http://thatsportsblog.com Fri, 16 May 2008 21:45:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Basketbawful is here to once again bring you a double-dose of your favorite things: Boobs and basketball. Actually, scratch the boobs part. And you'll have to talk to Will's mom about that. Cleveland versus Boston: Game 6 The inevitable (?) explosion. Everybody is waiting for it: The LeBron James Eruption. I ... http://thatsportsblog.com/archives/8432 Greg Oden, honestly, you can't back to the NBA fast enough. We're not sure what's going on with his hair here, but we still love it. We fully expect to run into Oden at, like, half the parties we go to. http://thatsportsblog.com/archives/8433 Enjoy it while you can, Marlins fans. Your team may have won two World Series titles and is currently in first place in the NL Central, but things have a way of evening out (Dontrelle Willis calls it karma). According to a study cited in the Orlando Sentinel, the ... http://thatsportsblog.com/archives/8429 A seven-year-old Boston area Little Leaguer was benched for two games recently when his mother didn't show up for her scheduled shift at the league snack bar. The Freetown Youth Athletic Association levied the penalty on the child due to his scofflaw mother, who claims that — get this ... http://thatsportsblog.com/archives/8430 Per Radar, it appears Jose Canseco is about to embark on his latest money-making idea'r and this time it involves two of his favorite pastimes: 1) Mixed martial arts, and 2) Shameless hucksterism. Here's what will supposedly take place at the Atlantic City Surf's minor league baseball stadium: Canseco is ... http://thatsportsblog.com/archives/8431 Whatever your thoughts about Manny Ramirez and the Boston Red Sox, you had to love Manny's wild, patented "great catch, followed by high five, followed by doubling off a runner from first base" play from Wednesday. It was a signature Manny moment; insane, absurd, joyous. But what about the ... http://thatsportsblog.com/archives/8428 Remember how in Bull Durham, when Nuke LaLoosh wears a garter belt to help relax him on the mound? Well, apparently, Jason Giambi has a similar slumpbusting technique ... though it's perhaps one he shouldn't share with the world. Giambi told Portfolio magazine that when he's slumping, he wears a ... http://thatsportsblog.com/archives/8426 What's wrong with the Padres? With Thursday's 4-0 loss to the Cubs, our Closest Team to Mexico is at 15-27, the worst record in the majors ... that's more horrible than Detroit, folks. The big reason seems to be the strikeouts-per-at-bats ratio, or as scientists call it, tight booties. ... http://thatsportsblog.com/archives/8425 The shirtless drinking photos of Titans quarterback Vince Young have been circulating around the internet for the past 12 hours, with all sorts of questions as to what in the name of all that is Nelly is going on here. The photos, allegedly sent from a tipster who saw ... http://thatsportsblog.com/archives/8427 Boston Herald Patriots beat writer John Tomase promised an apology — and an explanation — after it was revealed that his February 2 story about the Pats taping the Rams' walkthrough before Super Bowl XXXVI wasn't true. (The tape failed to materialize and never existed.) Boy, did he ever ... http://thatsportsblog.com/archives/8424