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Cuckolded Red Sox Scuffle
Controversy in Boston is nothing new, even when the Red Sox are coming off a World Series win. Outfielder Johnny Damon and soon-to-be-closer Curt Schilling have been having a minor scuffle, with Damon saying Schilling shouldn't be a closer and Schilling responding with, "Contrary to popular belief...
Leftovers: Pedro's Midget To Miss Beautiful Detroit
· Pedro Martinez thinks this All-Star thing is just a passing fad. [MLB.com] · NBA update: Redd turns down the glamour of Cleveland for the glitz of Milwaukee. [ESPN] · Like, I'm so sure: Wie draws biggest crowds at PGA John Deere Classic. [Golf Digest] · Larry Brown says he just wants to coach Pist...
Leftovers: Kenny Is Vewwwy Sawwwwy
· Kenny Rogers apologizes to ballpark paparazzi everywhere. [San Francisco Chronicle] · The last roundup? Schilling heads to bullpen. [Keep Your Sox On] · Armstrong continues his 3,607 kilometer victory lap at Tour de France. [NY Times]...
Leftovers: Jesus Shuttlesworth Stays Put
· Because you crave NBA news in July: Ray Allen, Sonics agree to terms. [Seattle Post-Intelligencer] · Hitting it through the dragon's mouth is a bitch: China launching its own pro golf tour. [The Divot] · I Am Furious (Yellow): Lance Armstrong finally claims Tour de France yellow jersey. [TDFBlog R...
NFL Stars Enjoy Playing With Themselves And Other NFL Stars
We are just more than a month away from the release of Madden 06, the EA Sports game that's slowly becoming just about as much fun as the actual NFL. At a release party for the game in Manhattan last week, various NFL players tried it out. Selected highlights:...
Leftovers: More Old Men Getting Punched
· Boxer Thomas Hearns, 46, planning comeback, purchase of a "Rascal" scooter. [Detroit News] · Um, who in their right mind would buy these? Vikings' coach Tice fined $100,000 for scalping tickets. [Minneapolis Star-Tribune] · 646-pound catfish caught in Thailand. Construction begins on world's large...
Sports Illustrated Knows Not Of This Herpes!
We picked up our copy of Sports Illustrated yesterday and were most pleased to see Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick on the cover. Finally! Vick ends his silence on the whole giving women herpes fiasco and shed some light on that whole Ron Mexico business. Why else would he be on the cover?...
The Primal Grunts Of Maria Sharapova (And Her Fans)
You know it's a bad sign for your sports when all anyone can find to talk about are how much your athletes grunt. (This has to be why synchronized swimming never made it.) Tennis star Maria Sharapova's grunts have been legend for years, but recently, of all people, Fox News anchor Shephard Smith ...
Leftovers: Temper Tantrum Edition
· When Baseball Players Attack: Oliver Perez, Pittsburgh Pirates; Kenny Rogers, Texas Rangers. [ESPN.com] · Law & Order: Beverage Victims Unit. Man pleads not guilty to dousing Giambi. [San Francisco Chronicle] · Flyers' Roenick rips fans of hypothetical pro hockey league. [TSN]...
Left On Base: Wait ... Where's Larry Brown?
· Cavs Catch Ferry: Cleveland has a new GM. [Cleveland Plain-Dealer] · Valentine to Baseball: World Tourney is "insulting." [Associate Press] · Have Gun, Will Travel: Clippers' Wilcox arrested. [USA Today]...
Left On Base: Sorenstam Hanging Around Like A Demented Barnacle
· U.S. Women's Open: Sorenstam surges to, well, ninth. [The Golf Blog] · Larry Brown plans hospital stay, and we're not feeling too well ourselves. [MSNBC] · Somehow a red card just doesn't seem sufficient: Soccer star robbed during interview. [SI.com] · A monster hangover, plus this: Dolphins wave ...
This Week In Weird Foreign Sports
We tend to find European sports terminology hilarious, mainly because it points to how equally absurd American sports terminology is. We all might know what "a blooper to shallow left" means, but to anyone not intimately familiar with baseball terminology, that's just nonsensical babbling. So here...
Ron Mexico Lives!
The upcoming videogame "Blitz: The League" — a role-playing football game that takes you on and off the field, from the writers of ESPN's allegedly controversial "Playmakers" — has made headlines for signing up Giants Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor and showcasing rampant drug use and violence in t...
Left On Base: Burning Dolphin Rubber
· Corvette Summer: Dolphins' Quintin Williams arrested for drag racing. [Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel] · Sorenstam lures opponents into false sense of security at U.S. Open. [The Golf Blog] · What Game 7? Suns, Knicks talk Richardson-Thomas trade. [Sportsaholic] · Transsexual to play in women's socce...
Would You Call This A Throw Pillow?
We've never been to Japan, but we have heard many stories, most notably about all the varied ways a blond girl from the United States could make some really easy and strange money simply by hanging around with uptight Japanese businessmen half her height. We always chalked these up to urban legen...
Left On Base: Rose's Sad Gallop Continues
Rose will go to Cooperstown. Don't get excited: he's just signing autographs. [MSNBC] Larry Brown may be talking to Knicks. Yeah, that's just the move to improve your health. [Akron Beacon-Journal] Dodgers: "Screw it, let's just disband." Gagne to have season-ending surgery. [BrownBullfrogBaseball] ...
Leftovers: WHELP In Cincinnati
Reds fire Dave Miley. Yeah, that'll turn the tide. [Catbird In Nosebleed Seats] Former champ Henin-Hardin upset at Wimbledon. Sad, really. [ Blackhawks fire Brian Sutter for dismal 0-0 record this season. [SportsNetwork] Strauss' second hundred leads England to record one-day score in day-nighter. [...
China And David Stern: A Perfect Match
Street and Smith's SportsBusiness Journal reports that the NBA is considering merging with the Chinese Basketball Association. They haven't released any possible terms for the league, but we have a few guesses:...
Leftovers: A Little Bit Of Irish Nipple
Body-part inventory complete: McBride says Tyson "bit my nipple." [Boston Herald] Davenport, Federer wrap up early at Wimbledon, head home to watch some telly. [ESPN] Florida A&M puts self on on double secret probation. [St. Petersberg Times] Calhoun thrown off UConn gravy train, sustains minor inju...
Bobby Abreu's Otherworldly Restraint
All right, now, we pay pretty close attention to this sports business. (We do it for a living, after all.) But we'll fess up: We had heard nothing about this Bobby Abreu story from last month. Maybe it's because we don't watch Spanish language TV. But still....