The L.A. Clippers are giving away a chance at free flights for anyone joining their website.
I wonder how many Clipper players are signing up in hopes of a one-way ticket?

The Suns and Cavaliers made a trade that will see Shaquille O'Neal team with LeBron James.
Isn't that like hitching a trailer to a Ferrari?

192 people who put their names on a waiting list in the 1970s will be able to buy season tickets to the Green Bay Packers this year.
A similar waiting list of people will finally be allowed into Studio 54.

Former Browns QB Bernie Kosar filed for bankruptcy.
What happened to all those economics classes he took as a student-athlete at the University of Miami?

Iran failed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup, so we will be spared their government news agency telling their people they beat Brazil 3-0.

A bankruptcy judge rejected the sale and relocation of the Phoenix Coyotes to Jim Balsillie.
This may be the first time anyone's ever been disappointed at not being able to spend their winter in Hamilton, Ontario instead of Arizona.

The New York Times reported that Sammy Sosa failed a drug test in 2003, but didn't identify the drug.
I think it's safe to say it wasn't truth serum.

Saturday Night at Progressive Field the Cleveland Indians are putting on Shin-Soo Choo '80s Bobblehead Night.
I don't understand the '80s angle, except that was when Dave Winfield beaned a seagull with a throw.

Cubs RF Milton Bradley caught a fly ball with a runner on third for the 2nd out, and then tossed the ball to fans in the bleachers.
If you're scoring along, that's E-9, IQ-10.

Shin-Soo Choo singled off a low-flying seagull in the bottom of the 10th to lead the Indians to victory over the Royals.
It was the most publicized ballplayer hitting a bird since A-Rod was seeing Madonna.

The University of Minnesota may ban booze sales at games this fall, as officials say it sends the wrong message to students.
Profit-making certainly seems out of step with today's business environment.

Fordham University is going to start giving out football scholarships next year.
In related news, Florida State is going to start awarding academic scholarships.

A new group wants an NHL expansion franchise named the Toronto Legacy, and say they envision a 30,000-seat arena where half the tickets are affordable for hockey fans.
That's just what the NHL needs: a team with 15,000 tickets every game that are unaffordable to hockey fans.

Denver Broncos WR Brandon Marshall is free to play in the NFL in 2009 after being cleared from his latest domestic dispute.
Marshall dropped 18 "on-target" passes last year, something he blamed on nerve damage to his arm after he put it through a TV set.
And to think the NFL promoted the "Cavemen" series.

Ohio State lost a postseason game 37-6?!?
This "June-uary" moniker may be gaining in relevance.