• Manny Ramirez gets suspended for 50 games after failing a drug test.
How will the baseball media “experts” react to his Hall Of Fame status?
• But here’s an even bigger story coming straight outta Dodgertown - Kim Kardashian threw out last night’s first pitch!
• Is Red Sox Nation trying to fill the NL All-Star ballots […]
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No disrespect to Ron Artest, but he’s the one guy in the entire league where anything can come out of his mouth and nobody would flinch (We think Bill Simmons calls this the “Mike Tyson zone”). After that ludicrous ejection last night, if he had explained that his defensive philosophy is primarily informed by the […]
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Today’s headlines have been dominated by Manny, but there’s some weird stuff brewing down in Dallas, where a woman who is reportedly Dirk Nowitzki’s pregnant fiancée has been arrested on fraud charges. Cristal Taylor, who has used at least eight aliases while racking up what appears to be a number of bills that she had […]
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If there’s one thing Matt Garza knows, it’s pitching. That, and how to knock up your girlfriend while you’re still in high school. The Rays hurler was last year’s ALCS MVP, but I’d like to nominate him for MVP of teenage pregnancy.
Garza was in New York yesterday for a town hall meeting on teenage […]
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America’s most petulant retiree, former mediocre Jets quarterback Brett Favre, is in the news again. A couple days ago he was slated to meet with Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress at an undisclosed location about another possible comeback. Earlier today, a report suggested he was willing to go under the knife for the Vikings. It […]
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The fallout from the long alleged Toledo point shaving scandal has finally come down, and the findings are not comforting for Rockets fans. According to the TOLEDO BLADE, six different Toledo athletes have been charged with actions that make it pretty obvious that they were willing to sell their success on the field and court.
(The […]
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Three months ago I wrote that since Alex Rodriguez was found to have used steroids, the baseball Hall of Fame was eventually going to have to let in anyone who had the numbers to warrant induction. That included guys like Mark McGwire, who if not for the pall cast over his career by steroid-use suspicion, […]
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There are several days throughout the year that are near and dear to the hearts of college sports fans. Basketball has Selection Sunday, football has the back-asswards BCS Selection Show, and even baseball fans have the NCAA tournament selection to look forward to.
Being fans of affirmative action, the NCAA gives its detractors, or “haters” as […]
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Howard Mudd has spent 35 straight seasons coaching in the NFL, serving the last 11 years as offensive line coach for the Indianapolis Colts. During his time in Indy, Mudd has plotted to provide protection for conquering QB hero Peyton Manning, with positive results - the Colts line has ranked 7th or better in the […]
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I don’t know who has a more miserable Father’s Day: Jelena Dokic or the kids of former big leaguer Troy Neel. Sure, Dokic’s dad might have been overbearing, insane and quite possibly abusive, but at least he was there. Versus Neel’s two children, whose father has not only not been around, but has been hiding […]
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