ESPN has suspended Bill Simmons‘ use of Twitter after the Sports Guy used the social networking site to blast ESPN partner radio station WEEI in Boston. The Huffington Post has screencaps of the tweets where Simmons refers to WEEI hosts as washed up athletes, fat, and deceitful scumbags. Read the full story

The Memphis Grizzlies granted Allen Iverson permission to leave the team indefinitely to deal with a personal matter. Something urgent enough that Grizzlies owner Michael Eisley feels it shouldn’t be reported. Barbershop talk says A.I. wore out his welcome in Memphis. Eisley says he’ll be back but they need to work on his role. Read the full story

The Los Angeles Times is reporting the Dodgers slugger Manny Ramirez will be suspended for 50 games after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs. The Dodgers currently have the best record in baseball, and just set the modern-era mark for consecutive home wins to start a season (13). Read the full story