Ken Griffey Jr. retires
The Kid announced his retirement this afternoon after 22 seasons, 630 home runs, 7 Silver Sluggers, 10 Gold Gloves, and numerous All-Star appearances. Here’s his press statement. Thanks, Junior.
Better than my favorite Super Bowl commercial?
Okay, I was a little disappointed with most of the ads that aired last night, especially considering it cost $2.5 million per 30 second spot (so you’d think they’d put a little more creativity and innovation into them). The Tebow ad wasn’t as controversial as everyone was making it out to be–at least, I had …
Barack the Sports Commentator
(Photo: Getty) The President attended the Georgetown-Duke basketball game earlier today, even offering a few minutes in the commentary booth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaBn3cVmQo0&feature=player_embedded I love this president.
Welcome back, Sasha
Sasha Cohen’s been out of competitive figure-skating for a few years, and at 25, she’s older than most of her competitors. Which makes her comeback and her bid to contend for this year’s Winter Olympics all the more awesome and impressive. Here’s her short program from the nationals earlier this week. She came second. Glad …
How to get Rafa Nadal to smile
By proposing to him, apparently. Thanks to Yahoo! Sports for the news: During the world No. 2’s second round match at the Aussie Open a woman in the stands yelled, “Hey, Nadal, will you marry me?”, much to the delight of others in the crowd and the Eurosport announcers broadcasting the match. At first Nadal …