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  Create-a-Caption: This is your owner, Chicago Cubs fans  
  Well, let's look at the bright side: If I would have told you that Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts was going to dress up in a ridiculous costume commonly found in the Wrigley Field stands and some fans... MLB | Posted 13 minutes ago by micky2000
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  Does another team have a Houston-type spoiler effort in them?  
  If this were a perfect world, the Houston Astros would be entering September with a slate full of important dates against contenders like the Padres, Giants, Phillies and Braves.Instead, they're looking... MLB | Posted 36 minutes ago by micky2000
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  Five unanswered preseason questions  
   The final week of the 2010 preseason is upon us, though this will be to football what John Beck is to Rex Grossman (or something like that). We've seen most of what we're going to see from the starters,... NFL | Posted 40 minutes ago by micky2000
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  Faith in Friars: Does a 7-game losing streak signal Padres doom?  
  The San Diego Padres lost their seventh straight game Wednesday night and, even though they still lead the NL West by four games in the loss column, Joe Posnanski fears the worst for Adrian Gonzalez (helmet)... MLB | Posted 1 hour ago by micky2000
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  Mashup! Excited Japanese announcer + Nyjer Morgan fight  
  Is this real footage from a Japanese network's call of the Nyjer Morgan fight? Of course it isn't, new guys over at Awful Announcing. Still, this melding is all kinds of awesome. How do you say "clothesline"... MLB | Posted 2 hours ago by micky2000
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  In honor of 90210 day, here's Dylan McKay in a Reds uniform  
  C'mon, you knew I would find a way to work 9/02/10 day on to the Stew, didn't you? So what was Luke Perry doing at Cinergy Field on June 1, 2002? Well, it seems that Perry was on hand to read Lou Gehrig's... MLB | Posted 4 hours ago by micky2000
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  Max St-Pierre joins the Tigers after 14 years in the minors  
  The calendar has flipped to September and the annual expansion of baseball's rosters will give plenty of players a chance to make their big league debuts.  Most of those players, of course, will be... MLB | Posted 5 hours ago by micky2000
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  Driver hopes to combine environmentalism, NASCAR  
  Racing and environmentalism go together about as well as mashed potatoes and chocolate, or so the conventional wisdom holds. The NASCAR infield and the Green movement have, shall we say, divergent constituencies.... Racing | Posted 6 hours ago by micky2000
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  NASCAR reality series "Changing Lanes" starts on BET  
  Yeah, let's all admit it, NASCAR and the television network BET don't seem like they fit together, much like Jeff Gordon and Wal-Mart.BET is an untapped audience for NASCAR, so you can't fault the sport's... Racing | Posted 7 hours ago by micky2000
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  TBS postseason song news: Bon Jovi out, Kid Rock in  
  The good news? Bon Jovi's two-year reign as the playoff song you love to hate is over.The bad? TBS is replacing those vanilla ditties with Kid Rock's "Born Free" this fall.Now, don't get me wrong.... MLB | Posted 7 hours ago by micky2000
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  Preseason Confidential: Forsett and Seahawks still have concerns  
  Through the Seattle Seahawks' 2010 training camp and preseason, we're following running back Justin Forsett(notes) as he tries to take that next step from offensive cog to feature back in his third NFL... NFL | Posted 7 hours ago by micky2000
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  Georgia's governor personally lobbied to keep Atlanta race  
  For an up-close look at how the sausage gets made in NASCAR -- specifically, how races get snatched from one track and dispensed to another -- you need go no further than this week's NASCAR.com interview... Racing | Posted 8 hours ago by micky2000