We’re always Stokke‘d to uncover new photos of the amazing Allison.

• Does a former Patriots cheerleader have a fetish for the fatties?
• The snide slapshots delivered by local scribes almost has us paying attention to the NHL playoffs.
• Andruw Jones is really growing into a heavy hitter - literally.
• An Australian rules football player […]

With Pope Benedict coming to America this week, good catholic Tommy Lasorda plans on meeting the pontiff. And this will be the third pope he claims he’s had the honor of visiting with in person.

However, Tom Hoffarth of FARTHER OFF THE WALL questions Tommy’s truthfulness of one of his papal encounters.

Last time we checked up on Allison Stokke, the pretty pole vaulter was reaching new heights as a Cal freshman, setting new records at Berkeley.

(”Snack bar? It’s right over there.”)
Now thanks to the fine folks at MYCHILLPILL.NET, we have new snapshots of the Golden Bears’ golden babe in action. More photos after the jump.

• SONS OF STEVE GARVEY tosses out some fun photos of Jackie Chan kickin’ it with the Dodgers.

• STEROID NATION comes across strange news of Chinese authorities reportedly testing performance-enhancing drugs on prisoners, and somehow hoping the results can help disqualify Western athletes & give more medals to China.
• DEUCE OF DAVENPORT passes along news […]

The NFL has officially released its 2008 schedule today. You can see the week-by-week slates here. Or if you prefer to check the schedules by team, here’s the AFC and NFC.

And for those who want to reserve a bar stool a few months ahead of time, here’s the games that are supposed to be shown […]

On “Talk of the Nation” to shill for his latest motivational book, Cal Ripken found himself exposed to NPR’s version of sports talk radio callers. They’re an awful lot like the ones in the hotel commercials, actually, but with worse comedic timing.

Since “Talk of the Nation”’s producers aren’t nuanced enough in the world of […]

So, let’s just get one thing out of the way. College football scrimmages are a waste of time. There it is. I’m sure there’s some degree of comfort fans might get by seeing their favorite collegiate athletes wear colored helmets and block and tackle some … well, other players on the same team, since there […]

It’s one thing to mess with an entire city government, a loyal and passionate fan base, and the integrity of David Stern and the NBA, Clay Bennett. Governments come and go. David Stern, like all men, has his price. And the fans? Ha! A piffle.

It’s quite another matter to screw […]

We were a play-by-play announcer for several sports over 16 years, so we can be a bit of a geek when it comes to rating announcers (translation: we know you don’t give a damn, but indulge us).

CAN’T STOP THE BLEEDING found this lovely chart on Flickr.com that rates NBA announcers in a rather clever way. […]

The CHICAGO TRIBUNE’s SWAMP blog reports today that Barack Obama’s brother in law, Craig Robinson, a former basketball coach at Brown and now coach at Oregon State, said this to Real Sports about Obama’s basketball playing style: “He used to be a black player who plays black. Now he’s a black player who keeps […]