http://www.sportsbybrooks.com Celebrity sports gossip since 2001 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:34:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We've all wanted to go back in time at certain junctures in our lives: I often imagine myself traveling back to 2002 to try and talk some sense into Dusty Baker before Game 7 of the World Series. Or just to be sure, go to 1975 to prevent Livan Hernandez ... http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/fake-high-school-player-chased-scholarship-girls-26854 Tweet this afternoon from PORTLAND OREGONIAN columnist and sports radio host John Canzano: Blount is eligible to return Saturday as the Ducks play at Stanford, but it doesn't appear, at least from Canzano's Tweet, that he'll make the trip. Share This http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/report-blount-not-on-road-game-travel-list-26853 When your eighth grade football team has a wide receiver who's 7-foot-4, that can only be a good thing, right? Meet Brenden Adams, who plays for the Morgan Middle School football team in Ellensburg, Wash. Not only is he the tallest player in youth football, but at 14, he's said ... http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/7-foot-4-eighth-grade-football-player-wins-at-life-26851 Jerrod at MidwestSportsFan.com tipped me to this recent photo of Sammy Sosa: Looks like a case of Vitiligo to me, but I'm no expert. More pics after the jump.Share This http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/sammy-sosa-white-skin-photos-posted-whats-up-26852 (Larger version) 1) Two things I know: Ladies love the long hair. Smurfs. 2) Souvenir from under the Granada Hills Stadium bleachers. 3) Last time I invite that damn tuba player over. 4) Contains field soil from biggest road win: San Jose State. (Or was it Cal-Davis?) 5) Shipping number sez Centaur should've been ... http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/annotated-photo-of-the-day-john-elway-1983-26850 It's the only high school football snack bar that sells autograph pens. At any given game you may seen Joe Montana, Wayne Gretzky, Will Smith, or even Tom Cruise in the stands. I attended an Oaks Christian High School game last season and it's actually kind of hilarious: The real ... http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/montana-gretzky-smith-progeny-still-undefeated-26847 Before the season started, one particularly intrepid reporter for OREGONLIVE.COM noticed that Stanford coaches were enamored with fullback Owen Marecic, and that Marecic had also been playing well at linebacker in practice. That reporter, Ken Goe, said that Marecic "may play two ways next season," despite the fact that making ... http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/stanford-fullback-goes-both-ways-nttawwt-26849 Who knew 'slump buster' had a second, distinctly different definition? I did not know that. Thanks, Al. TheBiglead.com with the pointer. (Video after the jump.)Share This http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/so-you-think-you-can-dance-al-mcguire-redux-26848 Earlier this morning, we showed you video of New Mexico women's soccer player Elizabeth Lambert going full berzerker on the Lobos' opponents, BYU. Despite repeated blatant offenses against the Cougars (no, not them) - not the least of which was yanking a competitor to the ground by her ponytail, as ... http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/update-elizabeth-lambert-suspended-by-lobos-26846 In case you hadn't heard, it sounds like Ohio State is going to wear some throwback uniforms for their annual tilt with Michigan on November 21. We saw a blurry camera pic of the jersey yesterday and scratched our heads; it hardly looked like a throwback, just another future-tron white ... http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/ohio-states-full-throwback-uniforms-revealed-26845