Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, who's credited with inventing the slap shot, died last week at the age of 75.

Meanwhile, Russ Tyler, who's credited with inventing the knuckle puck, is reportedly still playing roller hockey on the streets of Los Angeles.

Villanova guard Allan Ray's status for the NCAA Tournament is in question after he suffered an inadvertent finger to the eye in a loss to Pittsburgh last week.

If Ray can't play, it would be proof once and for all that there's no eye in team.

The Gateway Grizzlies, a minor league baseball team located near St. Louis, announced last week that they will begin selling a hamburger with cheddar cheese and two strips of bacon served between a sliced Krispy Kreme doughnut — about 1,000 calories altogether — at their concession stands.

Shortly after the announcement, former Detroit Tiger Cecil Fielder announced that he's coming out of retirement to play with the Grizzlies.

The United States beat South Africa 17-0 last week to advance to the second round of the World Baseball Classic.

U.S. manager Buck Martinez said he didn't want to beat the South Africans that badly, but he had to because the outcome was very important to a game of Risk he was playing.

Roger Clemens, throwing his first pitch of spring training recently, surrendered a home run to his 19-year-old son, who's also a player in the Astros organization.

Afterward, Clemens applauded his son for his performance, then grounded him for a month.