Jackson tells fantasy owners to start him this week (ESPN.com)
It’s official: the Internets can be an interesting place to find sports news.
Steven Jackson, the injured St. Louis Rams running back, writes in his fantasy football blog (yeah, that’s what he said: what?) “start me” for this week’s upcoming fantasy contests.
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Heat deal for T’Wolves’ Davis in five-player deal (AP/SI.com)
Antoine Walker, backup center Michael Doleac, oft-injured forward Wayne Simien and a conditional first-round draft pick were sent to Minnesota for former Miami swingman Ricky Davis and center Mark Blount.
Hall rips Falcons over move (AP/ESPN)
The disgruntled Atlanta Falcons corner DeAngelo Hall is at it again, ripping his head coach over the direction of his team’s season (down) after the release of Grady Jackson.
Already fined $100,000 and benched briefly, Hall felt that he might as well express his displeasure again Wednesday.
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Reilly’s ‘ridonkulous’ ESPN salary: five years, $10 million (The Big Lead)
Rick Reilly, the recently departed SI scribe who left for the greener pastures of ESPN, signed a rather large deal to jump ship: five years, $10 million.
In other words, he’s doubled his salary to play ball for the “Worldwide Teaser.”
News and notes while the Orenthal James case gets more intriguing, thanks to coercion charges…
Rosenthal: Red Sox, Rockies to be closer than expected (FOX Sports) We’d like to think that baseball insider Ken Rosenthal reads this very blog, but somehow that’s highly unlikely.
Humidors and momentum: Your guide to World Series truths and hyperbole (The FanHouse) Pat Lackey of The Fanhouse explores the fact vs. fiction angle of the upcoming World Series.
Rox and Sox 2007 World Series, it’s on (38Pitches) Prolific blogger/pitcher Curt Schilling waxes about the Cleveland Indians, Josh Beckett, Terry Francona and…Joe Torre’s treatment by media and ownership.
Argentina ranked numero uno in FIFA rankings (AP/SI.com) The U.S.? Numero once y ocho.
Agent Zero stays true to the Bay Area (100% Injury Rate) Gilbert Arenas has a plan: creating a 756 shoe to honor Barry Bonds and tell apparel maker Marc Ecko that the fans of San Fran deserve to not have the record-breaking ball defaced by an asterisk.
Ambulance carrying dying Chicago runner got lost (AP/ESPN)
The ambulance crew who picked up a marathoner in Chicago who eventually died got lost on their way to an area hospital, authorities told the Associated Press.
The runner, Chad Scheiber, collapsed on the race course earlier this month during unusually warm weather. Autopsy reports claimed that Scheiber, 35, had mitral valve prolapse, though the condition is rarely dangerous.
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Tony Romo’s got a new girl (Yardbarker)
Yardbarker passes this little nugget along via The Dallas Morning News: Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romeo Romo has apparently moved on from country singer Carrie Underwood and onto someone else that’s famous.
Who might it be, pray tell?
National Holliday: Local hero role to change (Denver Post)
Mark Kislza of the Denver Post profiles MVP-candidate Matt Holliday, one of MLB’s unknown stars, is about to step foot on the national stage in this year’s Fall Classic.
The Extortionist (The New Yorker)
We have some high-brow reading for you as we head into free agency in the next few weeks: a Scott Boras piece that’s from The New Yorker.
Tip o’the cap from The Big Lead (if you click, a picture of Megan Fox awaits), Ben McGrath delves into how Boras has changed baseball’s landscape and the impact he’ll have this offseason as Alex Rodriguez’s agent.
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(From time to time, we’ll post a short blog entry regarding a current topic or something else that catches our fancy. It might be something trivial or something that really makes us wonder what the hell is going on.)
Last time around, we patted ourselves on the back for getting all four of the division series correct.
Well payback is a b-i-t-c-h: we completely erred in stating that the Diamondbacks would win in seven games and the Indians would take the Red Sox to seven games and capture the ALCS against the Red Sox.
You’d think we learned our lesson and not dip our toe into the waters of predicting the World Series, right?
Wrong. We’ve chosen to embarrass ourselves again and break down the 2007 Fall Classic.
News and notes while hoping for Eric Byrnes’ 15 minutes of broadcast fame to evaporate…
Torre interviews with Costas, discusses decision (Newsday) The duration of the contract was the key, not the money.
Derek Jeter speaks out on Joe Torre…sort of (Yankees/The FanHouse) Bottom line: he loves him some Torre. (Tip o’the cap to The FanHouse)
A voice from Rockies past (ESPN.com) National ESPN writer Gene Wojciechowski profiles one of the Rockies’ original owners, Mickey Monus. Monus served 10 years in an embezzlement case related to his drugstore chain empire.
Donovan McNabb: I hate losing! (Yardbarker) Donovan McNabb writes his latest feelings on the state of the Iggles on the great blog network Yardbarker.
BYU-SDSU football game PPD (AP/SI.com) The wildfires that engulf southern California force postponement of college game, may force NFL’s Chargers to move contest to Arizona (or Houston or Los Angeles) against Houston.
Your college football announcing schedule this week (Awful Announcing) Where’s our favorite sideline reporter for ESPN?
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