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[your team] sucks the word 'suck' is used so ubiquitously it has lost any sense of scandal."

posted by kirkaracha at 03:59 PM on September 30

Wells Suspended for six games David wells made contact with two umpires, and was suspended, he says he did not do it. So he appealed it and LOST, now he is out for 6 games and has plenty to say about that!

posted by jojomfd1 at 10:22 PM on August 29

Franco defying the aging process Julio Franco says his goal is to play baseball until he is 50 years old, which seems ridiculous. But with the way he's going now, it's entirely possible. Happy 47th birthday, Julio!

posted by dyams at 07:24 AM on August 25

Robinson:Erase stats after failed drug tests! Frank says you should erase all of Raffi's stats now that he faill the drug test! He thinks that this should be done to anybody that fails the tests.

posted by daddisamm at 08:39 AM on August 25

Terms of Gates' new deal not disclosed It seems to me they could have done the deal before they MADE him sign a $380,000 contract. Is San Diego that messed up or are they trying to fix the problem they created?

posted by dbt302 at 11:53 AM on August 25

Milk it does a body... good? Ok everyone...have fun with this one. I don't even know what to say.

posted by stofer71 at 10:31 PM on August 25

Dwight Gooden is wanted by the police! Here we go again with another ex-athlete in trouble!

posted by daddisamm at 12:21 PM on August 23

Discrimination? She was accused of sexual assault following a party at her Marina del Rey condo.

Less than a month later, a similar allegation would be leveled against Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant by a Colorado hotel worker. The athletes shared more in common than the specter of a criminal trial. They also worked for the same corporate family, an L.A. institution that would treat the two ballplayers—one famous and the other relatively obscure—very differently.

posted by lilnemo at 05:03 PM on August 23

49ers Lineman Dies After Game Thomas Herrion, 23, an offensive lineman for the San Francisco 49ers, collapsed and died after last night's preseason game in Denver against the Broncos. The 310-pound lineman played the 14-play, 91-yard drive that ended the game. Herrion was a standout in NFL Europe struggling to make an NFL roster who was nicknamed "Thunder" for his loud mouth on the field.

posted by rcade at 08:42 AM on August 21

Top pick Smith agrees $49.5 million deal with 49ers Top draft pick Alex Smith has agreed to a six-year, $49.5 million deal with the San Francisco 49ers, the richest contract ever for an NFL rookie. Let's hope he does better than Manning...

posted by smithnyiu at 03:23 PM on July 26

Lance Armstrong wins seventh straight Tour de France

posted by dusted at 10:58 AM on July 25

They got one. Tampa Bay's Alex Sanchez becomes the first MLB player busted for performance-enhancing drugs under the new regs.

posted by lil_brown_bat at 06:40 PM on April 04

They got one. Tampa Bay's Alex Sanchez becomes the first MLB player busted for performance-enhancing drugs under the new regs.

posted by lil_brown_bat at 06:40 PM on April 04

Who was your favorite player growing up? Rich Lederer asks that question to a group of baseball writers, analysts, and executives at a new site called Baseball Analysts. 15 of the 38 people named a Hall of Famer, and the leading player was Yaz, who was named five times. Yesterday was part one, today is part two, and the last part is due tomorrow. Here's the Baseball Primer thread on the article. Me? I'll take the Wizard of Oz.

posted by mbd1 at 12:46 PM on February 24

Homemade Chunky Soup Donovan McNabb got sick during the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl, according to several players. "He didn't get a play call in one time," said center Hank Fraley. "He mumbled and Freddie Mitchell yelled out the play we were trying to bring in. He was puking at the same time trying to hold it in."

posted by rcade at 08:36 PM on February 11