The Morning Bark Newsletter

Early Saturday morning in Los Angeles, Jay Mariotti was arrested for felony domestic assault after police found his girlfriend with 'cuts and bruises' following an alleged altercation between the two. After spending the night in jail, Mariotti was released on $50,000 bail and ordered to appear in court...

Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times wonders if the Tampa Bay Rays would be better with Manny Ramirez's bat in their lineup. Ramirez, 38, just came back from time on the disabled list due to a calf strain, and should the Los Angeles Dodgers concede the season, they could deal him via trade waivers...

Forty years ago, Alabama football fans watched Southern California and a black running back named Sam Cunningham trounce coach Paul 'Bear' Bryant's Crimson Tide in a game widely credited with helping start the integration of Southern football. Fans weren't the only ones watching Alabama football back then...

It is pretty sweet that ball players have all these different handshakes. Some are kind of awkward. Sandoval's are kind of mundane. Looking at his year, he hasn't had to worry much about the handshakes this season...

If I had to guess where Jennie Finch's career is heading next, I would say television and possibly her own show on one of ESPN's networks...

Friends ask me all the time why Boxers can never just retire. It seems like all the greats fight at least a couple fights too many. Outside of Marvin Hagler, Lennox Lewis, and going way, back Rocky Marciano, can you think of any greats who stopped fighting while at the top? I can't either...

One of the latest fads on YouTube is mashing up the music and/or the dialog from the Inception movie trailer with scenes from other movies to make a new tralier for that movie. Like ones for Caddyshack, Star Wars, Toy Story 3, and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. But after this one, we stopped looking for more. We've declared a winner...

As it turns out, Lou Piniella will not be finishing the season as the Chicago Cubs manager. The 67-year old manager announced that he would be stepping down as the Cubs manager following yesterday's game. After the declining health of his 90 year old mother, Lou decided that now would be the right time to step down...

The 2010 college football season will kick off in just two weeks! College Football Haven has the top 10 questions for 2010, plus one bonus question for making it to the end...

Sneakers have become a big part of every NBA player's wardrobe. They are the only piece of the uniform that allows a player to express himself, whether it be through sayings, colors, or the design itself. John Wall, Derrick Favors, Wesley Johnson and Greivis Vasquez all showed off the latest custom footwear at the 2010 NBA Rookie Photo Shoot on August 17th...