Archive for June, 2009

Shaquille O’Neal took to Twitter after his old team the Lakers defeated his other old team the Orlando Magic – who are led by his old coach, Stan Van Gundy, from another of his old teams the Miami Heat – to both congratulate his ex-teammate Kobe Bryant and ex-coach Phil Jackson…and to once again rip Mr. Van Gundy.  Shaq tweeted to his former sidekick Mr. Bryant: Congratualtions kobe, u deserve it. You played great . Enjoy it my man enjoy it. And I know what yur sayin rt now “Shaq how my ass taste “ That last bit of course [...]

Pop singer Rihanna was at Game 4 of the Finals between the Lakers and Magic, but it wasn’t to see her old boyfriend Chris Brown, who was also at the game.  According to the New York Daily News, Rihanna was there “at the behest” of the Magic’s Rashard Lewis, upon whom she is “currently crushing.” “Rihanna is trying to get to know Rashard,” a source told the paper.  “She’s digging on him, and she hopes the feeling is mutual.” So not only is Rihanna crushing on Rashard, but she is also digging on him, and is trying to get to [...]

Vince Young, in an interview with ESPN set to air on Sunday, admits that he was so hurt by negative fan reaction last year, it almost made him pack up his shit and go home. “I was to the point where man, I didn’t really want to play no more because of the fact that I was that hurt,” Young says. “I was that hurt from the boos and all the different things that were going on. It was just so much for me — I didn’t want to play no more.” Young, as you recall, became so despondent last [...]

Nothing spices up the boring middle of the baseball season better than a good old-fashioned verbal beanball war between players on rival teams.  The Mets‘ Francisco Rodriguez and the Yankees‘ Brian Bruney would certainly seem to subscribe to this view, given the way they’ve been going at each other. It all started Friday night, after the Yankees took advantage of a dropped pop-up to hand K-Rod his first blown save in 17 chances.  Bruney said after the game, “Unbelievable. I’ve never seen anything like that. I have, but in high school.  It couldn’t happen to a better guy on the [...]

Seagull Helps Cleveland Indians Beat Kansas City Royals (Sports Rubbish) Bodog Sports manager is going to lose $400,000 when the Lakers win the Finals (Major League Jerk) The Tanking Of Travolta: How Vincent Vega Became A Wild Hog (Fansided) Alonzo Mourning giving Phil Jackson almost no credit (Hear the audio!) (Steady Burn) University Of Minnesota’s Football Games Will Be Even More Boring This Fall (No Guts, No Glory) Dwyane Wade, Autograph Session Prank, Water Skiing Accident, Video (NESW Sports) Ruslan Fedotenko Rules (PSAMP) Sexy Stanley Cup Illustrations (Gunaxin) The Slow Starts Are Now Just Bad Seasons: Hitters Edition (Zoner Sports)

Pat Riley wants you to know that he’s not going to Cleveland except to visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: According to these latest rounds of rumors, the Cavaliers are supposedly upset with Mike Brown‘s tank job as coach during Cleveland’s loss to Orlando in the Eastern Conference Finals. It matters not that he was coach of the year this season after the Cavs won 66 games. It doesn’t matter that he has the support and trust of LeBron James. It doesn’t matter that Riley is retired and has convinced himself once and for all (he insists) that he’s done with coaching. Riles [...]

Michelle Wie, the second-most overhyped female athlete of all-time behind Anna Kournikova, may be on her way to her first honest-to-goodness victory as a full-fledged professional member of the LPGA tour: Wie shot a 2-under 70 on Thursday [at the LPGA Championship] to put herself in contention for her first win on the LPGA Tour. The 19-year-old turned pro in 2005, but this marks the first year she’s playing as a tour member. Thus, she’s still considered to be a rookie. Wie already has three top-10 finishes this year, and an improved putter helped her finish Thursday with three birdies [...]

Derrick Rose has formally apologized for being dumb enough to have his picture taken flashing gang signs at a Memphis party: “Recently, a photo has been circulating on the Internet which appears to depict me flashing a gang sign,” Rose said in the statement. “This photo of me was taken at a party I attended in Memphis while I was in school there, and was meant as a joke … a bad one, I now admit. I want to emphatically state, now and forever, that Derrick Rose is anti-gang, anti-drug, and anti-violence. I am not, nor have I ever been, [...]