Courtesy of Yahoo! Sports: ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)—B.J. Upton and the Tampa Bay Rays won a game of home run derby with a shallow fly ball. Pinch-runner Fernando Perez dashed home on Upton’s sacrifice fly in the 11th inning and […]
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Radio hosts call out Magic
Courtesy of Yahoo! Sports: MINNEAPOLIS (AP)—Magic Johnson criticized a pair of talk show hosts Friday for accusing him of faking AIDS but said he didn’t want them to be fired. Chris Baker and Langdon Perry of KTLK in Minneapolis made […]
No way Jose: Canseco detained by immigration authorities
The AP is reporting: SAN DIEGO (AP)—Jose Canseco was held for nearly 10 hours by immigration authorities after agents said they stopped the former baseball star as he attempted to bring a fertility drug from Mexico, his lawyer said Friday. […]
Tony Gonzalez on the trading block
From Yahoo! Sports: KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)—Tony Gonzalez, the most productive tight end in NFL history, will be traded to a contender if the Kansas City Chiefs get the right price. Three people familiar with the situation told The Associated […]
Jerry Jones speaks about Adam “Pacman” Jones
Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones’ press conference felt like a parent indirectly lecturing an adolescent about an after school scuffle. Jones claimed to know the truth about the entire incident. He went on to explain that there was joking and […]
Recap: Blazers fall to Golden State
From Yahoo! Sports: PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)—Kelenna Azubuike scored 18 points, all in the second half, and Brandan Wright added 16 points and the Golden State Warriors defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 110-95 Wednesday night. Portland center Greg Oden, the first […]
Pac-man Jones involved in fight
Jeff Carlton of the AP is reporting: DALLAS (AP)-Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones was involved in a fight with one of his bodyguards, according to Dallas police, the night before attending a previously scheduled team meeting with NFL commissioner […]
Introducing a Fresh, New, Yellow Face
Greetings, all! I have been recruited (well, more Iike I asked Nick) to contribute to The Five, as the resident expert on nothing and everything. Specifically, I am an expert on the random, strange, and bizarre. Armed with nothing but an insurmountable supply of […]
Lions WR, Roy Williams being shopped
From Phill.com: Adam Schefter of NFL Network reported Tuesday that some teams are saying that the Lions are shopping wide receiver Roy Williams. According to Schefter, back in April, the Lions were requesting two first-round draft picks for Williams. The […]