MLB:Bode Miller's Playing Minor League Baseball: How bout that, now he has the chance to choke at two sports!
Does A-Rod's House Hunting Mean He's Staying in New York? In addition to the Lake Carrington Estate, Rodriguez is also said to be eying a Manhattan townhouse. Is all of this interest in real estate really a concrete sign that he's expecting to stay in New York for a long, long time?
Billy Beane Lending Cranium to MLS Next: Applying that approach to the less talent-saturated, even-salaried world of Major League Soccer would not only provide Beane the breathing room he's always desired with the A's, but it would cement his organizational genius for years to come.
The Indians Are Fighting Each Other: Lee drilled Sammy Sosa in the head. Of course, this also happened to be the same night in which Sosa was honored before the game by a large group of friends, family, and politicians from the Dominican Republic for hitting 600 home runs. Lee says he didn't do it on purpose, but Victor Martinez still wasn't very happy with Cliff's response.
NCAA Football:
Football's Dirtiest Programs: #8, Auburn: Mike Freeman, the columnist whose article served as the inspiration for this series, amazed on-lookers when he did what few realized was possible: simultaneously pissing off both Alabama and Auburn fans. For its part, the Loveliest Villiage on the Plains had its hackles raised by a number two ranking in Freeman's poll. It turns out that while they're no angels, the Auburn Tigers are not quite #2 material.
Football's Dirtiest Programs: #9, Oklahoma St.: ... as evidenced by the sheer number of violations (40) and the fact that it took almost five years from that anonymous call until the Committee's report was published.
NFL:The Debriefing: Michael Vick's 'Friends' Are the Least of His Worries: No one corrupted Vick. No one tried to hurt him. Everything he's accused of is on him, just as it is for the other gentlemen named in the federal indictment. No one's telling P-Funk, Q, and T that they need to cut Vick loose because he's ruining their lives.
Could Michael Vick's Cousin, Aaron Brooks, Replace Him as Falcons Quarterback? The Falcons could still sign a free agent to replace Vick. And while the big name available is Daunte Culpepper, John Clayton mentioned another name today on ESPN Radio: Aaron Brooks.
NFL 30 to Watch: Howard Mudd, Offensive Line Coach, Indianapolis Colts: Protecting Peyton Manning's blindside is one of the most important jobs on planet Earth, and the fact that the responsibility could fall to a rookie (Tony Ugoh) or a second-year player with nary a career start (Charlie Johnson) has to be a little worrisome.
NBA:Video: Kobe Bryant Hits Game-Winner in Team USA's Blue-White Scrimmage: It's a shame the Tim Donaghy scandal broke when it did, because Sunday's Blue-White Team USA scrimmage really could have been a shining moment for Team USA, and by extension of the players on the roster, the NBA. (The fact it was televised on FSN instead of ESPN didn't have anything to do with this game getting largely ignored, did it? Of course not.)
Did Stern Know... And Let Donaghy Work Anyway? The New York Times quotes two unnamed sources familiar with the investigation saying the same, that David Stern and pals weren't briefed until rather recently. A team of New York Daily News reporters dug up a different tale. The paper quotes two of Donaghy's old Pennsylvania neighbors -- both which have unrelated beefs with the ref, we might add -- saying the NBA sent a private investigator a year ago to ask questions about Donaghy's gambling.
