Obligatory Sports Babe

This morning we’ll go with Elena Dementieva, who pushed Serena Williams to the brink in their semi-final at Wimbledon, and looked pretty not bad in losing. An enthralling match.

Andruw Jones All-Stars

Oh, this is fun. Fanhouse has decided to name its Andruw Jones All-Stars—the major league players who least helped “his team in comparison to expectations -- whether monetary or from management.” And guess how overlooked the Blue Jays are? They didn’t even put Vernon Wells on the list!

Ariza or Artest?

The LA Times’ resident sports-poet-crackpot / Fire Joe Morgan victim, Bill Plaschke, doesn’t feel the need to look beyond the simplest, most superficial non-reasons in explaining why the Lakers should have kept Trevor Ariza in favour of Ron Artest.

Michael Owen Is First Class

The Spoiler is telling us that “If the bookmakers are to be believed, Manchester United could be on the verge of filling the Carlos Tevez sized gap in their squad with a striker who is sincere, clean & fresh and, most importantly of all, first class.” Er… that would be Mickey Owen.

What Happened To Moneyball?

Steven Soderberg supposedly scripted some script based on the book Moneyball, which was going to be a movie featuring Brad Pitt (Billy Beane) and Demetri Martin (Paul DePodesta). Apparently it got axed at the last minute, for spurious reasons. Gawker has the latest gossip.

Philly Boy!

It’s already got a tonne of views on it, but do I look like I care? No. I don’t. Here’s Phil Mickelson—Philly Boy!—making a crazy backwards bunker shot. Nails!