Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Canadian Green Party leader Elizabeth May is a little perturbed.
She can't get on TV yet broadcasters continue to air Edmonton Oilers games.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

The NFLPA will begin paying players April 15.
Or as Auburn players entering the draft like to call it, "bridge financing".

Monday, March 28, 2011

4 elections in less than 7 years?
Canadian politics are starting to have as much year-to-year change as Kentucky's basketball roster.
A Dallas-area jeweler says Cowboys WR Dez Bryant owes him $246,000 in custom orders.
The NorthPark Center Mall hopes it's for a gem-studded belt.
The Horizon League...the Colonial Athletic Association...is this the Final Four or a bluegrass festival?

Saturday, March 26, 2011

The city of Anaheim is trying to entice the Sacramento Kings to move and join their pro sports lineup of the Angels, the Ducks, and jousting at Medieval Times.

Friday, March 25, 2011

A coalition of Pacific Northwest pro sports teams have formed the Green Sports Alliance to promote practices such as recycling garbage.
The Seattle Mariners are leading the way by giving Milton Bradley another season.
The Knicks wore "Nueva York" jerseys Thursday as part of the NBA's Latin Night series.
How do you say "no team chemistry" en Espanol?

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Headline: Barry Bonds' cab driver prefers jail to talking about Bonds' taxi rides
Anyone else surprised North America's first face transplant had nothing to do with Matt Cooke?

Monday, March 21, 2011

Barry Bonds' legal team outnumbers the government's 13-5, and has a payroll higher than the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Notre Dame's star WR Michael Floyd got a DUI after he failed three sobriety tests that consisted of standing on one leg, walking and turning around, and a finger count.
It was almost as bad as Maurice Clarett's combine performance.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

CBS's NCAA tourney webcasts are a huge success.
The Kansas St.-Wisconsin matchup had the highest traffic for an online game in those states since Farmville.

Friday, March 18, 2011

LeBron James is helping lead a new stay-in-school initiative.
I hope it's more successful than Cavs owner Dan Gilbert's stay-in-Cleveland initiative.
Ohio State coach Jim Tressel requested he sit out the first 5 games of the 2011 season, and that no peas are in his mashed potatoes.
Roger Goodell e-mailed the NFL players Thursday, saying "each passing day puts our game at risk".
He also threatened to unfollow them on Twitter.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Glendale's mayor says they may seek a minor league hockey team if the NHL franchise leaves town.
Would they keep the Coyotes name and logo? That brand must be worth hundreds of dollars.
President Obama picked the #1 seeds to win each of the regions in his bracket.
Unfortunately for him, the Mideast region is not as predictable.
The Vancouver Whitecaps soccer team found itself in a controversy after it released a video of a nude model being body-painted with the team's colours.
It could have been worse: the video could have had a voice over by Gilbert Gottfried.
Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson is trying out with MLS squad Sporting Kansas City.
Maybe he will change his name to "Cero-cero".
Muhammad Ali asked Iran to release two American hikers held since 2009.
Evander Holyfield asked them if they had any old boxers interested in a match this summer.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Washington Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau, on injuries from hits to the head being part of hockey: "If you don't like it, don't come to the games."
Wow - who thought fans in Florida, Georgia and Arizona would lead a hockey protest?

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

First Four Fever is sweeping the country.
Night watchmen are calling in sick to work.
The NFLPA is encouraging incoming college players to boycott the NFL Draft.
Brady Quinn wonders where this idea was a few years ago.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Dwyane Wade won custody of his 8 and 3-year-old boys, who will move from Chicago to Miami.
His sons said they are looking forward to taking their pails and shovels to South Beach.
This is the year I am going to win my CBI and CIT pools.
After the Milwaukee Bucks scored 56 points against the Celtics, they applied to join the Big Ten Conference.

Thursday, March 10, 2011

On Air Canada's threat to halt its NHL sponsorship over head hits, Gary Bettman said "it's just like the prerogative of our clubs that fly Air Canada to make other arrangements if they don't think Air Canada is giving them the appropriate level of service."
Yeah, I hate it when the flight attendants ram my skull into the overhead compartment.

Wednesday, March 09, 2011

LeBron James is reportedly being sued by an Atlanta nightclub for backing out of an appearance and then planning an event at a rival club.
Apparently, he failed to come through at the last minute.

Tuesday, March 08, 2011

No truth to the rumor the Miami Heat 30 on 30 will be directed by Neil Jordan.
Jay-Z and David Ortiz are reportedly feuding because Jay-Z has a nightclub called 40/40 and Big Papi has one called Forty Forty.
They're both going to be pissed when Miguel Cabrera opens his club Forty Ounces.
Two ex-University of Kansas officials got two years probation in a ticket scam case.
The courtroom was packed and scalpers were doing a brisk business for the sentencing.

Sunday, March 06, 2011

The Secret Service beat the FBI 7-6 in their annual hockey game before a full house of 2500 in Arlington, Virginia.
It was the first hockey sellout of the year south of the Mason-Dixon Line.

Saturday, March 05, 2011

ABC showcased the first regular season NBA game in Europe, featuring the Nets and Raptors.
They also brought over similar quality dramatic programming to sell: Detroit 1-8-7.

Friday, March 04, 2011

Canada was awarded the 2015 Women's World Cup after Zimbabwe was deemed too high a vuvuzela risk.
President Barack Obama said he hopes the NFL and the players can resolve things without him intervening because he's "got a lot of other stuff to do".
Like implementing a college football playoff, fixing the labor strife on Two And A Half Men, and camping out in line for iPad2.

Thursday, March 03, 2011

The NHL playoffs must be approaching; the nightly scoreboard is starting to resemble binary code.

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

The Mets are looking for new loan sources.
How about Carson Palmer?
The chances of Major League Baseball making another substantial loan to the New York Mets are about the same as the franchise having a Bernie Madoff bobblehead night.
China blocked professional networking site LinkedIn.
And there went the hopes of Chinese replacement football players.