LOLO JONES: SHE'S BAAAAAAACK

After watching Lolo Jones cry on the set of NBC after failing to medal in the Olympics,I wrote that the American Hurdler wouldn't go away any time soon. She's a reality showwaiting to happen and the female version of Bobby Valentine, who is addicted toeverything and anything that concerns himself. When Jones touched down in theUnited States after her performance in London, I expected there to be a sex tape,Playboy pictorial, or a spot in celebrity...

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BOBBY VALENTINE'S BLAME GAME

Leave it to Bobby Valentine to grant his first national interview since being firedby the Boston Red Sox on the very same day, John Farrell, was introduced as thenew Red Sox manager. Instead of talking about the breath of fresh air that is blowingthrough Red Sox nation today, the entire region will now be consumed with the guywho was blowing hot air to Bob Costas on the NBC Sports Network on Tuesday night.Self-centered and self-absorbed, Valentine...

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NFL IS PRETTY (AND RICH) IN PINK

If you've watched an NFL game in the month of October, then you might've wonderedif the league has Pepto Bismol as one its sponsor. There is hot pink everywhere. Sweatbands,mouthpieces, sleeves, cleats, shoelaces, hats, and chinstraps all seemed to have been dippedin the fluid that coats, soothes, and relieves.In support of breast cancer awareness, the NFL, which protects its dress code the wayMichael Jackson once guarded his privacy, let the players...

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WHY WE SHOULD LOVE THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

St. Louis is a pure baseball town and arguably the best in the entire country. It hasa genuine love affair with the Cardinals but doesn't come with all the drama of NewYork or the vitriol in Boston. They aren't addicted to sports radio and would neverget consumed by the antics of A-Rod or be obsessed about a chicken wing eating,beer drinking scandal like the good folks of New England were. They don't livein the past with Buckner or Bucky "Effin"...

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LANCE ARMSTRONG ENTERS HALL OF SHAME

Marion Jones. Cheater. Mark McGwire. Cheater. Ben Johnson. Cheater. Like thosedisgraced athletes and many others who pumped cheat into their bodies to setrecords, earn millions, and gain the adoration of the sports population, Lance Armstrong,too, will forever have the word, "cheater", follow his name. Oh, he never failed a drugtest, but then again, neither did Jones or McGwire. He never admitted that he usedchemistry to help him reach heights never...

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A-ROD TO FAN: 'CALL YOU, MAYBE'

If Sigmund Freud were alive today, he'd have a pretty tough time figuring out what'sgoing on inside the mind of Alex Rodriguez. During Game 1 of the ALCS, the Yankeesthird baseman, whose in the midst of another dreadful post-season slump, was scanningthe stands and his radar locked on to a pair of woman in the stands. He sent a ball viaa team ball boy and asked to have it returned with their numbers. One of the woman did.Here are the Top 10...

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A-ROD IS YANKEES ALBATROSS

$324, 416, 252. That's how much Alex Rodriquez has put into his bank account duringhis 19-year Major League Career. He is owed another $114 million by the New YorkYankees over the next five years. A-Rod is now to the Yankees what Carl Crawford was tothe Boston Red Sox: an Albatross.But there are two big differences. One, Crawford at 31, still has some life in his baseballbody while A-Rod has been breaking down for the last two years and his bat speedis...

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DEBATES IN SPORTS I'D LIKE TO SEE

 RYAN LOCHTE VS JEFF SPICOLIThis much anticipated debate would feature twoof the most intellectually deficient athletes on the planetand the real value of education in our country.                TALE OF THE TAPE  LOCHTE                                 ...

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ALBERT BELLE WANTS TO MANAGE INDIANS! LOL!

Even in this OMG, LOL text-crazed world, there are very few things that genuinely makeme laugh out loud. Oh, sure, there will be an occasional skit on "SNL" that will cause me toroar, (That one about "50 Shades of Gray" was pretty hysterical) but there isn't a whole lotof funny going on in our society, especially with the state of the economy  and the way ourcountry is being run today.However, I got a big laugh out of reading that Albert Belle...

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ADAM GREENBERG'S SECOND CHANCE: STUNT OR LEGIT?

Life isn't fair. The sports world seems to remind us of that every so often. On Monday,the Indianapolis Colts revealed their head coach, Chuch Pagano, has been diagnosedwith leukemia and will miss a significant portion of the season while he undergoestreatment.Pagano, 52, spent 27 years of his life criss-crossing the country pursuing his goalof being a head coach. He worked at six different colleges and for three NFL teamsas an assistant before the...

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