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We Can't Imagine What She Might Have Been Upset About
It appears O.J. Simpson spent his Independence Day getting beaten up by his ex-girlfriend. (You read that right: O.J. Simpson has had many girlfriends since 1994. That's a pretty lousy background check, if you ask us.) The woman, Christine Prody (who once told the National Enquirer that OJ confess...

NBA Stars Stand Trail For Beating Up Male Stripper. Yep.
Somewhat underreported around these parts, the trial of NBA players Gary Payton, Sam Cassell and Jason Caffey began yesterday in Toronto....

Indians Gay Porn Reliever Sent Down (Again)
A sad day in Cleveland: reliever Kazahito Tadano has been sent down to the minor leagues. Who's Tadano, you ask? Oh, how quickly you forget: Tadano is the Japanese player who had to apologize to his Indians teammates for making a gay porn film back in Japan. (That's him in the screen shot above....

Hopefully They Don't Change Logos Sometime Before, Oh, Eternity
From the great sports fan behavior chroniclers at Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer comes the tale of James Henry Smith. He is — or, was, rather — "one of the biggest Steelers fans in the universe," say his friends. As if to prove it, he was buried in his recliner, all decked up in his Steelers garb. Ho...

What Is A Groupie, Exactly?
From a fascinating discussion on the NFL Wives Yahoo Group:...

Oh, Yes, We Can Definitely Hear You Now
Right now, half the country is looking at this picture and saying, "Hey ... did I go to college with that guy?...

Terrance Shaw, Reggie Brown: DOGS!
Today's hot topics on the NFL Wives Yahoo Group:...

Luis Alicea Will Pee For You
Former St. Louis Cardinals infielder Luis Alicea is now the manager of the Lowell Spinners, the Class A minor league affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. Last week, the Spinners were selected for random steroid testing. Alicea says the test wasn't too tough....

Brad And Grace
Meet Brad Wackerlin. He lives in Lake of the Hills, Ill., is 33 years old and hey, sorry ladies, he just got married. He is also unnaturally obsessed with former Cubs first baseman Mark Grace. How obsessed? Well, he has 2,000 different Mark Grace baseball cards, runs two Mark Grace Web sites — Ma...

What Clinton Portis Likes In A "Bad Bitch"
An update to the wht kinds of groupies does Clinton Portis like item:...

David Beckham No Longer Fantasized About In Prison
Apparently, athlete culture's a little different in England than it is here. Soccer "megastar" David Beckham — also, in England, you don't necessarily have to be all that good at your sport to be the most famous — lamented to the soccer press that he is losing all of his gay fans to rugby star Gav...

This Is What You Get For Drafting Someone From Miami
More details have come out from the arrest of Redskins safety Sean Taylor, and they're ugly. According to The Washington Post and police reports:...

Well, If Any Of You Are Bored Tonight ...
Via the indispensable NFL Wives Yahoo Group. Free admission for the ladies. And you can meet the Vikings' Larry Ned! Get there early!...

The Loves Of Derek Jeter
The enterprising folks at Yankees Critic have put together a not-quite-comprehensive-but-still-entertaining rundown of all of Derek Jeter's ladies. They even provide a lineup and scorecard, though the middle of the lineup is a little empty. Jordana Brewster leads off, followed by Lara Dutta, Vane...

Kutcher, Iverson and T.O All Punk Each Other And Smile
Remember the story of Ashton Kutcher punking Alex Rodriguez? Essentially, Kutcher and his "Punk'd" buddies pulled a prank on A-Rod where they had a Red Sox fan get all belligerant with him. Supposedly — Rodriguez refused to sign the waiver for the footage to be shown — A-Rod freaked out and becam...

Clinton Portis Much More Selective Than Most NFLers, Definitely
Redskins running back Clinton Portis might have been a disappointment for coach Joe Gibbs last year, but he apparently keeps on keeping the ladies satisfied....

When A Fine Isn't Really A Fine At All
Whenever an athlete does something wrong — skip a practice, get caught with some of that ganja, stab a coach in the face — they end up either be suspended or, more often, having to a pay a fine. Typically, fans scoff at fines; players make so much that a fine is no punishment at all....

Eagles Ready To Party!
The Eagles might be suffering from a bad case of quarterback-wide receiver discord, but it's not keeping the players from having a ripping some crap up. From the NFL Wives Club Yahoo Group:...

Gays Tell Press To Get Off Niners' Back
In the wake of all the hullabaloo and rigmarole resulting from the now-infamous 49ers' "training video, the organization has been accused of just about everything under the sun. But the fine folks at OutSports.com say that people should cut the team a break....

CSI: Jamal Lewis Edition
Ravens running back Jamal Lewis was released from prison yesterday, and his reward is having to talk to a room full of reporters. (He probably wishes he had stayed in jail.)...