8:16 PMJay Glazer of Fox Sports has news that might seem mystifying to casual NFL fans, but not to serious Miami Dolphins followers: "dolphins are deactivating joey porter tomorrow, coach's decision"
8:03 PM USC beat reporter Scott Wolf of the L.A. Daily News is notorious among diehard USC fans for his somewhat negative coverage of the Trojans. He didn't let us down today with this blog entry: "Airfares to El Paso are quite reasonable if you act quickly."
7:42 PM About every four years, doesn't Notre Dame's season always seem to have an English Premier League relegation feel to it?
7:33 PMChris Dufresne of the Los Angeles Times on USC's Matt Barkley: "Barkley had four turnovers, three int and one fumble, all led to Stanford TDs....He played like a true freshman, because he is." (Stanford happy redshirt freshman Andrew Luck didn't.)
Ann Killion of the SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS brings up a good point: Why is nobody going after Lou Piniella for being 0-6 in the playoffs, while Dusty Baker would’ve never escaped such criticism.
Tim McCarver calls Manny Ramirez “despicable” in an interview, as reported by THE BIG LEAD. Which would be less awkward if McCarver didn’t have to cover Manny’s team for the NLCS. Maybe Scooter the Talking Baseball can help us with the meaning of “dogging it” to help Tim prove his point.