Archive for February 2nd, 2008
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Well, I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that we’re now hearing about the time the New England Patriots might have taped their opponents’ practice right before Super Bowl XXXVI.
Someone’s telling the Boston Herald that someone on the Patriots video staff stuck around after their own practice on this day six years ago to tape a St. Louis Rams walkthrough. This, of course, after they were caught filming the Jets this year as the coaches flashed defensive gangsta signals.
So… that’s it? That’s the whistleblower’s story? A slow-mo walkthrough the day before the Super Bowl? What’s next, they taped Mike Martz’s pregame speech? Kurt Warner kissing his wife? Adam Archuleta taking a dump? That’s as weak an allegation as you can get at this stage during Super Bowl Week. From now on, I don’t want to hear anything incriminating unless it’s big time stuff, such as dead strippers. And not just allegations of dead strippers. We need to see the body or bodies, otherwise I’ll be left unimpressed and empty inside.
Source: Pats Employee Filmed Rams (via SPORTSbyBROOKS)
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The legendary Joe Montana has to be a little antsy this weekend. The 49ers don’t get an early first round draft pick. He’s got people covering his shift at his diner. And if Tom Brady wins a fourth Super Bowl ring and third Super Bowl MVP, it’ll tie Joe Cool on both counts.
There’s only one solid way to relax: attend the Madden Bowl party in Scottsdale, Arizona. One caveat: NO FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY! A clearly shaken photographer tells the story:
I took three photos of Montana for my Madden Bowl recap story. I then turned away to check my work, surprised to find the football icon missing from the last photo.
It only took a second to realize where he’d gone. Montana was behind me, bumping into me to get my attention. Startled, I turned to see a stone-faced Joe who looked at me with disdain before asking, “Do you have a fucking problem?” I politely shook my head, and said I didn’t know that I wasn’t allowed to take pictures of him.
A security guard to break up the confrontation.
But this rather quite surprising. A party with Dennis Rodman and Chris Berman in attendance, and Montana’s the one who takes the anti-camera stance.
Joe Montana Gets Up In Our Grill [GameDaily]
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Why the Patriots need to solidify their dynasty by blowing out the Giants thereby eliminating any fiber of hope in the common man and in turn creating a giant fortress from the tears of epileptic children on which Robert Kraft can rule the sports world with an iron fist. [Slate]
Continue Reading February 2nd, 2008
The front-and-center photo of the Manning family in 1996 is worth the price of admission. The fact that this particular story is about how a young Eli Manning learned from his mom only sweetens the pot. But that’s not all. Heavens, far from it.
In a revealing New York Times story from Tuesday — I can’t believe I didn’t catch wind of this until now — a nation gained a whole new perspective into the enigmatic Little Manning’s upbringing:
Some weekends, Archie would take the older boys to their games and Manning said he would ask if he could stay home with a baby sitter. When that was not possible, he would go shopping with his mom for antiques — anything to avoid sitting through four or five basketball games in a day.
“The first couple of times it wasn’t because I wanted to,” Manning said. “It was just because she wanted to go shopping and there was nobody to watch me, so I had to tag along. But after I went a couple of times, I started to enjoy it.”
He didn’t want to go to Peyton’s basketball games, so instead he went antiquing with his mom. When did KSK begin writing under the New York Times alias Karen Krouse?
Little known fact: It was Eli’s boyhood love of Man-tiquing — the fine art of scrounging for old, priceless artifacts — that convinced the Giants to re-sign Jeff Feagles.
Eli Manning Took Cues From Mother [NY Times]
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Every current NFL city has at least played in or hosted a Super Bowl, with the exception of … you guessed it, Cleveland. So I guess there’s no reason to discuss them at hahaha I had you going there for a second.
Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown wrote a letter to NFL conquistador d’amore Roger Goodell, imploring him to recognize the 1948 Cleveland Browns as one of two — aw, who are we kidding, three — perfect teams in pro football history:
Dear Commissioner Goodell,
I want to bring to your attention a disparity in the records of professional football. While the National Football League (NFL) compiles player statistics from the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), it does not capture team and championship records.
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The records of the AAFC preserve an important era in professional football and provide a greater understanding of the history of your sport. Capturing and recording the history from the founding years of one of your greatest franchises will add to the great sense of pride felt by fans of the Browns and the other NFL teams that once participated in the AAFC.
To date Sen. Brown hasn’t heard back from the commissioner. Well, jeez, why is Goodell slacking off on the job? Does he have somewhere important to be this weekend or something?
One more gem from the letter:
I wish to take nothing away from the undefeated 1973 Miami Dolphins…
I don’t think the ‘73 team will mind.
Yeah, yeah, “your tax dollars at ‘work’ ” and such. But think of it this way: when politicians use company stationary to make petulant points about athletics, it makes blogging at work seem less criminal.
Senator Brown Asks NFL To Recognize 1948 Browns Perfect Season [Plain Dealer]
Sen. Brown’s Letter To Goodell (PDF)
(Heads up thanks to Fark)
