Blatant Plug: NBA Draft Live Blog(s)

Because I’m a major celebrity (actually, I just think Rod Thulin was busy), I’ll be spending much of tomorrow live blogging NBA drafts past (1993) and present (2008) with the good folks at Yahoo! Sports. At 11 a.m. tomorrow Kelly Dwyer, Andrew Lawrence...

Be afraid, be very afraid

The day that the Padres announced that they were releasing Jim Edmonds and his .178 batting average, his declining outfield range and his suitcase full of mascara I started to worry a little bit. Edmonds, so full of veteran moxie and gamertude that old-school GMs like...

Daily Dose: Nice throw, Engelberg

Hello again, everybody, your old pal Karry Ling here with today’s Daily Dose. I got a call from Andy last night around 9:30 p.m. and it was pretty much just a stream of profanity directed at Michael Barrett, lazy Cubs’ pitchers and Dusty and it ended with,...

Scooping Out Chip’s Corner

I know how you kids love the long-running features (like the pretend TV show Andy is foisting on us every Tuesday), so I’m starting one of my own. If the Atlanta Braves insist on publishing the Chip Caray Crapfest “Chip’s Corner” on their Web...

Cactus League Diaries — Position Players Report

Hello again, everybody, it’s your old pal Karry Ling here and I have taken the Desipio jet (Greyhound) out to Santa Fe (Mesa, Arizona) to file the first of my reports from spring training! It’s my first real road trip since I left for Athens in the fall...

Do you climax too soon?

Hello again, everybody! Your old pal Karry Ling here again with a subject that is near and dear to all of us. If you listen to sports radio in Chicago (and if you do, I’m sorry), you have probably heard a commercial for a product that promises to prolong your...