The Detroit Tigers traded pitcher Dontrelle Willis to Arizona, and agreed to pick up the shipping costs on the bag of baseballs coming back for him.

Does Tigers reliever Ryan Perry moonlight on BP's spill management team?

The Florida Marlins are selling unused tickets for Roy Halladay's perfect game at face value.
Make sure you order early to get a good seat.

The celebs were out in full force Saturday night for the Klitschko-Sosnowski WBC heavyweight championship bout in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Mr. Perogy was there, and also the Borscht King.

L.A. Angels 1B Kendry Morales broke his leg after jumping on home plate to celebrate a game-winning grand slam.
It was the worst landing since the plane in that Heineken commercial.
Even Scott Hamilton and the Russian judges agree on that.

Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals featured more goals than an Amway sales convention.

NBA Stat of the Week: the Magic's Rashard Lewis made fewer shots (3) Friday night than the Grizzlies' Zach Randolph had cars impounded by the police (4).

Columbia's national soccer team was robbed by workers in its South African hotel.
I think that's all part of the "Crime Relay" to celebrate the opening of the World Cup.

The Philadelphia Phillies scored their first run in 31 innings, ending the longest scoring drought since Steve Carell in The 40-Year-Old Virgin.

The Arizona Diamondbacks bullpen had a 7.42 ERA through its first 46 games.
Yet it's only the 2nd leakiest BP in the country.

Argentina coach Diego Maradona said he will run naked through the streets of Buenos Aires if his team wins the World Cup.
That sounds about as appealing as sitting through a MacGruber-Sex And The City 2 double bill.

Madison Square Garden is going to install "sky bridges" for a thousand fans to watch from five stories above the playing floor.
This might not be the best idea for the Knicks suicidal fanbase.

The promoter for the Rafael Marquez-Israel Vazquez fight at the Staples Center in LA Saturday night said the crowd would have been bigger without the Tour of California's time trial snarling traffic downtown earlier in the day.
You know boxing's fading in popularity when they blame a cycling race for affecting their attendance.

San Jose Sharks fans had to sit through two Lost finales in one day.

The Colorado Rockies' Jason Giambi is suing a North Vancouver businessman for failing to deliver on an expensive web site he hired him to develop.
Surprisingly, the site has nothing to do with supplements or tattoo removal.

Apa, a Nepalese sherpa who lives in Salt Lake City, set a world record by climbing Mount Everest for the 20th time - this time to collect garbage, a growing environmental problem on the mountain.
Maybe BP can get him interested in swimming.

Voters in Santa Clara, CA will decide on June 8 whether to build a new stadium to house the 49ers.
If the move is made, NASA would take over Candlestick to conduct Martian winter windstorm simulations.

A grotesque, unidentified animal washed ashore at a lake in northern Ontario.
It was the most disturbing new creature since London unveiled the 2012 Games mascots earlier in the week.

I'm not saying he's flailing at targets, but Floyd Landis has now accused Keith Richards of doping.

The FBI has released a list of web sites most under threat by hackers.
It includes the Pentagon, the IRS, and Paul Pierce's Twitter page.

Versus the Lakers, the Suns have fewer answers than Sarah Palin on Jeopardy.

Florida Gators assistants will earn $2.66 million in 2010.
That's more than Tom Petty's Heartbreakers.

A Canadian doctor faces drug charges after visiting football players, including a number of the 5-11 Cleveland Browns.
Which leads one to ask: 1) What was he injecting them with?, and 2) Was this a plot to takeover by the CFL?

Stephen Strasburg at Triple-A is like Tom Hanks on Bosom Buddies.

The Belmont Stakes field has less star power than a Cavemen convention.

Huge leak threatens jobs, environment: Gulf of Mexico or the Seattle Mariners clubhouse?

The good news for Arizona hockey fans is they'll have the Coyotes next season. The bad news is the way things are going the roster may only be American players.

Hideki Matsui has reached baseball's exclusive double-1500 club: 1,500 career RBIs and 1,500 porn DVDs.

The Oakland Raiders released JaMarcus Russell, who ironically exhibited less mobility than Fats Domino.

The Yankees-Mariners games on July 10/11 will be broadcast in 3D.
James Cameron will direct the telecasts and the games are expected to each last 6 hours.

Citizens Bank Park police found a unique way to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Kent State shootings.

A suspicious car was found in Times Square by authorities.
Is NASCAR hoping to create a New York City race?

Great battle this weekend for the title of "The Most Exciting Two Minutes In Sports": The Kentucky Derby or the start of the CFL Draft?

LA Lakers F Adam Morrison wins the NBA's 15th Man Award.

