Archive for the ‘MLB’ Category
Required Reading
Local:
All about the benjamens in the SEC. [Mr. SEC]
Mike Strange on UT’s first practice. [Go Vols Xtra]
Regional:
Florida WR Riley Cooper’s back from playing professional baseball. [Orlando Sentinel]
LSU Reports to camp. [The Advocate]
Why Arena football folded. [Bianchi]
Required Reading
Local:
Game day changes at UT. [Go Vols Xtra]
Coaching salaries in the SEC post-Meyer extension. [Mr. SEC]
Regional:
Pat Dooley with a nice set of notes. [Gainesville Sun]
Bianchi returns from vacation and responds to Slimebaum. [Orlando Sentinel]
If this is true, then punch their ticket to the Super Bowl. [Times-Picayune]
Late Night Links (Lil Wayne Was Not Shot)
Bralyon Edwards fakes: The Cleveland Browns wide receiver has missed practices with a mysterious injury that he might have suffered while playing basketball. According to Mike Florio, some league insiders are wondering whether Edwards is faking it. This combined with moron Eric Mangini makes this season a disaster for the Browns. [PFT]
Great Read on the [...]
Baseball’s All-Schadenfreude Team
Since Comcast started giving us MLB TV for free (hey, that rhymes!), we’ve noticed that baseball is the one pro sport where hate is as much a part of the game as fandom. Sure, the Lakers hate the Celtics and the Eagles cheered Michael Irvin’s neck injury, but baseball has that true, college football like abhorrence [...]
Afternoon Updates (Iverson going to Europe?)
Another HKS woman ties the knot: Heroes actress Ali Larter tied the knot with fiancé Haynes MacArthur on Saturday. We loved her ever since her whip cream bikini in Varsity Blues. [E Online]
An Eagle starter is done for the season: Philadelphia Eagles middle linebacker Stewart Bradley suffered a torn ACL during a scrimmage on Sunday. [...]
Required Reading
Local:
5 things to watch as Fall Camp begins for UT. [Go Vols Xtra]
Pennington breaks down current SEC football commitments. Freaking Informative. [Mr. SEC]
Regional:
Russell Wilson’s the best QB no one’s talking about. [Charlotte Observer]
Who’s hot and who’s not in New Orleans? [Times-Picayune]
Ever wonder, “What in the heck’s Craig Biggio into these days”? [NW Arkansas Times]
The Grizzlies [...]
Evening News
Best Entourage episode yet: Tonight’s episode was hilarious with Ari Gold’s one liners leading the way. Don’t forget that Jeremy Piven will “host” WWE Monday Night Raw tomorrow night and promises that an actor from The Hangover will be with him. Could it be Ed Helms? [Wrestlezone]
Kevin Gregg’s job is safe for now: Chicago Cubs manager Lou [...]
Boston Red Sox’ Staff Members Did Steroids
The Boston Globe is reporting that the Red Sox fired two security staffers last summer after an investigation into steroid use. One of the two staffers was Jared Remy, the son of Red Sox television commentator Jerry Remy. Jared Remy and Nicholas Alex Cyr told the Globe that they used steroids, but denied any knowlege [...]
‘Round them Interwebs
The good stuff from the WWW. Please do them a solid and click on their ads. Much obliged.
Really liking this site. Like us, it’s a little Dodger-centric, but not myopic. The HTTM trailer is an imperative. Can’t wait for this flick. Our girl Lizzy Caplan is in it. [Lawn Chair Boys]
Bruce Bowen to the Celtics? [...]
So Knotes: The Jay-Z Whups Arse Edition
So Knotes: Are Will West’s views on sports from the office window of his South Knoxville abode. You know, once you look past that freaking water tower and Lumpy Lambert’s gun.
Taveres Jackson demands Brett Favre’s presence in the Vikes locker room. To be honest we doubt that there’s any way in hades that Favre [...]