Sheppard to miss LDS, ending playoff streak at 121 (AP/USA Today)
The legendary public address voice of the New York Yankees will miss the League Division Series against the Cleveland Indians.
Sheppard, 91, is suffering from a bronchial infection and his streak of 121 consecutive playoff games will come to an end.
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Ryan Dempster likes you topless: he will make you root for the Cubs (Deadspin)
The great sports blog Deadspin brings us the tantalizing tale of a female fan trying to get Chicago Cubs closer Ryan Dempster’s autograph. What follows after the jump is a brief excerpt from an email.
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Roy Williams: Showman, wide receiver and pizza delivery guy (AngryT)
Not long ago, it was revealed that Detroit Lions receiver Roy Williams didn’t like to tip. Hell, he thought a good date was taking a female to McDonald’s.
Here’s an excerpt from a recent article from WIlliams on his taste in tipping.
The ironic thing Saturday night I’m heading to the hotel and I stop at a light I never have to stop at, and it was red. And guess who pulls up next to me? Pizza Hut man. I roll my window down, and I say, ‘Pizza dude, how much am I supposed to tip you?’ He said ‘Three, four maybe five dollars.’ And I said, ‘Thank you.’ So now I see it’s three, four maybe five dollars and I’m going to start tipping the pizza man.”
Now comes word that a certain pizza company is enamored with the fact that he’s frugal.
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Pirates fire manager Tracy after just two seasons (AP/ESPN)
After just two years on the job in the Steel City, the Pittsburgh Pirates have dismissed manager Jim Tracy.
The team has scheduled a news conference for this afternoon to announce the move.
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News and notes for this snack edition of The Power Lunch…
Fan of EPL team banned for life for touching Milan keeper (Soccernet) A fan of the Celtic soccer club is banned after touching AC Milan keeper Dida during match.
Steroids: We are shocked, shocked to find steroid use in women’s track (Deadspin) Marion Jones admits to using PEDs prior to competing in the 2000 Sydney Games.
Disnergy strikes again! (Awful Announcing) You knew it had to happen sooner or later: a cast member of an ABC show might be appearing soon on an MNF broadcast.
Screamin’ A. Smith v. Dan Patrick hits Chicago airwaves (The Big Lead) The two will face off during late night programming.
Wrongly accused Duke lax players sue city, ex-DA (AP/ESPNU)
In a development that comes with little surprise, the three former Duke University lacrosse players who were wrongfully accused of rape are suing the city of Durham, North Carolina, its disgraced former prosecutor and the detectives that handled the case.
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We’ve been searching high and low for this, so pardon us if it’s a little…well, it’s little.
We mentioned this episode in our “Morning after” scoreboard segment, but now we have pictorial evidence of Chicago Cubs pitcher Ted Lilly’s epic reaction to giving up a three-run bomb to Arizona’s Chris Young on Thursday.
Tip o’the cap to “Tazlaz” for finding this.
Bradley won’t be suspended for incident (LA Times)
According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, Major League Baseball will not discipline San Diego Padres outfielder Milton Bradley for his outburst towards umpire Mike Winters in a late season game against the Colorado Rockies.
EMU docks Coryell one month for inappropriate email (mlive.com)
Roger Coryell has been a head baseball coach at Eastern Michigan University since 1987. His association with the program began in 1968 as a player and he returned after a brief absence in 1972 to be an assistant coach.
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Frank Caliendo impersonates every Seinfeld character (YouTube/TBS)
It’s been plastered nearly every commercial break: Frank Caliendo’s new TBS late-night TV show, Frank TV.
Sure, we’re tired of it as much as the next guy, but there’s gotta be something to the hype, right? Right?
Thanks to the power of YouTube, TBS apparently released a viral video clip of the new show. In this clip, Caliendo impersonates every member of the Seinfeld cast in a reunion show.
We’re bored, so sue us and enjoy the wackiness!
The morning after the St. Louis Blues lose their 10th consecutive season opener…
Panthers 2, Rags 5 — Down 2-1 heading into the third period, the New York Rangers lit the lamp with four goals, including the tie-breaking goal from high-priced free agent addition, to take out the Florida Panthers 5-2.
Maple Leafs 2, Sens 3 — Ottawa’s Daniel Alfredsson scored twice, including the game-winner on a power play with 4:59 remaining, to lift Ottawa to a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs, giving the Senators and home-and-home sweep in the Battle of Ontario.
Devils 1, ‘Ning 3 — Vincent Lecavalier scored twice — including a tiebreaking goal with 3:52 left in the third — to spoil Brent Sutter’s regular season debut as New Jersey’s coach and leading the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 3-1 win.
The morning after the New York Yankees pitchers have whip lash from watching Indians home runs…
Yankees 3, Indians 12 — C.C. Sabathia allowed just three runs in five innings and the Indians hit four home runs in a 12-3 victory over the Yankees to take a 1-0 AL Division Series lead.
For all the visual goodness, check out the video courtesy of ESPN.com:
News and notes while the record companies win an illegal downloading case…
Sources: Travis Henry violates drug policy — again (ESPN.com) When he’s not having children with multiple women, he’s pulling tubes and suing in federal court over the use of ‘B’ samples. Nice job, Travis.
Ex-NFLer’s pregnant girlfriend shot to death (AP/SI.com) The pregnant girlfriend of former Chicago Bears All-Pro safety Shaun Gayle was found shot to death in a suburban Chicago condominium Thursday.
Cardinals set sight on new age (STL Today) A day after the “departure” of St. Louis GM Walt Jocketty, names to fill his place are beginning to emerge.
Can Chip, Tony and Bob make TBS’ playoff run successful by themselves? (Awful Announcing) Trio packs a punch in first game for TBS.
Dennis Miller to talk sports on Versus (Variety) If someone hosts a show on a network that people don’t watch, does it actually exist? (Tip o’the cap to The FanHouse)
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