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Dan Marino fathered love child with CBS production assistant
January 31, 2013 · No comments

Dan Marino, the married former Miami Dolphins great turned CBS analyst, fathered a love child with a network production assistant in 2005, the New York Post reported Thursday. Marino's scheduled to work CBS' coverage of Super Bowl XLVII Sunday...MORE

Mantai Te’o's finished on Madison Avenue before he even gets started
January 30, 2013 · No comments

Notre Dame middle linebacker Mantai Te'o's NFL endorsement career may be over before it even gets started due to his imaginary girlfriend. "If you can't believe him about his girlfriend, how can you believe him with a product in his hand? asks sports marketing expert Bob Dorfman...MORE

Miami Vice: Marlins owner Jeff Loria cons taxpayers who paid for his new ballpark
November 14, 2012 · No comments

This one's such a crime they should call in Crockett and Tubbs to investigate. After conning fans and politicians into building them a new $515 million stadium, the Miami Marlins are trading almost all their stars to the Toronto Blue Jays...MORE

Lance Armstrong stripped of 7 Tour de France wins; fired by Oakley sunglasses
October 22, 2012 · No comments

Lance Armstrong is finished as an endorser. On Monday, he was fired by one of his last remaining sponsors, Oakley, after cycling's governing body stripped him of his seven Tour de France titles and banned him for life. Armstrong was previously booted by Nike, A-B and others...MORE

Domino Effect: Lance Armstrong’s fall could spark global exodus of cycling sponsors
October 21, 2012 · 1 comment

Pro cycling is in trouble following Lance Armstrong's crash and burn. Dutch Rabobank pulled its sponsorship Friday, saying "it's no longer convinced that the international professional world of cycling can make this a clean and fair sport."

Ex-Reds superstar Eric Davis: It’s not just black athletes who go broke
October 11, 2012 · No comments

Ex-Cincinnati Reds superstar Eric Davis notes its not just black athletes who go broke due to bad investments. Look at Mets owners and others. "Guys have taken millions from Harvard-educated grads," Davis says. Eric the Red also weighs in on who should win AL MVP from the MLB Fan Cave in New York...MORE

Payback’s a bitch. It was payback time by media for Roger Goodell’s NFL
September 27, 2012 · No comments

Pro football's long national nightmare is over: the NFL's real referees are returning to work for Week 4. While we're doing post-mortems, let's take a look at the sports media's often over-the-top coverage of the replacement refs controversy...MORE

Fed-up football fans petition NFL: Bring back real referees — NOW!
September 25, 2012 · No comments

The NFL's Sleepless in Seattle after the worst officiating blunder of the season by incompetent, scab refs cost the Green Bay Packers the game vs. the Seattle Seahawks Monday night. The debacle in Seattle is igniting a fan petition to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to bring back the real refs -- NOW

How do you blow $26 million in 6 years? Just ask Vince Young, the latest broke athlete
September 19, 2012 · No comments

Add QB Vince Young to the sad list of pro athletes who've burned through millions of dollars and ended up broke or close to it. Young is almost out of money after getting $26 million in guaranteed money from the Tennessee Titans in 2006, says Yahoo! Sports.