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Young dogs today, they’re so lazy. It seems to me they only want to take the car when it’s time to go somewhere. That’s why I was pleased to see this video of a dalmation taking his bike for a spin. Sure he isn’t very good at it, requiring training wheels, but at least he’s getting his exercise.

Brett Favre might want to invest in his own cell phone It's not as poetically idiotic as Chris Henry getting arrested while wearing his own jersey, but this one's in the same neighborhood. Remember those tampering charges that the Packers filed against the Vikings? And remember how I thought it would be difficult for the Packers to prove that Favre had made inappropriate contact with the Vikings? Well, that assumed that Brett Favre wasn't using a Packers-issued cell phone to make those calls to the Vikings. As it turns out, Favre may have done exactly that. From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune:...

Today's Morning Coffee comes from Army and sadly, isn't good news. ESPN.com ran a story Wednesday evening stating that former Army linebacker Caleb Campbell will not be allowed to play in the NFL. It was covered on the NFL side, but I wanted to make sure any Army fans, and fans of college football, saw the result of this ongoing story. Campbell was a seventh-round draft pick of the Detroit Lions in April and was told that if he was drafted he could serve the Army as a recruiter. But Army policy has changed, and Campbell has been called to...

Manny Ramirez will not be in the starting lineup for this afternoon's series finale in Seattle. Red Sox manager Terry Francona said Ramirez showed up this morning and said his right knee was sore, an overnight development that the manager said caught him by surprise. The trainers had not communicated any issue to Francona after the game. "He showed up this morning, I wasn't ready for that,'' Francona said. "He said his right knee hurts.'' Francona then joked, "The (expletive) jaywalking, if you do it right, you won't hurt your knee.'' Ramirez told reporters his knee has been bothering him...

A late-game brawl Tuesday in the Los Angeles Sparks' 84-81 Women's National Basketball Association win over the Detroit Shock saw three players an assistant coach ejected. The incident began after a made free throw by Los Angeles, when Sparks rookie sensation Candace Parker got tangled with Shock's Plenette Pierson and both fell to the floor.

Ocean Colors, an impressive winner in her first start, may be the sentimental choice heading in to the $100,000 Schuylerville Stakes (gr. III) on Saratoga’s opening day, July 23. Eleven 2-year-old fillies will carry 119 pounds while contesting the six-furlong contest, and all of them are seeking their first stakes victory. However, what makes Ocean Colors stand out is the fact that she is the second-to-last foal out of the late Winning Colors, who won the 1988 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) and died earlier this year at age 23 following complications from colic. While a champion on the racetrack, to...

Bwaaa Haaa Haaa Haaa Haaa!!!I love this stage!At least it's not steep.

WARREN SAPP addressed the subject, as did Jerry Porter, Stuart Schweigert and Chris Carr. Each was cryptic in describing his experience with the Raiders and an owner who hasn't achieved his desired goal in a quarter-century. As the 2008 Raiders, with a dramatically altered roster, begin workouts Thursday in Napa, the veiled references of springtime are history. What lingers is the insinuation that the organization is its own worst enemy. It's not that the Raiders can't succeed but that any chance to do so demands that the talent overcome a culture that is whimsical, cannibalistic and, naturally, fraught with anxiety....

Looking back now, it may have been one of Jeremy Shockey's best plays as a Giant. He got into a shouting match with the general manager, rankled the head coach, spread chatter about his discontent during the offseason and threatened to turn the post- Super Bowl training camp into a daily soap opera. For a guy who wanted out, it was about as precise a route as he's ever run. So when the Giants finally agreed to trade the four-time Pro Bowl tight end to the Saints yesterday - receiving a second- and a fifth-round pick in the 2009 draft...

Former Tribune baseball writer Jerome Holtzman, who rose from copy boy to Hall of Famer in an illustrious career as a Chicago sportswriter, passed away this weekend after a long illness. He was 82. Holtzman, a baseball beat writer and columnist at the Chicago Sun-Times before moving to the Tribune in 1981, was the author of six books, including "No Cheering in the Press Box," a best-selling oral history of the game as told by 24 old-school sportswriters. Known as "the Dean" in baseball press boxes, Holtzman chronicled the seasons of the White Sox and Cubs for more than 40...

