Month: July 2008

  • CLEARED IS A BELL

    Tardy Bell — Now with medical clearance, Starting Tailback Kahlil Bell’s return is finally in full-swing, but a hunch says Bell will need to ring up a hellacious effort in practice to silence others trying to crack the Starting line-up It’s a Bell Curve — Lots of talented Tailbacks will…

  • MEDICINAL MACARENA

    Are you battling “Co(ed)-Dependency?”  Is it a chronic condition?  Fill your prescription here, with indoor and outdoor, homegrown Spirit A long, long, time ago, a conspiracy theorist once said something like:  “The Pharmaceutical companies make sure that Pot stays illegal, because if it were legal, no one would ever buy an aspirin.”…

  • WESTBROOK GONE WITH THE WIND?

    They “don’t know nothin’ about birthin’ no nicknames!” — Oklahoma City narrows Nickname search down to 6 choices;  Hopefully for Russell, they’ll pass on “Wind” (if he frankly gives a damn) Who’s in charge of new Nicknames for the Oklahoma City team — Tommy the Trojan’s soon-to-be Husband? The former Seattle…

  • VENUS ENVY

    Until Bushgate or Mayogate hits the fan, the best way to hit a trojan fan is to bring up Song Girl-gate Yesterday was Pac-10 Media Day, when all the Coaches bring a Player to the Press for statements and Q&A’s.  So naturally, you would assume that this site would be full of quotes…

  • QUEER EYE FOR THE SKIRT GUY

    Fairy Tale Ending:  A 10-year Tommy Trojan’s Gay Wedding is greasing the wheels of the fight against a ban on Same-Sex Marriage Just call him “The Gay Caped Crusader.” Every once in a long while, an ex-trojan does something worthy of strokes, and this time, it’s Tommy the Trojan himself.  A guy…

  • Ex-trojan Bengal CAN’T change his stripes, CAN eat his young

     Holy Cornhole Carson’s pie-hole makes him sound wholly like an a-hole, to a whole lot of fans in Ohio Former trojan Quarterback Carson Palmer has said his share of dumb things over the years, but he may have just topped himself.  Yesterday, the Host of Carson’s Cornhole Classic apparently thought that what he said…

  • TORCHED BY AN ANGEL

    “The Dark Knight” torches the Box Office Record, thanks to a (bat-) scorching performance by the Late Heath Ledger, while the L.A. Angels torch the Boston Red Sox, thanks to a (bat-) scorching performance by the Late-inning Save Leader Coming soon to a screen near you:  “Angels:  A Posthumous Nomination,…

  • CHEAT ON!

       6 Weeks Until Football Season:  It’s time to turn up the (c)heat on usc and the NCAA — Order now, to get them while they’re hot Another new product that is bound to catch the imagination of the Nation — A Nation that is absolutely sick of usc getting away with…

  • LOOSE FLIPS SYNC ‘SHIPS

    New relationships are syncing up, as relaxed Bruins roll through informal workouts “Happy Days Are Here Again.”  That old UCLA Spirit staple might have to be brought to the forefront, if they want the music to mirror reality. It’s hard to compliment the Neu Regime without it looking like some…

  • SYNC THE BISMARCK!

    Can you please help get a Rose Bowl fan from Bismarck, North Dakota in sync with the way a first-time visitor should enjoy the Greatest Football Venue in the World? Yesterday was what Fred Roggin called the slowest Sports News day of the year.  With Football and Basketball in the off-season,…

  • THERE’S NO SHRINKAGE IN BASEBALL

    Post-Steroid Era All-Star Game is longest ever, as N.L. makes it hard on A.L., but fails to leave happy for 12th straight time, in 15-inning New York Yankathon Please don’t confuse Chase Utley with Dan Uggla. Chase Utley is the Bruin/Phillie/Top Vote-Getter in the NL, who got a hit in three at…

  • SHORT BUS STOPS AT USC AGAIN (ISN’T THAT SPECIAL!)

    New test scores plus graDes of acaDemically-challengeD one-anD-Done canDiDate Demar Derozan are gooD enough for him to be ramroDDeD into floyD’s “cavalcaDe of conDumbs,” as the next hope to Derail the Dramatic Decline, Decimation, and possible Dissolution of the DemonizeD and DemoralizeD usc athletic Department Won’t they ever learn?  With the…