Hey, did you ever wish there were video highlights of politicians embarrassing themselves on a baseball diamond? If you answered yes to that question, welcome to the treasure trove.

LeBron James wanted to make a splash with his free agency, and with new reports surfacing he might be courting the Celtics’ Ray Allen to join a Miami “Dream Team,” that splash will only intensify.

Mikhail Prokhorov and Jay-Z are currently, as in right this very second, in the process of putting up a billboard across from Madison Square Garden that reads “Shots Fired.” Whoops, I mean, “Blueprint For Success.”

James Traub of the New York Times Magazine has a new profile on legendary Yankees closer Mariano Rivera. It’s an entertaining enough read, but one gets the sense that the qualities that make Rivera an all-time great on the mound also prevented the piece from being juicier.

What’s in a name? For Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan, very, very little, as Nigeria’s soccer team–which lost each of its first two games was eliminated in the group stage of this year’s World Cup.

Doc Rivers texted his buddies at the Boston Globe a little over an hour ago, telling them “I’m coming back. I want another crack at it with this group.”

When Michael Vick’s dogfighting co-defendant Quanis Phillips was shot at Vick’s recent birthday party in Virginia, Vick maintained he left the party well before the shooting occurred. Some new video evidence, however, appears to contradict his claim.

This is Paraguayan model/superfan Larissa Riquelme, and she has developed quite the cult following. Riquelme has promised to paint herself naked and run through the streets if Paraguay wins the World Cup. We need to make this happen.

After an unprecedented streak of 23 consecutive grand slam semi-finals made, Roger Federer has begun a new streak: 2 consecutive grand slam semi-finals…not made.

What do Ashley Cole’s derogatory status message and pictures of British players partying after their loss to Germany teach us? The English soccer team is painfully willy-nilly in regards to their Blackberry use.