- The Anaheim Ducks held off the Ottawa Senators last night, 3-2, and are now one victory away from winning the Stanley Cup. Ducks teammates Scott and Rob Neidermayer are on the verge of the greatest accomplishment by a brothers duo since that glorious summer in fifth grade when Mario and Luigi finally beat “Mario 3″ without warping.
- Coney Island’s minor-league Brooklyn Cyclones played baseball for 24 straight hours against a rotating array of opponents, including sideshow freaks, circus clowns, and a group of tee-ballers. The bizarre charity event was concocted after the team’s original idea – “play baseball with Mo Vaughn” – was deemed too unsettling for New Yorkers.
- Tour de France commissioner Christian Prudhomme publicly admitted that he cannot guarantee that this year’s race will be completely drug-free. Similarly, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced that he also cannot guarantee that the upcoming football season will be completely free of players training dogs to fight each another.
- Continuing Alex Rodriguez Headline-Gate, ESPN’s Page 2 compiles an amusing collection of some of A-Rod’s past New York Post covers. I personally think the article would have been funnier if they’d Photoshopped joke covers instead of just using a bunch of real ones.
- Finally, in a rare clash of music and sports that I guess I’m obligated to cover, this person is claiming that Win Butler from Arcade Fire stole his basketball at a gym. Presumably, the pickup game involved 15 people playing at once and devolved into guys pounding drumsticks onto each others’ helmets. (via Gorilla vs Bear)
