Next week, Tim MacMahon live blogs Casey Kasem’s “America’s Top 40″.
• Red Sox Nation declares war on DirecTV for losing the Tokyo transmission.

• But it’s a good thing the free couches didn’t arrive yet, or those would’ve followed the satellite dishes out the window.
• There’s still hope for Packers fans: Brett Favre isn’t officially retired […]

WOMEN’S TENNIS BLOG catches tennis titaness Maria Sharapova playing a some soccer with Serbian server Novak Djokovic.

The snapshot was taken during last week’s Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California. And what’s wrong with a little footsie between matches?
While Sharapova was sunk in the semifinal round, Djokovic went on to win the tournament. And what […]

Danica Patrick is peeved that a new Indy Racing League rule appears to be punishing her for her petiteness.

USA TODAY reports that starting this season, the driver’s weight will be added to their vehicle’s overall poundage, which may affect minimum weight requirements. And Danica isn’t delighted with the news:

The ASSOCIATED PRESS reports that the Southeastern Conference plans to offer ticket refunds for tornado-tampered tournament games - a move that could cost the conference up to $2.5 million.

A tornado touched down in downtown Atlanta during the Mississippi State- Alabama game on March 14, causing damage to the Georgia Dome. As a result, the […]

• FAN IQ finds Joey Gathright leaping at the opportunity to secure a spot on the Royals’ roster:

• WITH LEATHER passes the tissues, as a jilted guy turns to the Cubs to mend his broken heart.
• BALLHYPE charts the most loved and most loathed in DEADSPIN’s Media Approval Ratings.

For DALLAS MORNING NEWS blogger Tim MacMahon, it’s been a rough few weeks. First, Mark Cuban pulls his Mavericks media credential because MacMahon was a blogger didn’t write what he liked.

So MacMahon is frozen out of covering the Mavs in the heart of the NBA season. Can’t get worse than that for a DFW blogger/sportswriter, […]

San Francisco cornerback Tarell Brown, drafted in the 5th round of last year’s NFL draft played in nine games and made two tackles. That’s the kind of output the Niners can expect to miss next year, when their 5th draft is yoinked away by Roger Goodell as penance for tampering with Bears linebacker Lance Briggs.
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Social scientists will eventually discover what English sports fans have long known: living on an island for too long traps the stupid and makes it multiply. Either that or neuroscientists will realize beating a soccer ball off your head for 25 years leads to unbelievably bad decisions.

(Is my dignity in here? No? Then let’s […]

It’s no free Taco Bell taco, but it’s equally edible. A Massachusetts furniture store will rebate all furniture sales in the next month 100 percent if the Boston Red Sox repeat this year with a World Series sweep.

(Jonathan Papelbon: now with fabric protection)
Jordan’s Furniture had the same offer last year, only it would have […]

Lou Piniella officially named Kerry Wood the closer for the Chicago Cubs yesterday in a combination of classic fastball seduction and wishcasting about Wood’s health in the limited role. Wood’s reign as closer will be measured with an official Chicago Cubs egg timer before his arm explodes magnificently, taking out Mark DeRosa and Aramis […]