(2004-01-31) — A little known provision of the so-called Patriot Act allows federal authorities to confiscate the Carolina Panthers’ playbook and carry out sneak-and-peek inspections of the team’s pre-Super Bowl strategy sessions.
U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft said, “This is nothing that we couldn’t do with any other combatant against the finest American Patriots. There is […]

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(2004-01-11) — Veteran Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre tonight accused radio talkshow host Rush Limbaugh of bias after the Packer’s 20-17 overtime loss to Donovan McNabb’s Philadelphia Eagles.
Mr. McNabb got off to the worst start of his career this season, and was the NFL’s lowest-rated starting quarterback. But the Eagles’ fortunes seemed to change in […]

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(2004-01-05) — Las Vegas oddsmakers have revised the line on Pete Rose getting admitted to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in the wake of his admission that he gambled on baseball during his stint as a team manager.
“It’s about even odds now,” said an unnamed Vegas bookie. “As a 14-year unrepentant liar, he […]

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(2004-01-02) — The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) computer yesterday announced that it had “changed its mind” and would declare the University of Southern California Trojans champions of NCAA Division I-A football. The computer also said it would resign effective January 5, “to pursue other interests.”
In a news release emailed to sports reporters across the nation, […]

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(2003-12-08) — Officials of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) today reversed a previous decision and ruled that the No. 3 USC Trojans will face the No. 2 LSU Tigers in the Sugar Bowl for the national championship of NCAA Division I football.
Initially, BCS computer calculations had pitted the No. 1 University of Oklahoma Sooners against […]

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(2003-12-05) — Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb today attributed his team’s playoff berth to sports media people who were “very desirous that a black quarterback do well,” as radio host Rush Limbaugh remarked earlier this season.
“If it hadn’t been for all the hype about me in the sports press, we’d never be 10-3 now,” said […]

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(2003-12-01) — Although the Bush administration plans to drop tariffs designed to protect American steel producers, a senior administration official said the President will also announce a new measure to protect the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers.
“It will just be a short-term thing, to help them get back on their feet,” said the unnamed White House official. […]

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(2003-10-26) — With Florida State’s win over Wake Forest yesterday coach Bobby Bowden overtook Penn State’s Joe Paterno, becoming the winningest coach in Division 1-A football history. Within hours after Mr. Paterno led his squad to its sixth loss of the season, Penn State announced the veteran coach had been fired.
While the termination of the […]

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(2003-10-26) — Just hours after their champagne-soaked victory celebration in the decisive game six of the baseball World Series, the Florida Marlins have agreed to sell their championship trophy to the New York Yankees for an undisclosed amount.
“I was a little surprised at the Yankees’ offer,” said Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria, “but we could use […]

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(2003-10-15) — For the second time this season a corking scandal has rocked the Chicago Cubs in the wake of their improbable 8-3 loss last night to the Florida Marlins. This time a fan is the target of the investigation.
An unidentified Cubs fan, who snatched a foul ball away from the outstretched glove of Chicago […]

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