Kevin Johnson learned the hard way what happens when you leave the bucolic, tree-lined streets of Sacramento and head into the bustling, hard-edged metropolis that is San Francisco. You stop to help an elderly man get into a cab, and BOOM! (John Madden goes to telestrator): You’re suddenly a robbery victim.

Johnson of course is a […]

Last night Jay Glazer posted a piece on the Foxsports.com website that trumpeted the distinct possibility that Mike Shanahan would take over as Redskins coach “as early as this season.“

(Full text of piece at the bottom of this post)
That piece was later deleted from the Foxsports.com website, but remains in Google’s cache - for […]

Eagle-eyed SEC football fans probably noticed that Joe Adams was not one of the Arkansas wideouts who wrought utter havoc on the Auburn secondary this weekend. Small matter, really, considering the 44-23 final score in Arkansas’ favor, but what was the deal?

(Adams, seen here “beasting.” We just learned that word like yesterday, because we are […]

Wanna know who is probably most responsible for ESPN SportsCenter anchors riffing on highlights? Van Earl Wright.

As the unseen voice of CNN Headline News sportscasts in the late ’80s, Wright made a name for himself by catch-phrasing many of his calls. That lead to on-screen gigs with CNN’s Sports Tonight and Fox Sports Net national […]

You might recall yesterday’s post about the ridiculous go-ahead touchdown Washington scored on Arizona after a Nick Foles pass deflected off of WR Delashaun Dean’s cleats and into the grasp of Huskies LB Mason Foster. Hell of a way to lose a game, right?

Hell of a way, indeed. That’s a closeup screencap - or actually […]

Have you ever wondered what would happen if ESPN fitness shows “Kiana’s Flex Appeal” and “Getting Fit With Denise Austin” went back-to-back in an ultimate flexing-babe ratings showdown war? We’ll find out who prevails in this week’s feature, with video. Plus, Welsh soccer, Xtreme Bull Riding, and gratuitous Brooke Hogan. It’s stuff you’d never watch, […]

It’s Monday, time for us to ask the musical question: Why were they playing a night game in frigid Denver on Sunday, when the Twins and Yankees, who were playing in a nice heated dome, were scheduled for the afternoon? Couldn’t they have flipped that? (In Mr. Magoo voice) “Bud Selig, you’ve done it again.”

I […]

A couple weeks ago, Miami head coach Randy Shannon encouraged his players to avoid watching ESPN or any other coverage of their season, believing any positive press would serve little more purpose than as a distraction. Wunderquarterbacken Jacory Harris took things a step further, telling his teammates to only watch SpongeBob SquarePants, believing that if […]

Did the Phillies bully a little girl into giving up a treasured memento in exchange for a couple of game tickets and some magic beans? Or is this the case of a scumbag lawyer filing a needless lawsuit to make a baseball star look bad? Hey, why can’t it be both? Yes, now I’m happy.

The […]

Clear evidence Louisville football fans might have a little too much time contemplating their disdain for head coach Steve Kragthorpe. Introducing the website BagKrag.com:

(From the folks who brought you Bobby Bowden-branded colostomy bags)
I have nothing to add …

… except to say that it appears to be catching on.