One of the sillier traditions in baseball (and that’s saying something) is the celebrity first pitch before every single stinkin’ ballgame. While there’s nothing wrong with commemorating milestones (either on the field or from the celebrity in question), it just seems kind of pointless to have someone weakly toss a baseball halfway to home plate […]

Last year, the sports world was agape and aghast upon hearing the news that prep basketball player Brandon Jennings was skipping college to ply his trade for bucks (Euros, whatever) in Europe for a year while awaiting draft eligibility. People said it was the end of pure innocent amateurism; that poor Jennings would miss out […]

Apparently, there aren’t any Best Buys in El Paso, TX. I’m saying that because it appears that if you need to buy stereo equipment there, you just wait around at the local convenience store and wait for someone to come up to you with a deal. (Think of it like Craigslist, but with Slushies and […]

Just when you thought that the world of college football recruiting couldn’t get any more creepy, the CHICAGO TRIBUNE has a story that will practically make your skin crawl. Apparently, there is a new Web site ready to be launched that will evaluate the performance of junior high football players and promote the best players […]

We swear, that headline is entirely factual. It’s not gratuitously elaborated or blown out of proportion. Lee Murray, a former UFC fighter and one of the most fascinating sports subjects on the planet really did try to break out of a Moroccan prison, allegedly by taking out the window of his cell with small […]

It’s hard enough out there for the regular folk to get and hold jobs these days, much less your elite athlete.  So what’s a fellow to do when his NBA aspirations lasted all of 15 games for the Boston Celtics a dozen years ago but there’s still bills to pay and dreams to be achieved?

(PHIL […]

You remember Mike Gilbert. He’s O.J. Simpson’s former agent and former friend, who wrote the book “How I Helped O.J. Get Away With Murder.”  He’s now claiming that he has the suit that O.J. was wearing when he was acquitted of murder. But just like that trial, the issue of the suit isn’t an open-and-shut […]

Game 3 of Lakers/Magic this week was pretty awesome, right? Jonathan Weaver is sure glad he didn’t miss it. Even if he is in jail for tying up and gagging his girlfriend’s children, so they wouldn’t need him to babysit while he watched the game. Totally worth it.

(After Googling “tied up children,” the FBI […]

Fred Smoot is hoping to strike again. But have no fear, aquatic prostitutes of the Beltway, and get your mind out of the gutter. Then get it back in the gutter, because Smoot is planning to join the PBA.

The Washington DB rolled a 212 this week at a team bowling outing, and already seems to […]