Johnson Jettisoned From Mavericks Coaching Job

Guess there are some Boston baseball beauties that can knock your sox off.
• Avery Johnson now has time to attend all those Josh Howard parties.

Will Mark D’Antoni also be available for appearances?
• Some grouchy media dinosaurs use Bob Costas’ HBO show to growl about the sports blogosphere.
• But they don’t understand the true power […]

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Melo’s Blood Alcohol Level Twice The Legal Limit

The blood tests from Carmelo Anthony’s Denver DUI have come back, and the results shows that the Nuggets star was almost twice as drunk as he legally sould have been.

KCNC-TV reports that Anthony’s blood alcohol level had registered .148 for the April 14 incident. The legal limit in Colorado is .08.
Police already had some clue […]

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Strawberry Snorts Up Courage To Write New Book

Darryl Strawberry must have figured if Jose Canseco can get two books published, why can’t he get at least one on the Barnes & Noble shelves?

(Which shot makes a better author’s photo for the inside cover?)
The ASSOCIATED PRESS reports that the former major leaguer & drug abuser is working on his memoirs, tentatively entitled “Straw”, […]

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Kiper, McShay Sure (Don’t) Know How To Pick ‘Em

Now that the 2008 NFL Draft has come & gone, Mel Kiper & Todd McShay won’t have to be heard from again until training camp, when some of the higher selected players are still holding out.

With all their in-depth analysis and high-level face time in front of the cameras, how did ESPN’s draft experts do […]

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Saban Searches For Ricky Bobby, Dines w/Packer

The NCAA recently passed a rule prohibiting coaches from contacting high school players during the spring evaluation period. So how’s a guy like Nick Saban going to occupy his time from mid-April to the end of May?
By hitting the links & hitting the track!

WIAT-TV in Birmingham chronicles the ‘Bama coach’s busy Tuesday. First, Saban shot […]

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