Today's 5 Best Sports News Stories

Left-handed players are 2.5 times more likely to make it into Major League Baseball!

2008-07-07T20:19:00.003-04:00

Ninety percent of the human population is right-handed, but in baseball 25 percent of the players, both pitchers, and hitters, are left-handed...more

5. 3,494 souvenir Baseballs and still going strong

2008-06-29T10:47:00.001-04:00

DENVER (AP) — Zack Hample can beg for a baseball in 32 languages, including Swahili, Swedish and sign.

The baseball-seeking savant from Manhattan has tricks galore to help him snare a prized souvenir at a major league game...more

4. The Scientific analysis of Tiger's Knee

2008-06-29T10:39:00.000-04:00

Tiger Woods revealed last week that he'd been playing golf on a bum left knee for nearly a year. And he hadn't been doing badly: Recently, he finished second at the Master's and won the U.S. Open after forcing a playoff last week....more

3. A history of Shaq v. Kobe (Top 10)

2008-06-29T10:35:00.000-04:00

Here are the top 10 highlights of this fabulous feud.

1. Two wills, one basketball

While winning three consecutive NBA titles in Los Angeles, O'Neal and Bryant kept their differences largely under control. But when the Lakers opened the 2002-03 season in a serious funk, the tension became palpable.

Bryant questioned Shaq's commitment to conditioning given the big fella's excessive weight and chronic foot injuries. In turn, O'Neal regarded Kobe as a shot hog.

"I'm just going to play within the flow of the game," Bryant said at the time. "If people want to criticize that, they're going to criticize that."

(At least these two agreed on one thing that year: They weren't to blame for the team's demise. That fell on the team's ineffective role players. Looking at you, Samaki Walker.)

2. Thrown under the bus

Kobe delivered the most personal salvo in 2003 while being questioned about rape allegations against him in Eagle, Colo., after a local resort employee accused him of sexual assault....more

2. UGA Mascot Dies of Congestive Heart Failure

2008-06-29T10:32:00.000-04:00

ATHENS, Ga. -- Uga VI, the beloved University of Georgia mascot, has died from congestive heart failure at his home in Savannah.

The bulldog's owner, Frank Seiler, said he had the best winning record of any mascot in the school's history....more

1. Dodgers become 5th team in History to Win Without a Hit!

2008-06-29T10:13:00.002-04:00

The Dodgers became the fifth team in modern major league history to win a game in which they didn't get a hit, defeating the Angels 1-0. Weaver's error on a slow roller led to an unearned run by the Dodgers in the fifth....more

5. Lowest seed ever to win NCAA title!

2008-06-28T12:49:00.000-04:00

OMAHA, Neb. — Long before the final pitch of Fresno State's amazing win over Georgia was thrown, Mike Batesole knew it was coming.

No, it wasn't Gordon Beckham heroics or some crazy late-inning rally by Georgia. It was one look into the eyes of starting pitcher Justin Wilson before the game that convinced him Fresno State was about to win its first baseball national title....more...

4. Top 50 current NFL players

2008-06-28T12:47:00.000-04:00

1. Tom Brady, QB, New England Patriots: Can he do any more than he did last season? The scary thing for the rest of the league is, yes he can.

2. Peyton Manning, QB, Indianapolis Colts: Even Manning's down seasons are sensational. If Marvin Harrison is back this year, watch out.

3. LaDainian Tomlinson, RB, San Diego Chargers: His failure to play in the AFC Championship Game hurts his rep some, but he's still the best runner in the game. ....more...

3. Kobe, Lebron lead U.S. Olympic Team

2008-06-28T12:41:00.000-04:00

CHICAGO -- MVP Kobe Bryant has a shot at another big prize after falling short of the NBA championship, and he'll have plenty of help along the way....more

2. Shaq Attacks Kobe!

2008-06-28T12:35:00.000-04:00

Shaquille O'Neal took the mic at a NYC club last night, unleashing a freestyle verbal assault directed at his arch-enemy Kobe Bryant -- blaming his former teammate for ruining his marriage and imploring him to "Tell me how my...more

1. Drive the World's Fastest Roads using Google Maps

2008-06-28T12:26:00.000-04:00

Modern sports cars can hit 200 miles per hour right off the assembly line, but you're lucky to crawl more than 60 mph on your commute. Take heart: If you're willing to travel, you can find a playground for the lead-footed on almost any continent. These are well-engineered roads with sporadic law enforcement and a high straightness index. They're in places where fairly consistent temperatures prevent car-tossing pavement buckles and there's no danger of road salt corroding your $200K engine-with-wheels. In these pace havens, speed limits are just a running start...more...