When Barry Bonds breaks the record, John Yandle should be recognized for his small part in helping Bonds get ready for the last 15 years.... "Yandle has pitched to Bonds for the last 15 years, so he has allowed more home runs to Bonds than anyone." ....
After just appearing on Larry King Live this past Wednesday, Tammy Faye (Baker) Messner died Friday night of cancer. Sonyia Ellison of the Atlanta Journal Constitution writes about Baker's comeback after the 1980s scandal..... "False eyelashes and flashy clothes eventually became her signature. "If you don't like how I look, look the other way," she wrote. "I plan on looking this way till I'm a hundred. I will be buried in my makeup and eyelashes." .....
(Cleveland) Plain Dealer sports columnist Bill Livingston writes how NBA referees will be under the microscope even more after the alleged gambling situation of Tim Donaghy.... "Every close game and every bad call is now suspected of being a fix. Referee Steve Javie ruled a hack in the Rockets-Clippers game this season to be a two-shot foul although Cuttino Mobley was behind the 3-point arc when he launched it. It affected the point spread. Call the Feds!" ....
Boston Globe basketball columnist Jackie MacMullan writes about the issue of referee Tim Donaghy betting on games he officiated.... "Now that it has happened, you realize with frightening clarity how feasible -- and how damning -- it would be for referees, umpires, or linesmen to be corrupt, and how lucky the four major professional sports leagues in our country have been not to have confronted this issue before." ....
The baseball trading deadline is fast approaching and New York Post columnist Joel Sherman writes which 10 players can be had.... "I told an AL executive I wanted to do a piece on the 10 players most likely to be moved by July 31, and he blurted, "10, you will be lucky to get to five." ...
Atlanta Journal Constitution reporter Alan Judd writes how Michael Vick has always had some type of trouble throughout his career..... "Long before a grand jury indicted him Tuesday in a federal dogfighting case, Vick's performance on the football field often competed for attention with his conduct outside the arena." ....
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette football writer Ed Bouchette writes how the Steelers players are in for an awakening when training camp starts next week.... “Mike Tomlin does not care much if his players do not like his plans for a toughened training camp that starts Monday in Latrobe. He's not trying to make friends.” ....
Boston Globe reporter Christopher Gasper writes how video games are part of the professional athletic culture..... “(Curt) Schilling got hooked on the epic games in the late 1990s as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies, thanks to teammate Todd Pratt. Now, when Schilling goes on the road, laptop in tow, one of the ways he stays in touch with his kids is through the games.” ....
Whatever happened to Rich Garces....you remember, El Guapo, the rotund relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox.....well the Boston Globe is running a contest called “The El Guapo Experience” in which you can win batting practice with Garces at the Boston Dirt Dogs....
San Francisco Chronicle reporter Ron Kroichick writes about the day in 1992 when the Giants signed Barry Bonds and a rocky marriage was started.... "The Giants and Bonds made for awkward dance partners the past four years, as BALCO fallout clashed with his star power -- his presence helped attract more than 3 million fans season after season, even as San Francisco posted losing records in 2005 and '06." ...
Dan Steinberg of the DC Sports Bog is on vacation, but guest blogger Adam Littlefield writes how bloggers in general do not like ESPN..... "This entry was inspired by this week's Blog Show conference call, in which Steinberg gave an impassioned speech about how bloggers are unfairly predisposed to hate ESPN just b/c ESPN is big and powerful and an easy target . . ."
Yes David Beckham briefly played last night in his U.S. debut....L.A. Times reporter Grahame L. Jones has it coverd..... "Oddly enough, it was John Terry, the man who replaced Beckham as captain of the England team, who scored the game's lone goal . . ."
The Houston Chronicle's John McClain takes you through the NFL beat.....
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