Player hits for "home run cycle": Four home runs - a solo shot, a two-run, a three-run, and a grand slam. Not only that, but he hit them in order.

posted by mr_crash_davis to baseball at 09:01 PM - 4 comments

Quite possibly the world's toughest golf hole: "The hole itself plays as a par 3, albeit the longest par 3 in the world at 587 m."

posted by mr_crash_davis to golf at 10:25 PM - 19 comments

Utah Jazz: owner and business mogul Larry H. Miller is dead at the age of 64 from complications of diabetes.

posted by mr_crash_davis to other at 08:23 PM - 2 comments

Shaquille O'Neal's 5,000 misses.: An analysis of the greatest free-throw bricklayer of all time.

posted by mr_crash_davis to basketball at 10:06 AM - 3 comments

"Now that you, the American taxpayer, more or less own insurance giant AIG, : it turns out that you, the American taxpayer, are also the principal sponsor of Manchester United, thanks to a four-year, $100 million sponsorship deal signed in 2006. So this got me curious: how is our soccer football team doing?"

posted by mr_crash_davis to soccer at 01:01 AM - 17 comments

"Paul Newman says goodbye to his GT1 Corvette: - Legendary petrolhead Paul Newman took his GT1 Corvette out for a few laps earlier this month as he said goodbye to one of his greatest loves. The actor and former driver is terminally ill with lung cancer and is believed to have just weeks to live."

posted by mr_crash_davis to auto racing at 11:15 PM - 6 comments

Scott Kalitta killed in crash at Englishtown.: The NHRA said the 46-year-old Kalitta — the 1994 and 1995 Top Fuel season champion who had 18 career victories, 17 in Top Fuel and one in Funny Car — was taken to Raritan Bay Medical Center in Old Bridge, where he died a short time later. (Video)

posted by mr_crash_davis to auto racing at 07:33 PM - 9 comments

"Bull Durham": is 20 years old, a fact that should make people of a certain age check for the sudden onset of liver spots. To celebrate, a "Collector's Edition" DVD goes on sale Tuesday, the third release of the film on disc. It contains the usual commentaries and extras, but unfortunately, doesn't address how anachronistic the movie has become in the ensuing two decades. Here then, a plot for a new, more realistic "Bull Durham: 21st Century Edition."

posted by mr_crash_davis to baseball at 08:58 PM - 6 comments

You can take the dog out of the track: but you can't take the track out of the dog.

posted by mr_crash_davis to other at 08:06 PM - 6 comments

"The chief executive officer of Tribune Company says he won't hesitate to sell the naming rights to Wrigley Field: -- even if baseball purists don't like the idea. Zell has a suggestion for the makers of DoubleMint and Juicy Fruit.

'Perhaps the Wrigley Company will decide after getting it for free for so long that's time to pay for it,' he said."

posted by mr_crash_davis to baseball at 08:36 PM - 48 comments

322' 7 1/2"

posted by mr_crash_davis to extreme at 04:07 PM - 36 comments

Sampras defeats Federer in straight sets.: "Sampras never faced a break point and converted one of two against his opponent as he handed Federer a 7-6 (8), 6-4 defeat at the Venetian Macao arena, wrapping up a three-match Asian exhibition series between the two tennis greats."

posted by mr_crash_davis to tennis at 07:01 PM - 10 comments

Rob Stone versus 1 million Scoville units:: "It was like somebody tasered my mouth."

posted by mr_crash_davis to general at 05:54 PM - 8 comments

56*?: Does Joe DiMaggio's streak deserve an asterisk?

posted by mr_crash_davis to baseball at 06:49 PM - 41 comments

"While the race car can reach top speeds of 160 mph, had a 22-race career and is one of only two street legal Nextel Cup cars, : Barry said he always observes speed limits when off-track. Still, he said, he’s been stopped 'quite a few times' while promoting NASCAR, whiskey and 'responsible drinking.' When he does, he said, he takes the opportunity to educate police officers about the legalities of the high-powered ride."

posted by mr_crash_davis to auto racing at 09:25 PM - 1 comment

The top 10 worst sports team names: ... because marketing departments like a challenge .

posted by mr_crash_davis to general at 09:40 AM - 42 comments

50 greatest sporting insults.: My personal favorite: 22. "What problems do you have, apart from being unemployed, a moron and a dork?" -- John McEnroe calls it how he sees it to a tennis spectator.

posted by mr_crash_davis to general at 11:54 PM - 16 comments

Politically correct baseball - : the first, second and third basemen became "base persons," the batboy was the "bat person" for the night and the shortstop turned into the "vertically challenged stop."

posted by mr_crash_davis to baseball at 01:50 PM - 52 comments

The best athletes ever, by number.: A team of SI.com's finest numerologists crunched the data on jersey numbers to come up with the best performers (across all sports) at each number from 00 to 99 (Eddie Gaedel was a lock at 1/8).

posted by mr_crash_davis to general at 08:48 AM - 60 comments

Jimmy Walker dead at 63.: Walker was the only player from a New England college ever to be drafted #1 in the NBA draft, and was the father of Michigan's Jalen Rose. At one time, they held the NCAA Division I record for career points scored by a father and son.

posted by mr_crash_davis to basketball at 10:04 PM - 2 comments

Earnhardt Jr. to Hendrick, Kyle Busch out of #5 Kellogg's car?: Press conference at 11AM Eastern tomorrow.

posted by mr_crash_davis to auto racing at 09:59 PM - 14 comments

1996 Tour de France winner admits to doping: - "His admission Friday means the top three finishers in the 1996 Tour have all been linked to doping — and two have admitted cheating."

posted by mr_crash_davis to other at 11:38 PM - 15 comments

Griffey Jr. to fan: You couldn't touch the threads on my jock!

posted by mr_crash_davis to baseball at 08:35 PM - 54 comments

Dear Senator Brownback:: Please refrain from using Peyton Manning as the quarterback in your football analogies.

Love,

Cheeseheads

posted by mr_crash_davis to football at 12:42 PM - 19 comments

Former 49er's LB Kevin Mitchell dead at 36.

posted by mr_crash_davis to football at 10:11 PM - 33 comments