With the MLB trade deadline approaching, one pitcher who may be on the move is Chicago Cubs starter Ted Lilly.

Today Gordon Wittenmyer of the CHICAGO SUN-TIMES provided some insight into what makes Lilly so popular with other teams strapped for pitching.
One American League scout this week said that even if the salaries were the same, […]

Last night after he was called on to start for the Washington Nationals only because Stephen Strasburg was unable to get loose in pregame warmups, pitcher Miguel Batista said of the jeering reaction of Nats fans: “Imagine, if you go there to see Miss Universe — and you end up having Miss Iowa.”

When informed of […]

Delightful photo - sent in by an intrepid reader - of Pac-10 football coaches and their wives taken this week in Times Square:

Apparently Layla couldn’t be dragged away from the Naked Cowboy.

This morning ESPNLA.com published a fascinating ‘night-in-the-life’ piece on LeBron James by ESPN staff writer Arash Markazi. Markazi was apparently granted full access to James and his entourage last Saturday night in Vegas at Tao nightclub.

Markazi is a longtime reporter, formerly of Sports Illustrated, charged with writing ESPNLA.com’s “Velvet Rope” blog. He’s a veteran of […]

John Clay of the LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER and Matt Jones and Thomas Beisner of KentuckySportsRadio.com has the latest on Rick Pitino’s testimony today at the coach’s extortion trial in Louisville.

Speaking inside a jammed courtroom, Jones reports this afternoon that Pitino admitted to having sex with the woman he’s accused of extortion, Karen Sypher:
Pitino admits to “unfortunate” […]

Turns out the NFL is far from satisfied in allowing NFL Network to be a fringe media player.

Earlier today I confirmed that Jay Glazer of Fox Sports was joining NFL Network. I’ve since been informed that the NFL also approached Sports Illustrated’s Peter King about joining the network, but was turned down. (”Swung and missed” […]

Early Wednesday John Ourand of SportsBusiness Journal reported on Twitter, “I’m hearing that NFL Network hired Fox’s Jay Glazer and Daryl Johnston for their studio show. Both will stay on Fox, too”

After Ourand’s Tweet, Glazer confirmed to me that he has indeed joined NFL Network as an on-air contributor while keeping his current duties at […]

From the best golf blogger on the web, Geoff Shackelford:

What a treat. Rarely see a Mike & Mike listener outside captivity*.

The crown jewel of Lane Kiffin’s 2009 recruiting class at the Univ. of Tennessee, sophomore running back Bryce Brown, has reportedly told Vols Coach Derek Dooley that he is leaving the team.

Knoxville WNML-AM radio host Jimmy Hyams reports that Brown skipped a scheduled meeting today with Dooley that was reportedly to decide his future with […]

The gang at my new, favorite gossip blog, NecoleBitchie.com, has photos of Braylon Edwards and his new facemask:

More importantly, Edwards is seen in the photos with his 11-month-old baby son Braylon, Jr., which is a significant step for the Jets wide receiver.
Edwards secretly fathered the child with “America’s Next Top Model” contestant Nik Pace last […]