Published on: 19th July, 2010
NFL: Talk about Freakonomics. Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco displays some financial savvy both in his financial planning (he has a slush fund set aside to pay for fines) and in his outside-the-box thinking regarding Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis. Ochocinco volunteered to use said slush fund to entice Revis not to ...Published on: 5th July, 2010
Soccer: Tweet du jour, from Jemele Hill: "Welcome Cristiano Ronaldo to baby-daddy-hood." Eating: Who figured the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest would lead to an arrest? Since when did professional eating need some kind of collective bargaining agreement? Would be ironic if Takeru Kobayashi went on a hunger strike, wouldn't it? NFL: ...Published on: 29th June, 2010
Media: Author James Andrew Miller, who's working on a book about ESPN, says Erin Andrews is staying with the network, and USA Today reported Andrews has tentatively agreed to a new two-year deal. Miller tweets, "Erin Andrews will be staying at ESPN, and no, I didn't get it from ...Published on: 8th June, 2010
NBA: DreamWorks SKG partner David Geffen wants to purchase 51 percent of the L.A. Clippers, spies tell the New York Post. A source also reports Geffen said he could deliver LeBron James to the Clips, as long as he has controlling interest. But Donald Sterling is unlikely to give up ...Published on: 1st June, 2010
MLB: Nationals fans—and baseball fans in general—are awaiting Stephen Strasburg's June 8 debut with bated breath. Pay close attention, folks, because Strasburg may only pitch in the vicinity of 95 innings in the majors this season, according to the Washington Post. Nationals pitching coordinator Spin Williams says the team uses ...Published on: 27th May, 2010
MLB: All of Atlanta, it seems, is in love with Jason Heyward. But a youth outreach program is not in love with a private entrepreneur selling T-shirts with the "J-Hey" nickname, which the L.E.A.D. youth program says it holds rights to. Unlike most of these cases, the T-shirt maker is ...Published on: 26th May, 2010
NFL: Albert Haynesworth is being sued for $10 million by a Brooklyn exotic dancer, who claims Haynesworth knocked her up then dumped her. Papers filed in court claim he romanced her in Miami during Super Bowl festivities then dumped her when he found out she was pregnant and has refused ...Published on: 20th May, 2010
Cycling: While Floyd Landis tries to throw Lance Armstrong under the bus, the seven-time Tour de France winner is out West riding in the Tour of California. And in Stage 5 he's riding in honor of LaTrice (Haney) Vaughn, a nurse who helped Armstrong during his fight with cancer. Yeah, ...Published on: 19th May, 2010
MLB: It seems some BoSox fans are a little miffed that Theo Epstein took in a Pearl Jam concert rather than watching the Sox get beat by the Yankees on Monday. Fly's with Globe staffer Nick Cafardo, who tells Boston fans to give it a rest. Cafardo writes, "For the ...Published on: 18th May, 2010
GOLF: Online gaming company Bodogbrand.com doesn't really care what Tiger Woods does off the course. Other sponsors may have run from the sex scandal following Woods since November, but Bodog wants the No. 1 golfer and is offering him a $100 million deal with a "no moral judgment" clause, according ...