Major League Baseball announced a big Twitter crackdown, asking MLB.com beat writers to refrain from posting about non-baseball topics, and warning players about Twitter usage in general.
Great: now I'm not going to get Milton Bradley's tips right as we head into gardening high season.

Was that the NFL Draft or Wagner's Ring Cycle?

A Pennsylvania man is accused of murdering his wife and setting their house on fire after an argument about the Penguins-Senators 3OT playoff game.
Dude, it's only the first round.

A prototype of the next generation iPhone was found in a bar.
Tech bloggers are fascinated by the camera flash, an improved battery, and the drunken-Jerry Jones-rant ring tone.

The Baltimore Orioles magic number is 911.

Sketchiest flight: Tehran-Reykjavik, and Ben Roethlisberger's on the plane.

Experts say more CO2 will come out of that Icelandic volcano in the next week than the whole human race will emit in an entire year.
Does that include Chad Ochocinco?

There's no truth to the rumblings that the higher-than-expected NBA salary cap announced Friday was designed to help the New York Knicks.
The press release from the league was presented to attending media in frozen envelopes.

A man was jailed for intentionally vomiting on Phillies fans during the Nationals 14-7 loss to Philadelphia Wednesday.
Are they sure it was intentional? Have you seen Washington starter Craig Stammen pitch?

CNN released its annual list of the world's most dangerous cities.
Shouldn't they have waited until they saw the Pittsburgh Steelers road schedule?

Tim Tebow wants to know if we can all have a minute of silence for the eye-black message in college football.

The University of Kentucky's 2010 basketball recruiting class simultaneously signed their LOIs and declared for the 2011 NBA Draft.

The USGA said it received Tiger Woods official entry for the U.S. Open Monday.
He was going to text it in but he was already over his rate plan for the month.

Umpire crew chief Joe West called the lengthy Yankees-Red Sox games "pathetic and embarrassing".
Sounds like someone's upset about losing post-game dinner reservations.

Cleveland Browns nose tackle Shaun Rogers pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of carrying a loaded handgun in his airplane handbag.
Maybe he claimed it belonged to the 2nd seat he had to purchase.

Tiger Woods is now sporting a goatee.
Is he hoping no one recognizes him at The Masters?

The Earth Hour power down was observed all over the west coast Saturday night: from 8:30-9:30 the Vancouver Canucks power play went 0-for-3 in a loss at San Jose.

Ah, spring: March Madness, the NHL stretch run, and Kerry Wood going on the disabled list.

Health care reform is the most controversial drafting of a bill since J.P. Losman.

Seeking to leave years of controversies over guns, strippers and alcohol behind him, Pacman Jones is hoping for a fresh start in Detroit.

The new NFL OT rules are going to make Donovan McNabb and Rich Gannon's heads explode.

Tiger Woods hopes to make history with his comeback at Augusta: first golfer to win The Masters wearing an ankle monitor.

This might be the best play-in game name matchup ever.
It sounds like a Civil War battle site and Dan Aykroyd's character in Trading Places.

Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones, who was stripped of 5 medals and served prison time in a steroid case, has signed with the WNBA's Tulsa Shock.
Who knew her parole involved a witness protection program?

The 2014 Games slated for Sochi are said to be the best planned and most prepared in history.
Russian Olympic officials already know who will win the figure skating and ice dancing golds.

Martin Brodeur's stickwork against the U.S. looked like a blindfolded Mexican kid at a birthday party pinata.

Shark-jumping moment from the Olympics: German curlers fist-bumping after a good throw.

I think they should curl on the bobsled track.

Vancouver RCMP are investigating a theory that an oil slick on the road caused the 3-car crash in Vice-President Joe Biden's motorcade.
Or it may have been a North Korean biathlete behind a grassy knoll.

USC offered and received a commitment from a 7th-grade QB for the class of 2015.
The NCAA is currently investigating to see if Lane Kiffin sent him candy.

Officials will run 2,000 drug tests during the Vancouver Winter Olympics.
And that's just on the fans.

Did anyone else lose money on the Los Angeles Temptation - San Diego Seduction game?
I'd forgotten how the Seduction performed away from home on grass.

All-Star games have long fulfilled fans dreams of fantasy rosters, and the Pro Bowl didn't disappoint.
Just imagine: Matt Schaub and David Garrard on the same team!

The first 5,000 fans through the gate at the Pro Bowl get a milk carton with Bryant McKinnie's photo on it.

Kurt Warner caught me off guard with his retirement announcement.
I thought he'd called the press conference to announce he was changing his name to Trece.

Bad job: 2010 NFL Pro Bowl Program editor.

Prince's "Purple and Gold": was that supposed to inspire a football team to victory?
It sounded like a requiem mass for a Teletubby.

