The Sports Chick Blog

 According to the NY Daily News, A-Rod and C-Rod are offically no longer. The case was settled today with the proceedings private. In other words we’ll never know all the juicy details … damn!!

But don’t worry loyal readers, the sports chick always finds the dirt!

 The Chick didn’t write this, ESPN did …

… “Bullpen Blowup

The Yankees traded Kyle Farnsworth on July 31, thinking their bullpen would hold up without the right-hander. However, things have not quite gone as planned — including Aug. 1, the bullpen has allowed three-plus earned runs in four of nine games, including nine runs in Saturday’s game vs the Angels. Here’s a breakdown:

BRING BACK MY FARNSYYYYY!!!!

Also, some news outlets reported that the fan total at Jet Camp yesterday was anywhere from 7,000 to 10,500, but my aching, tired, worn-out, sunburned body will atest that the actual total was 11,523. Yes the media is always right

Ok Ok I’m a Jets intern, but don’t look for inside info on the Jets here. I can say that ESPN.com is reporting that the Jets have received permission to talk to the great Brett Favre (as do the Tampa Bay “I Already Have 15 Million QB’s” Bucs).

Having Favre will just further confuse the entire Jets QB mess with Pennington, Clemens, and Ainge. But hey, If you can get Favre then DO IT!! The only thing is that supposedly the Cheeseheads want a 1st round pick and more in exchange, Eeehh! The Redskins didn’t have to bargain away a first rounder for Dancing Queen Taylor, so I honestly hope the Jets don’t wash away a good pick for the downgraded Favre. But what the hell do I know? I’m only an intern.

 ps- don’t freak the pic is a photoshop dream!

Basically my un-named day job is taking over my life, so here is one big, but kinda brief,  catch-up post!

• The Williams Sisters had another “who can grunt louder” match in Wimbledon on Saturday, and the modern day Wimbledon Queen, Venus, took Serena over.

• Also in Tennis, You know the swing-set playground saying, “first is the worst, second is the best, and third is the one with the hairy chest.”? Well, that proved true in the Gentlemen’s Singles Finals in Wimbledon yesterday as #2 Nadal beat #1 Federer. AND the match was the longest in history (4 hrs 48 minutes & 2 rain delays).

•  It was rivalry/Fourth of July weekend in MLB. You have Cubs-Cardinals, Dodgers-Giants, and of course Yankees-Red Sox, but the big story was the Brewers rental of C.C. Sabathia.

• The 2008 MLB All-Stars were announced:

  • Lonely A-Rod lead in overall numbers (3,934,518 votes), but his wife, Cynthia, wants no part of it!! C-ROD FILES FOR DIVORCE IN DADE COUNTY! 

  •  Jason Varitek (219 avg. 7 HR 27 RBI 19 assits) was voted in by the players and not AJ Pierzynski (299 avg 7 HR 32 RBI 29 assits) hmmmmmm Major League Diss?!?!

  • Mike Mussina (2nd in the AL with wins, 11) was cheated out of an All-Star game. But it’s OK, he rather be at the Lycoming County Fair in Hughesville, PA. Apparently the Moose loves their tractor pull!

  • THE STACHE’ & D-WRIGHT NEED YOUR VOTES … but don’t bother, the MLB will secretly find a way for Rays rookie, Evan “Don’t Call Me a Housewife” Longoria to win it!

  • 41 year old, Dara Torres, will make the US Olympic Swimming roster and Michael Phelps is a swim beast! US Sprinter, Tyson Gay, has a hamstring strain from an ugly fall, but will be OK for Beijing. Click here for ESPN’s US Olympic Trials coverage.

•  AND THE SPORTS CHICK HERSELF GOT A FOUL BALL AT HER LAST TRIP TO THE HOUSE THAT RUTH BUILT!!!!

check back later for more stuff that i can’t think of at the moment, and July’s 10 Questions w/ …

- Chick

 The NY Post and US Weekly both report that Yankees 3rd Baseman, Alex Rodriguez, is cheating on his wife AGAIN, but this time it’s with a familiar face …

… MADONNA??? Ewww, A-Rod must really have a thing for ugly blonde girls with butch arms. see here, here, and here.

However, a few sources tell me it’s complete bull. Plus, the main reason for the reports about A-Rod and Madge are that she was at the Yankees-Reds game on June 22nd with her two sons, Rocco and David, and her manager, Guy Oseary. OK stay with me, Guy Oseary is also A-Rod’s talent manager and little Rocco is a huge Yankees fan. Therefore, Madonna and her clan were only in A-Rod’s box seats because those are the seats her manger got her, phew!

Also, there was an interesting tid-bit on one of my favs, perez hilton. Perez reports that A-Rod’s wife, Cynthia, is actually the one doing the cheating …. with LENNY KRAVITZ!

So who do we believe? A-Rod, C-Rod, both, or neither?

I’ll believe neither until I hear more. PS- check out comment #67 on Perez Hilton’s C-Rod Cheating post, very very very interesting, No?

UPDATE 11:48am: Now I truly believe that both C-Rod and A-Rod are NOT CHEATING ON EACH OTHER!!!! The press always has a way of blowing up a small story. Here is a quote straight from Lenny Kravitz courtesy of PerezHilton.com:

A few words from Lenny Kravits:

“There is absolutely no affair between Cynthia Rodriguez and myself. This is unequivocally 100% not true.

Cynthia is a friend and is here with the godfather of her baby, who is also Alex’s trainer, his wife and their baby girl. She came here to escape from everything happening in New York City. I opened my home to her as a friend and I find it extremely hurtful that I am now being referred to as an adulterer.”

