Archive for November, 2011

Chicago Cubs Contact Albert Pujols

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

We all knew this was coming - if for no other reason than to annoy the crap out of St. Louis Cardinals fans - but the Chicago Cubs formally made contact with representatives of free agent first baseman Albert Pujols. The three-time MVP is represented by Dan Lozano and while ...

Robert Allenby Wants a Piece of Geoff Ogilvy

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Golf can be so vanilla that colorful storylines often get significant attention: Tiger's fall from grace, John Daly being himself on and off the course for the better part of 25 years, and lately, the character that is Robert Allenby, who witnesses claim wanted to fight fellow Aussie Geoff Ogilvy ...

Ohio State Hires The Family Guy

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Ohio State hired well-known Family Guy Peter Griffin Urban Meyer on Monday to coach its football team. Less than a year ago, Meyer stepped down from his post at Florida to spend more time with his family. Apparently, that family is incredibly boring. Or maybe they smell funny. Either way, coaching the ...

Lindsey Vonn Getting Divorced

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Hey remember Lindsey Vonn? The attractive female skier who was the talk of the 2010 Winter Olympics? You know her, she's talented, good-looking, seems to have a decent personality and she's also rich. Well, now you can add single to her resume, as her husband of four years filed for ...

All Is Not Fine In Syracuse

Monday, November 28th, 2011

Oh, how I long for the days of UNLV players partying in a hot tub with a shady booster being the biggest scandal in college sports. Syracuse fired basketball assistant coach Bernie Fine on Sunday when it became undeniably clear that the guy is a serious creep. That was the same ...

ESPN: Bad At Geography

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

I'm not sure what geography majors do when they finish college, but obviously they don't end up working at ESPN. Friend of the program and lifelong Minnesotan Bdogmarvelous caught the pictured error on Sports Center yesterday -- a rather shocking imagine of the outline of Minnesota labeled as "Wisconsin" in some ...

Shocker: Scott Boras Does Not Like New Draft Spending Limits

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

Get ready for some all-time shocking news: baseball super-agent Scott Boras is not a fan of the new draft spending limits in baseball's recently signed collective bargaining agreement. Let's all say it in unison, "poor Scott Boras." Major League Baseball's new CBA has rules governing how much teams can spend on ...

KO To Return To Bears?

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

Like they always say, never look a gift neckbeard in the mouth. Quarterback Kyle Orton became available this week when the Denver Broncos pledged to full-fledged Tebowmania for the remainder of 2011 and waived Orton. The timing is perfect for the Bears, who have possibly lost starter Jay Cutler for the remainder ...

Lane Kiffin Donates Beanie To Dan Patrick Show Man Cave

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

USC head coach Lane Kiffin has been making the radio rounds early this week to talk about his team's stunning 38-35 upset win over Oregon on Saturday, and also to discuss the Trojans' upcoming rivalry showdown with UCLA. On Monday he hit the Dan Patrick Show on and was razzed by ...

Elway, Broncos Not Sold On Tebow Long Term?

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

While there has been a ton of speculation about the future of Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow and whether or not he represents the future of the franchise, most of that chatter has come from outside sources. Broncos executive vice president John Elway has largely been mum on his plans ...