Call the moving vans - So long, Sean Sutton; Hello, Tom Crean!
• Barack Obama promises to bring a basketball court to the White House.

Makes sense, since the bowling alley will be of no use.
• One would-be robber learns not to mess with Norwegian bingo players.
• Speedo swimsuits may be giving its Olympic wearers an […]

Spencer Hall of the SPORTING BLOG finds a tennis player who really needs to work on his overhead smash.

The bloodied mess above is Mikhail Youzhny, who’s enraged intensity was on display at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. During his match against Spain’s Nicolas Almagro, the Russian became upset after giving up a point, and […]

The BLOOMINGTON HERALD-TIMES reports that Indiana is set to name Tom Crean as their new basketball coach.

Crean has spent the last eight seasons at Marquette, where he lead the Warriors Golden Eagles to the 2003 Final Four. He’ll be taking over from Dan Dakich, who’s been leading the Hoosiers on an interim basis since Kelvin […]

Everyone knows who Steve Bartman is. He’s the Wrigley Field fan in the 2003 NLCS that got in the way of Moises Alou’s catch attempt, cursing the Cubs to yet another year without a World Series appearance.

But years later, Alou apparently had a little confession to make.

• BASKETBAWFUL knows Steve Nash can take a licking - especially now that he’s in creepy bobblepop form:

How would Mr. Owl handle this one?
• ESTSN barks up news that an NFL player has some sick pit bulls to give away, and it’s not who you think.
• DC SPORTS BOG catches word that Redskins TE Chris […]

As spotted quite bravely by 100% Injury Rate at FANIQ with a minimum of whimpering and vomiting, the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks’ Paul Gallen made a grab for glory last weekend when he got into the shorts of the man he was guarding, Josh Graham, and squeezed down hard on his defense.
Also, Gallen squashed Graham’s testicles with […]

We aren’t going to get out of here without something April Fools-related, however lame we find the holiday.

(*not impressed* (guttural sound))
Mike Florio of PRO FOOTBALL TALK reported this morning, with a straight keyboard, that Jason Taylor had retired from professional football: “Miami Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor, currently a contestant on that showcase for show […]

And you thought the story was dead. Dead, dead, dead. A 47th prod of the stick reveals the story is still moving. And the HUFFINGTON POST via a litany of websites reveals that the LeBron James/Gisele Bundchen cover shot on Vogue might have the most striking resemblance to a World War I recruitment poster.
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At first blush, the BOSTON HERALD’s story of Brian McNamee selling Roger Clemens memorabilia he accrued over the years might seem a little unseemly.

(Buy In Now - and we’ll throw in dried blood on a beer can!)
But when you hear the whole story, you’ll be behind it (bad pun) 100%.

The Sharks, a South African rugby team, slipped an extra man onto the grass for two whole minutes without anyone noticing in their Super 14 match against the Queensland Reds last weekend. The 16th man roamed freely in the Sharks win and made two key tackles. Queensland Reds are protesting now, but you […]