755.

Barry Bonds hit this shot off of Clay Hensley in the 2nd inning at Petco Park to tie Henry Aaron. ESPN blacked out the Giants/Padres in my area again, so I didn’t see Bud Selig stand up and keep his hands in his pockets.  Regardless of where you come down on Barry Bonds, I think [...]

By Kanye’s Standard, Kobe’s a Punk.

Brooks clues me in to the apparent reality that Kobe Bryant’s apology jewelry fund was not enough to keep his marriage to Vanessa going, pointing to a report from KCBS that they may be doing the old Tammy Wynette fairly soon (and most of that report is cribbed from Media Takeout):
The source close to the [...]

Cheap Shots #52: When Your Season Is Over Before It Begins.

Oof, my head. Packing preparations plus hangover do not equal good times.

Elton Brand’s Achilles puts him out of commission for probably at least half the season. [SPORTSbyBROOKS]
More attempts to place Vick and Donaghy in context. [The Starting Five]
I had almost forgotten about Chris Jackson/Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, even though I watched plenty of Nuggets and LSU games. [...]

Stealing Signals: Wait, The Rockies Are In This Now?

Rockies 9, Braves 2 - Jeff Francis throws smoke for six innings while the Rox lineup gets to John Smoltz early.  Garrett Atkins hits the three-run homer to blow the game open. Amazingly, the NL West race is one of the closest in MLB right now, with the fourth-place Rockies being only 3.5 games back [...]