Sundays are for topless photos of Lakers girls … and for football. So while there’s no football going on over here, there’s always “football” (cough, soccer) going on across the pond, and three days after a miraculous late goal landed Barcelona, not Chelsea, in the Champions League final, more and more evidence keeps popping up [...]

It’s been said that either Manny Ramirez is incredibly dumb, or incredibly good at playing dumb, and his response to his 50-game suspension for violating MLB’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program gives proponents of either theory plenty of fuel for the fire. On one hand, claiming that a doctor gave him medicine for a [...]

If you’ve watched ESPN for more than five minutes this week, you know that last night was the season premiere of “E:60″, ESPN’s version of “60 Minutes,” and the featured story was a “rare, behind-the-scenes” look at the WWE and a profile of Vince McMahon. Jeremy Schaap was sent out to watch as the organization [...]

• Greg Oden is on the shelf again with another injury, but what pains the Portland Blazers star more is the grief he’s getting from the fans.

• The Americans make it to the second round of the WBC. U-S-A! U-S-A!
• Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich ran out from the ruined Russian economy just in time.
• Amos [...]

Roman Abramovich, one of the world’s richest private citizens and owner of London’s Chelsea Football Club (not to mention a handful of other sporting organizations) is typically portrayed as a shrewd business investor who dumps money into Chelsea to help him pass his time. Everyone knows he got his money from selling his post-Soviet oil [...]

• Congratulations to Bar Refaeli for making the cover of this year’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

• And we already have a suggestion for next year’s cover girl – Rick Fox’s foxy sister Jeanene.
• But will we soon see full nudity in the sports mag’s annual edition? That could be a reason why the Laker Girls [...]

Hey there, readers! Before you head off for the delightful/dreadful (choose one) Valentine’s Day weekend, how about taking one more stab at another hearty SbB Clever Caption Contest!
Today’s photo is a touching one indeed, as Chelsea striker Frank Lampard stretches it all out while behind teammate John Terry:

Really, what else can be said about such [...]

We’re only on Day 3 of the “Alex Rodriguez may have been exposed to-tested positive for-admitting taking steroids” epic, and clearly this scandal is already getting such an overwhelming media tap out that everyone is completely burned out on it already. It’s just the bottom line truth, end of story.

Yes, the Peter Gammons interview was [...]

• WITH LEATHER catches wind of Rick Sutcliffe rather wanting to discuss Erin Andrews’ skirt blowing up than his own cancer treatments.

However, DEADSPIN diagnoses the case of one blogger who’s sick & tired of Erin’s treatment.
• ARROWHEAD ADDICT is on the warpath after hearing that Kevin Costner is a Chiefs fan.
• MONDESI’S HOUSE laughs at [...]

If David Beckham can land a Hollywood agent, why can’t a whole English soccer club?

Chelsea must asked themselves that same question, and now the fame & fortunes of the Champions League finalists are in the hands of Creative Artists Agency.
FOX SPORTS reports that CAA, who already represent more than 400 sports stars, has been charged [...]