Never one to get stuck on one sport, ESPN broadcaster Jon Miller has weaved a long, lustrous career in a variety of broadcast capacities.

(Miller also closet wildlife conservationist?)
From the video posted below, I myself learned today that Miller called NASL pro soccer matches in 1978.

This particular telecast featured Miller on the call for a […]

Here’s two photos of Andre Smith at Cincinnati Bengals training camp yesterday:

An offensive lineman out of the University of Alabama, Smith was the sixth overall selection by the Bengals in the 2009 NFL Draft and reportedly currently weighs 370 pounds.

Here’s some shots recently sent in by readers of the Laker Girls from the 1980s:

From the 1988 Lakers victory parade:

Finally, the Lakers’ recruiting secret for Laker Girls revealed? …

Looks to me like the team has long been dipping into the Las Vegas Hilton’s waitstaff.
Now, like you, I couldn’t stop wondering who the woman in that […]

Last Saturday Britain’s Jessica Ennis won the Women’s Heptathlon at the European Track & Field Championships in Barcelona.

(Video below)
Yesterday the LONDON GUARDIAN had this on Ennis, who is currently the top-ranked heptathlete in the world:
Expectations will not diminish between now and the London Olympics. In two years’ time the poster girl of British athletics […]

Ugly, strange story out of Stillwater, Okla., today as Jamie Blatnick, a starting defensive end on the Oklahoma State football team, has been cited, “for felony aggravated assault and battery following an alleged fight with a former teammate inside a local bar.”

(Blatnick and Denning)
From Oklahoma City’s DAILY OKLAHOMAN:
According to a news release issued by […]

John Daly is on the waiting list for a sponsor’s exemption into the field for the PGA Tour Turning Stone Resort Championship this week in Verona, New York.

(”Qualify” for his own exemption into field? C’mon son)
Why is he out in the cold? Because the top executive of the title sponsor of the tournament, Turning […]

Tough times for Michigan football fans. (I know, your heart weeps.) Anyway, when things get a little lean, can’t blame the guys at MVictors.com for digging through the archives to salve their RichRod-caused wounds.

(Thanks to the Wiz)
Recently unearthed at the UM library was this “information blank” filled out by 1940 Michigan Heisman Trophy winner […]