So the Class-A
Peoria Chiefs are switching affiliations from the Cardinals to the Cubs. Lansing, the Cubs’ current Class-A team, joins the Blue Jays’ farm system. We call that “flipping the birds.”
If you cheer Corey Patterson’s homers, you can’t boo his strikeouts. Who am I kidding? Of course you can.
Tiger Woods said the story that he broke up with fiance Elin Nordegren is “100 percent false.” I blame his swinging coach.
Sorry, swing coach. Easy, careful, watch it.
The NFL fined Broncos safety John Lynch $7,500 for a hit on the Chiefs’ Dante Hall. Just imagine the fine if he had used a chair.
Canada wins the World Cup of Hockey and the Olympic gold. Canada, Canada, Canada. They act like they invented hockey.
On Day 1 of hockey withdrawal. I’m
doing OK. Sharpened my own skates, taped up my sticks, sucker punched the beagle next door. So far, so good.
While I wear many hats around here, I’m not a big salary cap fan.
You hear it’s now illegal to have sex with corpses in California? And so Wilt Chamberlain’s streak officially comes to an end.
On the same day, the Blackhawks re-signed goalie Michael Leighton and issued an apology to fans, employees and business partners for any inconvenience caused by the lockout. How about an apology for Leighton?
Marshall’s football coach apologized for using the word “Mandingo” to describe Ohio State but not before a horrible miscommunication resulted in his office being picketed by a loud crowd of mangos.
Brett Favre. So good. When he retires from the NFL, can we frame him and hang him in the Smithsonian?
And could he retire this Friday?
Five things . . .
Five ways to make an NFL roster:
– Ask the coach nicely.
– Attend the University of Miami.
– Punt, pass and kick. Or weigh 350.
– Just show up in gear, hope nobody asks.
– Buy the team, hire yourself.
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