11:11 p.m. | July 28 | by The Big Nasty Athletic Dept.

Baseball Purism Turns its Attention to Cool Lookin’ Shoes

Since he has nothing else to do, like coach a playoff bound baseball team, Florida Marlins manager Edwin Rodriguez took his frustrations of being in baseball limbo out on Giants pitcher Brian Wilson...'s shoes.

9:12 p.m. | July 27 | by The Big Nasty Athletic Dept.

Terrence Cody Can’t Kick off NFL Career, Apparently He’s too Big to do That

It's Terrence Cody's turn for unwanted media attention now that Dez Bryant has backpedaled ever so swiftly in wake of shoulderpadgate. The former Alabama tackle has been ruled out of Ravens training camp due to an ongoing battle with weight that he certainly appears to be losing at the moment. {Yahoo! Sports}

8:53 p.m. | July 27 | by The Big Nasty Athletic Dept.

The Apocalypse Continues its Hot Pursuit of Lane Kiffin

This definitely isn't what Lane Kiffin signed up for when he left the Tennessee Volunteers holding their planters for what he figured to be greener pastures. Karma's one thing, but this is on some voodoo shit.

10 a.m. | July 27 | by Big Nasty

Has Kevin Iole Lost His Mind?

Right now on Kevin Iole's Yahoo! Sports blog (is it still called Cagewriter? Still pissed I didn't think of that name), Iole takes the spurs to Anderson Silva. Iole encourages the complacent Middleweight champion to 'step up his game' after an intentionally poor showing in his last, dare I say, fight with a mismatched Damien Maia.

8:40 p.m. | July 26 | by The Big Nasty Athletic Dept.

LeBron James Continues Heel Turn, This Time in Vegas

That's right, America, feed into it. Hate him nice and good, all the way up until you're nice and wet for that first start where you want him to lose so bad. Then you'll forget why you hate him once him, Wade, and Bosh inevitably Godzilla the shit out of the NBA.

8:30 p.m. | July 26 | by The Big Nasty Athletic Dept.

Bengals to Support Cancer, In Talks With Terrell Owens

Is Terrell Owens destined to be a Bengal? That's what Mike Brown would like to believe. But while an Ochocinco/T.O. pairing on paper makes the Bengal's character problems of years past look like an episode of Bad Girls Club, two receivers on the back end of their careers (one more than the other) and hungry for a championship may make this thing work after all. Or not.