TALLINN, Estonia — Authorities say a skydiver was killed when she walked into a spinning aircraft propeller at an airfield in Estonia. The incident happened as a group of skydivers were boarding the turboprop plane in the western town of Rapla. Kulli Kivioja of the regional prosecutor's office said the 29-year-old victim died instantly after she was hit by one of the twin-engine aircraft's propellers. Kivioja said Saturday's incident is under investigation.

In a potentially stunning move that reflects the growing challenge Europe’s basketball leagues pose to the NBA, Atlanta Hawks free-agent forward Josh Childress is strongly considering a three-year, $20 million offer from Greek powerhouse Olympiakos, several league sources said Sunday night. ...Childress, 25, is so flustered with the Hawks’ refusal to make a sign-and-trade deal to another team, one source familiar with his thinking believes there’s “better than a 50-50 chance” he’ll sign with Olympiakos. The team also will cover the Greek taxes for Childress, making it even more lucrative. ... Childress is a restricted free agent, but the Hawks...

Published: Jul 21, 2008 Cat Fight Video: Danica Patrick, Milka Duno From Indy Mid-Ohio by Mike Baron Danica Patrick and Milka Duno are competitors on and off the track. Danica Patrick and Milka Duno are the Indy Racing League's resident hottie race car drivers. Danica Patrick is American and Milka Duno is Venezuelan. The two tangled during IndyCar practice for the Honda Indy 200. One of Danica Patrick's resolutions for this season was to be less of a whiner and more of a winner in and out of the race car. And despite winning a race this year, Danica is...

Lexington, Ohio — Danica Patrick finished 12th in the Honda Indy 200 IRL race Sunday, a day after a confrontation with the other female driver in the race. Patrick felt Milka Duno cut her off and got in her way several times during Saturday's practice and approached her in the pit area. Video showed Duno twice throw a white towel in Patrick's face. Patrick was also shown repeatedly telling Duno, "I just want to talk to you about it!" only to have Duno repeatedly tell her to "go away". Eventually, Patrick walked away from the area. Patrick, who has previously...

After losing defensive end Phillip Daniels for the season, the Washington Redskins moved quickly to fill the void. The Redskins acquired Jason Taylor from the Miami Dolphins on Sunday. The Dolphins will receive a second-round pick in 2009 and a sixth-rounder in 2010.

♦ RACE PREVIEW ♦Ciao Italia! Tour organizers were forced to get out their atlases & scramble to come up with a detour when the original route they had planned for today out of Digne-les-Bains over the Col de Larche was deemed too risky for the riders after a recent avalanche created the hazard of ongoing rockslides. So this morning's starting line has been moved north to the charming town of Embrun, considered by many to be an architectural gem, perched on the shores of lovely Lac de Serre-Ponçon. The good news for the riders is that the revised route for...

SOUTHPORT, England — The last time a golfer did what Greg Norman has a chance to do in the British Open, this name was Old Tom and the American Civil War had recently ended. So it is fitting that here in the land where 100-year-old golf courses are regarded as new, Norman is one step from rewriting his own history, and one of golf’s oldest records.

Sent to jail by a judge who said he didn’t believe she had owned up to her involvement in steroids and a check-cashing scheme, track star Marion Jones has now turned to a different kind of judge - President Bush.

♦ ♦ ♦ RACE PREVIEW Stage 14 would appear to be yet another one of those ostensibly flat transitional days which may nonetheless conceal a few challenges within the route. The first 50km out of Nîmes stretches across the flat Rhône delta before threading through some gentle Provençal hills along the way to the Durance Valley. It's only in the final 50 km the riders start meeting some real foothills of any consequence, including two moderate CAT 4 climbs, but the whole course from start to end will have taken the peloton from nearly sea-level at Nîmes to alt.735m...

...ESPN Radio's popular morning show Mike & Mike In The Morning scored big Wednesday when it ran an on-the-air auction to raise money for cancer research. The big-ticket item: For a price, former Dolphins lineman Mike Golic and his obnoxious co-anchor, Mike Greenberg, would broadcast one morning this fall from someone's house. The winning bid was $57,100. Sold, an ESPN spokesman told The Palm Beach Post, to one Marta Maranda from the Jupiter area........

