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Micah Warren
E-Mail: micahw@feverpitchmedia.com
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Terrence Kiel dead
July 5th, 2008
Former San Diego Charger Terrence Kiel was killed in a car accident last night around 10:15 PM when he was tossed from his Chevy sedan. Friends tried to keep Kiel at the party, which means he was probably intoxicated.
OTR has a special connection to Kiel since we have an authentic Kiel Chargers jersey. No, seriously, we do.
…and that will do it for Joe Borowski
July 4th, 2008
The Indians designated Joe Borowski for assignment. There is more info in the main mag. Not that any of you actually go over there.
Fantasy football talk!
July 4th, 2008
It might not be the best idea for us to talk fantasy football considering that we are hosting a fantasy football league here this year and we shouldn’t give away our strategies…but so what? We’re here to provide a service to our readers and if we can help out with your fantasy football league then we’ll do it.
Keep an eye on Marshawn Lynch. Yes, I loved him prior to last year’s draft but I love him more this year. According to buffalobills.com, he’s going to get third down touches this year.
“We held him back and Anthony Thomas handled more of the third down role in the beginning of the season because we didn’t want to throw too much at (Lynch),” offensive coordinator Turk Schonert recalled.
Still, Lynch had 1,115 yards and seven TD’s despite missing three games with a bum ankle, (Had he not missed those three games, Scott and Micah would have won about $2,000 for the total points victory in their Long Island league instead of losing to f’ing Kenny, a dude who was featured in People magazine for fantasy football. All Lynch would have had to do was run for about…oh, I don’t know….10 yards! We lost by a point!) and A-Train is gone this year.
“I anticipate him being in on third down a lot more,” said Schonert of Lynch. “He’s had a year, he understands the protections now and I think this year he’ll be an integral part of our third down package.”
“With the new wrinkles that he has added, speeding up the tempo a little bit it’s exciting,” said Lynch of Schonert’s offensive scheme changes. “Just being able to go out there and catch the defense off guard a few times and probably boost up those stats or something. With the things that he’s been doing I feel it’s going to be a big help for our team.”
Lynch is my guy again this year. Last year I was able to nab him at the bottom of the second round in a 12-team league (higher than most would have, but I wanted him), but this year he’s a solid first rounder.
No NFL supplemental draft
July 4th, 2008
It is sllloooooowww in the NFL right now in terms of news. Hopefully, some player will put a gun to their girlfriend’s head while driving drunk and then assault the arresting officer with the business end of a hammer. We need conversation pieces.
***crosses fingers***
So, instead of good old fashioned hard news, we’ll tell you that there is no supplemental draft this year for the NFL.
The supplemental draft is designed for “special case” players who had their eligibility screwed up and weren’t able to register for the April draft. If a team decides to take you in the supplemental draft, they lose that same draft pick in next year’s real draft. But, since no player applied for this year’s special draft, there won’t be one.
Photo Caption: Brian Westbrook was not selected in the supplemental draft, nor does he have any affiliation with the supplemental draft.
Two morons get in fight at rookie symposium
July 3rd, 2008
Hi, Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Were you aware that you selected two punks in the draft this year and that those two punks got into a physical skirmish at the rookie symposium? You know, the place where rookies are taught how to behave in the league? Let’s see how these too lovely lads act after guzzling two bottles of quarterback talent while watching Jello wrestling at a Tampa nightclub.
Thanks to our friends at Profootballtalk.com (they know who we are) for tipping us off on this one.
Yes, Tampa’s first-round draft pick Aqib “yeah, I’ll hit that” Talib, who had repeated pot troubles at Kansas, and seventh-round rookie Cory Boyd got into a fisticuffs at the rookie symposium. It was first reported yesterday, but the two combatants were ID’ed today.
Don’t forget that Cory Boyd was suspended from South Carolina in 2005, but returned to the team in 2006. He was caught on TV after a touchdown saying, “I’m back! I’m back like cooked crack!” Thanks to PFT for showing the video, we’ll do the same:
Get your New York Mess t-shirts!
July 3rd, 2008
Like the Mets? Hate the Mets? Know someone that likes the Mets and want to break their balls? Just in general need of a t-shirt?
Well, my business partner in the real world (Perry is my sports biz partner in this fantasy Candyland that we work in) and one of our clients got the great idea (they are Yankee fans) to make NY Mess t-shirts. You can buy them here.
The Mets are in town to play the Phillies this week, you would be a terrorist to NOT have a NY Mess t-shirt to wear to Citizens Bank Park.
New Roger Federer Nike Ad
July 2nd, 2008With Murray! This ad is only entertaining if you know “Flight of the Conchords” and Murray, their manager.
