Alex Rodriguez gets a little touchy feely with Toronto’s finest.

The start of the college football season should have been highlighted by Thursday’s matchup between the Oregon Ducks and Boise St. Broncos. Rather it has been marred by the LeGarrette Blount’s sucker punch on Byron Hout.

Not only did he connect with Hout’s face (sans helmet), Blount also had to be restrained by coaches, player, and the police from going into the stands after some fans. Don’t get me wrong, Hout is no innocent victim here. But it still doesn’t give LeGarrette the reason to throw the cheap shot. You can expect to see a suspension. Tthe question will be for how long?

You know who’s turning 30 on Monday? ESPN.

There’s a big anniversary Sportscenter planned for Sunday night, but I wonder how else ESPN is celebrating. Maybe one of it’s oldest friends started organizing a big get-together, then at the last minute backed out because some dude he barely knew was having a bachelor party. That’s been known to happen.

Anyway, 30 years seems like a good time to take stock of the people that make ESPN the World Wide Leader and their impact on society as a whole.  To do that, we turn to the Best. Neil Best, sports media columnist at Newsday and author of the fantastic Watchdog Blog on Newsday.com
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The NFL and its member organizations have struck another blow in their  apparent effort to become the professional sports league most blind to the economic realities facing fans in this country.

The Washington Post brings us the story of a longtime Redskins fan, forced into chapter 11 by the team she’s spent her life supporting. (THEY MADE AN OLD LADY CRY!!!) Continue Reading

No, not really. But apparently on the new season of Gossip Girl, Blake Lively’s character Serena van der Woodsen had a summer fling with Cristiano Ronaldo.

I guess even the writers of the show think the Real Madrid playboy is a cesspool of STD’s. I just think he is awesome.

I don’t claim to know much about will.i.am, but from the looks of this video he is quite the character. In his newest blog entry, the Black Eyed Pea asks Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross for a tryout as a punt returner. I am pretty sure Ted Ginn Jr. would have something to say about that.

Why doesn’t will.i.am just ask Marc Anthony or Gloria Estefan for the tryout. Aren’t they part owners?

This week’s episode of HBO’s “Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Cincinnati Bengals” had a family feel to it.  Perhaps it was the fact that the team was back in Cincinnati for the first time since the series began.  We met wives and girlfriends and pet dogs. It warmed the cockles of your heart. Then some motherfuckers  got cut.

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This is literally my worst nightmare:

Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling says he has “some interest” in running for the late Edward M. Kennedy’s Senate seat.

The longtime Republican supporter wrote Wednesday on his blog that while his family and gaming company are priorities, he does have some interest in a campaign.

That’s just what the voters of Massachusetts want, a Senator who places them a solid third on his priority list, after family and video games.

Will his ideas on health care revolve entirely around bleeding through your sock and making sure everyone knows about it?

God, I fucking hate him.

Like her fellow reality show stars Whitney Port and Lauren Conrad, Audrina Patridge celebrates her retirement from “The Hills” by throwing out the first pitch at a LA Dodgers game. Don’t worry, Justin Bobby was nowhere to be found.

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I still don’t understand how the heads of NBC made Jimmy Fallon a late night talk show host. The man laughs at his own jokes and when he does talk it sounds like there are a bunch of marbles in his mouth.

Why should I be so surprised, they also gave Carson Daly one.

Anyhoo…the brains behind the Late Night show somehow talked Dustin Keller, Kerry Rhodes, and Jerricho Cotchery of the New York Jets to come on and sing some karaoke.

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