Fox 6 in Milwaukee Tweeted this tonight: “Internet whisper says Brewers have completed deal for Royals SP Zack Greinke. Brewers supposedly sending Royals JJ Hardy, Manny Parra, Mat Gamel & Angel Salome !!! … We called Brewers GM Doug Melvin to either confirm or deny, but he’s not answering or responding right now.”

As a long-suffering […]

UConn Police Major Ronald Blicher gave a press conference today in Storrs. He provided some details of the ongoing investigation into the death of Jasper Howard: Here are some of his comments from the Q&A portion of the presser:

“It happened in front of witnesses … We have been interviewing people throughout the night and day […]

Here’s video and a photo montage of Carolina Panther Dante Wesley’s vicious hit on Tampa Bay Buccaneer Clifton Smith today in Tampa:

(Video after the jump)
Smith suffered a concussion and a throat injury and was unable to speak after the Bucs 28-21 loss to the Panthers. Wesley was ejected from the game and will […]

Pini Gershon, coach of Euroleague team Maccabi Tel Aviv, did the impossible today: he got me to mention a Knicks preseason game.

(Love the wink)
After picking up his second technical foul of the game between the clubs this afternoon at MSG, Gershon refused to leave the court. The game was halted when the officials noticed […]

Dylan Hernandez of the L.A. TIMES has piece today on Dodger Hiroki Kuroda that starts out as a lament from Kuroda over being fined for plunking Phillies batters last season (while Brett Myers was not) and ends with Kuroda recounting strange childhood punishments including a youth baseball training camp that sounded more like concentration camp.

(Kuroda […]

Tim Kawakami of the SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS reports this morning:
Something could happen tomorrow. We don’t know what the Napa Valley DA will do, and there are plenty of conflicting indications, but it’s possible the DA announces that he will press charges against Tom Cable.

If that happens, it’s almost certain that Al Davis would either […]

The HARTFORD COURANT reports this morning that starting UConn cornerback Jasper Howard “died today after an on-campus stabbing.”

(UConn has posted alert on school’s website)
According to multiple sources, Howard, 20, was reportedly was stabbed near the student union. State Police major crime unit and UConn police say the stabbing happened just after 12:30 a.m. Sunday […]

Last Monday I noted a Jay Glazer-bylined story on the Foxsports.com website that had apparently been completely deleted.  The piece examined the scenario that could lead to Mike Shanahan taking over as Redskins Coach as soon as this season.

(Glazer Tweet: Web story was “dummy post” he didn’t write) 
At the time I was perplexed why […]