Is Milton Bradley’s Son The Reason He’s Distracted?
In a phone interview with the Chicago Sun-Times last week, Charlena Rector, the mother of beleaguered Cubs OF Milton Bradley, tried to come to her son’s aid and flesh out the motivation behind the recent frustrations that eventually led to his season-ending suspension.
Without even detailing exactly what Rector said, you just know there’s a whopper coming. Can you feel it?
Looking Back At Your 1969-70 Fantasy Basketball Team
It’s Tuesday and in four weeks the 2009-10 NBA season will officially begin. Many of us are already gathering notes together for our basketball fantasy drafts. I know, right? You can hardly control your excitement. Well, Sidelines can’t control its excitement. So for the five weeks leading up to the season tip-off, we’re thumbing through our old fantasy notebooks, cringing at our past selections and revisiting our top 10 fantasy picks from each of the seasons that introduced us to a new decade, starting with the season that introduced us to the 70s. Bill Russell had just retired that summer after the Celtics won their 10th Championship in 11 years. Meanwhile, Wes Unseld entered his first year in the league, legitimized the Bullets and promptly won the MVP.
Enjoy and we’ll see you on October 27.
Simple Question: Why Do The FOX Robots Warm-Up?
Week Sauce: Where Badgers Have Courage For Miles
Here’s a recap of the weirdest or most overlooked sports stories on the Interweb this week. Plus, as you’ve come to expect, in this space, no one can hear you scream.
A Reminder To Athletes About How Twitter Works
Imagine you had a dirty joke that you like telling in familiar company. This joke you’re imagining is filthy. Heinous. The kind of joke that demands you hunch your shoulders and lean in close to the people you tell it to. Handled properly, there isn’t necessarily anything wrong with these jokes (although there might be something wrong with you for thinking they’re funny), but their relative harmlessness doesn’t mean you’d want to tell this joke over a bullhorn to a group of randomly gathered strangers either.
See? Celtic swingman Marquis Daniels doesn’t get that.