When I watch this video, I just can’t stop laughing. Cats think they’re so superior, so when you catch them in moments like this, you can rub their faces in it.

♦ ♦ ♦ Although today's stage is billed as a flat transitional route through the Languedoc-Roussillon which could have been tailor-made for sprinters (and for back-of-the-pack team sponsors who expect to get their money's worth in the form of publicity during breakaways on stages like this), it won't exactly be a midi vacation for the cyclists. There'll be three CAT 4 climbs as the tour wends its way over to the Alps by skirting both the Mediterranean coast and the hot, craggy foothills & parched plateaus of the Massif Central in the very heart of ancient Roman France. And in...

AMERICAN tennis's Ashley Harkleroad has never set the court on fire, but she now has a first for a female player - a Playboy cover shoot. Harkleroad has the tennis world talking, after her raunchy eight-page nude spread for the magazine was released in the US this week. The player, ranked 72 in the world, said she wanted to do the shoot to show athletic women could be sexy. Her boyfriend, fellow US player Chuck Adams, loved it and even helped her negotiate a deal with the magazine.

'Blackhawks, Red Wings meet in the great outdoors' There will be no talk of curses allowed. Goats aren't welcome. If somebody wants to call his shot, well that's OK, but probably not recommended, because this is hockey and the goalie won't like it too much. Oh yes, Wrigley Field is notorious for some of baseball's legendary -- and spookiest stories -- since it was built in 1914 around Clark and Addison Streets, and Sheffield and Waveland Avenues on the North Side of Chicago. Jan. 1, 2009 figures to be another historic day for the venerable old ballpark when it opens...

~~~<>~~~ Covering 104 miles on a mostly downhill route (there's an altitude loss of 500 metres from start to finish) from Lavelanet to Narbonne, stage 12 should be a good day day for the sprinters, however the first intermediate sprint is not until well into the stage - after 76 kilometers. Everybody else should get another day to recover from the Pyrenees in preparation for the Alps which loom ahead. Cadel gets another day to defend the yellow & everybody else gets to try their luck at a breakaway if they're up for it. From Bicycling Magazine: "The escapees...

I don't know what happened, but I'm watching Mike & Mike on ESPN this morning, and when they came back from a break, Mike Golic was no longer ther. The duo was at the white House last night and are currently broadcasting from DC. Greeny has only stated that Golic had to step away and "we'll have to go on without him."

The league, concerned that some players might be celebrating by using the hand signals of street gangs, has hired experts to study game tapes. Hand signals captured on videotape are once again being scrutinized around the NFL. Only this time, it's not the New England Patriots studying them for a competitive advantage, but league officials in search of a more sinister message. The NFL, concerned that some players might celebrate by flashing the hand signals of street gangs, has hired experts to examine game tapes and identify the gestures.

As the days roll by, the Brett Favre saga seems to get stranger and stranger. Now the soap opera has shifted to a new level. In the latest twist, the Packers have filed tampering charges with the league office against the Minnesota Vikings for alleged communication with Favre, still technically a member of Green Bay, FOXSports.com has learned. The Vikings were informed late last week that the allegation is that Favre has had inappropriate dialogue with Minnesota offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell, a close Favre friend and former assistant coach with the Packers. Favre has sought his release from Green Bay...

Okay as we just had the All Star Game (what a thrilling game) what does everyone think as we head into the 2nd half? Which is your favorite team and players?

Bobby Murcer called it a “God moment.” The Zimolzaks are the parents of Seth Zimolzak, who died of cancer in 1999, a couple months after he graduated from high school. Seth was a Make-A-Wish kid. He was an amazing young man who battled the terrible disease for four years before it finally got the best of him. I still have the orange suede shoes Seth wore to his graduation at Northwest Area High School. I wear them in tribute to Seth for all he meant to more people than you can imagine. My fondest memory of Seth was during a...

