Diana Nyad has started her latest swim from Cuba to Florida, a stunt she's been attempting since 1978.
People have been trying to do that since 1959.

Lamar Odom was arrested for DUI after police pulled him over for driving too slow.
He was moving so slow in the lane, they thought he was Aaron Gray.

More post-season baseball awards favorites emerging: Don Mattingly, Babysitter of the Year.

Champions League group draws: Arsenal with Marseille, Dortmund and Napoli in the Group of Death.
Bayern with Man City and Viktoria Plzen in the Group of Beer.

Add "Fashion Consulting" to the list of Ohio State Buckeyes football player majors.

Why is New Jersey Governor Chris Christie taking verbal shots at a New York Jets reporter?
Obama would never do that. He'd send in a drone.

Johnny Manziel is going to miss the first half of Texas A&M's opener versus Rice.
It's a noon start - so will most A&M fans.

Team Canada had their practice camp, where they were putting together the best ball hockey squad in the world.
Strong leadership on this team: Duncan Keith has emerged as the guy who yells "Car!" and "Game on!".

ESPN has finalized a deal to pay the Little League World Series $60 million over eight years for broadcast rights.
That's a lot of pizza and ice cream.

The Luongo interview even had bonus footage that was released.
They were that close to releasing it as a DVD, but we'd already seen the bloopers.

TSN's Roberto Luongo interview was broken up and stretched over three parts.
Drawn out like Peter Jackson adapting a Tolkien novel.

Louis Vuitton has won over my loyalty from Prada by sponsoring the America's Cup.
The next time I'm faced with a purchasing decision between the two, I'm thinking: "And what world class yacht race have you title-sponsored lately, Prada?"

A poorly-promoted post-sporting event concert in South Africa left singer Brandy performing in a 90,000-seat stadium in front of 40 people.
It's like doing the anthem at Marlins Park.

Much fanfare surrounding Ichiro's 4000th hit, which includes his Japanese league stats.

We're counting everything now?!?

Dock Ellis...5000 hits...Hall Of Fame!

New Canucks coach John Tortorella says Roberto Luongo's mental state is a non-issue.
Well, new league rules say the straitjackets have to be slimmer fitting this season.

Viewers were pointing out that Tim Tebow wasn't going to get a drive in against Detroit.
The only drive he's likely to see at this point is to the airport.

Terrell Owens is suing his former agent, Drew Rosenhaus.
I need Terrell's spokesperson to tell me how many reasons he has to sue him.

The Montreal Alouettes announced QB Anthony Calvillo suffered a concussion versus the Saskatchewan Roughriders and is currently resting at home with his great-grandchildren.

A-Rod says he's done talking about non-baseball topics.
Oh, great - I was looking forward to his review of The World's End.

The NFL called the Bears' Jon Bostic's hit on the Chargers' Mike Willie "spectacular", then fined him $21, 000.
Coming up next: automatic fines for any defensive play that makes Sportscenter's Top 10.

A few members of the 1972 Miami Dolphins refused to attend their White House reception Tuesday.
They said they were too nervous waiting to see if the last few unbeaten teams in the preseason would lose.

The Russian women's gold medal-winning relay team said their celebratory kiss was not intended as a protest against controversial new anti-gay laws.
Nor was the flag-raising during the medal ceremony when instead of the national anthem they played Diana Ross's "I'm Coming Out".

Broncos linebacker Von Miller is listed as a potential witness for the sentencing phase of a Denver bar multi-murder trial.
He needs to find some new watering holes: if they're not stabbing people, they're slipping PEDs into your drinks.

Maria Sharapova wants to legally change her last name to Sugarpova for the U.S. Open to promote her candy company.
Jimmy Connors would probably suggest Strychninepova.

Caroline Wozniacki defeated Peng Shuai at the New Haven Open, ironically after she rearranged courtside chairs and tables.

Paulina Gretzky and Dustin Johnson announced their engagement amidst rumours they got a pet monkey.
She's just carrying on a family tradition.
Her dad had Dave Semenko.

Word is Ryan Braun wants to "distance himself" from Alex Rodriguez.
Considering A-Rod's batting stats since his return, I'd recommend anywhere on the basepaths.
That's where his teammates go to get away from him.
Avoid dugouts and dog houses.

This A-Rod vs the Yankees medical records battle is headed down a dark path: Sportscentre with Sanjay Gupta.

Baseball's heating up. Should be an amazing September. A-Rod's medical records versus the Yankees medical records.
Maybe the saberphysicians can break it down for us.

Not a good sign: Tim Tebow's passer rating Friday equaled Bluto from Animal House's GPA.

What would happen if the Manchester United players weren't all on the same page?

Reports say members of Alex Rodriguez's inner circle outed other baseball players for using PEDs.
What is going on in New York?
It might be time for Carmelo Anthony to make another anti-snitching video.

Lots of colleges are banning autographs at their spring games and fan days.
Makes sense in the SEC, where half the players can't spell their name in crayon, anyway.

North Vancouver's Grouse Grind was named one of the 10 Most Dangerous Hikes In The World by Outside magazine.
Amongst the dangers: spilling your latte.

