Wednesday Headlines: The Daily Roundup
The Boston Herald and the LA Times have finally “broke” the story of former Red Sox whipping boy/current Dodgers ace Derek Lowe’s extramarital affair with Carolyn Murphy, a reporter and host of the Dodgers pregame show for Fox Sports Net West—a full three weeks after sado-misogynist syndicated talk show host Tom Leykis anonymously reported on the story on his radio show. Guess it's just Derek being Derek.
Lee Jenkins of the New York Times reports that the steroid that Rafael Palmeiro tested positive for was the potent anabolic steroid stanozolol, also refered to by its brand name Winstrol, according to “a person in baseball with direct knowledge of the sport's drug-testing program.” Jenkins goes on to report that stanozolol is not a steroid commonly found in certain dietary supplements that were not banned until early this year, but a much stronger form, similar to the drug that Ben Johnson was banned for using in the 1988 Summer Olympics. Sounds like it’s time for all the apologists that spun their “let’s wait ‘til we see what he took” webs are due for a bit of a rewrite.
The MFY, apparently content with the Bubba Crosby/Tony Womack platoon in centerfield, have declined the $15 million option on lifetime Yankee Bernie Williams for 2006. No word yet as to how The Boss plans to spend his new windfall, but I think I speak for all Yankee-haters when I say that I really hope it involves the words “Mike”, “Cameron” and "5 year deal".
Adidas has revealed a $3.8 billion offer to acquire Reebok, thereby consolidating the two competitors in one colossal 50 Cent/David Beckham/Kevin Garnett-headed marketing cerberus that will still fail in cracking Nike’s dominant market share. At least they ain’t gonna fuck with my Chucks.
Just hours after the Miami Heat restructured Shaq’s contract to a much more manageable $20 million a year over the next 5 years (!!!), the Celtics, Heat, Grizzlies, Hornets and Jazz announced the largest deal in NBA history, involving 13 total players (plus draft picks) changing hands. As far as I can tell, it broke down like this: the Heat got Antoine Walker from Boston and Jason Williams from Memphis, Memphis got Eddie Jones from Miami, Utah got Greg Ostertag (who I thought they still had anyway) from Memphis, New Orleans got Rasual Butler (are we sure this is a real player?) from the Heat and the Celtics got Curtis Borchardt, Quyntel Woods, a few draft picks, a bag of balls and a big Spanish stiff to be named later. And if I knew/cared more about basketball, rest assured I would have some biting and witty commentary right…now.
Lee Jenkins of the New York Times reports that the steroid that Rafael Palmeiro tested positive for was the potent anabolic steroid stanozolol, also refered to by its brand name Winstrol, according to “a person in baseball with direct knowledge of the sport's drug-testing program.” Jenkins goes on to report that stanozolol is not a steroid commonly found in certain dietary supplements that were not banned until early this year, but a much stronger form, similar to the drug that Ben Johnson was banned for using in the 1988 Summer Olympics. Sounds like it’s time for all the apologists that spun their “let’s wait ‘til we see what he took” webs are due for a bit of a rewrite.
The MFY, apparently content with the Bubba Crosby/Tony Womack platoon in centerfield, have declined the $15 million option on lifetime Yankee Bernie Williams for 2006. No word yet as to how The Boss plans to spend his new windfall, but I think I speak for all Yankee-haters when I say that I really hope it involves the words “Mike”, “Cameron” and "5 year deal".
Adidas has revealed a $3.8 billion offer to acquire Reebok, thereby consolidating the two competitors in one colossal 50 Cent/David Beckham/Kevin Garnett-headed marketing cerberus that will still fail in cracking Nike’s dominant market share. At least they ain’t gonna fuck with my Chucks.
Just hours after the Miami Heat restructured Shaq’s contract to a much more manageable $20 million a year over the next 5 years (!!!), the Celtics, Heat, Grizzlies, Hornets and Jazz announced the largest deal in NBA history, involving 13 total players (plus draft picks) changing hands. As far as I can tell, it broke down like this: the Heat got Antoine Walker from Boston and Jason Williams from Memphis, Memphis got Eddie Jones from Miami, Utah got Greg Ostertag (who I thought they still had anyway) from Memphis, New Orleans got Rasual Butler (are we sure this is a real player?) from the Heat and the Celtics got Curtis Borchardt, Quyntel Woods, a few draft picks, a bag of balls and a big Spanish stiff to be named later. And if I knew/cared more about basketball, rest assured I would have some biting and witty commentary right…now.
posted by bd @ 8/03/2005 10:15:00 AM
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