~~~<>~~~ Stage 11 of the Tour takes the riders on a hilly, twisting 167.5km route from Lannemezan to Foix. Skirting the foothills of the Pyrenees along a picturesque route the Tour has never taken before, there's only one notable climb today - the first-category Col de Portel after 97.5km - so the stage should favor a breakaway rather than a sprint finish as Australia's Cadel Evans tries to defend his yellow jersey. ~~~<>~~~ LANNEMEZANFOIX

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson was arrested Tuesday in Costa Mesa, Calif., following a short pursuit that left debris and damaged cars in its wake. Jackson, who relinquished his UFC belt on July 5 by unanimous decision to Forrest Griffin, plowed a lifted camouflage-painted 2008 Ford F-250 pick-up truck, complete with his image emblazoned on rear driver- and passenger-side doors, into at least one car, according to Costa Mesa Police. Jackson is also believed to have been involved in at least two separate collisions while driving on the highway.

The American League won the longest All-Star Game in MLB history, as Michael Young's sacrafice fly in the 15th inning beat the NL 4-3 in a game that saw every pitcher and position player play.

MILWAUKEE -- Brett Favre says he's tempted to show up at the Green Bay Packers' training camp just to call the team's "bluff." In the second part of an interview with Fox News, the 38-year-old quarterback said he knows his arrival in camp would cause a media circus. Packers players are scheduled to report July 27. "It's tempting just to, as everyone said, you know, call their bluff or whatever," Favre said. "I think it's going to be a circus in itself already, whether I go there, whatever." But, Favre added: "I don't want to go back there just to...

Did anyone see the Homerun Derby at Yankee Stadium last night? As a Mets fan I usually only watch National League teams, so I had only heard about Josh Hamilton's story and haven't really seen him in action. This guy is a beast though. I have never seen a display of power like the one he put on last night. And just think that he did it, and is in the middle of this incredible season he is having, after missing 3 full years and practically no time in the minors. Unbelieveable. The real life version of The Natural.

Scorned baseball wife Cynthia Rodriguez wants to know if her estranged hubby, A-Rod, had her wiretapped and secretly tailed, according to explosive new court documents. At the end of a largely routine request for financial documents, computer records, property reports and medical bills, C-Rod dropped a legal bomb that accuses Alex Rodriguez of stealing signs. Lawyers for the soon-to-be Yankee ex-wife demanded "any reports you have received from a detective, investigator or any other person based upon surveillance of your spouse." "All written memorabilia, reports and photographs submitted to you or your attorney by any person other than yourself," C-Rod's...

The competition determines a champion. It also determines the greatness of a champion. What would Larry be without Magic, Ali be without Frazier, and the Yankees be without the Red Sox, just to name a few. While certainly not his fault, Tiger has no Magic, Frazier, or Red Sox. A recent study by a college student showed that pro golfers shot higher scores when Tiger Woods was in the tournament than when Tiger was not in the tournament. If this isn’t the definition of choking, I don't know what is. This study should come as no surprise to anyone who...

have done research into the problem , why the ejected catridges hit my face . its because of bigger ejection ports on glock and hk handguns. the ejection port extends upwards and some rounds are not ejected sideways but upward and backward to the face. what do you think? plus, i am right handed but my dominant eye is left so gun is right in front of my face so, the probability of ejected catridge hittin my face is higher compared to shooters with right dominant eye. Currently i am using STOEGER COUGAR 9mm(it is same copy of Brettas COUGA...

As CBS Sports announced Monday that it has hired Clark Kellogg to replace Billy Packer as lead analyst for its college basketball broadcasts, Packer cast an unemotional eye on his three decades as one of the network's signature voices and said he is eager to work on other projects.

Chess boxers slug it out in the ring By Arnaud Bouvier in Berlin July 07, 2008 08:29amBrawn and brains ... Italian Gianluca Sirc competes in the chess boxing championships in Berlin. A match consists of up to 11 alternating rounds of boxing and chess A RUSSIAN man has been crowned world champion in the novelty sport of chess boxing, a game that requires equal skill at moving pawns and throwing punches. Mathematics student Nikolai Sazhin, 19,...knocked out a 37-year-old German policeman Frank Stoldt... who served as a peacekeeper in Kosovo until recently. The loser said..."I took a lot of body-blows...

