Month: September 2008

Lane Kiffin’s personal hell is now over. Al Davis fired him this morning and has replaced him with offensive line coach Tom Cable. One of the items that’s getting buried in this story though is Al Davis’ stubborn refusal to pay Kiffin the rest of his contract. It was widely assumed he’s waited this long […]

The Boston Globe has apologized for running a photo of New England Patriots backup quarterback Kevin O’Connell, who was wearing a wristband with the words “My dick is tiny too!” (photo after the jump). The Boston Globe has apologized for running a photo of New England Patriots backup quarterback Kevin O’Connell, who was wearing a […]

Fu Manchu mustache enthusiast Todd Jones wrote in his Sporting News column last week that he was hanging up his spikes. He pitched 16 seasons for… well, pretty much everyone. He ended his career with 319 saves, 868 strikeouts and an ERA just a hair under 4. His greatest, and probably most revealing moment came […]

It was a hot and cold week for the Dirty Dozen with upsets galore. Top-ranked USC went cold at Oregon State, continuing its trend of losing at least one game a season when it's heavily favored. Georgia went cold at home, then turned hot against Alabama in the second half, only to fall in the […]

The UCLA Bruins are struggling at 1-3, but we thought you would like these photos of some players following a preseason practice taken by Brent Mullins. For more of quarterback Kevin Craft (right) and others, see below the jump. The UCLA Bruins are struggling at 1-3, but we thought you would like these photos of […]

Get up and boogie! A Google search for the song led me to this blog about how, in 1976, five members of the Phillies — Dave Cash, Larry Bowa, Mike Schmidt, Greg Luzinski and Garry Maddox — recorded this disco "classic." They won the NL East for the first time that year, but that's no […]

If you like tall (6-3), lean, good-looking receivers, then Walter was your fantasy star on Sunday. The Houston Texans wideout had eight catches for 76 yards and two touchdowns as the Texans finally showed some offense this season, before losing in overtime in Jacksonville, 30-27. In other Week 4 news, Terrell Owens of the Cowboys […]

Baseball's regular season is over … almost. Seven playoff spots are set, with only the American League Central race between Chicago and Minnesota unresolved. Minnesota leads Chicago by one-half game, and the White Sox have a makeup game set Monday against Detroit. If Chicago wins, they play Minnesota Tuesday for the Central crown. A loss […]

On a wild college football weekend that saw nine ranked teams lose, including three in the Top 5 (USC, Georgia and Florida), Oklahoma is the AP's new No. 1 team, with surprising Alabama No. 2. USC fell from 1 to 9; Georgia from 2 to 11 and Florida from 5 to 12. Expect a lot […]

Cowboys and Broncos flop, so who is the best team. Also, Terrell Owens, drama queen. E-mail Cyd Brett Favre is again the greatest quarterback ever to play the game, throwing for six touchdowns against the Arizona Cardinals who were missing arguably their best defensive player, safety Adrian Wilson. Let’s put the loss of Wilson this […]

Once upon a time, I played in the local gay softball league (over 20 years ago), but dropped out after two years for reasons I won't go into now. This year, in part because I lost some weight, I decided to play again. When I was assigned to my team, they asked me what number […]

This week Cyd talks about the rise of the crappy teams in the NFL, and he takes some pot-shots at Brett Favre. He also waxes poetic about the Americans in the Ryder Cup. He rips Yankee co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner for whining about his team being out of the playoffs. Plus, holding to a long-standing Outsports […]

Spoiler alert: This post has nothing to do with college football. It has everything to do with the over-compensating head women’s basketball coach at Southern Methodist University. The phrase “thou doth protest too much” came to mind when I read about Rhonda Rampola and allegations by former player Jennifer Colli, a lesbian, who says the […]

Jay Glazer of FoxSports has reported that Matt Millen has finally lost the negatives of William Ford, Sr. at that donkey show in Tijuana. He’s is out as GM of the Detroit Lions and Detroit fans worldwide are breathing a sign of relief. Matt Millen’s tenure has been a textbook on how not to run […]

A fantastic one-handed catch by Morgan State wide receiver Edwin Baptiste last Saturday. Hat tip to Michael David Smith at College Football Talk. Video of the catch after the jump. A fantastic one-handed catch by Morgan State wide receiver Edwin Baptiste last Saturday. Hat tip to Michael David Smith at College Football Talk. Video of […]

Mt. Olive Pickle Company and Vlasic take note: Michael Phelps won’t be endorsing you anytime soon. The record-setting Olympian hates pickles. He also must have a cellphone, his worst habit is sleeping through the alarm and Michael Jordan is his biggest influence. Mt. Olive Pickle Company and Vlasic take note: Michael Phelps won’t be endorsing […]

A year after being dumped as manager of the New York Yankees, manager Joe Torre has the Los Angeles Dodgers on the verge of winning the National League West while his old team will miss the playoffs for the first time in 13 years. Torre no longer has to deal with an erratic owner or […]

USC’s road to college football’s national championship hit a major speed bump after the Trojans were upset, 27-21, by Oregon State at Corvallis, Ore. It was the second consecutive time Oregon State beat USC at home and continued a bad tradition for the Trojans. USC’s road to college football’s national championship hit a major speed […]

There are three baseball playoff spots still up for grabs, and three excellent games tonight only made things more interesting going into the final weekend of the season. In the AL Central, the Minnesota Twins finished off a three-game sweep of the Chicago White Sox at the Metrodome in thrilling fashion. The Twins clawed their […]

Note: Every week, I pick games against the spread on the Michael Irvin Show, and I'm putting them on our blog. It's the lament of those of us who decide to mess around with NFL spreads: Many of them come down to one play. Last week, the Bears were up 10 late and, giving 3 […]