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Morning Blogdome: The Smorgasbord Is No More
• The Smorgasbord is dead, long live the Smorgasbord: "The particulars aren't important, or even interesting, but when it came down to it, it just didn't make sense to give the Smorgasbord the time and effort it requires. At least not this year. It's not crazy to think it might resurface some time ...

October in Tampa
• For the first time in franchise history, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays are Playoff-bound. Back in Spring Training, everyone laughed when starter Scott Kazmir said his Rays were going to the dance. After all, the team had finished in last place the previous season. Well, who's laughing now? ...

LSU Finds Its New (Unlikely) Hero at QB, Downs Auburn
The annual Auburn-LSU showdown lived up to the hype last night, as redshirt freshman QB Jarrett Lee found Brandon LaFell with an 18-yard touchdown pass with just over a minute remaining. That strike proved to be the difference, as the sixth ranked Tigers pulled out a tough road win, and now have dr...

Stephen A. Smith Hangs Out With His Blogosphere Homies in Vegas
Some of your favorite sports bloggers are in Las Vegas this weekend for something called BlogWorldExpo 2008. Very little sex shall be had at this event. Though, I'd keep a close eye on that Sussman kid; he's a wild one. Amazingly, Stephen A. Smith is also apparently taking part in this "conference"...

It's Been a Swell Week for Racism in Sports
Unless you were away from civilization for the past few days, you're probably up to speed on the Josh Howard National Anthem fiasco. Mark Cuban took down the infamous post featuring crazy emails from crazy racists, but blatant racism reared its ugly head yet again this weekend in the world of sport...

A-Rod all prettied up for Yankee Stadium finale: "With the ink not yet dry on his divorce, the All-Star was spotted Thursday getting his blond highlights touched up at the Frederick Fekkai Salon. Wearing faded jeans and skin-tight blue T-shirt, A-Rod embraced his feminine side when stylists wrapped ...

Tim Tebow Welcomes Hugh to the Last Hugh of the Day
This version of the Hugh Johnson Project is brought to you by Washington St. coach Paul Wulff and his strict nutrition standards (via: SbB): ...


Hugh Won't Believe What NC State Did
NC State stunned #15 Eastern Carolina today. After State got the game into overtime, Andre Brown caught a ball, ran ten yards and asked his teammates to follow him ... to FREEDOM! They obliged. Other winners today so far include Clemson (which blanked South Carolina State), Boston College, Northwes...

Will King George Miss Yankee Stadium's Final Game?
George Steinbrenner's offspring - Hal, Hank, Jennifer, and Jessica - will all be on hand for the historic occasion in New York tomorrow night, but it appears as though the old man (who, for years, has pushed for his Yankees to get a new ballpark) will not be in attendance. King George, who official...

Hugh Are the Best, and Joe Biden's Not Afraid of Ohio State
Barack Obama's right hand man isn't exactly a fan of Ohio State's football team: ...


Gary Sheffield Shall Avenge Himself
This morning, we touched on the punches Gary Sheffield's melon absorbed at the hands of Indians pitcher Fausto Carmona last night. What we didn't get into was Gary's reaction after the game, specifically, his diabolical plot to avenge himself tonight when the teams meet again in Cleveland. ...

Hugh There With the Sideburns; Yeah, HUGH!
All of the games so far today are still in their infancy (though the suspense has completely been extinguished in the contests involving Penn St., Alabama and Georgia Tech), which means we shall turn to our good friend "the dick joke" to get us through the early afternoon. But before we do that, wo...


NASCAR's New Buzz-Killing Drug Policy
NASCAR officials have implemented a new drug policy, one which virtually anyone associated with the sport will be subject to. This of course, comes on the heels of Truck Series driver Aaron Fike admitting that he executed the brilliantly awesome idea of racing while heroin coursed through his veins...

For Your Viewing Pleasure
• In Progress — Golf: Ryder Cup [NBC] • 12:00 — College Football: East Carolina at North Carolina State [ESPN] • 1:00 — MLB: Boston at Toronto [TBS] • 3:00 — College Football: Arizona at UCLA [FSN] • 3:30 — College Footballl: Florida at Tennessee [CBS] • 3:55 — MLB: Minnesota at Tampa Bay [FOX] • 3...

Morning Blogdome: Are You Sexy Enough to Sponsor These German Ladies?
• German soccer team will trade nipples for sponsorship: "It appears that a sponsor will receive an original photo of the twelve ladies above tossing away their 'last shirt.'" [Unprofessional Foul] • Bill Laimbeer still hates Larry Bird, and has some advice for him: "I'd probably quit." [Indy Cornr...

Zambrano's Occupied Mind, the Mets Un-Collapse, and We Go Brawlin'
• Carlos's previous outing ended in spectacular glory; this one not so much. Zambrano, having flown back from Venezuela after the passing of his grandmother earlier in the week, was shellacked by the Cards to the tune of eight runs and six hits. He didn't make it past the second inning, and the Cub...

For the Cubbies, Mark Cuban Is Ready to Put a Billion Where His Mouth Is
Mark Cuban has never shied away from spending money. Take for instance, his recent arbitration case against former Dallas Mavs coach Don Nelson. Cubes lost out on $6.3 million but insisted that he was pleased with the outcome because the truth about Nelson apparently came out during the proceedings....