Barry Bonds' agent said "it's pretty obvious" the home run king won't play in the majors this year, his strongest comments to date about the unlikelihood of Bonds returning to uniform. "I'm not optimistic any team will take him," agent Jeff Borris told The Chronicle on Monday. "I'm not a pessimistic person by nature, but it's pretty obvious he will not be a major-leaguer in 2008, because no team believes that he will be a good fit." Borris said the 43-year-old Bonds, who had 28 homers and 66 RBIs with a .480 on-base percentage for the Giants last year, isn't...

It is a sport folks.As seen on ESPN the World Hot Dog eating Champ Joey from San Jose California kept this years title in the USA. Well today he at over 8 pounds of rib meat. King Vanity had a blast watching the panal of grown men compete for this years Smoking At the Ocean rib eating Championship Belt. He visited with all the contestants post contest and enjoyed their grunting in abdominal pain. Other contestants were World Champs in eating Jalepenos, Captain Crunch, fried Asparugus and much more. Can you imagine downing jars of Mayonnaise? It is true.

Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, Ariz., gets ready for a ride in the pace car before the IndyCar Series Firestone Indy 200 auto race in Gladeville, Tenn., Saturday, July 12, 2008. GLADEVILLE, Tenn. -- Cindy McCain spent her Saturday getting up close and personal with the IndyRacing League at the series' stop at the Nashville Superspeedway, taking a spin around the track in the pace car with Johnny Rutherford and checking out Danica Patrick's car in the garage. "It was great," McCain said of her laps around the 1.33-mile concrete oval with Rutherford driving. "Oh...

Guillen stressed the Sox wouldn't be interested in free-agent home run king Barry Bonds if one of their sluggers was injured for an extended period. "No," Guillen said firmly. "Barry can't play for my team. Maybe Barry changed the way [Josh] Hamilton changed. But I don't like a player like Barry Bonds on my club, with all respect to Barry, a Hall of Famer. To me he's the best in the history of baseball, no matter what. "But he's not the type of player we're looking for in this organization. It's all about the team. It's all about teammates." Guillen...

Bobby Murcer, a personable, popular five-time All-Star who went on to a successful broadcasting career with the New York Yankees, died Saturday after a battle with brain cancer. He was 62. After experiencing a general lack of energy, Murcer was diagnosed with a tumor on Christmas Eve 2006, undergoing surgery at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Pathology reports later revealed the tumor to be malignant. After being diagnosed, Murcer commented in an upbeat spirit, thanking fans for their prayers and warm wishes -- many of which were delivered in the form of letters and e-mails...

YES has just announced shortly after the conclusion of today's Yankees game vs. the Blue Jays that longtime announcer and former player Bobby Murcer has passed away at the age of 62. Very sad news to hear. Bobby had a very positive reputation with the Yankees and fans alike and will be missed very dearly. R.I.P...

The foul ball seemed to come straight toward them, faster than Peter DiAngi has ever seen a baseball move. The frozen rope off Cubs pitcher Ted Lilly's bat in the bottom of the second inning was a few feet away when DiAngi saw it, much too late. He never saw it hit Dominic's head, but can't erase the image of the boy falling limp. "It was something I'll never forget, the speed of that ball coming in and the face of my son looking up," Peter DiAngi said Friday. Adrenaline jolted the 44-year-old Frankfort man, thinking "this is bad." He...

Run with it, roll with itNew York's centuries-old history as the gateway to America's melting pot has given it a certain multicultural cachet, but the fact that New Orleans culture is built on a melange of cultural flavors is often overlooked. In addition to the French architecture and language, Cajun food and the endless cultural festivals that fill the calendar, New Orleans now brings you a little taste of Spain, too.NOLA Bulls, the organization behind San Fermin in Nueva Orleans, a tip of the hat to the bull run in Pamplona, Spain, is the brainchild of Mickey "El Padrino" Hanning....

(Apparently feeling unwelcome, star QB looks elsewhere) After 16 years together, two Super Bowls, one championship, three MVP seasons and 275 consecutive starts; after a generation of fans grew up knowing only one number — 4 — at quarterback; it appears the Green Bay Packers and Brett Favre are headed for a bitter, messy divorce. Several sources have confirmed that Favre wants to return to the National Football League to play for an 18th season, thus reversing the decision he made to retire on March 4, but the new twist is that he might play for another team. On Friday,...