06.24.2008 8:47 am
Tipsheet listened to Don Imus today, eager to hear him respond to the heat he got for comments about Adam “Don’t Call Me Pacman” Jones.
Our take? Imus was ripping the practice of racial profiling, not the oft-arrested Jones, with his…

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06.18.2008 8:28 am
Why did the Mets let Willie Randolph fly to the West Coast with his team? Why did the club allow him to manage one more game before firing him in the middle of the night?
Because the organization is a…

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06.17.2008 8:25 am
Tipsheet still chuckles at the memory of Jeff Weaver’s news conference in Seattle, after Scott Boras duped Mariners general manager Bill Bavasi into signing the ragged ex-Cardinal.
Bavasi actually appeared smug about his acquisition. Of course, we all knew that Weaver…

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06.13.2008 8:32 am
Bengals receiver Chad Johnson threatened to sit out the season if the team didn’t meet his trade demand. Unmoved, Bengals management told him to go ahead and sit.
Johnson changed course and showed up for the team’s mandatory mini-camp He didn’t…

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06.09.2008 7:14 am
A week ago, after Ozzie Guillen’s latest nuclear meltdown, many Chitown pundits were calling for White Sox general manager Kenny Williams to fire his mercurial manager.
But apparently there was method to Ozzie’s madness. His hitters FINALLY woke up.
The White…

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06.05.2008 7:19 am
Braves pitcher John Smoltz is 41 years old. He has been a starter, a closer, a starter again and (briefly) a reliever again. He has come back from multiple elbow surgeries. Today, his shoulder feels shot.
But the Associated Press reports…

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06.03.2008 8:05 am
The Broncos cut star-crossed running back Travis Henry, citing his lack of commitment.
SI.com reported that former Bengals linebacker Odell Thurman faces another indefinite NFL suspension for failing another substance abuse test.
These are two of the sadder stories in the…

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06.02.2008 5:08 am
Ozzie Guillen hadn’t drawn extra attention to himself in several days. So when his White Sox lost 4-3 at Tampa Bay, the volatile skipper publicly challenged his general manager to shake up the roster.
Today ought to be an interesting…

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05.30.2008 7:02 am
This season has been kind to some of baseball’s lower-revenue teams. The Tampa Bay Rays are threatening to make the playoffs.
The young Florida Marlins have been surprisingly good, too. But the good cheer hasn’t extended to Missouri’s left coast,…

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