• Your 2009 U.S. Open winner is someone not named Tiger Woods.

• Mark Cuban would like ESPN to put together a blacklist of sports blogs.
• Did longtime NBA star-turned-Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson get a U.S. inspector general fired?
• Coming soon to delightfully dance on a collegiate sideline near you - the William & Mary Asparagus?
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As slow-pitch softball players go, Christian James doesn’t appear to break any stereotypes. He’s around the age of 30, sports a clean goatee, lives in an exurban area, and appears to take the sport way, way too seriously. We don’t know if he enjoys Busch Light, but… we wouldn’t doubt it.

(We’re just saying, if […]

When Joe Morgan tells this story four or five years from now, it’s going to be a lot more interesting than it is today. President Obama will likely be involved, and Joe will be the hero, possibly saving a busload of schoolchildren from a bear. So I would advise waiting until then for him to […]

For the last quarter century, there’s been probably no greater figure in sports labor management than Donald Fehr, the head of the Major League Baseball Players’ Association and overseer of several momentous labor deals.

(Fehr, seen here at the Congressional steroid hearings admiring his outstanding ballpoint sketch of FDR proclaiming “The only thing we have to […]

Say what you will about Madonna; at least she had Alex Rodriguez home by bedtime. I wasn’t going to write anything about this brewing A-Rod late night carousing story, because staying out until 2:30 a.m. for a pro baseball player isn’t that big of a deal, even if you have been benched due to fatigue. […]

Remember a few years ago when Outback Steakhouse, that “Australian”-themed restaurant advertised itself with the slogan, “No Rules, Just Right”? Well, they’re a bunch of damn liars. Not only is the Bloomin’ Onion most certainly not Australian, but both the restaurant and Australia itself have rules. Lots of them.

(Roight ‘ere, we’ve got an Austrahlian trouser […]

If there’s one thing the Germans are noted for, it’s their tolerance and open mindedness when it comes to sensitive social issues. So here’s Michael Stich, famed tennis athlete and broadcaster, fanning the flames of equality at the start of Wimbledon with an observation on women’s tennis.

(Right: Maria Kirilenko, not playing tennis)
Stich, the 1991 men’s […]

For a while, it looked like there was going to be a storybook finish of some kind at the U.S. Open today. Both Phil Mickelson and David Duval had stories that, for different reasons, got the raucous crowd at Bethpage Black behind them, and each had at least a share of the lead late into […]

According to the Hallmark Cards website, “A Babylonian youth named Elmesu carved the first known Father’s Day card in clay nearly 4,000 years ago. His special message wished his father good health and a long life.” Since that ancient card-thingy, celebrations of father-child relationships have taken many forms. In Germany, the traditional Father’s Day celebration […]

The hot buzz over the weekend, even though it seems utterly insane and it came from someone serving in Iraq, was that Brett Favre had already signed with the Minnesota Vikings and that the team was just waiting for the right time to announce it.

(”Hi, guys. Please allow me to address this rumor by flying […]