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Mitch Albom "Cleared" By Bosses; Free To Whore Himself Out Again
The Detroit Free-Press has completed its "investigation" of Mitch Albom, making sure he's not making any more crap up, and for now, their resolution appears to be: Hey, Mitch, keep writing books! We need the publicity. An "exhaustive" report in Monday's Free-Press analyzes Albom's methods and past s...
Jerry Rice: Will Catch For Food
SI's Peter King has quite the scoop in his Monday Morning Quarterback column today: Jerry Rice's agent is begging an NFL team — any NFL team — to hire him. His agent Jim Steinberg sent a fax to every team that said:...
Page 3 Cell Destroyer Of The Day
In its neverending pursuit of Finding The Way Athletes REALLY are, ESPN's Page 3 asks C-List sports stars what their favorite television shows were. (Mercifully, none of them said "Teammates." We might have had to kill someone.) It's news you can use, people. Red Sox lefthander Mike Myers loved "M*A...
You Know, That's What They Got Capone For, In The End
One would think Oakland would be the only place they would be nice to Jason Giambi. Nope! Authorities have announced that Eric Anduri, the fan who dumped a beer on Giambi during a game Saturday, will be charged with battery, public intoxication and — our favorite — "throwing an object on the field."...
British Soccer Fans Same Batch of Wimps As American Fans
We are reminded of the late, lamented comic Mitch Hedberg's explanation for why he didn't protest anything; "I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." Manchester United fans have been talking a tough game for months about how they would boycott the team because of Malcolm Glazer's imp...
ESPN Shows It Cares About The Fans Voice
Advertisement that just ran on ESPN News: "ESPN gives you your chance to be heard! Watch The Pulse, Saturdays at 1 p.m. on ESPN News."...
Slow Sports Day for ESPN
All right, fine, so nobody got in a fight last night, no NFL players were busted with a prosthetic penis in their bag and hey, Teammates isn't on again until Tuesday! But still: There must be something more to fill Sportscenter than a dewy-eyed, soft-focus, John Tesh-scored Jeremy Schapp feature on ...
Goodbye, Raymond
As you might have heard, tonight is the last night for "Everybody Loves Raymond," a television show that apparently is watched by a lot of people, though nobody we know. It's easy to forget — what, with all the hijinks and wacky misadventures — that the character of Raymond is supposed to be a sport...
Racing Fans Confused By Long-Haired Driver
The Indianapolis 500, the car race whose decline from prominence has officially eradicated the only reason to ever step foot in Indiana, is two weeks away, but qualifying was yesterday, handing race organizers the only publicity angle they ever have (save for tires flying into the stands): Chick Dri...
About Last Night ...
What You Missed While Making a Futile Effort To Find Boobs On The L Word: Mavericks Even Series 2-2 With Suns. In post-game celebration, the voice of Mavs coach Avery Johnson lowers to the octave of Betty Boop. Astros' Bagwell To Have Surgery. Upon first incision, doctor surprised by prevalence of b...