Except for maybe one offseason when Frank McCourt was on the verge of bankruptcy, Dodger GM Ned Colletti has been like a kid with dad’s credit card – wildly spending with little or no repercussions. As the team is on the verge of offering Clayton Kershaw a contract in the $200 million range and after Colletti received a contract extension in the offseason and Don Mattingly did not, it’s time to go back and look at some of the worst deals...

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Did anyone else get as excited as we did at such milquetoast news? The Charlotte Bobcats are returning to their roots and bringing back the Hornets name. What they should have done in the announcement was have Larry Johnson, Muggsy Bogues and Alonzo Mourning there. Why did everyone love the Hornets so much when they came into existence back in 1988? Odds are because they were good almost from the very beginning (above .500 in their fourth year)...

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  Jake “The Snake” Roberts rarely comes up as anyone’s favorite wrestler from the glory days of the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was always overshadowed despite having one of the most popular and devastating finishing moves. Even fringe wrestling fans knew about The DDT. Even Roberts couldn’t describe what DDT stood for, and when asked he just said “The End.” Classic brainiac wrestler. Roberts...

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News came across my cell phone via a text from my buddy Dizz: “Noooo! Dick Trickle committed suicide! He couldn’t live with the best name in sports history???” While the facts aren’t crystallized on why Trickle shot himself in a cemetery (perhaps it’s easier to bury him that way?) we do know that he was one of the few racers we were aware of before NASCAR went mega-corporate. Why? Because one of the SportsCenter...

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“Today was a good day” It’s a chorus we all know, but maybe today wasn’t that good of a day as the Kings were voted to stay in Sacramento and not move the franchise to Seattle. We’ve already discussed how awful the Maloofs are (please, read it … it’s about Vegas and drinking and the Palms and the Maloofs … trust us, you’ll love it) but not being able to move a franchise to a city dying for an...

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My buddy texted me from the Warriors’ game the other night. He sent me a picture of his seats and then randomly drops that Dave Chappelle is sitting right behind him. While he didn’t provide a pic when I asked for proof, stories and photos came out revealing that Chappelle, indeed, is a big Warriors’ fan. Apparently, he was in hiding waiting for them to make a playoff appearance. Best of all, my friend’s girlfriend...

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