Did Roberto Clemente profoundly predict his own untimely demise?

• Jonathan Papelbon & Manny Del Carmen sure know how to cheer up the rain-soaked faithful at Fenway Park.

• Jerry Manuel helps ease the pain of George Carlin’s passing.

• This minor league ballgirl is leaps & bounds above the rest.

• Big Brown’s big Belmont loss? Gotta be the horseshoes.

• Your next host of the Olympic Games - Birmingham, Alabama?

• The Cardinals’ Jason Isringhausen has been driven to drink.

• Orange you glad you’re not a Dutch soccer fan following railroad workers?

• Sitting in Brazilian traffic can be dangerous for Pele.

• The Cubs get the brooms out on the North Side to sweep away the Sox.

• Someone has to sort through the dirty laundry of MLB teams.