Jim Buzinski

The San Diego Chargers became the third team with serious playoff aspirations to avoid starting 0-3 after their 48-29 thrashing of the New York Jets on Monday night football. San Diego (1-2) recovered quite nicely a week after having a win at Denver taken away from them on a blown call. The Jets meanwhile look […]

The Washington Redskins are 2-0 since tight end Chris Cooley flashed his penis on his blog. A contract extension is in order. In the line of the week, Cooley’s mom, Nancy, had this to say: “It’s never a good day when you hear there’s a picture of your son’s penis on the Internet.” In more […]

Major realignment of power as the Pats get blown out while the Colts drop to 1-2. In the NFC, the East looks like the beast of the league. How Cyd and Jim saw Week 3 of the NFL E-mail Cyd Some people wanted to dismiss some of the scores in Week 1 as flukes, but […]

The author of a new book on the 1990s Dallas Cowboys rips a sportswriter at the time who speculated that then-Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman might be gay. Jeff Pearlman is getting a lot of pub for his new book, "Boys Will Be Boys," which deals with the 1990s Cowboys that won three Super Bowls and […]

NFL referee Ed Hochuli, whose blown call cost the San Diego Chargers their game Sunday at Denver, is devastated by his mistake and has personally apologized to Chargers fans. “I’m getting hundreds of emails – hate mail – but I’m responding to it all. People deserve a response,” Hochuli wrote to fans, according to the […]

Jamaican sprint sensation Usain Bolt won the Olympic 100 meters in a world record time of 9.69, but he showboated the final 20 meters. Now, some physicists have calculated that Bolt could have run a mind-blowing 9.55 had he sprinted full on until the end. They have submitted their findings to the American Journal of […]

NBC Olympic host Bob Costas agrees that his network should have discussed gold medal diver Matthew Mitcham being gay during its coverage in Beijing. In a wide-ranging interview on the subject of gays in sports with AfterElton.com, Costas said Mitcham was not an athlete he was focusing on, "But had it been, I would have […]

Washington Redskins tight end Chris Cooley is sorry that anyone saw his penis on his blog (background here). On his blog, under the headline "We're Dumb," Cooley wrote this: Washington Redskins tight end Chris Cooley is sorry that anyone saw his penis on his blog (background here). On his blog, under the headline “We’re Dumb,” […]

(Updated with new info at the end.) Washington Redskins tight end Chris Cooley seems like a cool guy. He once said he lost at Fantasy Football against a friend who had Cooley as his tight end on a day where Cooley scored three times. He also has a nifty blog, but that caused him a […]

How can you not like a wide receiver with amazing hands, terrific speed and toughness … and he reads Dostoevsky? That’s Indianapolis Colts second-year stud Anthony Gonzalez, who is fast becoming a go-to guy for Peyton Manning. He had nine catches for 137 yards and his heady lateral to Reggie Wayne after a 58-yard catch […]

A horrible call and bad kharma hurt the Chargers, the Vikings pull an el foldo against the Colts, Cyd sees the Pats win without Brady, and stick a fork in the SeahawksHow Cyd and Jim saw Week 2 of the NFL: Thanks to my friend Sergio Turbay (thanks Serge!), I got to watch the Pats-Jets […]

It's not performance-enhancing to mix Red Bull and vodka before doing the high jump. Ivan Ukhov of Russia has become a YouTube sensation for a video of him attempting a high jump at a meet while drunk. Russian officials are so embarrassed that they might suspend him for a year. His manager says he was […]

Norwegian Andreas Thorkildsen won the gold medal in the javelin at the Beijing Olympics. An Outsports reader was in the stands and sent us this: “My boyfriend knows I have an Andreas Thorkildsen crush, so he snapped some pics for me. And here is the thing: Andreas has a lucky shirt. So after each throw, […]

Interesting tidbit from Paul Zimmerman of Sports Illustrated: How did losing Tom Brady affect the Vegas odds on winning the Super Bowl? "There never has been an injury that's had such a dramatic effect on the odds," said Bodog's Sportsbook manager, Richard Gardner. Bodog, one of the major price setters, dropped the price on the […]

Thanks to reader Adriana for this tip for WNBA fans in New York: Just saw this from the NY Liberty via a MySpace bulletin and thought I'd pass along to share the wealth. When you buy tix here, all you have to do is type in the code "LIBERTY" It will basically get you half […]

In their season opener and first game since 1992 without Brett Favre as quarterback, the Green Bay Packers beat the Minnesota Vikings, 24-19. Favre’s replacement, Aaron Rodgers, was terrific, going 18 for 22 with one touchdown pass and one touchdown run. People who wrote off the Packers when Favre retired seemed to forget that this […]

Favre, the new New York Jets quarterback has the grizzled gray-beard look going and he had a successful debut in leading the Jets to a 20-14 win over Miami. With the devastating injury to New England’s Tom Brady, Favre is now the top quarterback in the AFC East. With Brady done, are the Pats' chances […]

Is the Patriots’ season done? The Colts, Chargers and Jaguars all lay eggs. How Cyd and Jim saw Week 1 in the NFL: By Cyd Zeigler jr.E-mail Cyd Even with some fear that I may be overstating things, I truly believe that EVERYTHING changed in the NFL this week. Everything you thought a sure thing […]

Two weeks after shocking the diving world by winning the gold medal in Olympic platform diving, Australian Matthew Mitcham has been honored with a stamp but as yet has secured no sponsorship deals, though one is rumored. Read complete article here. Two weeks after shocking the diving world by winning the gold medal in Olympic […]

Two weeks after shocking the diving world by winning the gold medal in Olympic platform diving, Australian Matthew Mitcham has been honored with a stamp but has yet to secure a sponsorship deal, though one is rumored. Two weeks after shocking the diving world by winning the gold medal in Olympic platform diving, Australian Matthew […]