In Other News: 7/29/10

Quick hits from around the sports world for your afternoon delight. Note: reading In Other News NOT an established rookie tradition

Dez Bryant earning his stripes stars at Dallas camp

Yep, Sunday Cowboys Rookie receiver Dez Bryant made news by refusing to carry Roy Williams' pads after practice and thus disrespected one of many rookie traditions. This caused huge backlash from the media, and everyone seemed to get involved, even Super Mario, who claimed Bryant should "fall in line." Ultimately, Bryant did fall in line, lashing out at the media while proclaiming, "Me and Roy are great at grammar." It was reported that at the most recent practice, Bryant did carry Williams pads, but joked, "I won't carry the helmet though," and threw it back to Williams, who dropped it.

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In Other News: 7/8/10

Quick hits from around the sports world for your afternoon delight. Note: All proceeds from sponsorships will be donated to inflating my ego

Big Night for Big Lebron

Yes, tonight Lebron will end the free agent madness by announcing which team he will sign with in front of a televised audience. I could write a book about this and still not cover an ounce of what the media world has already covered on this topic, so instead of talking about the possibility of him going to Miami or him donating tonight's proceeds to the Boys and Girls club, I want to talk about Cleveland. We have to stay in character, right? Let's take a look at the franchises Cleveland fans can fall back on. Their baseball team, the butt of many a joke in the movie Major League, is currently managed by an even bigger joke who wasn't good enough for the powerhouse Washington Nationals. Their farm system American Hockey League Lake Erie Monsters (that name just strikes fear in you, doesn't it?) have had an impressive 94 - 116 record in their 1st 3 seasons. Oh, and then there's the Browns, who look forward to seeing what their latest all-star addition can do for the team (can you say #1 overall fantasy pick?). In the short term, though, they get to look forward to tonight when their home-grown hero announces he has picked his ego over his home admitted he can't win alone taken up voodoo decided to go in another direction. Shoulda listened, Cleveland...

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In Other News: 6/30/10

Didn't think I'd let you go 2 days without any sort of an update, did you?

Quick hits from around the sports world for your afternoon delight. Warning: Reading may cause over speculation of your waning talent

Uh Oh For Federer

Interesting beginning note. If you go to ESPN.com right now and look at their homepage, you may see a title for an article that looks familiar. I knew this blog would help me make millions. Now all I need is one of those lawyers with the catchy tunes on TV who say some shpeal about damages.

Federer made it two bad grand slams in a row today, losing in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon. After reaching 23 straight Grand Slam semifinals, he's now come one round short in the past 2. Even though the sports world is in a roar today about how this could be the end of an era for hands down the greatest one of the greatest tennis players of all time, I'm not buying it. Why? After losing to Nadal at Wimbledon in what many think was perhaps the greatest tennis match ever and losing the Australian to Nadal (and showing his misery) two years ago, Federer responded by winning Wimbledon, the French, and beating Nadal on clay at the Madrid Masters. If he says he's hurt, cut him some slack. Instead, reporters are quick to call his bluff, stating that he is coming up with excuses to explain his poor performance. Sounds to me like World Cup hangover....

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In Other News 6/24/10

Quick hits from around the sports world for your afternoon delight. Estimated reading time: approximately 11 hours, 5 minutes

History Made at Wimbledon

Nope, this has nothing to do with any of the usuals. Don't know if any of you were watching Wimbledon over the past three days, but today John Isner finally defeated Nicolas Mahut in the longest match at Wimbledon ever. The match was called due to darkness two straight nights and lasted 3 days, 183 games, and 980 points. Unfortunately, due to this match being between the 23rd ranked player in the world and the 149th ranked player in the world, it will go the way all other insane sports records go (Quickly, who can tell me the only major league baseball player to hit two grand slams in the same inning off the same pitcher? Can you name the pitcher too?), and due to that we say...

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