postcards from the pug bus

PHILADELPHIA – When two pick-up teams featuring NBA stars LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony, and others lace up their $1,200 sneakers at Philadelphia’s Palestra tonight, they will be shadowed by at least a dozen hookers who plan to mount a protest outside the storied gymnasium. They hope to make the public aware that the Read More

FOXBORO, Mass. – Alexa Flutie, who finally made the New England Patriots cheerleading team this year, should consider a move to the CFL (Canadian Football League), says one scout, who asked not to be identified. “She’s too small and too slow for the National Football League (NFL),” said the scout. “She’d do better in Canada, Read More

BRISTOL, Conn. – Are we hallucinating or have college football uniforms become more and more gay looking these days? When your alma mater takes the field, do its team members look like football players or androgynous superheroes at a comic book convention? These are not rhetorical questions. If they were, ESPN would not have added an athletic Read More

LOS ANGELES – Jack Nicholson, the face of the Los Angeles Lakers, is close to signing with Maccabi Ashdod of the Israeli Basketball Super League, according to a report first aired on ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption yesterday. “There could be an announcement as early as this weekend,” a Maccabi team official told ESPN’s Tony Kornheiser. “We’re thrilled Read More