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“May 11, 1977: During a 16-game losing streak, Atlanta Braves owner Ted Turner sends manager Dave Bristol on 10-day scouting trip and steps in to manage the team. Under Turner, the losing streak reaches 17 games after a 2-1 defeat by the Pirates. ‘Managing isn’t all that difficult,’ insists Turner. ‘Just score more runs than the other guy.’” – John Kuenster in Baseball Digest (Sept. 2007, 21).

“The only bad Russian I remember growing up was Drago against Rocky,” he said, a reference to the fourth installment of Sylvester Stallone’s “Rocky” fight films. – Andy Roddick on the Davis Cup Finals between the U.S. and Russia.

The person who made this cabinet in the form of a Nintendo Wiimote is either a genius or someone with loads of time on his hands. I will say that it’s one of the coolest things that I have ever seen. Minus the hole for that doorknob, which probably should have been rethrough, but otherwise there’s an amazing degree of retail and craftsmanship.

London quartet Hard-Fi might need one more album to shake off all of those Clash references.

Rob Neyer speaks on the best-to-worst contracts uber sports agent Scott Boras has negotiated since 1997.