Reggaeton Birthday Parties Don't Come Cheap

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Sammy Sosa apparently owes Dominican businessman Carim Abu Nabaa lots of money, including $10,000 "for getting Reggaeton singer Don Omar to perform at Sosa's 41st birthday party."  Not to worry, Sosa's financial troubles will end soon, as he has signed on to play the lead in the upcoming sequel to the 1995 hit film Powder.

Neely Tucker profiles college football guru Phil Steele in today's Washington Post.  Apparently the country's leading college football analyst has not attended a college football game in over 30 years.  The piece includes an awesomely creepy picture of Steele jumping on a trampoline with his daughter.

The collapsed real estate market has been rough on professional athletes.  This story really makes you feel for Tony Richardson, Keyon Dooling, and friends -- that is, until you remember that they all make millions of dollars.  Yeah, that must help. 

Last Thanksgiving, Jaguars reserve wide receiver Mike Sims-Walker considered quitting football following the tragic deaths of his best friend and his father.  Sims-Walker has emerged this season as one of the league's top wideouts for Jacksonville. 

Brady Quinn and Chinedum Ndukwe, former high school, college, and Bookstore Basketball teammates, will face each other Sunday for the first time since the practice fields at Notre Dame.

I include this article solely because of its hilarious headline and subheadline:
     
    Connection Formed Bond
    Belichick, Payton hooked up in '07

I'm very mature.

Pirates righty and Princeton grad Ross Ohlendorf is not your typical mediocre starting pitcher.

Amazing story out of Seattle: 80 year-old Bob Dolphin is running in Sunday's marathon.  It will be Bobs 456th marathon.  And he didn't run his first one until age 51.  This would make me feel bad about myself, but, luckily, I did 15 minutes on my Gazelle this morning.

Finally, legendary Yankees PA announcer Bob Sheppard officially retired Wednesday at age 99.  Sheppard's career with the Yankees stretched from DiMaggio to Melky, and his unforgettable voice introduced baseball to generations of Yankees fans.....