The New York Knicks are hoping to organize a free agent valley meeting with Shaun Livingston, Matt Bonner and Brad Miller.

Brazil's soccer team has fewer last names than a swingers party.

Three UCLA freshman football players were arrested after they allegedly stole a woman's purse.
Did they run out of eye black?

Carlos Zambrano went out for dinner with Ozzie Guillen after his suspension-causing dugout blowup?
Probably just trying to get a recommendation on a good yoga class.

UCLA coaching legend John Wooden was remembered at a moving memorial in Pauley Pavilion.
In accordance with his final wishes, everyone attending the service was given an envelope stuffed with money.

The French government is launching an inquest into why their soccer team failed to advance in the World Cup.
What are they looking for: a second Bafana shooter behind a grassy knoll?

The security is in place, the power brokers are gathering, and the media is focused on Toronto.
I thought the NHL Draft was in L.A. this year?

Good thing Bud Selig doesn't run Wimbledon.
The Isner-Mahut 5th set would have ended up about 15-15.

The B.C. Lions had their first (preseason) game at the temporary Empire Fields stadium, which brought out a lot of fans waxing nostalgic over the fresh air, the hot dogs, the PNE location, and the $30 parking.

Since Nigerian midfielder Sani Kaita was red-carded during a World Cup loss to Greece he has received over 1,000 death threats via e-mail from Nigeria.
The good news is none of them asked for his bank account number.

Ivory Coast sounds like a pirate movie, or a nightclub at Disney World.

Objects in motion tend to stay in motion unless impeded by an outside force.
Was Newton talking about Manute Bol?

The Pittsburgh Pirates fired one of their 5th-inning perogy racers.
The event originated during a homestand against the Brewers when Prince Fielder was hungry.

The NCAA placed the University of San Francisco on probation for two years after discovering more than a dozen athletes spent scholarship money on textbooks and school supplies.
I miss the good old days when they got in trouble for spending it on beer kegs and lap dances.

USC's season-opening road trip to play Hawaii will go on as scheduled after the NCAA agreed to delay sanctions against a 13th game for one year.
Translation for high school players the Trojans are recruiting: "free Waikiki trip back on!".

Headline: Halfway through Russia-Morocco World Cup match, man realizes he's not watching the "FIFA" World Cup.

Another 0-0 World Cup toenailbiter.
Watching at the yoga studio.

Broadcasters around the world are experimenting with ways to filter out or reduce the droning noise from the vuvuzelas at the World Cup.
NBA fans are hoping ABC can do the same with Jeff Van Gundy.

The University of Waterloo Warriors will miss the entire 2010 season over steroid violations.
The Big 12 wants to talk to them about 2011 and wants to know: how many people in southern Ontario again?

A South African World Cup spokesman said the vuvuzela is now an international instrument, and visitors were "stuffing them into their suitcase" for the trip home.
It's time to raise the terrorism alert level.

Hopefully Greece's failure at the World Cup can help rally the country together.

Interleague play rocks!
It's great to see the renewal of that Rockies-Blue Jays rivalry.

When did Vesa Toskala start tending goal for England?

After watching Day 1 of Group A, I don't think Pizza Hut's in danger of running out of pies anytime soon.

The World Cup sounds like it is being produced by Irwin Allen.

EA Sports releases NCAA Football 11 on July 13.
Can you play USC in probation mode?

Seattle Seahawks rookie WR Golden Tate snuck into a closed donut shop at 3:00am to snack on freshly-baked goods.
His college coach at Notre Dame, Charlie Weis, says he has no idea how Tate learned such behavior.

The latest on college football conference expansion: the Big Ten is talking with the Detroit Lions.

How many kids does Yuri Foreman have, and are they all named Yuri?

Colorado's Athletic Director says his school is on the verge of a Pac-10 invite.
What he doesn't know is: it's only for the ski team.

David Stern has said there will be no "summit meeting" of top NBA free agents.
Of course, he may just be saying that so as not to hurt Wizards swingman Mike Miller's feelings.

Jim Joyce: worst blown call since...Dubya's "Mission Accomplished"?

Chad Ochocinco is taping his own dating series called Ochocinco: The Ultimate Catch.
O.J. once had a similar reality show named World's Deadliest Catch.

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!