The Bionic Nighty Cap
• Before Neon Deion, before Bo knew anything, before Danny Ainge realized he couldn't hit major league pitching, there was Gene Conely. "He struck out Teddy Ballgame in the All-Star Game, broke Billy Martin's jaw in a brawl, and, nursing a hangover, held Wilt Chamberlain to fewer than 20 points."
• I don't know about you guys but I haven't heard shit from Tiki Barber today.
• Johnny Podres, who pitched the Brooklyn Dodgers to their only World Series title in 1955, died Sunday at the age of 75.
• A long-time baseball fan is suing the New York Yankees over some players' reported use of performance-enhancing drugs, saying he wants repayment for 221 US dollars (£112) in tickets and a public response from his once-beloved team.
"I look at it almost as consumer fraud," said Matthew Mitchell, 30, a Brooklyn resident who said he went to his first game at Yankee Stadium in 1984. "If I'm going to watch a baseball game, then I expect it to be the real thing." Getthefuckouttahere.
• The IAAF ruled Monday that double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius is ineligible to compete in the Beijing Olympics because his prosthetic racing legs give him a clear competitive advantage.
I am sure this was all part of his plan. Let's see if I cut off my legs the can rebuild me, they have the technology..... Better, stronger, faster.
• And finally the Patriots lose. Well, someone that is. Tom Dimitroff was hired as general manager of the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, leaving his job as director of scouting for the unbeaten New England Patriots.
Dimitroff, who has been with the Patriots since 2002, will direct the Falcons' football operations, including working with a new head coach on draft decisions, free agency, trades and other personnel decisions.
• One thing TO knows for sure, his current QB is not gay. But yesterday's game did make him cry. Terrell Owens' bottom lip was quivering, his voice wavering.
While his teary eyes were hidden behind dark sunglasses, he couldn't hide his disappointment -- or his loyalty to quarterback Tony Romo -- after the Cowboys' 21-17 playoff loss to the New York Giants on Sunday.
"This is not about Tony. You guys can point the finger at him, you can talk about the vacation, and if you do that, it's really unfair," Owens said, his voice choked with emotion. "It's really unfair. That's my teammate. That's my quarterback. You guys do that, it's not fair. We lost as a team. We lost as a team, man."
• In the draft; Slaton, Darren McFadden (until he changes his mind again, regardless of his Dad's new Escalade), Arkansas junior running back Felix Jones.
• Lebron was racing down the lane. LeBron James was ticketed by the State Highway Patrol for driving 101 mph on an interstate highway.
The Cleveland Cavaliers star was cited in a 65 mph zone on Interstate 71 near Medina at 2:43 a.m. on Dec. 30 -- his 23rd birthday.
I guess Lebron never heard of Bobby Phills.
