SPORTS BUZZ: A baseball pitcher who can throw right-handed or left-handed! He has a special 6 finger, double webbed glove so it works on both hands. He recently faced a switch hitter leading to mass confusion.

The Best Links:

1. Pat Venditte’s Story
2. Switch Pitcher and Switch Hitter Confuse Everyone (VIDEO)
3. Pat Venditte’s Release From Left and Right (Video)
4. Ambidextrous Pitchers Are Very, Very Rare (Short List)
5. Tony Mullane Bio - The First Switch Pitcher In Baseball History
6. NYT Venditte Profile
7. The Unassisted Triple Play (Another Cool Baseball Story!)

Two MMA fighters knock each other out simultaneously. This must be at least as rare as an unassisted triple play — at a fight in Indiana, Shaun Parker and Tyler Bryan fight to a draw on account of a double KO.

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SPORTS BUZZ: Cleveland’s Asdrubal Cabrera made only the 14th unassisted triple play in major league history playing against the Toronto Blue Jays Monday night. A line drive to second base with the runners going, and Cabrera makes the triple play look like no big deal. He also hit a homerun earlier in the day in the first game of a double-header, making him the first player to ever do both in the same day.

The Best Links:

1. Watch Cabrera’s Triple Play
2. The Ins and Outs of Unassisted Triple Plays

SPORTS BUZZ: The single-season USC basketball player has allegedly been receiving gifts and cash from recruiters since high school. Mayo played one season at USC and will be heading into the NBA draft with a cloud hanging over his head. Louis Johnson, a former friend of Mayo’s, says the USC star has been receiving money and perks — like a flat-screen TV — from an L.A. promoter for several years.

The Best Links:

1. Mayo Denies Taking Gifts, Cash
2. The Mayo Probe
3. Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems for USC
4. Mayo Has Allegedly Been Getting Perks and Money Since Before He Entered Highschool
5. So This is How It Works
6. Here’s the Impact On O.J. Mayo’s Earning Potential
7. “Mayo Gets Bush-whacked by Friend”

SPORTS BUZZ: ESPN sideline reporter has quite the YouTube following, including 1 million hits on a video that’s just a slideshow of random photos of her. She’s got that right amount of hotness to be alluring but not intimidating. We bet her hair smells like strawberries.

The Best Links:

1. YouTube Search Results Yield 72 Erin Andrews Videos, Including “Random Photo Collage”
2. The Clothes She Wears Just Add to the Love.
3. Obsessed Online Fans Are Raising Erin Andrews’ YouTube Stats
4. Erin Andrews Has Uncanny Ability to Make Tim Tebow Blush
5. Erin Andrews Eating a Sandwich, Funny Pic
6. Erin Andrews Admits to Having Zits in Interview
7. OMG We Glimpsed Her. She Looked Hot.
8. Bruce Pearl and Erin Andrews Engage in Some Controversial Flirtation
9. Erin Andrews’ MySpace Page! (Not Really)
10. College basketball fan posterboard-sign of the week: “Erin Andrews Loves the Hardwood”

SPORTS BUZZ: After 17 seasons in the NFL, Favre is reportedly hanging up his jersey. With a big season in 2007, Favre may have decided to get out while still on top. Packers fans are devastated.

The Best Links:

1. Why Now? Is The Question
2. Why Favre Broke Down
3. Packers.com Almost Blows It
4. At Least He Won’t Be Retiring From Advertising, Right?
5. His Bro Says He’s Leaving
6. No Superbowl Shot, No Season
7. Yowza
8. Brett Favre Retires. Seriously This Time. [Brett Favre Retires]