HOPE'S SOLO ACT IS WEARING THIN

Hope Solo. Is there a better surname for a superstar athlete who is trying pretty damnhard to squeeze an "I" in the word, team? Isn't Solo the perfect name for a personhell bent on trying to make woman's soccer and the Olympics all about her?It's pretty clear the Hope Solo has been blessed with a lot---athletic skills, good looks,and a physique that she was more than happy to bare in ESPN The Magazine's "Body"issue. But God didn't bless her with...

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UNBORN CHILD SIGNS WITH LSU

The NCAA was hoping to send a message to every college football program inthe country with its "unprecedented" sanctions against Penn State. The governingbody of college athletics admitted as much and warned against schools thinkingthey were too big to fail and creating a culture that placed winning above all else.Yeah, that message really got delivered. The LSU Tigers offered Dylan Jones ascholarship after watching him run a 4.6 in the 40-yard dash...

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HOW TO BLOW $100,000 IN 2 WEEKS

The last time we saw Amare Stoudemire, the Knicks star was leaving AmericaAirlines Arena after punching the plate glass panel of a fire extinguish. He gashedhis hand and missed the rest of the playoffs against the Miami Heat. Nearly two monthsafter that boneheaded move, Stoudemire appears to be suffering the affects of post-traumatic stress, or flat-out embarrassment.Stoudemire said he has sought out Hakeem Olajuwon, the Hall of Fame center who oncedominated...

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JIM LAMPLEY AIN'T A HIPSTER

I thought the foolishness ended with the last press conference of the NBA Finals. Ireally believed that the "fake nerd hipster" look that the likes of Lebron James, DwayneWade, and Russell Westbrook helped energize, would go into hibernation for the summer.The big, horned rim glasses with no lenses made a lot of people say, "What the....?"I was wrong. Dead wrong. I was surfing through the channels late last night, trying tocombat another bad case...

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DWIGHT HOWARD AND NBA: DIVAS R US

 Say this about the NBA, they know drama. Get a superstar diva with a little bit aleverage and the league turns into a soap opera like "Days Of Our Lives." The star ofone episode throws a hissy fit and gets his coach fired. The star of another onedemands to be traded, but if it's not a team of his liking, he'll just say no and pout ashe runs up and down the floor while cashing $10 million checks after the game.All this diva drama really started...

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PENN STATE AND STATE OF THE STATUE

I can almost hear Allen Iverson now, "We're talking about a statue, not a person, but a statue.We ain't talking about a living, breathing person, but a 7-foot, 900-pound piece of bronze.No, no, no. We're talking about a statue, not a person, but a statue."The look of disbelief that blanketed the former NBA MVP's face during that wildlyentertaining press conference in 2002 where he talked about practice vs. actual games, isnow washed across the faces...

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DOS EQUIS GUY VS. BOBBY VALENTINE

The Dos Equis Guy is clearly the most interesting man in the world while BobbyValentine is, well, just interesting. Here's the tale of the tape between the Dos EquisGuy and Bobby V.There are many who feel the Dos Equis Guy invented the world. Bobby V tellseveryone in the world it was he, who invented the sandwich wrap.The Dos Equis guy is the life of parties he has never attended. Bobby V gave life toone helluva party that was attended by New...

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THE BIG FLUSH AT PENN STATE

On Thursday morning, Louis Freeh will release the findings of his investigation intothe filth and corruption that occurred at Penn State while Joe Paterno and JerrySandusky were employed there. The board of trustees, who fired Paterno just daysafter his assistant was arrested for his role in a child sex abuse scandal that rockedthe university and its football program, hired the former FBI director and federal judgeto find the truth about who...

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REGGIE JACKSON: THE STRAW THAT'S STIRRING IT BAD

Shortly after signing with the New York Yankees in 1977, Reggie Jackson summedup his importance to the franchise when he uttered the words that stuck to him like thepeanuts to the caramel on the god-awful candy bar that was named after him. Theycame out just as bad as the "Reggie Bar's" did when they rolled out of the chocolatefactory."This team, it all from me," Jackson told SPORT magazine. "I'm the straw that stirs thedrink. Maybe I should...

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IS TIGER BACK? DOES IT REALLY MATTER?

Almost as soon as Tiger Woods tapped in a four-inch putt on Sunday that secured theAT&T at Congressional last Sunday, people were debating whether or not he was"back". Even though he had just won his third tournament, most on the PGA Tour this year, the experts, analysts, and sports radio hacks everywhere started the debate on whether the former number one player in the world was "back." They all pontificatedif Tiger...

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