Here are some nuggets as the NBA starts its own version of the final four:
• Charles Barkley said last night he has repaid the $400,000 he owed a Las Vegas casino and that he will stop gambling, at least for a year or two. Of course, that was before he got 3-1 odds on the rocker guy in tonight's American Idol final.
• Boston's Jon Lester pitched the season's first no-hitter last night in a 7-0 win against the Royals. After being diagnosed with cancer less than two years ago, the 24-year-old has returned to win the World Series-clinching game last fall and now twirl a no-no. Theologians are now frantically debating whether his karma ledger is back to even.
• The Red Sox fan-construction worker who buried the David Ortiz jersey that the Yankees spent $50,000 to dig up at the new Yankee Stadium is now telling friends that he buried at least one more item -- an official game program from the 2004 ALCS. The guy won't say where in the ground it's hidden, except that it's not far from the Bombers' 2008 season.
• Heat star Dwayne Wade bought his mom a church as a gift. Nice story. Apparently his mom wanted a special place to pray that the Star Jones rumors aren't true.
• The Bengals have released troubled linebacker Odell Thurman just a month after the NFL reinstated him from a two-season suspension. The team says that re-signing Thurman would have put it over the felony cap.
• The NBA Draft lottery will be held tonight, and how can you not love it? It's the only lottery where every player is guaranteed to become a millionaire. In fact, the only ones that ever seem to lose are the Knicks.
• Former Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson has landed on his feet as a Bucks assistant. Hey, every organization needs a guy who can really work the phones.
• As an SI.com package highlights, Philly's pro sports teams have now gone a combined 100 seasons without winning a title. Suck it up, say Cubs fans.
• Story you might have missed: It was on the SI.com front page for a while, but perhaps you overlooked the tale of a photographer at a Utah high school track meet who was speared through the leg with a javelin -- and continued to work. He even snapped a picture of the javelin that was lodged in (actually, more like "through") his limb. Apparently it was all in a day's work for the former Marine, 33-year-old Ryan McGeeney. This story particularly intrigued me, though, because I now wonder whether we are related. Not because getting speared with a javelin runs in my family (though it does), but because my paternal grandmother was a McGeeney. Loyal 10 Spot readers might recall that Irish football legend Kieran McGeeney -- the former Armagh captain and national MVP who now coaches Kildare -- is my second cousin. Anyway, I can't tell if there's a family resemblance because the only picture accompanying the story is of a leg with a giant spear jutting through it. But I will stay on the job.
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Theologians are now frantically debating whether his karma ledger is back to even.
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the 10 Spot can all agree he is back to .500, can't we?
gill | 05/20/08, 02:00 PM
Report Offensive CommentFelony cap - instant classic
buddy&ozzy | 05/20/08, 02:01 PM
Report Offensive CommentStory you might have missed: It was on the SI.com front page for a while, but perhaps you overlooked the tale of a photographer at a Utah high school track meet who was speared through the leg with a javelin
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That's going to leave a mark!
Jumpin' Joe | 05/20/08, 02:02 PM
Report Offensive CommentIs that a javelin in your leg, or are you just happy to see me?
buddy&ozzy | 05/20/08, 02:02 PM
Report Offensive CommentBoston's Jon Lester pitched the season's first no-hitter last night in a 7-0 win against the Royals. After being diagnosed with cancer less than two years ago, the 24-year-old has returned to win the World Series-clinching game last fall and now twirl a no-no.
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I think Congress should start investigating getting Cancer out of sports. First Lemieux, then Lance Armstrong, now Lester. Cheaters all of them, first cheating death now cheating with the PEDs (Performance Enhaning Diseases)
manta | 05/20/08, 02:03 PM
Report Offensive CommentWow, great job finding punchlines on some of those somber lead-ins.
Caveman HC6 | 05/20/08, 02:04 PM
Report Offensive Comment"That was a torroble thing to do", Barkley was quoted a saying.
Met2008 | 05/20/08, 02:05 PM
Report Offensive CommentI remember my 8th grade gym teacher telling me that the only the event I was any good at in Track and Field was 'javelin catcher'. Now it looks like I even have competition for that.
Rickapolis-Bard of Who's Who | 05/20/08, 02:06 PM
Report Offensive CommentThe Red Sox fan-construction worker who buried the David Ortiz jersey that the Yankees spent $50,000 to dig up at the new Yankee Stadium is now telling friends that he buried at least one more item
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Is the Jimmy Hoffa saga now over?
Caveman HC6 | 05/20/08, 02:07 PM
Report Offensive CommentIs that a javelin in your leg, or are you just happy to see me?
buddy&ozzy
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If you're a doctor, I'd have to say, both.
The 10 Spot | 05/20/08, 02:07 PM
Report Offensive CommentCharles Barkley said last night he has repaid the $400,000 he owed a Las Vegas casino and that he will stop gambling, at least for a year or two. Of course, that was before he got 3-1 odds on the rocker guy in tonight's American Idol final.
Upon hearing the news, John Daly called and offered "Hey Chuck, 50 large says I can lay off the gambling longer than you"
buddy&ozzy | 05/20/08, 02:07 PM
Report Offensive CommentEeesh, the javelin thing reminds me of watching that Big Medicine show where the docs did a coccyxcetomy on an overweight person (i.e., her tailbone was bulging out from her skin).
Brian K Jones | 05/20/08, 02:08 PM
Report Offensive CommentP, did it last more than four hours?
Brian K Jones | 05/20/08, 02:09 PM
Report Offensive CommentPhilly's pro sports teams have now gone a combined 100 seasons without winning a title.
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Maybe they oughta ask Santa for a title for Christmas.
Caveman HC6 | 05/20/08, 02:09 PM
Report Offensive CommentMr. Thurman? Jerry Jones on line 2.
buddy&ozzy | 05/20/08, 02:09 PM
Report Offensive Commenti.e., her tailbone was bulging out from her skin
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*vomits*
uh, sorry about that...
gill | 05/20/08, 02:11 PM
Report Offensive CommentThurman was then signed by the Raiders who are upset that the Bengals and the Cowboys are trying to steal their title as the NFL's most wanted.
TMH82 | 05/20/08, 02:12 PM
Report Offensive CommentThe NBA Draft lottery will be held tonight, and how can you not love it? It's the only lottery where every player is guaranteed to become a millionaire. In fact, the only ones that ever seem to lose are the Knicks.
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Hush now. The commissioner is busy taping the '#1' tag to the bottom of the fish bowl as we speak.
Rickapolis-Bard of Who's Who | 05/20/08, 02:13 PM
Report Offensive CommentGill - I said to my wife after it was removed: "Beef...it's what's for dinner."
Brian K Jones | 05/20/08, 02:14 PM
Report Offensive CommentBarkley may have finally found something where he can beat Michael Jordan... gambling losses.
Caveman HC6 | 05/20/08, 02:14 PM
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