Lost in Translation: White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen went into a profanity-laced tirade against a sportswriter before Tuesday night's game against St. Louis, saying of the writer: "What a piece of shit he is, fucking fag." Guillen later "apologized" for the incident, explaining that calling someone a "fucking fag" in his culture means something totally different. "I don't have anything against those people. In my country, you call someone something like that and it is not the same as it is in this country." Oh, OK. See if you can translate this one, Ozzie: You're a fucking Venezuelan douche bag. (Trust me, it's a compliment in this country.) (AP)
Make Room for Daddy: Big man Roger Clemens made it through his final Minor League tuneup without problems, clearing the way for the seven-time Cy Young Award winner to make his season debut tonight against the Minnesota Twins. (SPI)
Soul Searching: As disgusted as I am that the U.S. Episcopal Church reversed an earlier pro-gay decision yesterday, and adopted a resolution to avoid the consecration of additional gay bishops in a move designed to suck up to heal strained relations with 77 million fellow Anglicans worldwide, I can't help but wonder why any self-respecting gay person would want anything to do with these people to begin with. When Groucho didn't want to belong to any club that would allow him to member it was funny; when gay men and lesbians beg to belong to a club that tells them they're worthless, that's just sad. (Reuters)
Foie gras faux pas? Those pesky PETA types are seeking to ban pate foie gras production in New York, one of the leading U.S. producing states, arguing that overfeeding birds to fatten their livers makes the animals sick. Well, you can't please everyone. If you called it "fat liver" and it wasn't, I'm sure someone would be complaining about a violation of some truth in advertising laws. (NYT)
Reese's Pieces: The actress Reese Witherspoon is suing Bonnie Fuller's rag Star magazine for fabricating a story that the Oscar winner waspregnantt with her third child. Having seen the story and the accompanying photographs, I'm not sure this is such a good PR move. Would she rather they reported that she just looks plain fat? (Reuters)
Bushwhacked: AT&T has removed "privacy" from its "privacy policy." (RealTech)
Wishful Thinking: Rafael Nadal's all-time Wimbledon record is 3 wins and 2 losses, yet the seeded committee at the All-England Club gave him the No. 2 spot. This is further proof that the tennis world is so hard up for a rivalry that even the snooty Brits are throwing away their normal protocol in a desperate attempt to try to make things interesting. (AP)
Bette Davis-ed: School officials in Las Vegas cut a high school valedictorian's speech short last week when it turned out she couldn't keep her Jesus Freak mouth shut. Foothill High School senior Brittany McComb had been warned by school officials against proselytizing and eventually was given approval of toned-down version of her speech. Administrators who vetted an early draft of McComb's speech had cut six references to God or Christ, and omitted two biblical references. They also deleted a reference to Jesus' crucifixion. But the minute she got up she reverted to her original text, saying: "Just like other valedictorians thank their parents, I wanted to thank my Lord and Savior." As she continued to depart from her officially approved text to mention Jesus and the Bible, public school officials cut off her microphone. She may have had the top grades in her class, but it sounds like someone missed her civics class about public schools and captive audiences ... (AP)
eech short last week when it turned out she couldn't keep her Jesus Freak mouth shut. Foothill High School senior Brittany McComb had been warned by school officials against proselytizing and eventually was given approval of toned-down version of her speech. Administrators who vetted an early draft of McComb's speech had cut six references to God or Christ, and omitted two biblical references. They also deleted a reference to Jesus' crucifixion. But the minute she got up she reverted to her original text, saying: "Just like other valedictorians thank their parents, I wanted to thank my Lord and Savior." As she continued to depart from her officially approved text to mention Jesus and the Bible, public school officials cut off her microphone. She may have had the top grades in her class, but it sounds like someone missed her civics class about public schools and captive audiences ... (AP)
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