Notes: Tony K. Suspended Over Hannah; WADA (& the USADA) – Presaging a Surveillance State, Tomlinson for Westbrook?

Hannah and her sausage casing. The hardest working man in sports business, Tony Kornheiser, was suspended by ESPN Monday for two weeks his remarks about an outfit worn by ESPN SportsCenter anchor, Hannah Storm. Pardon the Interruption co-host, Washington Post columnist, WaPo podcaster, and radio show host, Kornheiser made his remarks on his radio show last week. Of Storm’s red knee-high [read more...]

Short Notes – and even shorter thoughts: NBA Trade Talk; UConn in Peril; Warrant for Landis

By hook or by crook Canada wins a Gold. A promising sports weekend with multiple events at once —- stunk. -The NBA All-Star game was a dud. Over 100,000 people – 108,713 to be exact – witnessed one of the more boring All-Star games – and weekends – in recent NBA history. Deron Williams lost track of the score with the game [read more...]

Carlton Fisk Hates on Big Mac

Carlton Fisk hates on Mark McGwire and other players who he feels have cheated the game of baseball. Carlton Fisk is the latest former baseball player to come out and blast Mark McGwire after he admitted to using steroids and HGH. The Hall of Fame catcher, who played with the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox, was angry with [read more...]

Mark McGwire: A Peek Behind the Veil of Former Slugger’s “Admission” of PED Guilt

A not-quite tearful Mark McGwire during his interview with Bob Costas. So Mark McGwire is trying to throw ca-ca in the game. He didn’t use steroids to get stronger or hit more home runs, he, like Andy Pettitte used them the drug “only” to heal. But he, as did Pettitte, used HGH, too. Now, ESPN’s John Kruk reamed McGwire, saying the slugger cheated [read more...]

Mayweather, Mayweather, Sr. and De La Hoya Resort to the PED Blame Game with Pacquiao – and Blow a March 13 Fight Date

Want some? Get some. So, it’s done. There will be no March 13 fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. For Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya it came to using low-brow tactics to get under Pacquiao and an attempt to smear the Pac-Man in the press using the 21st century sports bogeyman: the specter of performance-enhancing drugs. The misdeeds and foolish [read more...]

D.C. Could Use a Little Local Understanding for Gilbert Arenas

Due to His incident with Javaris Crittenton, Gilbert Arenas has suddenly become a mystery. At 2:40 p.m. EST Friday Chad Dukes, co-host of an afternoon 106.7 The Fan radio show in Washington, D.C. told a story about getting pulled over by a policeman after he was out drinking with his girlfriend. Dukes admitted that if the policeman desired he could have [read more...]

NCAA Short Notes: Carroll Leaving USC? Joe McKnight is; More on the Jim Leavitt Firing; Tyler Smith Dismissed from Tennessee Under Cloud of Suspicion of Drug Dealing on Campus

USC running back Joe McKnight is tired of being hounded by NCAA lackeys and is turning pro. This is happening in the midst of serious talk that SC coach Pete Carroll is reported to be leaving the school for the Seattle Seahawks. Sources say that in the last few months the relationship between Carroll and USC athletic director, Mike Garrett [read more...]

Guns, Race, and Guns: Gilbert, Volunteers, and the Cost of Life in America

A Philadelphia fan holds up a sign for Gilbert Arenas. People in the United States – at least the U.S. – do not want to hear this. White people, Black people, people. But especially White and Black people. Black and White people. Even the juxtaposition – Black-White – is a contrivance, a sick trick of the mind. Racism exists today at its vile [read more...]

Quick Announcement of FBI Investigation Into Galea Is Clue that Something Nefarious Is At Hand

Anthony Galea at work in Toronto in 1999. I‘m pursuing a long and detailed story beginning today so there isn’t much time to follow the myriad story lines circulating in the sports world, like Kobe going over 40 in MJ’s house, John Wall and the University of Kentucky’s basketball team which is undeniably the most talented in the country, like the [read more...]

No More Tiger Woods Blah Blah Blah…

Tiger and Elin. (Now that the weekend has passed and everyone has been able to discuss, pontificate, and discuss some more, it is time to end the Tiger Woods coverage. Yes, we have reached the point where it is “that” time…) Tiger Woods’ statement: I am deeply aware of the disappointment and hurt that my infidelity has caused to so many people, most [read more...]

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