Marian Hossa signs with….
July 2nd, 2008
…it’s in the main mag.
Myers to the minors
July 2nd, 2008
The first-place team in the National League East just sent their opening day starter down to the minors. That’s right, the Philadelphia Phillies were forced to send right-hander Brett Myers to the AAA Lehigh Valley Ironpigs. Myers is 3-9 this season with a 5.84 ERA.
“We’re in a playoff race, and I have to be there to help my team,” Myers said last night. “This isn’t a question of what I want to do. It’s what I have to do. . . . Obviously, I need to get my head in the right spot.
“I wasn’t prepared to become a starter because my heart and my mind-set were still in the bullpen. That’s my fault.”
Thanks for admitting that!
Photo Caption: “Daddy stinks at baseball! Daddy stinks at baseball!”
Let’s open this photo caption up to the comments. Maybe, “Daddy, why is this new stadium so small?”
Umenyiora thinks Mario at #6 is crazy
July 1st, 2008
Responding to questions about Pete Prisco’s Top 50 NFL players list, Osi Umenyiora thought that Mario Williams at #6 was a little stupid. He was asked what stood out to him on that list and said:
“Mario Williams at No. 6. This guy right here at No. 6 is just absolutely ridiculous.”
These lists are made to be argued with, but we don’t see what good could come of an actual player discussing it. This isn’t a huge deal, but we still don’t understand the upside of talking about this.
Chad Cordero…done
June 30th, 2008
…For the season. Nationals closer Chad Cordero will miss the rest of the season with a torn right labrum.
The team has not disclosed what caused the tear, but OTR believes that he hurt it doing something.
“I had a bullpen [session] on Thursday and I didn’t feel comfortable, and I said something about it,” Cordero said when reached by phone on Monday. “When I came off the [disabled list the first time], the shoulder was a little sore, but it was nothing.
“No pitcher gets away with [being healthy his entire career]. It’s just my turn. It’s better to get this fixed now.”
Cordero had been rehabbing his injury in Viera, FL (hi Ray and Sherry!), where the Nationals hold spring training.
Big Papi won’t play in All-Star game
June 30th, 2008
In a move that will surely disappoint tens upon dozens of 12-year olds in the 617 area code, David Ortiz won’t play in the 2008 All-Star game.
“I’m going to the All-Star Game but I’m not going to be able to play,” Ortiz said. “But I’ve got to bring myself out there and show respect to the fans. There’s a reason why they vote for you and you’ve got to respect that. I wish I could be in the Dominican at the beach for those days but the fans vote you to be there. I’m not going to tell you when I (think I will be) 100-percent because that’s something I don’t know. The human body’s healing process is not something you can control.”
Hurt. 13 HR’s. 43 RBI’s. Isn’t it great that the fans get to vote on All Stars?
Roy Oswalt is dead
June 30th, 2008
Ok, sort of. He actually left the mound with the trainer Monday night with an apparent injury. We may have overreacted a bit in the headline.
Photo Caption: Oswalt blows bubbles with chewing tobacco.
All-turd team
June 30th, 2008
The offense has been named to Profootballtalk’s All-Turd team for 2008. It’s right here.
Surprise, surprise that Chris Henry and Brandon Marshall are on the list.
Perry: I don’t think this is warranted or fair, but Philip Rivers is on this ‘All-turd team.’ Florio explains, “Acts like a spoiled brat more often than not. (Hey, until quarterbacks start getting arrested, it doesn’t take much to make the list at this position.)”
What are your thoughts on this selection?
Top 250 baseball players
June 30th, 2008
Rotoworld.com ranks the top 250 players in MLB based on well they think that player will do for the rest of the season in a 5×5 fantasy baseball league.
Joey Votto at #211?? That’s just stupid. We did our own 250 lists over and over again this weekend and never did Votto climb past #214, so read that list at your own risk.
Brandon Marshall is an a-hole
June 30th, 2008
If you didn’t think the Broncos WR was a dick before, you probably will now. The Denver Post outlines three incidents that occurred in 2007 in which Marshall’s girlfriend accuses him of hitting her. He wasn’t arrested in any of the instances. Directly copied and pasted from the article due to laziness:
In the first, filed on March 18, 2007, Watley told officers that Marshall had hit her and then took her purse from a hotel in downtown Atlanta. Marshall was not on the scene when police arrived, but according to the report, he sent Watley a text message on her phone while she was speaking to officers that said, “I am watching you. Why did you call the police?” The officer said he could see Marshall in the lobby of another hotel across the street. The officer dispatched another unit to watch Marshall, who then left through the back doors of the second hotel.
