There were 34 LPGA tournaments in 2008. There will only 24 in 2010. The bigger shock: In 2008 there were 24 LPGA tournaments in the US; next year, there will only be 13. (WSJ)
Anyone up for a heaping of politics with their football? Everyone’s weighing in on whether or not Rush Limbaugh should be able to be an owner in the NFL. (And one outlet is even wondering if Limbaugh will relinquish his membership to the Everglades Club in Palm Beach, which has never had a black member.)
Mark Cuban: “The problem with Rush is that its his job to take on all of life’s partisan issues and problems. Read the rest of this entry »
Donaghy violated probation when he didn’t show up for work, and thus he was thrown back in jail. His lawyer says he had permission to be at a health club to exercise his knee. The halfway house says otherwise. (ESPN)
Mark Cuban dismembers a terrible pitch. Pay attention, future entrepreneurs! (Blog Maverick)
Larry Brown says he’s receiving calls about Allen Iverson. Yet nobody’s called the Pistons? Weird. (Yahoo)
“The NFL would like teams to limit customers to no more than two 20-ounce beers, two 6-ounce servings of wine or two 1½-ounce servings of liquor per transaction.” (USA Today) Read the rest of this entry »
Vindication for Cuban? The SEC is looking into misconduct by its own agents, relating to Mark Cuban's insider trading case. The SEC sued Cuban last November, accusing him of using insider information before selling his six percent share of Mamma.com. Cuban filed a lawsuit last week, claiming the SEC did not respond to his Freedom of Information Act request. (WSJ) (24)
In Martin’s defense, Cuban diddisrespect his mom. Note Cuban’s bouncy fear – did anyone check for skidmarks? – after Martin leaves the court. [via Deadspin]
Chris Webber (”Don’t ever point at my mother like that”) and Charles Barkley (”Mark’s lucky he’s not from the ghetto, we woulda whipped his ass”) lit into Mark Cuban last night on TNT, and after the Mavericks had prolonged the Western Conference semis by beating the Nuggets, 119-117, Cuban penned an apology to Kenyon Martin’s mom. Conveniently, Cuban – who previously feuded with Nuggets coach George Karl and guard JR Smith – won’t be at game five in Denver. Read the rest of this entry »
* Jerry Reinsdorf, the owner of the White Sox, may have been a behind-the-scenes hindrance (because, for whatever reason, “… the Cubs and Sox were treated as equals in their business dealings,”) though he was nice to Cubes throughout the process * Cuban thinks highly of himself as a closer – Thingpen-esque – but he couldn’t close these guys Read the rest of this entry »
Cheryl Cole … 12 places to go before the world goes to hell … in Peru, gangs are killing people for their fat, which is then sold … “Eye doc may lose license after calling patient fat” … good profile of the famously hirsute Robin Williams … psychopath paid kids to spit and slap him as well as urinate and defecate on him … man shoots kid who was ringing doorbells and running … tutoring tykes to help them get into gifted and talented kindergarten classes …
Chris Webber (”Don’t ever point at my mother like that”) and Charles Barkley (”Mark’s lucky he’s not from the ghetto, we woulda whipped his ass”) lit into Mark Cuban last night on TNT, and after the Mavericks had prolonged the Western Conference semis by beating the Nuggets, 119-117, Cuban 
