Thursday, July 24, 2008 - No More Monkey Business

-A week of fill-in guest hosts, and now no Pardon the Interruption all week. How depressing.
-Josh Childress looks good in Olympiakos red, wouldn't you say? Other notable names that have taken the same path, include: Carlos Delfino, Bostjan Nachbar and Juan Carlos Navarro. What makes J-Chill more intriguing, is that he is pretty much the first American born player of his stature to take this plunge.
-First WNBA brawl ever, in the Sparks-Pist..I mean Shocks game. Assistant coach Rick Mahorn seems to have recieved the worst of it, getting a shot to the back by DeLisha Milton-Jones. Unlike the NBA, this could be viewed in a "any publicity is good publicity" perspective.
-More WNBA news (I swear it's the last one for today) - 50 year old Nancy Lieberman has signed a 7-day contract with the Sparks.
-An Alex Rodriguez and Madonna sex tape? Not good news for A-Rod's already hurtin' image - if indeed this tape exists, which is said to be asked for for 2 mill.
-Kansas City Royals pitcher (if you can even call him that anymore) Jimmy Gobble, gave up 10 runs in one inning against the Detroit Tigers.
-Houston rook Joey Dorsey gets a technical in Summer League play, while in street clothes - then gets ejected for failing to shut up. The Wizards won in overtime, by the way. Not that the game was meaningful or anything.
-Here's a story that that's bound to put you in a bad mood. A little league coach by the name of William Mitchell is charged with stealing money from his own team, which was raised by the kids through selling cookie dough to pay for pictures, trophies etc. Welcome to the corrupt world of baseball kids...
-Gilbert Arenas says that he's done with the funny business, and is ready to live up to his full potential, and basically stop goofing off. I guess this means no more "Hibachi!" after baskets made, video Poker during half-time, sleeping on couches rather than beds, ordering products from infomercials, NBA hit-lists of those responsible for cutting him from Team USA, games of horse with teammate Deshawn Stevenson, etc. But in all seriousness, the guy's pure entertainment, and shouldn't change for the good of the league.
-Scientists from the USA and Italy say that they have discovered a breakthrough urine test for detecting HGH.
-Video of the day: Ryan Howard and Jimmy Rollins remix of Take Me Out to the Ballgame. Funny stuff.