Remember when Michigan was good at football?  You know, a few years after the Civil War, and a few years before women were allowed to vote.  Things have gone downhill lately for the Wolverines, as their most memorable moment since their last national championship in 1997 is this: Today, in their toughest...

Despite just missing Gold, with their tremendous Olympic effort, USA hockey certainly gained some fan support — the Twitter World was buzzin’ as star athletes from all sports voiced their support for USA Hockey before, during, and after the game. Fellow American Olympian Apolo Anton Ohno caught the...

Some people love John Daly.  Others hate him.  But we all know him. The eccentric golfer is the anti-Tiger Woods Phil Mickelson, known just as well for his dress habits as for his play, has had quite a lot to say about the Norway curling team's outfits, most specifically their pants.  As he tweets: watchin...

Male figure skaters aren’t exactly a symbol of manliness to most kids. In fact, they might be better known for their effeminate costumes than their athleticism. Thanks to a bunch of fourth-graders, Olympic figure skater Evan Bates now knows this too. Bates received good-luck letters from a fourth grade...

Shawn Johnson, gymnastic gold medal winner in the 2008 summer Olympic games, is now at the winter Olympics in Vancouver as a spectator.  Thanks to her and many other athletes on twitter we're getting an inside look on the Olympic village, and some great coverage of the Olympic games. The 18 year old...

You never know what to expect from Jay Feely. Just when you think you can depend on him, he chokes and misses three straight game-winning field goal attempts. Friday, we learned that his emotions are as capricious as his kicking accuracy. Feely tweeted from a marriage conference entitled “Love and...

Welcome to THE WEEKLY JOCK-SCRAP: a collection of pics and videos from around TheJockosphere.  Throughout the week, I'll be rounding up the best-of-the-best, the strangest-of-the-strange (and sometimes the worst-of-the-worst) to create a weekly "Jock Scrapbook" (now the name makes sense, right?) of...

Yesterday, as people all over the country gathered around their television sets to watch the Michael Jackson memorial, jocks from the twittersphere came together to tweet tribute to King of Pop. Baron Davis, apparently a huge fan, was among the most active of all the twitterers: R.I.P To the greatest...

Bengie Molina's latest blog post flat-out beseeches Tiger fans not to lose faith in the team, despite their five game losing streak. Molina's request reminds one (over 50) of  Phil Esposito's famous interview during the "War on Ice"/"Summit Series" between Canada and the Soviet Union in 1972: It was...