Yes, it was bad. Jim Joyce made a terrible call. A perfectly pleasant gentleman destined to have a very pedestrian major league career was robbed of his moment of immortality.

But Jim Joyce apologized. Armando Gallaraga accepted the apology. Jim Leyland accepted the apology. Bud Selig says Major League Baseball is looking into it.  Shouldn’t that be enough?

Apparently not, for the elected officials in the Wolverine State.

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Are you kidding me?!?! I didn’t even know The Iron Sheik was still alive. Good for him. Not so good for Jim Joyce.

It is finally NBA Finals time and I can’t wait for the Boston Celtics to whip up on the Los Angeles Lakers. And there is nothing like a little N.B.S. to get us pumped for the game tonight.

BTW Lakers fans, you can put all the Chino XL and Ice Cube’s you want on your anthem; but once Ray J hits the record it becomes softer than Paul Gasol. Weak Sauce!

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It seems that Wayne Rooney formed a bond with comedian James Corden when training together this past year. I guess to the point where Wazza would bring in the funnyman to help with his World Cup goal celebrations. (via Coca-Cola)

Corden has some moves on him; much better than fugazi Rooney.

Today is the 85th anniversary of Wally Pipp’s headache. You know the story by now. He was the starting first baseman for the Yankees, he begged out of the lineup one day because of a headache, Lou Gehrig started in his place and then continued playing for the next decade or so.

In honor of this occassion, I will now list, in descending order, my top 5 favorite headache remedies.

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People always ask the question, is poker a sport? I could care less about the answer. What I really love about the game is the degenerate activities that go on, especially the prop bets. Wicked Chops Poker tells us about the newest one featuring two poker pros at the 2010 World Series of Poker.

“Howard Lederer, who challenged Andy Bloch to finish two dozen gourmet cupcakes in 90 minutes in return for $25k. In the grand scheme of eating prop bets, this one is pretty minor, but what makes it a touch more interesting is Andy Bloch is playing the $5,000 Shootout while attempting the challenge.”

Unfortunately Bloch could not get it done. From Howard Lederer’s twitter account.

@Andy_Bloch quit at 6. I have offered 5k for 15 and 10k for 20. Don’t think he’s going to try.

I love eating challenges, but there is no way I could do this one. The frosting alone would kick my ass. Then again I still think I can eat 300 buffalo wings in 6 hours.

What do I know about the Philippines?

- Imelda Marcos had a lot of shoes

- That’s where they invented Manila Envelopes.

(Ed. Note: I made that second thing up. I suppose it’s possible, though highly unlikely. I didn’t want to only know one thing about the Philippines.)

Luckily, Rafe Bartholemew is here to fill the massive gaps in my knowledge. Turns out, Filipinos love Imelda Marcos AND basketball. He’s written about it in the new book “Pacific Rims.”

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Puma comes out with their own online video in preparation of the World Cup and it is beautiful. They focus on the game as played in Africa with appearances from the likes of Samuel Eto and Emmanuel Eboue.

Although this video features California Correspondents favorite group Gnarls Barkley, I still am a sucker for the grandeur of Nike’s “Write the Future” video.

Has this ever happened to you?  You’re in the middle of an off-road bicycle race and you think to yourself, “Man, I wish I was drunk right now.”

Well, you’re not alone. There’s a whole subculture of people who think things like that. Luckily, Zach Dundas decided to write a book about them  and other enthusiasts of non-mainstream competitions.

It’s called The Renegade Sportsman.  Zach was kind enough to answer questions about roller derby, chronic liver disease and the culinary masterpiece that is the Taco Bell chalupa.

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According to Radar Online the ex-girlfriend of Michael Olowokondi, Suzie Ketchum got into a confrontation with a basketball groupie named Sandra on the “Basketball Wives” reunion show.

“Suzie got really p—– off and just got up and left, but not soon after, she came back with a huge bucket of water and threw it at Sandra.”

That’s when it turned ugly.

“Sandra tried to run away, but in the process, she slipped in the water and fell,” recounted the insider.

Police were also called and responding officers arrested Ketcham and took her into custody for questioning.

It’s understood Sandra — whose condition is unknown — wants charges laid against the mother of two.”

I can’t wait to see the whole incident unfold on the reunion show airing on June 20th. (Basketball Wives was one of my guilty pleasures of the past TV season)