• How did porn star Jenna Jameson & MMA fighter Tito Ortiz first meet? It was through the modern miracle of MySpace!

• The Nuggets sting the Hornets with a record-tying playoff blowout.
• Bob Knight would appreciate it if the Dutch media wouldn’t f***ing ask him about the f***ing chair-throwing incident.
• Could you stand yet another […]

Last season, HBO attempted to entertain cable TV audiences with their hard-hitting, behind-the-scenes football expose series “Hard Knocks”, featuring the Dallas Cowboys. Despite the glut of must-see-TV personality types (T.O., Pacman, Romo + Jessica, etc.), the show wasn’t that compelling. (Or maybe it was - I never bothered to tune in. Probably because “Sex Games […]

There have been been nasty, ugly beanball incidents over the years in baseball, but perhaps nothing was as shocking or deplorable as what happened 10 years ago this month, when Wichita State ace and MLB prospect Ben Christensen - thinking that Evansville lead-off hitter was Anthony Molina was “timing” his warm-up pitches from the on-deck […]

On Feb. 24, NEWSDAY’s Neil Best asked Yankees COO Lonn Trost, “Is there any chance you will drop prices on your most expensive seats?”

(Does Hal Now Have Yanks’ Hank-led goon squad in the backseat?)
Trost: “No, our prices are our prices.”
Whoops! From this afternoon’s NYP:
The Yankees today announced they are lowering ticket prices for seats […]

We’ve written recently about the multiple headaches facing the Nevada athletic department, including the recent arrest of a men’s basketball starter for confronting football players with a gun at the school’s recreation center and the AD’s sad attempt to shift the focus to the media. Now it looks like the Wolf Pack will need to […]

The NFL Draft has become a big television event in recent years, thanks in part to incessant hype from both the NFL and ESPN. This year’s draft featured it all - celebrity “entertainers”, celebrity college athletes, and the inimitable Mel Kiper, Jr. Even casual fans tune in to catch the pageantry of it all and […]

I guess if you think about it, all sports writers have to be stalkers on some level; whether it’s waiting outside a locker room to speak with athletes after a game or placing phone call after phone call trying to confirm a trade or player release, there’s a fine line between “dedicated reporter” and “needs […]

While the entire human population of the world is freaking out about a possible swine flu pandemic, this is a scary time for the animal kingdom as well. Just last week, 21 polo horses dropped dead in Florida due to a medication mixup. The other day, 38 assorted animals died in a fire at a […]

With the announcement of the NCAA recognizing beach, er, sand volleyball as a varsity sport, there might be hopes of other college club sports that could reach the same status. Like ultimate frisbee, for instance.

And the University of Oregon has quite a good team, as the disc-throwing Ducks were on the verge of winning a […]

Swine flu is all the rage these days, as you can’t turn on the news without hearing of the latest diagnosed case in the United States or in other parts of the world. To be honest, I’m not even entirely sure what swine flu is exactly because I don’t really care. I don’t work with […]