Let's Get Ready To Bumble!: ESPN's Bill Simmons hilarious provides some very funny running commentary for Wednesday night's Celebrity Boxing II.

posted by dgeiser13 to boxing at 10:27 AM - 1 comment

Remember the ABA: I found this great site about the American Basketball Association. One of my favorite parts is When Big Hair Ruled the ABA.

posted by dgeiser13 to basketball at 10:27 PM - 2 comments

Condoleezza Rice's Dream Job: Commissioner: ~ The New York Times has an interesting article on Condoleezza Rice's interest in being the NFL comissioner someday. (via SPORTSbyBROOKS)

posted by dgeiser13 to football at 12:10 PM - 1 comment

MLB Active Player Search: : The official Major League Baseball site has a cool search engine for all of the active players for this season. I especially like the "diamond" graphic where you can select the team and see who they have available at each position. Enjoy!

posted by dgeiser13 to baseball at 07:04 PM - 2 comments

Girl, 13, Dies After Being Hit by Puck at NHL Game: Since this happened in my home town of Columbus, Ohio I thought I'd bring this to everyone's attention. Supposedly this is the first time this has ever happened in an NHL game although the word is that it has happened before in minor league games. I apologize for the Yahoo link but the Toronto Globe and Mail and USA Today insist on posting her picture which I thought was in poor taste. Don't click on those links unless you want to have your heart broken. I think it's been awhile since something shook me up this much.

I hope the league does something to lessen the chances of this happening again. Scuttlebutt on the radio says that they probably won't change anything but when you have a new team in it's second season and it's just starting to get popular I think the last thing you want to do is scare the fans into staying home.

posted by dgeiser13 to hockey at 11:42 PM - 10 comments

Olympic medalist Johann Muehlegg and his Demons, er Aliens: "A triple gold medallist who was kicked out of the Winter Olympics for failing a drugs test claims he is being told what to do by aliens. Cross-country skier Johann Muehlegg said the mysterious beings have had a profound effect on his life. "I have seen them," he declared, before insisting he had not taken any drugs. German-born Muehlegg, 31, defected to Spain in 1999 - apparently on the instructions of the aliens." (via BBC Sport)

posted by dgeiser13 to other at 10:55 AM - 4 comments