Variety reports that Cleveland Cavalier (and probably future New York Knick) LeBron James is taking a shot at movie stardom.
The good news: he’s playing himself in “Fantasy Basketball Camp,” a comedy about five guys from different backgrounds who go to Las Vegas to attend the LeBron James Adult Basketball Camp, and manage to pull [...]
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LeBron follows in Shaq’s footsteps. Be afraid.
Male body image same for gays, straights
Researchers in Australia, studying body image, found no significant difference in the way gay and straight men view themselves. Both want to be lean and muscular and are most frustrated with their stomachs.
The research [at the University of Canberra] revealed that while women desire to be thin, straight and gay men preferred lean and muscular [...]
‘Moneyball’ flick not quite dead yet
The Hollywood Reporter says that West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin is going to take a shot at a draft of a script for Moneyball, the Columbia Pictures film that, if it ever gets made, would star Brad Pitt as Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane. The film was previously put in “turnaround” status by the [...]
Sports Tweet of the Week: Eli tweeted at half!
Update: per the information in Jim’s comment below, the Eli Manning on Twitter is apparently a fake.
This week, as a change of pace, the Sports Tweet of the Week presents…no, that’s not true. To be honest, I didn’t look once all week at AthleteTweets.com or WeFollow.com to see what our Twitterlicious sports personalities were up [...]
“Moneyball” flick may be struck out
Variety reports that “Moneyball,” the Steven Soderbergh film starring Brad Pitt as Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane (not to be confused with openly gay former ballplayer Billy Bean) may be in trouble. The report says that Columbia Pictures has put the production in “limited turnaround” because studio head Amy Pascal felt the final draft [...]
Sports Tweet of the Week: NBA’s lifesaver
My award this week doesn’t go to the best tweet but to the athlete himself. More on that in a moment. Here are some other gems:
Texas Rangers pitcher C. J. Wilson needed to vent on a writer-turned-ESPN personality:
why anyone listens or cares about what skip bayless says is beyond me, and every athlete I know. [...]
TMZ angers Lenny Dykstra
With major league ballplayer-turned-financial wizard Lenny Dykstra’s financial woes making news recently, the sight of a Rolls-Royce owned by Dykstra seemingly being repossessed might seem like another sign of his money problems. So when photos of the car being towed from his work in Camarillo, California reached the folks at TMZ, they naturally contacted Dykstra [...]
Why the Cubs must NEVER win the Series
Denise Richards “singing” Take Me Out To The Ballgame in the seventh-inning stretch at Wrigley Field on Friday:
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If the Cubs are going to keep this “tradition” going (it’s not really a tradition now; that died with Harry Caray) they have got to screen these [...]
Bulls-Celtics awesome, Sixers far from it
Last night’s NBA playoff action featured a tremendous display in which the Chicago Bulls forced a seventh and deciding game in their first-round series against the Boston Celtics with a 128-127 triple-overtime win. Of the six games, four have gone to OT, with a total of seven extra periods. Absolutely classic.
And then there was the [...]
Celine Dion to buy Canadiens?
This just about leaves me speechless. Among the possible bidders for the Montreal Canadiens (as well as the Bell Centre arena and a concert promotion division) is none other than singer Celine Dion. I assume the arena and concert promotion angles are really what interests her.
Montreal fans will remain loyal to the Canadiens — even [...]
Sports getting all a-Twitter
Imagine for a moment that you’re a professional athlete. (If any of you reading this happen to be a pro athlete, this will be easier for you because you won’t have to imagine. Also, feel free to call me anytime. Just to chat.)
As one of the best of the best, the cream of the crop, [...]
Fallon does A-Rod
The newest late-night talk show host, Jimmy Fallon, provides us with his version of the Alex Rodriguez kissing-his-mirror-image photo. From the Huffington Post, a look at the two side-by-side:
Can someone work some Photoshop magic to make it look like Fallon is kissing A-Rod? Am I a naughty boy for suggesting such a thing?
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Nats look like J-Lo now, says Tavarez
Back in April 2001, then-Cubs pitcher Julian Tavarez ripped San Francisco fans who booed him in a game by saying, “Why should I care about the fans? They’re a bunch of assholes and faggots here.” The next day he apologized, but he still rated 2.5 out of 5 Rockers on the Outsports Anti-Gay List (the [...]
Dykstra article alleges homophobia and more
With the recession continuing to ravage the nation, there’s been a lot of discussion about last week’s interview of CNBC’s Jim “Mad Money” Cramer by Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. Stewart effectively picked apart Cramer’s reputation as a financial expert (at least from some reports — I didn’t watch it myself so I can’t [...]
Things that make Joe sorta happy today
The title is self-explanatory, I think. Some news items caught my eye today that aren’t exactly as wonderful as, say, a World Series victory, but they put a little jump in my step:
No more annoying Frank TV ads during postseason baseball! According to this story promoting Frank Caliendo’s appearance in Atlantic City this weekend, the [...]
