MLB:Since When Do Agents Think They Can Negotiate Pitch Counts? Scott Boras is just full of ideas, isn't he? Well, it turns out he also has a few ideas for how the Red Sox should be handling his client Daisuke Matsuzaka -- ideas that manager Terry Francona doesn't care to hear.
The Debriefing: Gary Sheffield Might be Crazy, but He Might Also Have a Point: If I had to make a guess at which was the best representation of what the public actually felt, the one presented by baseball writers, media personalities, and bloggers, or the one provided by the AP-Ipsos poll ... I'm going with the AP Ipsos.
Bill James Compares MLB's Steroid Problem to the NBA's Traveling Problem: Okay, the title makes Bill James, noted baseball historian and sabermetrics pioneer, out to be some kind of crank, but that's not actually my intention. In fact, I greatly admire James, and the more I think about it, the more I think his analogy is actually quite fitting.
Phillies Even Manage to Lose Game Ball: The ball belongs in Cooperstown, or on display in Citizens Bank Park, or as The Feed suggested, given to the longest-tenured season ticket holder who had to endure first-hand so many losses. But whatever happens to the ball, it should be the Phillies' decision to make, not La Russa's.
Jeter Jealous of Bonds' Lady Prowess? "If this party was in New York, all the girls would be on my s-," Jeter wryly observed in front of a Gatecrasher pal.
NBA:Is Adam Morrison Going to Be the Odd Man Out in Charlotte? Morrison's in trouble, and here's the reason: he's just too slow. If you look at the small forwards in the league, he is among the slowest and worst defensively. Is he swift enough to play shooting guard?
Chris Paul Interview with Miss Gossip: Chris Paul talks to your girl Miss Gossip about what he'll use that contract money for when it comes, his upcoming Winston-Salem weekend, a certain Hornets blog, Desmond Mason's rapping, and THE photo (no, not THAT one).
NCAA Football:
Dominic Jones Is So Going to Jail: The document is not for the faint of heart. To summarize (and please remember all of this is alleged): Jones had sex with a passed out girl and had Alex Daniels, who you may remember as an impossibly oversized tailback early last year, tape the culmination of the act on his cell phone. The police have the video and DNA evidence.
Cycling:
Why Is Lance Armstrong Associating With Floyd Landis? My best guess is that Armstrong wants the world to think Landis is innocent of taking performance-enhancing drugs, because if the public perceives the sport of cycling as dirty, the public will perceive Armstrong as dirty.
