My site botched by Google

weird issue here...
When I perform a google search on my site it returns the following result "the sixty crickets chris sahlquist." The problem is that "chris sahlquist" is being added from an unknown source. I haven't entered it on my site, nor do I have any meta tags that include it (if iWeb even uses meta tags) Bottom line is that I don't want "chris sahlquist" in the results, because I want my name to be anonymous (plus the last name is misspelled!)
Yahoo! and Windows Live Search return results like "Dwell on the sixty crickets", "home" and a host of other titles related to the content on my site. All good.
I've searched through my iWeb site files for the string "chris sahlquist" but nothing turns up. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Is there an iWeb tweak I can make? Is Google hexing my site with dark magic? Have I been hacked??? and how is that possible?
The site in question is www.sixtycrickets.com
Again, I want to keep my name disassociated from this site (for entertainment purposes) but I'm at a loss for how to do it.
Thanks!
powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Thanks mwong. Turns out the page you referenced might be the culprit. The owner has removed the link text, so hopefully all will clear up once Google clears its cache.
Given that the issue appears to be coming from a link outside my site, do you think I need to get Google to remove the cached page and get it re-indexed?
C
Interesting problem.
Did your site at any point have 'chris sahlquist' in
the text? If so, you will find google will re-index
it eventually and the 'chris sahlquist' will
disappear.
If you sign up for Google sitemaps, you can get
google to remove a cached page and then get it
re-indexed.
http://google.com/webmasters/sitemaps
Lastly, does this link provide any clues - it is
linking yours with the incorrect text:
http://www.kdpublish.com/applications/bookmarks/view_g
roup.php?id=12
Michael
iMac 20" Intel Core
Duo 2GHz
powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

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