Dogbites News
Air Date: Oct. 24, 2009

The Cardinals hired Mark McGwire as their new hitting coach. McGwire will work under Tony La Russa, his manager with the A's and Cardinals. La Russa, whose contract was about to expire; will return to the club on a multiyear contract.

Baseball analyst Steve Phillips was fired by ESPN on Sunday night, less than a week after he admitted having an affair with a production assistant at the cable network.

World Series Game 3 tonight 8pm. Game 4 tomorrow 8pm in Philly. 1-1 tied

Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen has joined Fox Sports as an analyst for the World Series. He has pregame and postgame duties.

Giants @ Eagles 1pm / Dolphins @ Jets 1pm
Colts, Broncos & Saints are the only undefeated teams left in the NFL.

During the broadcast of the Minnesota vs. Ohio State college football game last weekend, ESPN analyst Bob Griese put his foot in his mouth. While promoting an upcoming NASCAR event, a graphic was shown listing the drivers. When Griese's fellow broadcast Chris Spielman questioned why NASCAR driver Juan Pablo Montoya wasn't on the list, Griese replied that he was "out having a taco." Oops! ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz has announced that Bob Griese has been suspended for a week. Griese has apologized for the ill-attempt at humor.

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi is currently receiving stem cell treatment for a hand ailment. According to a recent radio interview, Iommi tried several different ineffective remedies before turning to the heavily debated treatment. "I have to wear a guard on my hand to prevent me from banging it. But it's coming along good," Iommi said. "The cartilage went out on the joints, so the joints were rubbing on the joints. It was bone on bone and it was getting a bit painful."

Singer Morrissey was discharged from hospital after collapsing on stage on Saturday evening with apparent breathing difficulties. Morrissey returned to the stage Tuesday night.

Garth Brooks mused that the public may have moved on when he announced he was coming out of retirement. Was he ever wrong. Tickets for Brooks' first 20 shows at the Wynn Las Vegas resort $125. per ticket.

Ivanka Trump has wed the son of another major New York area real estate family. The daughter of Donald and Ivana Trump married Jared Kushner at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., on Sunday.

It has been almost 2 weeks since a 20-year-old Va. Tech student called her friends at a Metallica concert at the University of Virginia to say she was outside the arena and would find her own way home. No one has heard from her since and now the famed heavy-metal rockers are participating in the search for her, adding $50,000 to the $100,000. reward for information leading to her whereabouts. Liam Gallagher plans to start a new band now that Oasis has split.

RollingStone.com has a gallery of rarely seen Led Zeppelin photos that appear in a new book.

Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The 61-year-old Lloyd Webber's condition is in its early stages, and expects to be fully back at work before the end of the year," the statement said.

Dennis Hopper, 73, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and is canceling all travel plans to focus on treatment.

Fred Armisen (SNL) & Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men) got married.

Bruce Springsteen canceled a performance in Kansas City after his cousin, a road crewmember, died. The death of 36-year-old Lenny Sullivan was announced in a statement on Springsteen's website. Sullivan was found dead at Kansas City's Intercontinental Hotel hours before Springsteen and the E Street Band were to take the stage Monday

Peter Gabriel is set to release an orchestral covers album. Entitled 'Scratch My Back', the album is reported to be a "song swap" with a host of "extremely legendary artists" set to cover each other's material. A few alleged tracks for 'Scratch My Back' is as follows:

'Heroes' (David Bowie)
'Listening Wind' (Talking Heads)
'Waterloo Sunset' (The Kinks)
'The Boy In The Bubble' (Paul Simon)
'The Power Of The Heart' (Lou Reed)
'Philadelphia' (Neil Young)

Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler is set to perform at a small solo charity concert in New Hampshire on January 23 to benefit Child and Family Services. "Dream On: An Intimate Evening with Steven Tyler" will see the singer perform songs on a piano, present concert footage, conduct a question and answer session, and tell stories about his career and struggles with addiction.

The Richest dead Celebrity: Topping the list for the first time is Yves Saint Laurent, who earned $350 million in a much-heralded estate sale. Over three days in February, auction house Christie's sold many of the French fashion icon's possessions, including expensive art, antiques and furniture, garnering $443 million.

The full-length video of the U2's Rose Bowl concert last weekend drew more than one million views on YouTube alone in just three days. Now, less than one week after the concert, the video has become YouTube's largest streaming event ever, attracting nearly 10 million viewers.

Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne will be the special guest hosts for next week's WWE Raw, a weekly professional wrestling program the USA network.

Chris Cornell's latest album, Scream, is being reworked into a rock album, dropping the work of R&B/hip-hop producer Timbaland. Scream was poorly received by hard-core Cornell fans and was largely ignored by the general public, with the Soundgarden and Audioslave singer releasing a record featuring club beats and pop production. The new rock version of the song "Never Far Away" is available online.

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