Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrates his fourth round victory over Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt at Wimbledon by ripping his shirt off. With Andy Roddick already eliminated, a Djokovic vs. Federer semi final match looks like a real possibility. Djokovic takes on Yen-Hsun Lu in the Quarters on Wednesday before a possible weekend showdown with R-Fed.

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Britain’s Prince Harry threw out the first pitch before the New York Mets game against the Minnesota Twins at Citi Field on Saturday. From the looks of it he must’ve learned a little something from his American counterparts while serving overseas because Harry’s got a nice delivery and a decent arm. Just a bit outside. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=picmiKmhfTU [...]

Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers extended his hitting streak to 20 games on Sunday and it got me thinking about which MLB record will stand the longest. It seems like every year when a player hits safely in 20+ games fans begin to speculate on the attainability of what some see as the most unattainable [...]

The US national soccer team managed to capture the attention of the casual US sports fan for a couple of weeks but failed to beat a team from a country that sounds like something you catch after sleeping with a stripper. Disappointed? Yes. Heart broken? Eh, not really. Don’t get me wrong, I got into the [...]

Michael Vick’s latest brouhaha may land him back in the NFL’s principal’s office. It appears the guy who got himself all shot at Vick’s 30th b’day party was a dog fighting co-defendant. If that was the only incident it’s no big deal really, but NFL commish Roger Goodell told Vick not to hang around that crowd anymore. [...]

How do we know that soccer has finally arrived in the US? Well how about Bill Clinton’s appearance for the USA’s final group game against Algeria on Wednesday? Think this guy’s happy to be out of politics? With Hillary and Barack back in DC dealing with the former General Stanley McChrystal firestorm, Bill’s tripping balls at the world’s [...]

USA head coach Bob Bradley shook up the USA’s starting lineup and the US responded with a wide open attack, producing a dramatic first half chock full of missed opportunities. Lineup Changes Jonathan Bornstein replaced left center back Oguchi Onyewu and Maurice Edu started in the midfield instead of Jose Torres. Herculez Gomez came on for suspended [...]

This US team is known for coming from behind. Trailing 2-0 at the half to Slovenia, the US rallied with goals from Landon Donovan and coach’s son Michael Bradley to finish level for the second straight World Cup match. The US was horrible in the first half and was looking for leadership; they got it from Donovan [...]

In a game featuring both poor shooting and great defense it was fitting the crucial play was an offensive rebound. Lakers’ forward Pau Gasol out hustled Boston’s Rajon Rondo on Kobe’s missed three with 28 seconds left for his 18th rebound, his 9th on the offensive end. Instead of it being Celtic’s ball with a [...]

Utah’s joining the Pac-10! Talk about anti-climatic. In the wake of what almost was or what could’ve been, only the series end of The Seinfeld Show was a bigger disappointment. Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott should be praised for his aggressiveness and chastised for his inability to close the big deal. There’s nothing wrong with acquiring Utah, it’s a [...]

A rare goal by Swiss midfielder Gelson Fernandes was all Switzerland needed to beat European champion Spain in the opening game for both in Group H World Cup play. For guys like me, who aren’t big-time soccer/football experts, it had the feel of an NFL or college game where one opponent continually moves the ball down [...]

Boston lost starting C Kendrick Perkins in the 1st quarter of Game 6, and the Lakers took advantage of his absence to dominate the paint and pull even in the series (3-3) with a 89-67 ass kicking of the Celtics. The 67 points put up by Boston was the second lowest point total in an NBA Finals [...]

With the Big 10 conference at 12 members and the Big 12 conference at 10 members it’s time to use some creativity and regional flavor to rename the conferences. SEC, ACC, Mountain West; these are great names for a conference that tell you all you need to know about where they’re located. Seriously, how much [...]

Big 12 commish Dan Beebe and influential behind-the-scenes power brokers apparently brokered a deal to keep Texas, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State in the Big 12 stabble. Don’t be surprised if down the road we learn the bowls, and possibly bowl sponsors, got involved in order to slow down or stall realignment. After all, [...]

If you f*** with an NFL quarterback in a strip club at 3:00 AM you’re an idiot and deserve to get knocked upside the head. The video here clearly shows Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young minding his own business when some douchebag bar employee thought it would be cool to flash him the upside down Horns symbol. [...]

Almost all of the chatter, save Chip Brown of orangebloods.com, about college conference expansion/implosions has been pure speculation. And when you consider all the public and behind closed doors posturing going on, it gives me tired head. So just like I did a few weeks ago with Nebraska’s move to the Big 10 , I’m gonna tell you why [...]

Talk about bad timing. The same week the Big 12 South appears ready to join the Pac-10, USC gets crushed by the NCAA for their Reggie Bush violations. The NCAA today announced a loss of 30 scholarships and a two-year bowl ban for the Trojans, that’s huge. The truth about the sanctions: No matter what he says, Former [...]

If we know anything about gay men, regardless of whether it’s Dancing With The Stars or the World Cup, we love to watch hot, sweaty, men compete at the highest level. Starting tomorrow and lasting through July 11 (that’s longer than 90 percent of my relationships lasted) ESPN will televise the world’s biggest event from South [...]

Nebraska became the first major school to jump conferences today as they switched allegiances to the Big 10. It’s a smart move for the Cornhuskers whose football prowess is lost in the Big 12 North. Are we just getting started? While Notre Dame drags its heels the Big 10 — we really gotta change that name [...]

Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg’s highly anticipated debut was nothing short of phenomenal. With the exception of one pitch, a hanging slider to Pirates 3B Delwyn Young in the 4th, he was virtually unhittable, showing great command of four pitches. The Nationals who normally average about 15k fans per game, topped 44k plus a national television audience [...]