Just in case you hadn’t noticed, it’s August. And August is the month that Kobe Bryant likes to start throwing tantrums. Or, at least he enjoys ruffling some feathers with incendiary rhetoric that manages to piss off his loyal...

It’s a sad day for Green Bay Packers’ fans and a lucrative (and hopeful) day for the New York Jets. Now that Brett Favre is a Jet, it’s safe to say that his career and image will forever be...

From one circus to another—the Brett Favre saga, which we’ve tried to avoid as much as possible—has ended, but not really. The quarterback, who retired then unretired only to find his team not wanting him, was traded last night...

So remember earlier in the day when we told you that Manny Ramirez was about to be dealt to Florida… yeah, he’s not. But he still has to pack his bags because he’s moving from Boston to Los Angeles....

So if you haven’t noticed, what with the flurry of trade chatter on the wire, the MLB trading deadline is today at four EST (right before Jude Judy!). While we have one big trade essentially done (Ken Griffey, Jr....

Sasha Vujacic has been making the rounds around Machochip like a bikini clad cheerleader. From European contract rumors to Laker Girls having absolutely no idea how to spell his name, Vujacic has been a favorite topic for us this...

Everyone always boasts about what they’d trade in exchange for a chance to watch their favorite team play in a championship game. Some say they’d trade their favorite car, or their kids, or maybe even their left nut. It’s...

Memphis Grizzlies’ owner Michael Heisley just realized he might have traded Pau Gasol for cracker jacks and and four blow up dolls. The truth is, he did. And now that Gasol is running picks and knockin’ down 18-footers in...

Leave it to Liverpool’s Yankee owners to mistakenly entrust a filthy banker with their property. If Liverpool don’t pay £31.5 million to their bank, Lumpturd & Hoser, in six weeks, they may be forced to sell off Ryan Babel...

The internets abuzzin with news that Barcelona talisman Ronaldinho gazing towards Italy like a Spring breaker from the States. Inter Milan were considered the front-runners for about a week now, but news updates turned up reports that AC Milan...

The Dallas Mavericks were thisclose to getting the Nets’ Jason Kidd yesterday, but someone had to throw a hissy fit because he didn’t want to get traded. That someone is former Laker and current Maverick Devean George. He’s part...

Now that the league has had a week to digest the Pau Gasol trade—and have the shock it created worn off by the Shaq deal—some people outside of the blogosphere and newspaper game are now calling out Memphis for...

If you were in the market for a car, and an old Bentley with a broken odometer and even more broken parts came on to the market—would you buy it? Okay, what if it came at its original price?...

The reaction from most of the blogosphere, as well as with readers, concerning the Pau Gasol/Kwame Browne swap has been, well, much like getting hit with a brick in the back of the head. No one saw it coming!...

Mitch Kupchak has been earning his paycheck lately. He just pulled off a major move, getting former Rookie of the Year, All-Star and Spaniard Pau Gasol from Memphis for the underachieving-is-too-good-of-a-word-for-him Kwame Brown and some other pieces that will...

Finally. Johan Santana and the Mets have agreed to play together in 2008. The Mets— front-runners for Santana’s services this week—have discarded four top prospects to Minnesota in exchanged for one of the best lefties in the bigs. The...

Pedro Feliz, a San Francisco Giants’ third baseman who spent 14 years donning those nasty orange and grey threads, decided the Bay area wasn’t suitable for him anymore ($$$). Did Barry Bond’s steroids taint the training facility’s water? On...

Carlos Pena had a stellar year in 2007, and to say thanks, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays decided to provide him with a hefty raise. Unfortunately, he’ll be playing in Tampa. And no one told him that’s a bad...

The gravity of Uruguayan international and Mexican league starlit Vicente Sanchez’s departure from Toluca boils down to ESPN Deportes writer David Faltelson’s poetic homage to Sanchez’s decision to transfer to Bundesliga club Schalke 04, only four days before the...

While the Yankees have been flip flopping on their decision on whether to pursue Johan Santana, the rumor mill is going wild about the team from the other end of New York City, the Mets. It seems that they’ve...

Trade Talks From Around The Globe. Today we concentrate on the biggest soccer deals about to go down. If we’re missing something, go ahead and drop us a line at tips[at]machochip[dot]com. Chelsea FC: What are Valencia’s David Villa and...

If asked, which would Laker Kobe Bryant admit to wanting to sink more: his marriage or his ball club? Because it seems like he’s done pretty damaging work on both ends for the past couple of years. But just...

The Baltimore Orioles slugger had been rumored to be on the move after meetings were held with Orioles management and front office this week. The Baltimore Sun reports that a multi-player deal has been made between with the Houston...

The rumor mill is churning on whether FC Barcelona scapegoat, Ronaldinho, is on his way out of the club. There’s been speculation for months about the Brazilians status. He was getting it in the rear from coach Frank Rijkaard...