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Ex-Girlfriend Claims Roberto Alomar Has AIDS

Posted February 11, 2009, 9:00 am by Jason McIntyre (31 Comments)

Remember when he went to 12 All-Star games in a row?: Baseball great Roberto Alomar has full-blown AIDS but insisted on having unprotected sex, his ex-girlfriend charged Tuesday in a bombshell lawsuit …

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Alex Rodriguez vs. Selena Roberts

Posted February 10, 2009, 1:15 pm by Jason McIntyre (16 Comments)

A-Rod and his people like Peter Gammons; SI’s Selena Roberts, not so much. Anyone else surprised by how aggressively Rodriguez went on the offensive against Roberts? A stalker? Breaking and entering? Roberts, a one-time TBL interview subject, went on the Dan Patrick show this morning to clear up some of A-Rod’s jarring claims:

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The History of Athletes Dating SI Swimsuit Models

Posted February 10, 2009, 9:00 am by Jason McIntyre (32 Comments)

Some week for Sports Illustrated, huh? The A-Rod scoop has been the top story in sports for the last three days; today, fans turn their attention to the iconic Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. Here’s something that shouldn’t surprise you – more than a few SI swimsuit models have dated (or married) athletes. This model to [...]

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ESPN Really Suspended Scott Van Pelt for Taking a Few Shots at MLB Commish Bud Selig?

Posted February 9, 2009, 4:00 pm by Jason McIntyre (22 Comments)

Last week, after Bud Selig’s $18 million salary became public knowledge, many laughed, some folks may have gotten angry, and a few people responded with shock. ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt (one-time TBL interviewee!) fell into that latter group, and decided to take a few swipes at Bud on his radio show (listen here). Van Pelt [...]

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A-Roid

Posted February 9, 2009, 9:00 am by Jason McIntyre (131 Comments)

We were so fascinated by the Sports Illustrated blockbuster report of A-Rod’s 2003 positive anabolic steroids test that we spent most of the weekend jotting down random notes about the news as they came to us. This will be disjointed and scatter-brained: * SI has four sources. How about these two for potential: A-Rod’s scorned [...]

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An Interview with John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal

Posted February 6, 2009, 2:00 pm by Jason McIntyre (No Comments)

We nearly enjoy covering the sports media as we do watching the actual games, which is what makes today’s Q&A cool: It’s with one of the foremost writers in the media/business field, John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal. Ourand’s been a must-read on the struggles of the NFL Network, and in terms of understanding [...]

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If You’re Going to Call Out One of the Best Coaches in the Country on a Rules Vioation, Knowing the Rules Might Help

Posted February 6, 2009, 1:00 pm by Jason McIntyre (35 Comments)

The day before he arrived in the SEC, Lane Kiffin got into a little kerfuffle with South Carolina’s Steve Spurrier. Two months later, on Kiffin’s first signing day with Tennessee, he took a shot at another SEC coach, Urban Meyer (video after the jump), calling the budding Gators legend a “cheater.” Who is this clown? [...]

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