
| Posted: Tuesday June 6, 2006 10:13AM; Updated: Tuesday June 6, 2006 11:14AM
1. An Ohio man has reclaimed the world record for endurance bowling by rolling his 12-pound ball for 102 consecutive hours. Wow, we wouldn't want to be the guy who rents those shoes next. 2. The Lakers have begun three days of online voting for the name of their new NBA Development League franchise. Here's our vote: "There But For The Grace Of Kobe Go I." 3. ESPN has pulled the plug on Bonds on Bonds after the network said that Bonds' representatives wanted creative control for the final episode. In all, only 4˝ of the planned 10 hours will make it on the air. In related news, doctors can now add to the list of things that are shrunk by steroids. 4. The United States has warned Germany that it should do more to stop the influx of sex workers arriving for this month's World Cup. Indeed, it's not the American way for fans to be serviced by thousands of prostitutes. Here in the States, it's the teams themselves that screw the fans. 5. As 10 Spot reader Brian Jones of Jacksonville astutely points out, the NBA Finals already have a winner: "The naming-rights guy from American Airlines." Indeed, the Mavericks play in American Airlines Center while the Heat call American Airlines Arena home. Presumably, the airline is hoping for a seven-game series to maximize the number of on-air plugs. 6. FIFA has selected a five-note song called Bamboo as the official World Cup melody. That fittingly works out to one note for each goal that will be scored all month. 7. The 10 Spot has generally been quite bored by the ongoing squabble between the Titans and quarterback Steve McNair. Frankly, that's our feeling about any ongoing sports story that hogs headlines without lending itself to pithy punch lines, or at least any jokes that can be generated by our feeble minds. Still, now we fear we have missed the humor inherent in this struggle. To briefly recap, the team barred McNair from working out at the team facility. McNair filed a grievance and won the right to pump some of the Titans' iron. Now the team says McNair can't use the facility unless he passes a physical. Hmm. If the Titans were so worried about McNair's health, shouldn't they, say, have been allowing him to receive treatment? Or perhaps engage in a fitness regimen designed to lessen the chance of injury? Maybe take a nice dip in the whirlpool? It's enough to make a guy feel like he's not particularly wanted. 8. Maggie the Monkey, the nine-year-old primate that picks games for Canadian sports network TSN, has predicted that the Oilers will win the Stanley Cup. Don't scoff; this is one talented monkey. Maggie has even been able to locate OLN using her remote control. 9. The Steelers received their Super Bowl rings in a team ceremony on Sunday. In a nice gesture, the Steelers also chipped in to buy the officials some lovely 24-karat gold whistles. 10. The producers of FOX's Trading Spouses are soliciting a family of Red Sox fans to appear in an upcoming episode. The family will reportedly come home to find a new mom and Big Papi.
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