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Tampa Bay Rays new DH Manny Ramirez has been hearing it from fans after starting the season 1-for-16. The offseason acquisition was booed Tuesday during Tampa’s 5-3 loss to the Angels and didn’t help matters by striking out three times …
Suns point guard Steve Nash likes to dress casually and acts the same way on the court. He must have been wearing the wrong shorts to start the game between Phoenix and Chicago Tuesday evening because his teammates had to form a wall around him as he …
Northern Arizona coach Mike Adras was the only voter in the ESPN/USA Today poll not to vote tournament champion UConn the number one team in the final poll of the season. Instead, Adras voted Ohio State number one and Kansas second in his ballot, …
The former baseball player’s trial getting most of the media attention has been the Barry Bonds perjury case, but in San Diego, another former All-Star is involved with a lawsuit of his own. Brian Giles is in court to settle the suit his …
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Ricky Romero is a former first-round pick out of Cal State Fullerton in 2005, and after several years in the minors he finally was brought up to pitch with the big club in 2009. He had a breakout season last year going 14-9 …
A bullpen catcher told Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter David O’Brien he believes baseballs are juiced this year to help create excitement and aid attendance. The comment came in this exact tweet: Attendance seems to be strong to start the …
Marcos Maidana and Erik Morales are set to meet on Saturday at the MGM in Las Vegas for the WBA light welterweight title. Maidana is 27 years old, 29-2, and coming off a loss to Amir Khan in December. Before the loss, he had recorded impressive wins …
March Madness has ended, the 9th place team from the Big East is your national champion, and I’d like a refund back for that horrible movie last night. Anyway, it’s time to follow up on the LBS March Madness Bracket Contest. All …
Dallas Cowboys tight end Martellus Bennett is used to doing and saying controversial things, so it’s no surprise he’s in the middle of yet another controversy. On ESPN Radio in Dallas Tuesday, Bennett praised backup quarterback Jon Kitna …
Life wouldn’t be normal if there weren’t a problem for Jose Canseco. Luckily for us, celebrity boxing promoter Damon Feldman is planning to sue Canseco to bring a sense of normalcy to our lives. If you’ll remember correctly, Jose …
We’ve often said here at LBS that TV cameras go places they shouldn’t be during sporting events. We made this remark when Wayne Rooney dropped two f-bombs in front of TV cameras over the weekend for Manchester United, and we’ll say …
CBS announcer Jim Nantz was criticized pretty heavily by viewers Monday evening for his reference to the TV show Walker, Texas Ranger. As the UConn-Butler game was going to commercial with 5:49 left, Nantz said “We have a break in the action. …
The 2011 NCAA tournament came to an end, and with it we can now forget about college basketball for the next nine months. But before it all came to a close, not only did we get a 9th place team as our national champion, but we also got the annual …
This moment of madness brought to you by Muscle Milk®. It’s powerful protein. Drink. Evolve™ The UConn Huskies won their third national championship in school history Monday night, defeating the Butler Bulldogs 53-41. UConn started off the game …
When the Huskies win a national championship, the dogs come out on top. That’s right, they’re offering championship t-shirts for pet dogs as Darren Rovell pointed out on twitter. Here’s a picture of a dog (not a Husky) modeling the …
Lon Kruger left UNLV’s basketball program to take the head coaching job at Oklahoma last week, leaving the Rebels searching for a new head coach. Contrary to popular belief, the job is not available on craigslist, but rather one for which …
