5:20 PMBill Shaikin of the LA Times reports that as the McCourts' divorce drags on, a new potential purchaser of the Dodgers has expressed interest in buying the club: Mark Cuban. The Mavs owner was already rebuffed in attempts to buy the Cubs.
5:00 PM Washington Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin told Yahoo! Sports on Saturday night that he could miss up to a month with an upper-body injury. Now Alex says that he was just joking, and could be back on the ice within a week.
4:45 PM After going through 8 months of rehab after knee surgery, Tracy McGrady says he's ready to return to the Rockets, and plans to make his season debut on November 18 - a week from this Wednesday.
King, who goes by the online screen name “ckingusc,” has more than $2 million in career poker earnings, including $1.3 million for winning the 2008 Poker Stars World Championship of Online Poker Main Event. He was arrested by police in South Carolina on Feb. 7 and charged with simple marijuana possession by authorities who clearly searching way too hard for someone to send to jail.
I’m excited to announce that SbB will be at the MLB All-Star game in NYC next week. The plan is to live blog from the game on Tuesday night and also provide some color from around town during my time there (I’m actually shooting a new SbB Girl on Sunday as well).
There’ll be plenty of fotos, fun and frivolity. And perhaps even an occasional baseball mention. This trip marks the first of many this summer and (especially) fall. SbB will be on the road quite a bit, giving you boots-on-the-ground reporting from some of the biggest upcoming games this year.
We’re also expanding editorial, so if you have experience as a sports blogger and are interested in contributing to SbB, contact me here.
THE SMOKING GUN has details on Sacha Baron Cohen’s (Borat) latest manufactured mayhem in the deep south. Last month Cohen staged what residents of Texarkana and Fort Smith Arkansas, thought were real professional wrestling matches (with $1 beers!).
Cohen’s next movie, due out in 2009, will center on his gay fashion reporter character “Bruno.” What that has to do with the aformentioned scenario, I have no idea.
10 weeks? You wonder if Simmons really needs all that time away from the his main duties with the WWL, or if this is a signal that his departure from ESPN is coming sooner than later (which would surprise no one).
Case you missed it, the Cubs this afternoon countered The Crew with Rich Harden.
Of course, the Nats suckage on the field has a lot to do with those paltry figures, but with the size of the DC market, you would think they would at least crack the five-figure barrier. Maybe added some Marion Barry crack-smoking rain delay video will help. And how do you think advertisers spending hundreds of thousands of dollars (millions?) on Nats’ broadcast ads feel about the news. One word: REBATE!
CRAIN’S NEW YORK BUSINESS’ Hilary Potkewitz reports Fox-TV is selling 30-second spots for its coverage of the MLB All-Star Game for over than $500,000! And that sales have “exceeded expectations.”
I guess that just confirms the vast economical downturn we’re all suffering.
There’s been plenty of rumblings that touted high school basketball recruit Brandon Jennings may forgo one year of college in the U.S. to play in Europe. His high school bio, via Mallory Rubin at SI.com’s CAMPUS CLICKS, may give a little clue about his future intentions:
Video of the Day, featuring the raucous ramblings of the Orlando Magic summer league announcers (via Brian Powell at AWFUL ANNOUNCING):
SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY reports that last night the Dodgers discounted 10,000 tickets to folks who are registered members of a website called travelzoo.com. $16 seats went for $3, $20 tickets for $6, etc.
Now, I’m a member of plenty of websites too - with many based in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley no less - so where’s my discount?
Phil Hellmuth (poker player and thoughtful calm person) and Tim Molyneux (famous for being Tim Molyneux, best we can gather) have pooled their resources to produce just what the world’s been clamoring for in these troubled times: “All In: The Poker Musical“. It premieres at Harrah’s during the World Series of Poker on the Fourth of July. Viva independence!
