Turns out Carl Lewis wasn’t the only celebrity to recently suffer a sorrowful ceremonial first pitch.

BIG LEAGUE STEW tosses us news that Mariah Carey was asked to do the honors for the Yomiuri Giants of Japan. The songstress showed good from - however, we’re not talking about her hurling prowess.
(Video of Mariah’s pitching performance after […]

Tickets for Penguins’ Stanley Cup games are in high demand in the Steel City. So, scalpers outside Mellon Arena should be rolling in dough, right?
Well, not exactly - thanks to the Internet.

(Iceburgh outside trying to score some primo seats)
The PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE reports how guys selling seats outside the arena are getting scuttled by online ticket […]

Don Norcross of he SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE jogs up the inspiring story of a high school senior who’s been running all over the place in order to help a sick friend.

(Nick Hollon [L] running to help Andrew Bundy [R])
Nick Hollon has been running & raising money in a show of support for Andrew Bundy, a […]

Mixed martial arts takes a big broadcasting step this weekend, as CBS will be showing the first of many EliteXC “Saturday Night Fights” specials. And one of the most coveted competitors among the male 18-35 demographic is American Gladiator Gina Carano.

However, viewers could have been gypped out of a Gina appearance. MMA MANIA kicks up […]

The HARTFORD COURANT reports that Jim Calhoun is once again fighting cancer. But the UConn coach still plans on heading the Huskies next year.

Calhoun announced at news conference on Friday that he’s undergoing treatment for a recurrence of skin cancer, the same malady the coach had to face just a year ago.

Sasha Vujacic may be one of the toasts of the town in L.A. at the moment, but the Lakers guard should steer clear of Vegas for the time being.

Darren Rovell of CNBC rolls up news that Vujacic’s meaningless last-second shot Thursday night may have cost bettors up to $100 million in losses.

Some old habits die very hard:

As the maple bat controversy rages on in Major League Baseball, Susan Rhodes can tell you from experience that she prefers the ash bats instead.
That’s because when a maple bat recently exploded during a game, pieces went flying into her face and shattered her jaw.

Jeff Passan of YAHOO SPORTS has the painful story of Rhodes, […]

From BIG LEAGUE STEW at YAHOO! Sports:

Rick Dutrow, Jr. has had a hard life. Nearly all his struggles in life, he’ll tell you, came from himself. The son of a successful horse trainer, he grew up to be a high school dropout, drug addict, and ne’er-do-well living in one of the barns at Aqueduct as recently as a decade […]