Thursday, May 31, 2012

Ohio State and Georgia cancelled their upcoming football series.
Mensa will have to find a new home for its title sponsorship money.
The New Jersey Devils lost Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final at home to the L.A. Kings in overtime.
Jimmy Hoffa is rolling over in the Meadowlands.
A Pittsburgh Penguins fan is suing the team for sending him too many text messages.
A Pens employee initially tried to help him with the texts, but Marc-Andre Fleury was unable to block them.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Green Bay signed Donald Driver to a new contract.
The Packers outbid several Bollywood studios.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Fox Sports' Twitter accidentally announced the death of soccer superstar Lionel Messi.
There's a chilling thought for opposing defences: zombie Lionel Messi.
Miami Marlins reliever Juan Carlos Oviedo was suspended 8 weeks for ID fraud.
Until he comes back, the Marlins have decided to go with beer-buying-by-committee.

Saturday, May 26, 2012

None of the Devils players would go near the Prince of Wales trophy, but cast members of Jersey Shore said they would like to wear it on a necklace.

Thursday, May 24, 2012

The Charlotte Bobcats will interview Jerry Sloan for their vacant head coach position.
He faces some tough questions, like "Are you the man who can get us into double-digit wins?"

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

What is the average annual yield of fruits and vegetables from Madison Square Garden?

Sunday, May 20, 2012

The crew at Staples Center converted the Kings ice to the Clippers floor faster than Marv Albert got his hair ready.

Saturday, May 19, 2012

In an attempt to have L.A. host every major sporting event in a few weeks, the Belmont Stakes has been relocated and the horses will now run laps around the Staples Center.

Friday, May 18, 2012

The Olympic flame arrived in Britain from Greece Friday.
It was sent C.O.D.
The USA-Guatemala World Cup qualifying match is $29.99 on pay-per-view.
That may sound steep, but if you get together with the other two people who are dying to watch it, that's only 10 bucks each.
The Women's Professional Soccer league folded Friday.
In retrospect, it probably wasn't the best day to try to launch their IPO.

Monday, May 14, 2012

Early buzz is the Thunder's James Harden's beard may get a Best Supporting Actor nom for The Dictator.

Sunday, May 13, 2012

What's with this blue clay court in Madrid?
I thought I was watching the Boise State Open.
Incredible quartet of goalies left in the NHL's final four.
Expect less scoring than a Tim Tebow-Shaun Alexander double date.
Chad Ochocinco wrote Roger Goodell another "Dear Dad" note.
I wonder what he's going to get him for Father's Day?
Ocho says he's going to be doing a lot of end zone celebrating this year, so maybe he should just give him money.

Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Confetti fell from the Madison Square Garden ceiling after the Knicks beat the Heat to cut their series deficit to 3 games to 1.
Shredded paper?
Guess they finally figured out a way to get rid of that Amar'e Stoudemire contract.

Monday, May 07, 2012

A woman wandered onto the court during play late in the first half of the Lakers-Nuggets game Sunday night.
Maybe she was just trying to get away from Marv Albert.

Saturday, May 05, 2012

The Kings players starting to sport a lot of facial hair.
They're not used to deep playoff runs.
Usually by mid-May, the only beard left in L.A. is Katie Holmes.
One side of the BC Place Stadium scoreboard wasn't working on Saturday afternoon during the Whitecaps game.
Do you really need it?
If you can't keep track of the score in a soccer match, you're probably going to have trouble finding your way home afterwards.

Friday, May 04, 2012

In a week with some difficult stories, perhaps none was as awkward as British sportscasters having to explain Yankees reliever Mariano Rivera tearing his ACL shagging balls.

Thursday, May 03, 2012

The Heat's Chris Bosh and his wife welcomed their baby Jackson into the world Thursday at 3AM.
A little over 12 hours later, Jackson had already taken Carmelo Anthony off the dribble.

Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Remember just a few years ago the U.S. was rallying behind New Orleans?
And now they're like the NFL's outlaw penal colony.
We haven't seen a turn to the dark side like that since Darth Vader.
Did George Lucas buy NFL Films?
And does that mean the recent Super Bowls will be re-released in 3D with CG enhancements?
Darth Vilma.
Unusual feat in Anaheim Wednesday night: Albert Pujols got a hit.

Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Joakim Noah: Woodstock called; they want their hairstyle back.
Protesters smashed the windows of banks and cars in Seattle.
They are taking this proposed college football playoff system pretty hard, after realizing without a 64-team field there is no room for the Huskies.
The CFL Draft is Thursday and the Washington Redskins are already trying to trade up.
I hope analysts don't ruin the CFL Draft by Tweeting picks ahead of time.
A major political hurdle in Ontario court was overcome to pave the way for a return of pro football to Ottawa.
Which is great, because the LFL was hoping for a geographical rival for the Toronto Triumph.
The Knicks are so out of answers on how to stop the Heat they are reaching for fire extinguishers.