Jim Utter of the CHARLOTTE OBSERVER reports that Bob Griese has been suspended for one game for his “taco” comment about Juan Pablo Montoya.
 
Griese was forced to apologize at the end of his Minnesota-Ohio State telecast on Saturday and then again during halftime of ESPN’s Mississippi State-Florida.
Montoya’s response when asked by reporters was, “I […]

It’s not often that someone defends himself on charges of using a gay epithet by slinging yet another gay epithet. But this is Larry Johnson we’re talking about, and LJ don’t perform for the amusement of The Man. He’s also four kinds of insane.

GLADD and OUTSPORTS.COM have both lined up against Johnson this afternoon after […]

TMZ posted photos today it claims are of Jamie McCourt and her new boyfriend, a gent named Jeff Fuller.

(Jeff on the left)
We got these pictures of Jamie yesterday, lunching in Malibu with Jeff Fuller — the new guy in her life. Now, in the awkward department, until recently Jeff was the Director of Protocol […]

You can’t exactly say that readers of the CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER were sad that former Browns receiver Braylon Edwards was charged a little while ago with misdemeanor assault. Commenter Stefrusconi, a few minutes after word came down: “ALL CHARGES SHOULD BE DROPPED JUST LIKE THE FOOTBALL.” How rude. But then Browns fans and Mr. Edwards […]

Let’s be honest, very few people know Tony Durant as anything other than the older brother of Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant. (If that.)

(Had to work in the blank photo - always a nice touch)
But thanks to some indiscretionary Tweets the past few days, his notoriety among Thunder fans is beginning to grow.

You may remember Isaiah Rider from such hits as “Grand Theft Auto-Los Angeles,” How To Kidnap a Female Acquaintance Without Really Trying”, and “J.R. Rider And The Series Of Unfortunate Felony Cocaine Possession Arrests.” And of course there’s much more, including my favorite, milkshake assault (see No. 9).

But at one time Rider was also one […]

The day after his team lost to New England 59-0 two weeks ago, Jeff Fisher surprised a Tennessee audience by wearing a Colts jersey to a Tony Dungy charity event in Nashville. Fisher punctuated the appearance by saying, “I just wanted to feel like a winner.”

(If I was Dungy, I would’ve covered for Fisher. Bad […]

The NEW HAVEN REGISTER reports the attorney general of Connecticut is demanding that a website stop selling Jasper Howard-themed t-shirts, despite claims by the site’s owner that proceeds go to the fallen UConn player’s memorial fund.

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said Friday that Game Day Tease is using UConn logos and images from its Web site […]

Please indulge the mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragger in me with this epic Long Jump video fail:

Backstory and video after the jump.

If you’ve just called “got next” at one of President Obama’s famed pickup basketball games, you’d better be sure of two things: One, you always set picks for he Prez. Two, you’d better be a guy. Believe it or not, there’s a growing undercurrent of discontent — including those in his own party — that […]