Media Watch:Did Hall of Fame Speech Save Michael Irvin's Broadcasting Career? Pro Football Talk reported that Irvin was in talks to get a radio show with Content Factory, the same company that has a new syndication deal in place with Dan Patrick.
Dolphins Coach Cam Cameron Bought 1,000 Copies of Colts Coach Tony Dungy's Book: Cameron paid for the books out of his own pocket, and while he surely got a bulk rate discount off the cover price of $26.99, that's still a serious chunk of change. He must have liked the book a lot.
Tony Kornheiser on David Beckham: 'I Have No Patience for This Guy ... He's a Fraud': ESPN is often accused of artificially propping up its own properties, but I've heard lots of Beckham bashing on the Worldwide Leader.
NCAA Football:
The Debriefing: Steve Spurrier Wants the Dumb Kids: Usually, a coach will at least pay lip service to the idea of a "student-athlete," but not here ... Spurrier's straight up saying, "Yes, I need the players who eat chalk. When I was at Florida, I had a linebacker who didn't know where babies came from, even though he fathered 9 of them."
NHL:
Producer of 'Saw' Horror Flicks, Ex-Jackets GM Buy the Tampa Bay Lightning: The fact that the men who gave us Blue Jackets hockey and "Two and a Half Men" now have control of one of the most successful non-traditional market teams in the league makes me nervous; yet knowing that the same man who produces "Two and a Half Men" also makes torture porn horror flicks makes perfect sense to me.
MLB:David Wells Might Have the Greatest Sports Collectible Ever: Yeah, I'd venture to guess that Wells has the only ball with all three signatures on it. Lucky for him, he should be around to get A-Rod, Pujols, or whomever else joins that elite group. Maybe Wells knew what he was doing when he publicly supported Bonds earlier in the year.
Mark Cuban Casts Barry Bonds as Sympathetic Figure: Unlike the legendary stories in baseball history that were never made public at the time they happened to protect the player involved, today there is a "bounty of fame" on any person or outlet who can catch Barry in anything that can be sold to an Internet site or any of the sports TV networks across the country.
Is Alex Rodriguez Going to Get His No. 500 Homer Ball Back? "The Yankees offered him a signed jersey, and he said no. The negotiations at Yankee Stadium were p--s-poor," Brian Kowalczyk said. "If A-Rod would have approached him, things would have been different."
Selig Likely to Miss Bonds' Next Four Games: Sound to me like there's a pretty good chance Selig won't be there when Bonds breaks the record, and my guess is, that's fine by Bud. Let the criticism rain.
NFL:Michael Vick Chew Toy: The Only Thing You Can Still Buy With Vick's Name on It: Vick and the NFL could probably sue to stop sales of this product, since it uses Vick's name and likeness and a Falcons jersey without permission. But the NFL might not want to call any more attention to the Vick case, and Vick's lawyers have more important things to do right now.
Bengals' Chad Johnson: 'My Blocking? It Sucks': Downfield blocking by a wide receiver can be the difference between a 10-yard gain and a 60-yard gain. But if you can't be a great blocker, at least you can be forthright about it.
Former Bills Quarterback Jim Kelly on Michael Vick: 'He's Lying': "I have a (second) house in Richmond, Va., and I know what goes on in my house even though I'm not there. I'd have to call (Vick's defense) B.S."
NFL 30 to Watch: Marques Colston, Wide Receiver, New Orleans Saints: If New Orleans has designs on making it back to the postseason, Marques Colston will need to have a big year.
Tennis:
Does Tennis Have a Betting Scandal of Its Own? The match, not exactly a barnburner on the ATP scheduled, drew $8 million in bets, about ten times the average and with an unhealthy amount wagered on Arguello, a huge underdog by any stretch of the imagination.
Golf:
Rory Sabbatini: OK for Me to Drop F-Bombs, Not OK for You to Ask Me a Question: Sabbatini thinks it's perfectly OK to use the most vulgar word in the English language in front of young fans, but if a fan casually asks Sabbatini whether he has changed his opinion of Tiger Woods, Sabbatini thinks that fan needs to be forcibly removed from the course. Why does the PGA Tour allow this jerk to treat the fans like that?
NBA:
Tyronn Lue Helped Send Garnett to Boston: "Then, KG asked me, 'What about the city?' I said, 'You don't go out anyway, so it doesn't matter. You don't go out of the house. You could play in Alaska.' He's like, 'Yeah, you're right.'"
Random YouTube Magic: DJ Big Baby: Glen Davis seems to be the only rook who has ever seen decks before. Maybe, if he stays around in the Association, he can challenge Jalen Rose for the title of "greatest NBA celebrity deejay."
Darius Miles's Absolutely Insane Automobile
