Brandon's Randoms

World Cup soccer delivered the equivalent of 64 Super Bowls during the month-long tournament, with an average TV audience of 93 million viewers for each match, about the same number who watched the NFL championship.

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Struggling early with his breaking ball, the 6-foot-7 right-hander still became the first rookie in 25 years to win his first seven starts Sunday, pitching the Los Angeles Angels past the Kansas City Royals 3-1.

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Several hours after Canseco won $250 in the Home Run Derby in the Golden Baseball League's inaugural All-Star game, Chico police officers found him outside his Oxford Suites hotel room early Wednesday morning in a heated argument with a woman, Han McDonald. Officers found the room, where the two were staying, had been damaged.

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Kentucky self-reported a secondary NCAA violation because of postings on a potential recruit's MySpace.com Web site, apparently by fans.

The postings on the site of West Virginia high school basketball star Patrick Patterson, who just completed his junior year at Huntington High School, tried to entice him to attend Kentucky.

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Speaking to reporters after practice Friday, a cordial McNabb called Owens' recently released autobiography a "children's book," mocked the star receiver for saying he was misquoted in his own book and disputed some of the written allegations.

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Below you will find an exchange between Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling and fans of the New York Yankees, taking place on a New York Yankees fansite. Shilling's comments are those posted under the username "gehrig38"

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After the Griffey Homer