YAHOO’S SHUTDOWN CORNER rolls up the story of Corey Cecil, a drug dealer admitting in court to selling some expensive green to members of the Tennessee Titans. About $1,000 an ounce expensive. That is, the part of the ounce he didn’t skim off the top.

“Cecil also confirmed in questioning that he was “pinching out” seven […]

Headline of the day (so far), courtesy of REUTERS:

You’d have to be pretty emboldened to prepare for a speech to the ladies in that fashion. Wonder what Olympians are part of this particular pep talk.
Jennie Finch?

WASHINGTON POST columnist Mike Wise (aka The WaPo Columnist Without a Show) threw a beatdown on Philadelphia Flyers fans and players in his Wednesday column, even declaring that the women and children “looked as if they could work security for Megadeth”.

(Mike Wise, posing)
The Flyers organization decided to pass this bit of ‘news’ along to its […]

RIVALS.COM lends a look at some of the more lopsided, more likely devastatingly dominated contests for the upcoming season. And there are more than few, as there typically are. The site looks at the 12 worst Football Championship Subdivision, ahem, Division I-AA teams against D-I stalwarts.

This is what makes the college football schedule so much […]

There’s a very good reason why Memphis point guard Derrick Rose, potential no. 1 pick in the NBA Draft, didn’t come forward with a press conference to announce his leaving the NCAA after one year to jump to squillions of dollars in the pros: he got roughed up over a girl, according to Gary Parrish […]

G.W.H.T.I.T. = God We Hope This Isn’t True.

In another coup, the (ever-reliable) reporting site MediaTakeOut.com also breaks the news that Wade apparently now is spelling his first name D-W-A-Y-N-E.
This may be a signal that it’s indeed time for us to move from Miami back to L.A., since quite obviously Wade feels there are no longer […]

Michael David Smith of FANHOUSE, god love him, listens to ESPN’s Mike & Mike morning radio show so we can focus on our primary early morning activity: Santa Monica Pier cleanup detail.

Today, Smith reports on a scintillating roundtable discussion between host Mike Greenburg, ESPN baseball writer Buster Olney, and Will Perdue (who apparently does local […]

Here’s one of the reasons we’re glad we’re not on the email list of most minor league baseball teams. From the Sioux Falls Canaries, via Darren Rovell at CNBC:

“The Sioux Falls Canaries and Dakota Provisions are teaming up this summer to bring Fowl Balls to concession stands at the Birdcage. The venture makes Sioux Falls […]

DEUCE OF DAVENPORT and BIG LEAGUE STEW reveal that Reds broadcaster Marty Brennaman is not particularly fond of Cubs fans.

His true feelings about the denizens of Wrigley Field came quite evident Wednesday night. When Adam Dunn hit a solo shot onto Sheffield Avenue, the ball was - as is tradition - tossed back onto the […]

THE DAILY PULP reports that Dan Le Batard of the MIAMI HERALD won’t be of the MIAMI HERALD for one year starting May 15th as he takes a leave of absence. His outside work as a radio host (picking fights and having fights picked for him), ESPN personality, and South Beach bon vivant has […]