Archive for June, 2009

Shaquille O’Neal is well-known for starting feuds with former teammates.  There could be another one in the offing after this report from FanHouse about the reasons behind Phoenix‘s decision to deal the Diesel to Cleveland: The trade of Shaquille O’Neal to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday was more than just a contract dump for the Phoenix Suns. It also was done to satisfy point guard Steve Nash. According to an NBA source, Nash expressed his displeasure with O’Neal during a meeting last week in New York with general manager Steve Kerr. Nash, still one of the best point guards in [...]

Cav-A-Shaq: 20 Cleveland-Inspired Shaq Nicknames (King James Gospel) Top 10 Sports Transformers Of All-Time (FanSided) More T.O. vs. Joanna Krupa Footage (NESW Sports) NBA Draft: Bargains and Busts (Josh Q. Public) Top 10 Schools Producing NBA Talent (RealClearSports) ESPN Has Their All-Decade Team, Who’s Yours? (No Guts, No Glory) At Least One Pittsburgh Team Is Going To Lose (PSAMP) El Duque Or El Dookie (Major League Jerk) Twitter Has Changed Sports Forever (Zoner Sports) Biggest NBA Draft Busts By Team (FanHouse) Seve Ballesteros Makes First Post-Tumor Appearance (Steady Burn) Some Truly Amazing Cubs Stats (The Friendly Blogfines) Farrah Fawcett Creams [...]

Drunken, irresponsible rowdies at sporting events often ruin other people’s good times, but seldom do the victims gain revenge on their inebriated adversaries like this guy did: An off-duty police officer shot and wounded two men who had assaulted him in the crowded Angel Stadium parking lot after Wednesday night’s Colorado Rockies-Los Angeles Angels game, authorities said. The officer, who was walking to his car with his wife and two small children about 25 minutes after the game, was hit in the head with beer bottles, police Sgt. Tim Schmidt said. “We think he was the victim of a crime,” [...]

Titans running back Chris Johnson declared on Wednesday that the “Slash & Dash” nickname, by which he and teammate LenDale White were known last season, has officially been sent to the showers.  This has set off a chain reaction of new nickname brainstorming, most of it lame, except for one suggestion by Titans coach Jeff Fisher, who proposed an amusing new tandem moniker when speaking to a reporter: “I’m sure they’ll come up with something else,” Fisher cracked. “Dumb and Dumber or something.’’ The obvious question is:  which one’s “Dumb” and which one’s “Dumber?”  Yeah, you’re right – White is [...]

Shaquille O’Neal is headed to the Cleveland Cavaliers to play alongside fellow superstar LeBron James.  The trade, agreed to in principle by the Cavs and Phoenix Suns, would send Sasha Pavlovic, Ben Wallace and other stuff back to Phoenix in exchange for the future Hall of Famer. This trade has been rumored for days, but even so, it seemed to take Twitter-addict Shaq by surprise.  “Heard you got traded to the Cavs. Good luck back in the Eastern Conference,” one of Shaq’s tweeps tweeted at him in the wee hours of the morning.  Shaq tweeted back, “I did for real?  [...]

Maria Sharapova may be a big deal in the world of fashion, and going to movie premieres to get one’s picture taken with random Jonas Brothers, but in tennis?  She matters about as much as the Washington Nationals do to baseball. Okay, I know:  Maria’s a big star.  Why else would she be playing (and losing, to some broad I never heard of) on Center Court of Wimbledon in the second round?  I guess there are just lots of leering British pigs who have nothing better to do than pack a tennis stadium hoping to catch a glimpse of a [...]

Television station WCCO in Minneapolis is reporting that Brett Favre has already signed a contract with the Vikings, and is expected at training camp come the end of July.  And yes, the Favre #4 Viking jerseys have already been ordered up.  Packer fans who’ve been holding their puke down may now release it.  Just try getting it into the bucket for once. WCCO says Favre’s contract is “incentive-laden,” which falls in line with what Mike Florio reported on PFT a few days ago.  Of course, there have been multiple debunked Favre reports this off-season, so it’s possible this one is [...]

15,000+ people showed up to watch Manny Ramirez play a tune-up game with the AAA Albuquerque Isotopes.  Manny went 0-2 in the game, but the folks didn’t seem to care.  They were just tickled to see Manny who will soon be reinstated to the Dodgers, having served his 50 game suspension for taking performance enhancing drugs. I don’t blame the fans for being geeked – it ain’t every day you can see a player of Manny’s caliber go through the motions for what it costs to get into a minor league baseball game.  It also ain’t every day you can [...]