 Steroids are the hottest topic in sports, so hot that even non-sports loving people know of the subject. But many people don’t know exactly which drugs are steroids: HGH, the clear, the cream … yada yada yada. Now, the NY Daily News is reporting that that certain little blue pill also increases athletic performance, as well as other performance. Yes, we are thinking with the same dirty mind … it’s Viagra!

Viagra has said to improve athletic performance, as well as performance under the athletic supporter. According to the NY Daily News, Viagra was used by all BALCO clients, including Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi. The little blue pill was also a favorite of recent MLB punching bag, Roger Clemens (who kept his in a GNC vitamin bottle).

The paper also says that Viagra has many other-function besides it’s intended ED remedies:

Helps build endurance, especially for athletes who compete at high altitudes

Delivers oxygen, nutrients and performance-enhancing drugs to muscles more efficiently

Counteracts the impotence that can be a side-effect of testosterone injections

Now ED wasn’t the primary function for athletes, but it did help them to keep up with their hard parting lifestyle. Because you know it’s not easy playing hitting a baseball for three hours, then hitting other things for the rest of the night!! It seems that all along the story was not that performance enhancing drugs were all the rage in MLB, instead it was the little blue pill that gave the ballplayers the biggest smile on their faces. It produced wins, HRs, and an extra bonus after the game.

 Even though I’m the Sports Chick I can’t throw or catch for the life of me! All those genes were thankfully left to my brother! But even I have to cringe when I saw this video on YouTube. It is that of Mariah Carey throwing the first pitch at the recent Yomiuri Giants v. Rakuten Eagles baseball game at the Tokyo Dome.

Mariah is in Tokyo to promote her new CD, E=MC2, **cough and her new husband, Nick Cannon, cough cough**. After watching the horrendous throw you have to wonder if Derek Jeter ever talked the mechanics of a straight throw with his one time lover… probably not!

click on the picture above to view the sorry throw! and those heels!!

 I love the Yankess (no shock there), and like any other New York based Yankee fan I watch the games on the YES Network. You see Jon Miller on ESPN makes me wanna pull every effing hair out of my head (mainly because he is a Yankee-hater), on Fox if it’s not Joe Buck it’s a no-name announcer, and radio?!? forget it! You can only listen to John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman squwak for so long. So like I said before I watch my Yankees on YES.

My only pet-peeve about YES games is Michael Kay. He is a great announcer, but there are a few Michael Kay catch phrases I can live without! When I was browsing through the internet the other day I came across a website that had a “Michael Kay Drinking Game.” Basically everytime Mr. Kay says certain phrases you take a drink, shot, swig, whatever you want! So I decided to come up with my own MKDG buzz words! Enjoy, and trust me you’ll get shloshed by the 5th inning!!

1. “Only on YES” - I know YES has to plug their own shows and their catch phrase, but is “only on YES” the best slogan they came up with?
2. “See Ya…” - Ahhhhh, the classic Michael Kay HR call! Every announcer has one, and apparently Kay’s “See Ya!” is so catchy that little Natasha Rodriguez repeats it over and over when her Daddy is up at bat! Ahhh youth!
3. “Those Maple bats splinter all the time” - a new one for the 2008 season! Mo’s cutter can break any bat and Johnny Damon splits more wood than a lumberjack, but Michael Kay’s maple wood bitch fest is getting old!
4. “Paul O’Neill is eating once again” - Paul O’Neill maybe works 3 games a month for YES, and every inning I have to hear about what the great number 21 is eating instead of a play-by-play of the actual game!
5. “You know Girardi trusts Farnsworth, because he caught him in Chicago” - For me it’s always nice to hear about the Farns, but for the 2903790235726596th time WE ALL KNOW THAT JOE CAUGHT FARNSY!!!! It’s not that exciting!
6. “Michael Kay hosts …” - This one only counts if Kenny Singleton, John Flahtery, Bobby Murcer, Al Leiter, Nancy Newman, Paul O’Neill, or Bob Lorenz says it. Does YES have anyone else to hosts shows?
7. “Jim Kaat used to say that …” - Jim Kaat retired. Apparently Michael Kay misses him alot! Awwwweee announcer lovin’!
8. “Ohhhhhhh What A Play …” - There are many great palys in baseball, and ESPN has there top 10 web gems every night. Michael Kay thinks their should be at least 25 plays from the Yankee games that are web gem worthy! It’s that exciting!!!
9. “That was a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious catch by Derek Jeter.” - Michael Kay went to Fordham, most of us did not. Therefore, we must hear about it often followed by some big ass nerdy word that we’ve never heard before! That is unless your studying the SATs. In that case watching the YES Broadcast is a great study tool!
10. “Generation Trey” - that refers to Joba Chamberlain, Phil Hughes, and Ian Kennedy. Probably the stupidest nickname I ever heard for a group of three people. And Oh lemme recap: Joba is now a starter, Hughes has a mysterious cracked rib, and Kennedy has not one win (and is now on the 15 day DL with a strained lat), Generation Trey indeed!

 Cher is that you? Oops, No, it’s Kobe Bryant’s nut-case wife Vanessa. Did she really wear a tutu while Kobe got his MVP award? This definitely deserves a fine by the fashion police!!!

thanks to Perez!

 According to everyone and their mother Jose Canseco is now trying to be a boxer. The fight, with no opponent yet, will take place on July 12 in Atlantic City, NJ. Canseco is promoting without an opponent because he wants to attract a “big name” to face. Also if you win you will be paid the whooping celebrity sum of … $5,000. WTF! Who in their right mind with a “big name” would fight for that!?!

Canseco is also promoting himself as “the bad-boy of baseball.” Listen you small balled dope! The only thing bad about you was when Carlos Martinez’ long ball became a homerun when it bounced off your big steroid filled head!