Chris Mottram of SBNation.com points out an interesting coincidence between an ESPN.com Bill Simmons piece today and a post written by SBNation’s Andrew Sharp the previous day.

Sharp noted on Thursday that Titans’ running back Chris Johnson would probably be enjoying more celebrity if he had a more unconventional name. Simmons the next day? Same. Graf […]

Dan Steinberg at DC SPORTS BOG (bookmark it) has this delightfully ridiculous photo of Caps star Alex Ovechkin and some random nude female:

There’s no identification of the woman in the magazine and Steinberg was unaware of her identity. Amazing how a woman that beautiful and ‘outgoing’ can also remain anonymous. Hear that, Tiger? Shaq?

First the folks at Young Black & Fabulous told us that Shaquille O’Neal was (allegedly) fooling around the Gilbert Arenas‘ baby momma and fiancee, and now THEYBF.com is back with an allegation that Shaq is hooking up with another NBA baller’s baby momma:

Shaq must make a habit out of making other NBA ballers’ baby mamas […]

Ian Thomsen of SI.com reports today that NBA Commissioner David Stern recently said there was a reasonable possibility that a woman could soon play in the NBA:

(Baylor’s Brittney Griner: 1st Woman Who Can Dunk Easily)
On Tuesday in the conference room outside his NBA office in Manhattan, I asked the commissioner whether we’ll see a […]

Here’s a shot of Michael Jordan last night in Miami Beach:

What’s cooler:

Al Michaels‘ new hair system

Shaq becoming ’sheriff’ in every city where he plays

Oasis

Michael Jordan’s jeans

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Like Tiger Woods, that’s what happens to your judgement when everyone around you is paid off.  Dude is quiet obviously trapped in an opposite day […]

I spent nine years as a major and minor league baseball play-by-play announcer, so I have a unique perspective on what went down with San Diego Padres’ recent Dick Enberg TV hire.

(Padres, Enberg jacked Neely’s gig for no good reason)
Jay Posner of the SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE reports that despite the fact that the Padres […]

Rich Rodriguez gave a speech in suburban Detroit last night that included him comparing the woes of Michigan football to Hurricane Katrina:

(Thanks for that)

Should RichRod apologize for comparing UM football to Hurricane Katrina?

Yes

No

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It’s really kind of ironic that the New Orleans Saints overcame the hurricane a few years back. And we’ve had […]

Bill Zwecker of the CHICAGO SUN-TIMES sources more sordid behavior of Tiger Woods, this time in Las Vegas and Chicago.

Zwecker reports that over the past five years Woods, through his bodyguard, would often pick up women at the MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay. Also noted was Woods’ crude, and inappropriate comments to a female server […]

Mark Mangino “resigned” yesterday in disgrace, having been throw out by Kansas officials after players came forward with tales of physical and verbal abuse.

(Hear Kipp talk about Mangino here)
Until this week, players had not provided physical evidence of Mangino’s behavior. That changed two days ago, when the LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD published the story of former Kansas […]