• Melissa Rycroft, former Cowboys cheerleader & budding ABC reality TV star, is offered a chance to take off her “Dancing” dress for Playboy.

• The Broncos are finally cutting themselves from Jay Cutler. Any takers?
• Mike Danton, the ex-NHLer jailed for planning to kill his agent, is transferred to Canada, where he’s already up for […]

I don’t need the staged violence at the G-20 worldwide econ summit in London to confirm just how bad the economy is in Great Britain.

(If John Daly had a brother - who lost a kidney or three)
The venerable SCOTSMAN reports this week that with flagging, countrywide golf club membership, the birthplace of the game […]

I hate April Fools’ Day. It’s to being funny what St. Patrick’s Day is to drinking: pure amateur hour. Every office cut-up who thinks that “Two and a Half Men” is God’s gift to comedy decides that this would be a great time to do something wacky - think Michael Scott from “The Office.” And […]

My Boy Barry has them.

I’m guessing there will never, ever be a better time to get affordable tickets to the Final Four. So if you want to be part of the spectacle, like I was last year (thanks to Barry), then go to Barrystickets.com or call 1-800-348-8499.

There’s no sense in repeating that we’re in some harsh economic times. (Oops, I just repeated it. My apologies.) Anyway, many Americans down on their luck & facing uncertain financial futures of their own have been fuming about big companies like AIG getting generous government handouts while they spend cash on wasteful & extravagant endeavors.

Now […]

So when I first saw the headline “Head Football Coach at Mississippi State Up For Bid” on FRIENDS OF THE PROGRAM, I assumed that this was just a logical extension of the recruiting process in the SEC. Why bother fooling around with “supporting” the players when you can just go ahead and purchase the coach […]

The University of North Texas doesn’t have a storied football program, but it has produced some intriguing teams, sporting running backs who keep getting the ball and motoring down field behind an under-appreciated offensive line. Add to that the fact that they’re the Mean Green, and there’s actually been reason to cast an occasional eye […]

When the New York Yankees officially move in to their brand-new billion-dollar taxpayer-supported stadium in a few days, Bob Sheppard will not be joining them.

Sheppard, the long-time public address announcer for the House That Ruth Built, is retiring. Jack Curry of the NEW YORK TIMES says that Sheppard’s agent Paul Doherty told him that Bob’s […]

Leave it to Mark Cuban to slyly drop a bomb deep down in an interview about the changing role of media in the NBA. In an interview with Jonah Ballow, the Timberwolves writer for NBA.com, Cuban defended players’ freedom to send out tweets on Twitter during halftime because, “… Before I took over for the […]

According to FoxSports.com, David Ortiz resembles Esther Rolle, the star of the epic TV sitcom Good Times:

One thing I know they do have in common: Rolle died in 1998. Ortiz’s bat died 10 years later.

Does David Ortiz look like Esther Rolle of the sitcom Good Times?

Yes

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