The infamous "Black Sox Scandal" of 1919 kept one of the greatest players of the early baseball millennium out of the Hall of Fame–"Shoeless" Joe Jackson, to be precise.
Word today that homerun king (?) Barry Bonds has been indicted by the Feds on perjury and obstruction of justice charges stemming from his testimony about using/ [...]

As reported by Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times, here is a conversation between Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith on TNT’s "Inside the NBA":
Barkley: "I was reading that heavy drinking is not good for your health, so I have to stop."
Smith: "Stop drinking what?"
Barkley: "No, I gotta stop reading."

Now, don’t get me wrong.  I consider Joe Torrey the greatest sports spokesperson and public figure in the past 20 or 30 years, and I adore him.
However, the Dodgers’ hiring of Torre as manager is a bunch of things besides obtaining a first-rate baseball manager.
First of all, it represents the failure of Dodger ownership to figure [...]