City Of Brotherly Shove Can Laugh Too

They may be known for booing Santa but those Philadelphians can play a joke too.

How else would you explain Marty Miller and Bruce Levine? (Oh c'mon! We kid because we care.)

From their Spring Training camp in Clearwater, the Phillies are in a joking mood. CSN-Philadelphia was in on - and then aired - an elaborate practical joke played on pitcher Kyle Kendrick.

Elaborate may be an understatement.

Bugs & Cranks explains:

"Evil genius Brett Myers concocted a plan where assistant GM Ruben Amaro and manager Charlie Manuel would inform 2nd year pitcher Kyle Kendrick that he was traded to a Japenese team in exchange for another pitcher. Practically the entire clubhouse was in on it, from the newspaper reporters to Kyle’s agent. Kendrick was even slapped with a fake itinerary to Japan, fake press release and fake trade papers to his new squad."

Trade paper and itinerary courtesy Phila. Inquirer / The Zo Zone

Here is how CSN-Philadelphia told the story:



(Thanks again to Bugs & Cranks)


Instant classic!

Football announcer arrested, tasered, injured, jailed, embarrassed

Here's a first: getting news from TMZ.com.

Josh Booty, a 2-sport professional athelete and football TV-radio announcer was arrested for DUI Wednesday morning in Southern California. Police had to use a taser to control Booty, who wasn't very cooperative with police.

According to TMZ:

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Booty was taken to the Orange County Jail, where he was booked -- and that's when he went ballistic.

O.C. Sheriff's spokesperson Jim Amormino tells TMZ, "Booty was belligerent and uncooperative." Amormino says his deputies used a taser -- "less than lethal force" - to contain him.

After being tazed, Josh fell to the ground, hitting his head on the floor and cracking it open. He was taken to a hospital where he was stitched up.

Josh is the brother of USC quarterback John David Booty. Fight on!

Don't forget the obligatory mugshot!

(TMZ.com)

Josh Booty has had quite the athletic career. He was a 1st round pick by the Florida Marlins in 1994, spent 5 years in the organization and hit .269 in the Majors. He was a member of the 1997 World Champions and has the ring to prove it.

Turning to football, Booty was drafted by Seattle in the 6th round of the 2001 NFL draft. The QB was traded to Cleveland where he served as a back up for 3 seasons. He signed a 2-year contract last March with Oakland, but was released during training camp in July. Booty failed to catch on with another team.

He has worked for Fox Sports and NFL Network plus Sirius and ESPN radio.

Ironically, Josh Booty is a spokesman for TruMRI in Beverly Hills.

When they examine his head, maybe he'll get an employee discount.

LAKERS BYNUM DROPS LIVE F-BOMB ON CHINA

The assault on our virgin ears continues!

LA Lakers center Andrew Bynum spoke a little too freely with FSN West's Patrick O'Neil during a live post game interview on Friday Night.

The broadcast was also fed live to China among other unsuspecting countries via NBA TV.



Bynum's goof was unintentional, and he was even kinda cute when he realized what he did.

This wasn't the first time a Lakers telecast has featured adult content. A promotional effort for Fox's reality show "The Simple Life" led to this infamous mid-game interview FSN West's Bill MacDonald conducted with Nicole Ritchie during the height of Kobe Bryant's 2003 sexual assault controversy.



We don't know whether Ritchie ever had her way Bryant or vice versa, but she sure as heck-fire had sex with somebody. Nicole gave birth to a daughter on Friday. Husband Joel Madden claims to be the father.

CHAD JOHNSON TO CBS SPORTS: I DON'T SET AND I WON'T STRIKE

On Sunday, Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson got behind a CBS camera thinking just like all veteran cam ops.



And like many veteran camera ops, Johnson felt slighted when his creativity was unappreciated.



But unfortunately, like some veteran camera ops, Johnson's emotions led him to forget he had one of the best jobs in the world.


Yeah, maybe some veteran directors should remember they have pretty good jobs, too.

In a related story, IBEW's Lloyd Webster spent three days in vain trying to contact Johnson about Local 1212 initiation and first month's dues payments.

DON'T LET YOUR HEAD GET STUCK IN THE DOORWAY ON YOUR WAY OUT

Bobble Heads courtesy of imwritingsports.com

How many hours have we all waited to shoot interviews with jerks like this who's heads are too big to show up?

Another down, but unfortunately many more to go.