans about his wayward, amorous activities.
(Has to be implants, no?)
More interesting is that Kim Kardashian happened to be on Bush’s arm at the time.
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We’ve never really liked Anna Benson, and couldn’t care less if her sore-armed husband Kris makes the Phillies this Spring as a non-roster invitee.
Until now.
The PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS reports the couple has adopted a couple tiny Marmoset monkeys (great idea, kids!) and Kris had the good sense to bring them into the clubhouse yesterday. […]
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Rob Bradford and Michael Silverman of the BOSTON HERALD report that MLB is trying to get away with not paying Red Sox coaches the same appearance fee the players are getting for the club’s upcoming nightmare trip to Japan.
(Welcome to my last-place 1991 fantasy baseball entry)
The players are incensed by the move, and reportedly […]
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The United States Postal Service has very stringent rules about who may be commemorated on a postage stamp. The person must be deceased for five years (except U.S. Presidents). They must wind their way through the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee, fifteen Americans serious about the gravity of their task. (You […]
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Arrgghh! Renaissance Faire fans at last weekend’s Men’s Luxury Toy Expo in Phoenix got a surprise visit from a few members of the Suns, led by Deputy Shaq who even took the time to handle one of the magic rods.
While Phil Jackson was busy hitting on Michele Tafoya, the Suns took time out of their […]
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Did prized pro prospect Glenn Dorsey have knee surgery? A writer for Jaguars.com says yes, while an NFL Network scribe says no.
Mike Florio of PRO FOOTBALL TALK points out the perplexing opinions of Vic Ketchman and Adam Schefter on the leg strength of the purported top-5 pick of the NFL Draft.
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