Continue Reading November 29th, 2007
In case you haven’t seen it yet, right there’s the blueprint for the new Tampa Bay Devil Rays stadium. It’s a $450 million pirate ship. And, of course, the team currently has no plan to pay for it. Pretty, though … we guess.
Continue Reading November 29th, 2007
Speaking of MNF … We can’t say our mouths were necessarily watering over a potential Jimmy Kimmel-Joe Theismann feud, but breathe easy, America: Theismann’s not mad about Kimmel’s crack about him on “Monday Night Football.”
Yeah, these two kids are all buddy-buddy now.
Upon talking to Theismann, Kimmel clarified his Monday night crack: “I was not making fun of Joe Theismann. I was just making everyone else in the booth uncomfortable.”
Theismann admitted he was watching “CSI” at the time of the controversial quip, but said he got a chuckle of it when he heard about it afterwards. Joe also made a correction to Kimmel’s comment, saying, “The steam was coming out of my nose, not my ears.”
See, now there’s something else they have in common: They both made everyone uncomfortable while in the “Monday Night Football” booth. Maybe Kimmel can use Theismann has a strike-breaking writer. Sure, Theismann didn’t cross the picket line during the NFL strike, but hey: Times is tough.
Joe Theismann And Jimmy Kimmel Make Peace On LA Radio [Sports By Brooks]
Continue Reading November 29th, 2007
We still don’t think Michael Wilbon’s chat comments were in particularly good taste — and who’s more experts on good taste than us? — but he’s not the only one questioning whether the death of Sean Taylor was just some random break-in. Cardinals cornerback Antrel Rolle, who also went to the U and knew Taylor, is mincing no words.
Rolle makes it clear, without having any specific inside knowledge, that he doesn’t think this was random at all.
He really didn’t say too much,” Rolle said, “but I know he lived his life pretty much scared every day of his life when he was down in Miami because those people were targeting him. At least, he’s got peace now.”
“They say it was a burglary. It absolutely was not a burglary,” he said. “Down South, where we’re from, there were many people talking to Sean, a lot of jealousy, a lot of angry people.”
We’re not sure this was the kind of peace Sean was looking for, Antrel, but thanks for your input. We’re gonna know a heckuva lot more in a week than we do now.
Rolle: Slain NFL Star Had Many Enemies [East Valley Tribune]
Continue Reading November 28th, 2007
Today, we thank Bill Belichick for adding the one ingredient this otherwise-inspirational Patriots team has been missing: Troy Brown is back!
Brown is famous for being the most likable member of the Patriots championship teams; it seems sad he’s had to miss out on the fun for so long. Though it’s possible he’s a monster Belhichick created in a lab.
Troy Brown: I AM FLESH, ONCE MORE!
Dr. Hobo: My creation, the ultimate team player, the one who battles beside me to the death, HE IS ALIVE!!!!
Brown: What is your bidding, Doctor?
Dr. Hobo: Dear Troy, I only wish you to join me as we take the champagne from those old, ungrateful and snarky louts of Miami as we send the unreasonable facsimile in their place to the ignominy of a winless season.
Brown: I will be by your side, yet again, as you wish.
Dr. Hobo: MUAHAHAHAHAHA!
That sounds about right.
My Creation, It Lives Again [Signal To Noise]
Continue Reading November 28th, 2007
The baseball winter meetings start next week, and that means countless unsubstantiated guesswork and fantasy trade scenarios. That’s the fun of it, really; it will distract you from the horror that comes when your team gives $12 million for four years to Kyle Lohse.
The most enjoyable, ludicrous piece of trade speculation has to come from Bob Sansevere in the Pioneer-Press, who says the Twins would be crazy not to make the following trade:
Red Sox Get:
Johan Santana
Joe Nathan
Carlos Silva
Twins Get:
Jacoby Ellsbury
Dustin Pedroia
Jonathan Papelbon
Jon Lester
Clay Buchholz
As Fire Joe Morgan points out, sheesh, he’s right: The Twins would be insane not to take that deal! Of course, Theo Epstein might not be up for such a trade, especially considering the fact that Carlos Silva is a free agent, something one would presume a columnist for a Minnesota newspaper would know. But the Twins have to go for it, nevertheless!
Um, Bob … [The Dish]
Blockbuster! [Fire Joe Morgan]
Continue Reading November 28th, 2007
We know: The life of a beat reporter is a glamorous, joyous one. Every night is like a private party in which there are unicorns and rainbows. But when you’re a Knicks beat reporter, you’re living the life fantastic.
Seriously: This is clearly the most fun job in the world.
Frank Isola, the 12-year Knicks-beat veteran for the Daily News, said, “It used to be fun here. Now, there are some nights when you’re trying to talk your boss out of sending you here and maybe lie and tell him you’re sick or something.”
“I’ll admit,” said Howard Beck, the New York Times Knicks reporter, “that the beat makes me miserable. The job, under the weight of the regime of Garden chairman James Dolan, has become the most demoralizing reporting gig in the city.
You know, we think the only person involved with the Knicks in any capacity right now who is enjoying himself is Stephon Marbury. Being allowed — encouraged! — to have sex with interns in the back of your truck … well, that can be a morale booster.
Life In Knicks Hell [The New York Observer]
Continue Reading November 28th, 2007
Michael Wilbon appears to have backed down from some of his ridiculous, offensive chat comments yesterday, but the fact remains: The way many media outlets dealt with the death of Sean Taylor yesterday was questionable, to say the least.
That is to say: When his death appears — for now, anyway — to have nothing to do with any of his off-field troubles, why does everyone feel compelled to keep bringing them up, as if this was somehow an inevitable result?
Why, when a man is on what turns out to be his death-bed, is it necessary to highlight negativities in his life? Without knowing all of the facts surrounding his death, mentioning those moments of indiscretion in an effort to cast a shadow on a dying man’s character is completely without class.
Perhaps it will turn out that Taylor’s off-field troubles led to this … but it’s unlikely, and there’s certainly no evidence to suggest that so far. Other than the fact that he kept a machete next to his bed, that is. When one dies at 24, we suppose it’s difficult to find items to fill up an obit, whether they’re relevant to the situation at night. Yet another layer to the whole tragedy.
Media To Sean Taylor: You Had It Coming [The Naughty American]
Dying Young, Black [Washington Post]
Continue Reading November 27th, 2007
The candidates for the 2007 Baseball Hall of Fame voting were announced recently, and they served their purpose: Making every single one of us feel completely freaking old.
Check out some of the new names: Tim Raines. David Justice. Chuck Knoblauch. Sheesh, did those guys really retire just five years ago? Sports Gone South has a fun rundown of the candidates, including this riff on Raines:
Tim Raines-Used to slide headfirst when stealing bases, allegedly so as not to break the cocaine vials in his back pocket. Our favorite baseball story ever.
We forgot about that: Now that’s devotion to your craft. For all the talk about how today’s athletes are Out Of Control, we remind you that Raines had his drug issues, Justice used to pummel Halle Berry around the head and neck and Brady Anderson never, ever did steroids during his 50-homer season. We do enjoy that Shawon Dunston is on the ballot this year, though. Where’s the votes for Jose Oquendo?
Your 2008 Hall of Fame Candidates In Thirty Seconds Or Less [Sports Gone South]
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