Roberto Luongo posted that the tires on his car were stolen out of his driveway.
Hey, look at the bright side: maybe they were taking them away to pump them up.

President Obama has invited the 1972 Miami Dolphins to the White House for an upcoming visit.
The timing is a bit strange - maybe he just wants some help with his Fantasy Football draft.

Amar'e Stoudamire has applied for Israeli citizenship.
Is this the first step in the master plan to relocate Madison Square Garden to Tel-Aviv?

The Russian Olympic Committee says it will punish any athletes who show support for LGBT rights while at the Sochi Winter Olympics.
There go the figure skating outfits.

Tiger Woods: we haven't seen anything fade on weekends like this since the release of After Earth.

Responding to criticism, Toronto mayor Rob Ford said he had "a couple of beers" at a street festival Friday night.
Apparently, fall QB practice for politicians is underway.

A-Rod is making history chasing down Willie Mays and Pete Rose on the all-time homers and time suspended lists.

After the A's Josh Reddick hit 5 home runs in two games versus Toronto, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said: "His home runs have been down this year, but he seems to be picking it up."
Once he's relieved of his managerial duties, Gibbons may have a future as an analyst.

Where is Greg Norman at Oak Hill?
I thought he had a lifetime exemption for all tournaments played on courses whose names sound like wineries.

How bad was Phil Mickelson's round Saturday at the PGA Championship? He failed to shoot the temperature.

The Detroit Tigers finally released Jose Valverde from his Triple-A contract.
Jim Leyland gave that guy more farewell tours than The Who.

Doug Gilmour, GM of the OHL Kingston Frontenacs, traded his son Jake to the Niagara IceDogs.
Somewhere, Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson are smiling.

A Virginia man set a world record when he caught a 17-pound, 6-ounce "Frankenfish", or northern snakehead.
He said he could barely fit the fish into his cooler.
Right. But as the afternoon wore on, more space opened up between the Miller and the Bud.

Ohio State coach Urban Meyer has banned all practice visitors from wearing blue shirts.
Sounds like a trick to keep the police away.

'N Sync's Lance Bass will Executive Produce an anti-brainwashing documentary.
I just hope there's a de-programming scene with Vikings WR Greg Jennings.
I guess by "anti-brainwashing", 'N Sync is against tens of millions of impressionable young people around the world spending money worshipping false idols.

CBS Sports said Manti Te'o was largely invisible in his NFL debut.
Hunh. Just like his girlfriend.

I hope Johnny Manziel puts a sharpie in his sock for his next rushing touchdown.

Star Trek actor George Takei wants to move the 2014 Winter Olympics from Sochi to Vancouver.
Are we going to have the flag from the United Federation of Planets marching in the opening ceremony?

David Ortiz says he doesn't know how he failed a drug test in 2003.
Hey, there's a hotline he can call for info: 1-800-ROID-RAGE.

The Timberwolves Shabazz Muhammad was kicked out of the NBA's Rookie Transition Program after he was caught with a young woman in his hotel room.
Wait a minute - I thought the whole point of this thing was to prepare for life in the NBA?

A-Rod will guest star on an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Lots of controversy this week after a pro athlete was called the N-word.
Needle-user.

A-Rod's minotaur painting was just deemed a forgery.

I'm putting a Johnny Manziel-signed toga from the Texas frat party up on eBay.

Texas A&M stands for "autographs & memorabilia".

If they face any suspensions, the Blue Jays hope to get their players back in time for free agency.

The Buffalo Bills' Kevin Kolb suffered the latest in a series of mysterious accidents when he stumbled on a wet and slippery rubber mat at practice.
In related news, a day earlier EJ Manual signed an endorsement deal with Slip 'N Slide.

Jonathan Ogden, Larry Allen and Warren Sapp were all inducted into the Pro Football Hall Of Fame together.
It was the greatest night in the history of Canton, Ohio catering companies.

Tough ultimatum by MLB to Alex Rodriguez: 214-game suspension, or no suspension but has to play for the Cubs.

It was cool that Jose Iglesias homered in his second game as a Tiger, but did he have to dedicate it to all the girls he's loved before?

President Obama played a birthday weekend round of golf Saturday and then headed to Camp David.
I'm glad he could find time to get away and unwind. He needs to rest and focus on his upcoming fantasy football drafts.

The Women's British Open at St. Andrews was postponed a day due to high winds.
They're just lucky no Loch Ness Monsters got swept up in the storm.

Greg Oden signed with the Miami Heat.
Don't most old people in the U.S. retire to Florida?

A-Rod says he wants baseball to "get PEDs out of the game".
This is like Pete Rose trying to abolish gambling.

"Biogenesis" sounds like Chapter 1 of a L. Ron Hubbard novel.

Alex Rodriguez and MLB are trying to reach a deal on the length of his suspension.
150 games was a floated number, but the Yankees don't think that is long enough.

Russia has banned "gay propaganda".
There goes figure skating.

There is no excuse for Riley Cooper's actions.
I can't believe he attended a Kenny Chesney concert.