Archive for May, 2009

Jeremy Shockey knows how to celebrate Memorial Day weekend: NFL star Jeremy Shockey was taken out of the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas today by stretcher and taken to a nearby hospital. Sources on the scene tell TMZ Shockey was at Rehab — the ironic name of the Sunday pool party at the Hard Rock — when he was found unconscious at around 2:00 PM. Paramedics ended up wheeling Shockey out of the Hard Rock via stretcher. We’re told the paramedics tried to cover Shockey up so onlookers — including a TV camera crew — couldn’t ID him. Shockey’s [...]

A month ago Helio Castroneves looked like he was going to the big house for stealing from Uncle Sam.  But then the courts acquitted him of tax evasion, and on Sunday the guy whose last name makes me think of John Wayne Bobbitt completed his comeback from the brink of despair by winning the Indianapolis 500. Piece of advice for Helio:  better declare all of your prize money.  Yes, I know, everyone hates taxes, but that’s life.  That’s why they have that famous saying, “Nothing is certain but death, taxes and Danica Patrick not winning the Indy 500.” You beat [...]

LeBron James is getting it done like always, but unfortunately, the supporting cast that was supposed to be so much improved this year has bailed on him when he needs them the most.  One need only look at the stat-line from Game 3 – a 10-point Orlando victory over the Cavs – to see how dire the situation has become: LeBron James – 41 points Rest-of-Cavs – 48 points Mo Williams, the team’s second-leading scorer throughout their scorching regular season, at least had an excuse Sunday night: he got elbowed in the eye by Anthony Johnson and had to play [...]

Lebron did something Cleveland fans aren’t used to seeing, he came through when it mattered most (Paneech.com) They have no faith in the Cavs and then they go nuts! (NESW Sports) A spotlight on new Raven Kelley Washington.  One in a series of many of the new Ravens. (The Ebony Bird) Well, Joe Buck Thinks They All Look The Same… (Sharapova’s Thigh) Hockey Player Gets Knocked Into Another World [Video] (Total Pro Sports) The NBA Ripple Effect: LeBron’s Shot Altered History (Fan Sided) All Things Itchy & Scratchy (Gunaxin)

ESPN is calling Omir Santos‘s two-run game-winning homer off Jonathan Papelbon “controversial.”  Why?  The replay looks pretty definitive to me.  Oh, but this is ESPN, so anything even remotely debatable is immediately deemed a major controversy.  That’s what happens when you have too damn many hours of air-time to fill – you make mountains out of molehills.  And of course you have to justify keeping people like Steve Phillips around.  I imagine they don’t leave him on the payroll for his personality.

41 for Kobe as the Lakers pull one out against the Nuggets in Denver.  Guess Kobe wasn’t too distracted by all the stuff going on with his former housekeeper who is suing him and his wife Vanessa for “humiliating and harassing” her.  The housekeeper alleges, among other things, that Vanessa once made her dig a blouse tag out of a bag full of dog poo.  Isn’t that the kind of stuff housekeepers do?  Kobe earns the money, Vanessa spends the money, the housekeepers deal with the feces.  That be life.

The Yankees were on a nice little nine-game roll, and then they threw A.J. Burnett in there against the Phillies‘ big bats, and that was the end of that.  Gosh, interleague baseball:  remember when it seemed like a really awesome idea?  And then reality set in.  And yeah, I know:  it’s a huge deal in Chicago and New York.  Well, how about this?  The Cubs and White Sox can play one series a year, and the Yankees and Mets can play one series a year, and everyone else can just play inside their own leagues.  Would that be so hard [...]

The Cavaliers came this close to blowing a 23 point lead and losing in Game 2, a circumstance that would’ve put them down 2-0 to the Orlando Magic with the series shifting to Florida.  But LeBron James, with just 1 second on the clock, hit a three-pointer that turned ignominious defeat into miraculous victory.  A slightly more impressive accomplishment than heaving one in underhand from half-court with only Steve Kroft covering you.