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An overdressed White Sox fan was kicked out of this weekend's 2008 SoxFest for wearing sleeves, a major faux pas in Sox Nation. Joe Malonecki refused to honor the event's dress code and insisted on wearing a shirt with sleeves, rather than the preferred wife beater-style. Malonecki blamed a simple misinterpretation for the mistake.

After failing to land a player bigger than Nick Swisher or Octavio Dotel so far this offseason, Sox general manager Kenny Williams was expecting to receive his share of criticism, complaints, and pent-up aggression from South Side fans at this year's SoxFest at the Palmer House Hilton. Fortunately for all involved, Pale Hose fans have mellowed out since winning the World Series in '05, and no injuries were reported from the convention.

The rumor that the Dallas Stars are trading goalie Marty Turco for Tampa Bay's Martin St. Louis is just that--a rumor.

When the L.A. Lakers dropped by the American Airlines Center for a visit and a 112-105 loss Friday, Mavericks players watched Kobe Bryant force his will on the game.

Rangers fans lumbered out of the annual fan fest in a state of shock after watching a team of former Rangers beat a team of current Rangers 2-1 in a charity softball game.

A Chicago developer unveiled plans in the city's Wrigleyville neighborhood earlier this week for a nine-story, mixed-use complex with a hotel that would stand virtually eye-to-eye with Wrigley Field. The new development, known as "Mediocrity Tower at Wrigley Field," would also contain about 150 residential units, about 100,000 square feet of commercial space on the land, plus a health club and 500 parking spaces.

After reading a New York Times report that Jose Canseco offered to leave Magglio Ordonez's name out of his next tell-all book if Ordonez would financially support a movie endeavor of Canseco's, Sox manager Ozzie Guillen has decided to bankroll the film completely.