Minor league baseball team the Grand Prairie (Tx.) AirHogs have a promotion where one fan will win a free funeral. The prize is simply to die for.
Treble in fear
Cowboys QB Tony Romo sang “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” May 11 at Wrigley Field and it’s fair to say he won’t be gaining any Crackerjack endorsements from his performance. At least it wasn’t a duet with flame Jessica Simpson.
Win and tonic
Are the Atlanta Hawks out of the mix because of stiffer drinks? Boston media has reported that before Game 7 in Beantown the hotel staff was instructed to double the amount of alcohol put in anything Atlanta’s players ordered. This likely won’t stir up sympathy, but may explain the Hawks pour performance.
Putting the ‘cross’ in “crossover”
Dwyane Wade bought his mother a church in Chicago. Her sermons are surely fiery; after all, her son plays for the Heat.
Shucking Korn
Curmudgeonly columnist Tony Kornheiser has accepted a buyout from The Washington Post, where he worked for nearly three decades. On the bright side, he’s now free to spend more time with Michael Wilbon.
Getting Huffy
Texans wideout Andre Johnson bought several hundred bikes to give to underprivileged youth on May 3 and Wal-Mart was supposed to supply water and ice, but the store didn’t hold up it’s end of the bargain, according to Johnson. So much for trickle down economics.
Swingers
Where can true amateur golfers participate in a tournament with poker rules? Vegas, baby, Vegas. The World Series of Golf in 2009, in the country’s casino capital, will yield a jackpot of $1.5 million. However, it costs $200K to compete, plus in-game betting, so before they even step on the greens, entrants are already in the hole.
Bada Lady Byng
Versus network will broadcast the NHL awards live on June 12. We’d watch, but our Hart’s just not in it.
Rim shots
New Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni has affirmed he can win with the team’s current roster. Sure, in the D-League. Meanwhile, D’Antoni’s predecessor, Isiah Thomas, was sent by the Knicks on a scouting trip to Europe. With a one-way ticket.
How Swede it is
Golfer Annika Sorenstam announced she’ll retire after the season. Her immediate post-play plan is to relax in seclusion; putter around in a bunker.
Sneak peak
The shoes former Florida QB Chris Leak wore in the ’07 BCS title game are on eBay. Anyone interested and impatient can bypass bidding and purchase them pronto for $10K. Likely, few are willing to foot that bill.
Booster seat
Allegedly, the perks Southern Cal’s O.J. Mayo received extend all the way back to his pre-school days, where he accepted a set of birch building blocks and a tricked-out tricycle.
Wonder twins activate
Two weeks ago, Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwtana, pro twin Thai tennis players, rescued a fellow player’s wife and son from a hotel fire in France. Their heroic deed brings new meaning to the term “service ace.”
Full of craps
Charles Barkley owes Wynn casion in Las Vegas $400K. He’s the round mound of debt. Even though he appears in T-Mobile ads, when it comes to gambling, Sir Charles doesn’t know how to call.
Don’t ask him to punch-up a script
Mike Tyson attended the Cannes Film Festival. A cinema connoisseur, Tyson views film as something he can really sink his teeth into.
