12:43 PM Will the Dodgers have splurged $6,000 for birthday parties for the McCourts, Bill Plaschke of the L.A. TImes reports the club now has no qualms about basically stealing money from longtime employees.
12:30 PM The Beckley (WV) Register-Herald has the cool story of Randy Moss heading back to his West Virginia hometown, and the Patriots receiver helping his old school build a state-of-the-art football facility.
JOE SPORTS FAN eyes this eye protection aficionado rocking two pairs of Rec Specs.
George Brett was a coke head? BUGS AND CRANKS notes that ESPN’s Rob Neyer thought the coverage of the 25-year anniversary of the “Pine Tar Game” was a great time to suggest that Brett, who he calls “one of the hardest partiers in the midwest,” used cocaine.
THE BIG LEAD gives us the scoop that U.S. Olympic track star Lolo Jones may be stealing from Chad Johnson’s playbook.
AWFUL ANNOUNCING informs us that the real star of last night’s MLS All-Star game was ESPN’s Rob Stone and his sidekick “Bitchy the Hawk.” Video after the jump. Read more…