Maybe Jay-Z should stick to rapping. According to MediaTakeOut.com, LeBron James ignored the hip-hop star's phone calls while mulling which franchise to sign with. I would imagine Nets majority owner Mikhail Prokhorov couldn't have been happy since, as once unidentified source put it, "It made [Jay Z] look like he couldn't deliver to the Nets management" . . .
How telling is it that two of the top-three most-hated teams in history (at least according to SI.com) were coached by Jimmy Johnson? The 1986 University of Miami Hurricanes and the 1992 Dallas Cowboys . . .
Tiger Woods announcing that he plans to play at the Bridgestone Invitational is as newsworthy as the latest Lindsay Lohan prison meltdown . . .
Note to Miguel Batista: I don't think many men would feel gypped if Miss Iowa knocked on their front door . . .
After speaking with Mets fans over the weekend, it's clear that the Jason Bay "Bobble-Head Doll" is closer to their hearts than is Bay himself . . .
Tough loss for the Mets last night. After surviving an horrendous opening inning from Johan Santana, NY stormed back to tie the game at seven and send the contest into extra-innings. Unfortunately, Albert Pujols waited until the 13th inning to drive in his only run of the game and send the Mets home with a heartbreaking 8-7 loss . . .
Alex Rodriguez can't hit his 600th homer soon enough. The NY media has been discussing the "event" ad nauseum for the past week. And truthfully, although I am a Yankees fan, I care as much about A-Rod's milestone as I did about Barry Bonds "breaking" Hank Aaron's home run record--which was not at all. Steroids and PEDs invalidate the stats of both players in my mind . . .
Speaking of the Yanks, the Bombers trounced the Indians last night 8-0, as every starting player had at least one hit except for Derek Jeter. (Jeter did fly out to the warning track in the 5th inning) Five Yankees had two hits . . .
Passing 1,000 RBIs was an impressive accomplishment for Yankees C Jorge Posada (1,002). Only 11 other catchers in history have done so. Posada has more career RBIs than any other active catcher with the exception of Ivan Rodriguez (1,292) . . .
Gotta love the Red Sox--well, not really. But you do have to respect their tenacious character. Just when it looked as if they were poised for a second-half collapse into oblivion, Boston completed a three-game sweep of the Angels in Los Angeles . . .
Expect the Strasburg's Rules to be even dumber than the Joba Rules . . .
Excellent move by the Jets signing veteran QB Mark Brunell to back-up Mark Sanchez. Brunell's leadership and experience will prove invaluable to the young quarterback . . .
At least one sports columnist has drank the Kool-Aid being served by Jets coach Rex Ryan--SI.com's Don Banks, who has installed the Jets at #1 in his NFL Pre-Season Power Rankings. Banks is just one of the people who will be disappointed by New York's performance this season . . .
Bengals management should consider adding a prop guy to its roster now that the franchise will reportedly house the NFL's two biggest clowns--Terrell Owens and Chad "the wide receiver formerly known as Johnson." Batman and Robin. Siskel and Ebert. No, Chad, it's more like Beavis and Butthead . . .
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