Thursday Blogdome: The truth about cats and Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson & The Truth and Rumors On Gambling and His Marriage. Deadspin did a piece to try to uncover the roots of a rumor that Phil’s wife Amy had a mid 2000s affair with Michael Jordan. Sports by Brooks looked into the idea that Mickelson signed a 2004 deal with Callaway Golf in order to pay off his supposed massive gambling debts. Stephanie Wei’s post from several months back about the notion that Sports Illustrated or another publication with two words in its title (one of which is golf) would do an expose on the story has been unearthed in recent days by rumor sites. By doing some digging and some asking of sources in the know on this now nearly seven year old set of rumors, let’s set the record as straight as possible. [Waggle Room]
More stuff following the jump.

* Who rocks the red? A look at the polling. Since this is Washington, it would be impossible not to look at the politics of the puck: Republicans (30 percent) and independents (26 percent) were more likely to call the Caps their top team than were Democrats (17 percent). But if the team parades Lord Stanley’s Cup down K Street this June, there might just be cross-party agreement in the nation’s capital for once. [Washington Post]
* Canucks Coach Has Little Interest In How Much His Players Are Screwing. I can understand where he’s coming from. What the players do on their own time – as long as it doesn’t interfere with their level of preparedness – should not be an issue. And who would want to know what sort of creepy and perverse stuff the Sedin twins are into anyway? [Sportress of Blogitude]
* F-Bombs & Trick Play Fisticuffs Keep Texas Little League Security Forces Busy. Word out of the Galveston Daily News is that s—- has hit the fan on the ball fields of Texas City Little League. Three coaches have been arrested since March 27 (two for fighting after a trick play), with the climax coming when a coach, Jeremy Brian Delgado, was cuffed for F-BOMBS during a 9 & 10-year-old game. [Busted Coverage]
* Man dies in line while waiting to buy World Cup tickets. Some guy waited in line for 20 hours to buy tickets for the upcoming World Cup in Johannesburg. He collapsed and died. I blame TicketMaster. [With Leather]
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