8:00 PM CSN Baltimore has video of Marcus Smith, a U.S. soldier who dressed as a minor league umpire to surprise his children at a Bowie Baysox game with a home visit from Afghanistan.
7:45 PM A Japanese Harley-Davidson motorcycle that was swept out to sea during last year's tsunami washed up on a shore in British Columbia last month. The bike's owner asked that the motorcycle be displayed at the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee as a memorial to the tsunami victims.
7:30 PM Buffalo Bills receiver David Clowneytweeted the results of his HIV test which came back negative. And to the critics of his decision to share his results, Clowney added: "Some people are Ridiculously stupid ... And can't see the bigger picture about things that are important in this world."
• Desperately seeking an image boost, Alex Rodriguez bags another big name in Hollywood - William Morris. Darren Rovell of CNBC is “disinterested” in the Yankee’s move to the talent agency and has a body of evidenceto back it up.
• FANHOUSE salutes NBA Summer League icon Nate Robinson. After four consecutive seasons playing in games that do not count, the Knicks guard earned the honor of being the first player ever to have his Summer League jersey retired.
• HOT MOUSE PADS was too busy looking for photos of everyone’s favorite pole vaulter to realize that the Beijing Olympics would sadly be Allison Stokke-free.
• BBC NEWS painstakingly sat through an LA Galaxy vs. New York Red Bulls game to supply us with this puff piece on David Beckham’s impact on MLS and this photo, which I guess is evidence that the league is in better shape than it was year ago. Google image searches for girls with the letters of Tyler Twellman’s name across their mid drift came up empty.
What is it with Chicago Bears linebackers? I thought they were supposed to be toughguys. But based on Brian Urlacher’s latest antics, that’s quite the fallacy.
The CHICAGO TRIBUNE hears the opposite from Chicago’s defensive standout about his team’s tumble from the highs of last year’s Super Bowl appearance.
Unlike Palmer, Urlacher put the blame of a bad season not on the men on the sidelines, but the men on the field: “The coaches didn’t screw up this year. The players screwed up. They didn’t miss 20 tackles as a coaching staff; we did as players. And they didn’t drop all those balls or miss all those blocks on offense. It’s our players, and that’s all there is to it.”
