Financial Superguru Dykstra Files For Bankruptcy

Well, well. Here we are. Mr. Lenny Dykstra, the man who famously claims to be undefeated or something in stock investing, has filed for bankruptcy (Darren Daulton saw this coming, as with all other things). Bankrupt, man. Just imagine if Dykstra’s stock picks had turned out poorly.

(Lookin’ good, gettin’ shoulder squeezes. What could go wrong?)
Yes, […]

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Steve McNair Jr. Pursued By Four Div. I-A Schools

Somewhat lost in the tumult of the tragic Steve McNair story is the fact that he has four sons; the oldest of which, Steve McNair, Jr., who is just starting to make a name for himself in high school football. McNair Jr., though, isn’t a quarterback; he’s a wide receiver who just finished his junior […]

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NBA Salary Cap Imploding For 2010’s Free Agents

You’ll probably recall that as the current free agency period for the NBA kicked off recently, lots of the focus went to next year’s class, the crown jewels of which being Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade, Dirk Nowitzki, and some LeBron James character. Which franchise would land each one? Would two team up to essentially buy […]

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Tragedy Averted: FIU’s Cheerleaders Will Be Back

Proving once again that there are very few problems in the world that a bikini car wash cannot fix, Florida International has announced that its cheerleading program has been brought back from the dead. The university had said that it was cutting the program — plus the marching band — in an attempt to shave […]

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Steve McNair Is Not Bound For The Hall of Fame

I’m pretty sure that over the coming weeks, months and possibly even years we’re all going to learn a lot about the life of the late Steve McNair. Maybe more than any of us ever really wanted to know, but as the details of his murder become clearer it’s bound to happen.

Unfortunately there’s a possibility […]

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Kazemi’s Ex-Boyfriend Wrote Rap About A Murder

As if this story needed any more surreal twists, Sahel Kazemi’s former boyfriend, Keith Norfleet, wrote and performed a rap song about killing an older man with a handgun about four months ago. NASHVILLE CITY PAPER uncovered the song on Tuesday, in which Norfleet, an aspiring rapper who goes by the name of KaNe, raps […]

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Speed Read: Manny Being Manny Being Ejected

The Manny Ramirez Traveling Salvation Show hit a snag last night in New York, thanks to an umpire with a hair trigger. Well, it’s hard to call anything about John Hirschbeck’s fifth-inning ejection of Ramirez “hair trigger,” since it took roughly 15 minutes seconds from when Hirschbeck rung Ramirez up on a called third strike […]

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Romanian Press Milks Simona For All She’s Worth

Last week, in trying figure out why 17-year-old Romanian tennis pro Simona Halep was in such a hurry to get a breast reduction, I examined the European press coverage of her dilemma.

(Stay Classy, Transylvania)
After discovering my post and the pix I posted of Halep in late April, overseas media predictably went hog-wild over her […]

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