Saturday, November 8th, 2008 - Pulling a Michael Richards

-Idiot of the day: Buck Brunette for his attempt at humour using his Facebook status-incident, and rightfully getting himself booted off the Texas football team. Whether or not the guy is racist or not, the guy is definitely not the brightest tool in the cabinet.
-Am I the only one who thinks Allen Iverson + the Pistons = mediocrity, worse than the Nuggets type mediocrity?
-After what seemed to be the NHL's best impression of Tim Donaghy, the Toronto Maple Leafs made Carey Price their bitch in a 6-3 win over the Habitants on Saturday.
-The Atlanta Hawks are no longer the bottom feeders of the NBA - it's still early, but the they're 4-0 to start the season and the sounds heard in Philips Arena are no longer resembling that of a library.
-ESPN the Mag has Joey Logano, Matt Ryan, David Price, and Ricky Rubio as the nominees for 2009 NEXT Athlete. My vote goes to Rubio, the kid's a star in the making, even Dwyane Wade had good things to say about him.
-A strange war of words between Joey Porter and Matt Jones, where Porter used Jones as an example in questioning league suspensions and Jones firing back in an odd fashion, questioning his sexual orientation.
-Bud Selig wants absolutely no part of Mark Cuban and his top bid. I've said it once and I'll say it again, Mark Cuban could potentially transform the Chicago Cubs and maybe even make them a contender a la Dallas Mavericks franchise. And really, a little bit of sports controversy once in a while never killed anyone, Bud.
-Kirk Hinrich is out for 2-3 months, which sets the stage for rookie Derrick Rose to take over as floor general for the Bulls. Show us what 'cha got, kid.
-According to TMZ.com, Mike Piazza said (when asked about the A-Rod situation) that he could've had Madonna, but blew it. Does anyone really care?
-C.C Sabathia had a "private conversation" with Yankees' captain Derek Jeter in which it is said that C.C made the call. Jeter said that he did not make a recruiting pitch to the coveted lefty, but who in their right mind would believe this?
-LupE.N.D? Say it ain't so Lupe. Luckily he's going out with a triple album.

In cased you missed it, AI talks to Stephen A. Smith about the trade:

Thursday, July 31, 2008 - Texas Three Step

-Manny Ramirez has really been speaking his mind lately...with latest rants such as, “The Red Sox don’t deserve a player like me" and “During my years here I’ve seen how they have mistreated other great players when they didn’t want them to try to turn the fans against them. The Red Sox did the same with guys like Nomar Garciaparra and Pedro Martinez, and now they do the same with me. " Seems like Man-Ram is certain that his future in Beantown is done.
-Tim Donaghy was sentenced to 15 months in the slammer. For some odd reason, I feel that something's missing.
-Time Magazine has chosen Lebronze as the cover model, as well as naming him the #1 athlete to watch during the Beijing Olympics. Whatever happened to the old adage of 'respect is to be earned, not given'?
-Blue Jays' catcher Greg Zaun has publicly requested a trade. Don't leave expecting to be missed...especially considering Rod Barajas is a much better player than Zaun.
-Kobe Bryant played a 1-on-1 friendly with Memphis Grizzlies' rookie O.J Mayo and afterwords said that he's got the whole package. Jerry Colangelo stated that "Kobe completely shut him down in the beginning, but the longer they went, the better Mayo got."
-The Yankees have acquired Pudge Rodriguez for Kyle Farnsworth...
-ESPN.com ranked the Pittsburg Penguins as the #1 team in the East, with the Toronto Maple Leafs ranked second last in the conference.
-The Raptors have signed Will Solomon and he will play behind Jose Calderon and Roko Ukic. I could be wrong but this may be the first time in NBA history that a team will play three former Euroleague point guards. This signing will also be the last off-season move of Bryan Colangelo, as he was quoted as saying simply, "That's it,"
-Ron Artest will be teaming up with Yao Ming, Tracy Mcgrady et al, in Houston to form another one of the many "big threes" in the NBA.
-J.P Ricciardi said that A.J Burnett is now off the market
-A nice article called NBA meets MBA. It's nice to know that at least some players are conscious about their post-playing careers...
-Just a little too much time on their hands, maybe?

Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla

-Texas' Josh Hamilton exploded for an incredible 28 home-runs in the the first round of the Home Run Derby last night, but came in second to Justin Morneau - they gotta change the format.
-The LA Angels' Fransisco Rodriguez says that he plans to file for free agency at the end of this season. Not something you want to hear if you're an Angels fan (or part of the Angels organization) - especially mid-season of your title run.
-On Off The Record, Ray Emery was asked, "Do you have a drug problem?"...what answer was Michael Landsberg expecting, a modest "Yes"?
-According to Barry Bonds' agent, it looks like there will be little to no chance Barroid will be in the league this year.
-At Oaks Christian High (or appropriately dubbed Celebrity High), Nick Montana, the son of Joe Montana and Trevor Gretzky, the son of Wayne Gretzky, will both be competing for minutes as the school's quarterback. Also on the team, is Trey Smith, the son of actor Will Smith.
-Former referee Tim Donaghy is looking to bring down with him as many other people as he can. NBA referee Scott Foster has been linked to Donaghy's phone call records. It'll be interesting to see whether Donaghy fits the description of a ""rogue, isolated criminal" that the Commish dubbed him as, or whether this scandal is bigger than we think.
-The Yankees' Johnny Damon and Hideki Matsui could be out longer than they expected, due to additional discomfort and continued soreness.
-And here I thought I was the only one who noticed Jays' commentator Rance Mulliniks' grammar problems.
-John Papelbon is confident that he can get 'er done, but is willing to give up the role of relief in tonight's game to elder statesman Mariano Rivera. How un-Vince Carter like of him.
-Chase Hilgenbrinck of the MLS is leaving the New England Revolution to enter a seminary, in hopes to become a Roman Catholic Priest.
-Canada's Rush will perform Tom Sawyer on the Colbert Report, this Wednesday...won't want to miss that. Also, Nas will appear on the show to perform on July 23.