Oft-injured Portland Trail Blazers center Greg Oden apologized for nude photos of himself that have surfaced on the Internet.
In other news, Madonna announced a spring tour of Oregon.

The family of a member of the U.S.'s #1 ranked bobsled team lost $8000 in a rental scam at Whistler.
This is the most American money squandered on Olympics housing since the '98 hockey team lost their damage deposit in Nagano.

Headline: Erick Dampier and Theo Ratliff unsuccessfully try to set up 14th-year players vs 15th-year players game at NBA All-Star Weekend.

Did we really need a total-body scanner at Toronto's Pearson Airport to reveal Maple Leafs goalies massive five-holes?

Just one more weekend to get out of the way and it will finally be time for the Pro Bowl.

The New York Knicks didn't get much sleep in Oklahoma City, claiming their hotel was "haunted" and "scary".
When did Reggie Miller become a hotelier?

According to People magazine, Tiger Woods has checked into a sex rehab facility in Arizona for several weeks, and should be out by Valentine's Day.
Is that really the best time to release him?
That's like a gambling addict recovering just in time for the World Series of Poker.

The Detroit Pistons Ben Gordon scored the NBA's 10 millionth point Saturday night.
As befits the Pistons these days, their opponent - the Philadelphia 76ers - then scored the 10 millionth first through thirteenth points in NBA history.

Four Washington Wizards were fined $10,000 for smiling or laughing on the basketball court.
The Harlem Globetrotters are rethinking their spring tour itinerary.

An anti-BCS ad will air during the BCS Championship Game.
This is like Gary Bettman making an on-camera appearance in the Stanley Cup finals.

Washington fired Jim Zorn by escorting him out of their offices at 4:45am?
That appears to be the most carefully executed Redskins game plan of the year.

I don't think the Insight Bowl is going to provide much insight into anything.

Ballots are out for NFL Player of the Year.
The '72 Miami Dolphins are voting for Curtis Painter.

The NBA and Washington Wizards are investigating Gilbert Arenas for storing firearms in his locker.
Why doesn't Washington just go back to the Bullets nickname? They're not fooling anyone with this PC stuff.
How often do you read about a player in trouble for casting spells?

Tulsa, Oklahoma is putting together a bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics.
The demonstration sports will be hunting and fishing.

The Pacquiao-Mayweather fight may be in jeopardy after Manny said it's against his superstition to be tested for drugs within 30 days of a bout.
And he said he'd have no further comment until the birth of an albino water buffalo calf.

A missing Quebec teenager may have been seen on tape behind Guy Lafleur in a TV interview.
In a similar story, Martin Havlat was spotted in the background of a Mikko Koivu interview.

The man who sold the gun that killed Steve McNair got 2.5 years in prison and took a hit to his eBay seller approval rating.

USC is investigating Joe McKnight's use of a Land Rover belonging to a local businessman.
What is with Trojan tailbacks and SUVs?
At least Al Cowlings wasn't driving.

The Angels signed Hideki Matsui to a 1-year, $6.5 million deal.
He'll be paid $4 million in cash and the rest in ownership of a movie studio in Chatsworth.

Charles Barkley says Tiger Woods changed his cell phone number the day after his infamous car accident.
Yeah, probably to a 555 number.

The NFL fined Chad Ochocinco $30,000 after he put on a poncho and sombrero when scoring a touchdown.
Maybe he was just celebrating his heritage?
Be thankful he wasn't named Chad Quatre-vingt-cinq; he would have put on a striped sailor shirt and a beret.

An NBA Developmental League team owner in Utah is apologizing to fans after he hired a Michael Jordan look-alike to appear at a game billed to feature an appearance by Jordan himself.
Fans realized he was an imposter after the man thanked everyone he played with, for and against over the years.

The NCAA Basketball Tournament is talking with broadcasters about expanding the field of teams from 64 to 96.
That's going to make for a gripping play-in game.
I'm also worried about the trickle-down effect on other tourneys: "CBI champs" just won't have the same prestigious ring to it.

Florida coach Urban Meyer was treated for dehydration at a hospital after Saturday's loss to Alabama in the SEC Championship Game.
Well, being their first loss of the season, he did miss the Gatorade shower.

The irony gods are relentless: the Chinese zodiac's Year of the Tiger begins the day after Valentine's Day, 2010.

Mark Sanchez injured his leg scrambling for a first down. He's not used to seeing Joe Girardi's "hold up" sign.

1-10 Tampa Bay at 4-7 Carolina has the potential to create the most couch-sleeping this weekend outside of Tiger Woods' house.

President Obama's 30,000 troops to Afghanistan will be the largest manpower deployment since paparazzi to Isleworth.