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You may have heard by now that Barry Bonds blasted No. 756, passing Hank Aaron's 33-year-old record of 755.
Hank didn't use steroids that we know of. Barry did for awhile.
But you still have to swing a bat at blazing fast balls or wicked curve balls.
Bonds isn't that all endearing of a person, but that's a heck of an achievement.
Posted by Steve E. Swenson
The Miami Herald is reporting that the fight earlier this month between Joey Porter and Levi Jones wasn't a one on one affair.
Turns out surveillance tape shows Porter punching Jones and then some of his friends jumping in on the fight.
Jones called the attack "cowardly" and appeared to want to set the record straight so folks didn't think Porter kick his "butt."
I couldn't find the video on YouTube, but I imagine it will turn up eventually.
If you want to want to say, "Hey, battuh-battuh, swing" in Cincinnati, go to a Reds game and yell at Ken Griffey Jr.
At a youth game in the Ohio city, you have to be more positive because the traditional baseball chatter has been banned in the Knothole Club of Greater Cincinnati.
The 23,000 kids in the Cincinnati area can only engage in chatter if it is positive and directed at their own team.
We don't want kids feelings hurt, because then they would cry, and we all know...
Well, it happened. The Texans have waived David Carr after five pretty lackluster years.
Carr seems to be the scapegoat for this team and his days had to be numbered after the team passed up Vince Young. Nevermind the kid was sacked like crazy.
Here's hoping he lands somewhere that he can get another change. Although he's pretty highly paid for a backup.
Check out our 2004 gallery on Carr, back when the future was still bright in Houston for him.
It's probably not good for my health to call a 6-foot-5, 307-Pound guy wuss, but that's exactly what Cincinnati Bengals offensive tackle Levi Jones is for not derailing a battery complaint against new Miami Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter.
The two took some trash talk inside a Las Vegas casino outside where Jones suffered a small cut over his eye with the one punch Porter, 6-foot-3, 250 pounds, threw.
I'm thinking Jones gets hurt more than than on every down he plays, and he might watch...
Joey Porter, that outspoken linebacker for the Pittsburg Steelers who hails from Bakersfield, has been released by the Steelers.
It begs the question. Where will he go now?
I'm thinking a loudmouth would blend with the Oakland Raiders.
Where do you think Joey's talents could best be put to use?
Posted by Steve E. Swenson
David Beckham, one of the most recognizable soccer players in the world (they even made a movie about him titled, "Bend It Like Beckham," is leaving Europe to join the LA Galaxy.
The Galaxy, for the uninitiated, is a professional soccer team. He signed a $250 million, five-year contract, which is a galaxy of money in itself.
Beckham, 31, rose to fame in England where he was captain of Manchester United.
He joined the Real Madrid team in Spain in 2003.
He...
I wouldn't say any of this to the faces of these football and basketball players. They are too big and they've shown by their actions that they would beat me up or spit in my face.
But Terrell Owens, receiver for the Dallas Cowboys, and seven NBA players on the New York Knicks and Denver Nuggets, you are a bunch of high-priced punks.
And I'm glad Owens got fined $35,000 for spitting, both basketball teams got fined $500,000 for brawling and each of the seven players got suspended from...
It's like catching the first fish on a slow day at the lake.
The Bakersfield Jam won it's first game Sunday, holding on to an 87 to 86 victory over the Sioux Falls Skyforce in the Rabobank Arena.
This follows four straight defeats in games where the Jam is still trying to gel.
Sometimes it feels good not to be skunked at the lake. And it gives hope for more fish and more wins.
Let's hope the Jam team can renew its confidence and start a victory trend.
Posted by Steve E. Swenson
Mark McGwire has been nominated for baseball's Hall of Fame.
If it wasn't for that steroid thing, he'd be a shoe in.
Just last decade, virtually every American was wrapped up in home run races between McGwire and Sammy Sosa.
Bloomberg sports writer Scott Soshnick summed up the dilemma for voting sportswriters this way:
Their consternation centers on whether to admit McGwire, who finished his career with 583 home runs, which ranks seventh on MLB's all-time list....
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