There is no sports governing body more fussy than FINA when it comes to approving swimsuits. Among issues scrutinized by the watery overlords are buoyancy, “air trapping effects” and material thickness. Sadly, “may create open ass-flap like a pair of child’s footy pajamas” seems to have been overlooked. FINA, and more importantly the makers of […]
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UFC 100 is coming up, and with it, a mea culpa. I didn’t give MMA its due. I thought it was a fad. But the premier promotion is up to their 100th event with no signs of slowing, and I have to admit that at this point in time, MMA is healthier than boxing.
So, as […]
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What if we lived in a world where women were graciously admitted to sporting events, but men were forced to wait in the parking lot with the vehicles? The Hudson Valley Renegades, a minor league baseball team from the New York-Penn League, dared to dream, and now that concept is reality. Welcome to Ball-Less Baseball, […]
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Yesterday we learned about Brandon Marshall’s feelings for Denver and how he hates that “f***ing city“. Now today we learn of another disgruntled athlete and his lack of love for the place he had to play in the last few years.
Stephon Marbury will hit the free agent market today along with plenty of other NBA […]
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Much like the U.S. soccer team in the Confederations Cup, Terrell Owens and Joanna Krupa faced certain elimination in ABC’s time-wasting action-packed series “The Superstars,” only to come back in semi-triumph. Yes, America’s favorite couple are still alive, as you surely know from watching last night. What do you mean you read a book instead? […]
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Can’t say we expected this one. After ticking off just about everybody from Ron Paul to Paula Abdul, BrĂ¼no has offended a most unlikely group: the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Sacha Baron Cohen’s not-so-subtly gay Austrian fashionista took a trip to the States for his latest movie, and stopped off in Los Angeles to do […]
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It’s been a rough decade for the Baltimore Orioles. The once proud franchise has long been third fiddle to the Yankees and Red Sox in the AL East, but with the sudden rise of the Rays and the continuing competence of the Blue Jays, it’s hard to imagine a team that’s further away from being […]
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Abbot Pizza on the westside of Los Angeles (Venice) is one of my weekly (at least!) stops. Go early, before they run out of the Five Onion Pie:
(New Yorkers: Don’t Even THINK Above Folding That Garlicky Goodness!)
Ask SbB Girl Doro about the hilites of her trip to Los Angeles to shoot with us and […]
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