Less than three months later, on June 8, Watley was taken to an Atlanta hospital with a cut to her thigh that she told police was caused by Marshall. According to an Atlanta Police report, Watley initially told officers she had cut herself with a kitchen knife and refused to answer questions about the fight she had just had with Marshall. About an hour later, the officer was called back to the scene, and at that time, she said it was actually Marshall who had cut her, in addition to punching her on the forehead.
That same day, a separate report was filed with APD by Watley’s friend, Kristeena Spivey, who told officers that Marshall had hit her car with his while Watley was her passenger.
Spivey told the officer that Marshall then got out of his car and threw a rock at her passenger door.
On June 30, Watley again called police to Marshall’s condo to report that he had punched and choked her. In that report, the APD officer noted Watley had a bruise on her eye and scratches on her body. The officer wrote in his report that he told Watley how to obtain a restraining order.
Marshall was not on scene for any of those three incidents, and charges were never filed.
Kevin Jones to the Bucs?
June 30th, 2008
According to Adam Schefter of NFL Network, former Detroit Lions RB is considering signing with the Tampa Bay Bucs. If that happens, ignore our other post about Earnest Graham being a good fantasy bet. Yes, they just signed Graham to a three-year, $10.5 million deal, but that is hardly big enough dough to keep the Bucs from looking elsewhere.
So it looks like the folks in Tampa want to stockpile running backs like they accrue quarterbacks. They already have Graham, Warrick Dunn, Cadillac Williams and Michael Bennett on the roster.
Patriots DB accused of pulling gun
June 30th, 2008
Patriots DB/KR Willie Andrews has been arrested for allegedly putting a gun to his girlfriend’s head after she accused him of cheating.
Well, what was he supposed to do?
He was charged with assault by means of a firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm. Nice work.
Randy Wolf to the Yankees?
June 30th, 2008
We spoke with a league source who confirmed some internet rumors that San Diego Padres pitcher Randy Wolf is headed to the Yankees. The deal would send Wolf to NY for Jeff Marquez and a player to be named later.
We aren’t officially reporting this as a done deal, but merely stoking the flames of an internet rumor. Look at us stoking. The source didn’t say it was a done deal either, just that there are some legs to this one.
More Euro Cup thoughts coming
June 29th, 2008
Fernando Torres finally decided to stop pissing away chances on Sunday and torched crap-ass back Philipp Lahm (sorry Sebastian, he’s just terrible in the back), chipping the ball just over Jens Lehman to give Spain a 1-0 victory over the Germans.
I’ll be offering more thoughts on the whole Euro Cup during the early part of the week. But, for now I will just say that Germany asks Lahm to run wayyyy too much and that could be the reason that he’s a turd on defense. There was no excuse for letting Torres in on that goal.
Earnest Graham in the third round?
June 29th, 2008
Alright fantasy leaguers, it’s time to start paying attention to this stuff (we think about it all year around anyway). It looks like Cadillac Williams is going to start year on the PUP list. This means that he is out the first six weeks and eligible to come back for Week 7.
So, does this mean you grab Earnest Graham in third round or so? It might. If Warrick Dunn wasn’t hanging around I’d say that he’s a good pick in the third. I’m not worried about Michael Bennett.
Keep an eye on this situation. As it is, Cadillac’s progress has been miraculous. There were many that thought he’d never play again. So, if he does come back by Week 7, there is no guarantee he’ll give you much, if anything, at all. Graham could be a steal as he had 10 TD’s in 10 games last year.
As far as Cadillac though, if your roster is overloaded and you have a late pick to gamble with…
Steelers get rid of the closet crapper
June 27th, 2008
Just hours after PFT reported that the Steelers were trying to shop Najeh Davenport, they apparently couldn’t find any takers and plan to cut him.
You’ll remember Najeh as the guy who snuck into a female student’s dorm room and crapped in her closet.
Fantasy football leaguers take note of this guy getting cut, this will completely change the bottom half of the first round.
Al Davis: On second thought…
June 27th, 2008
Several sources have told Yahoo! Sports that Raiders owner Al Davis is having second thoughts about all the money he spent this offseason on guys like Javon Walker, Tommy Kelly, DeAngelo Hall and Gibril Wilson. So, maybe he isn’t senile after all.
The contracts he gave to some of these guys are just stupid, so yes, he should be worried that all these moves won’t amount to wins. It’s one thing to spend money, it’s another thing to spend it wisely.
Al Davis’ wonderful signings can be read about right here with opinions from anchorman Ron Burgandy.
Brandon Inge scared by pillows
June 27th, 2008
Wow, thanks to Chad for tipping us off on this one. Brandon Inge hurt himself with a pillow?
“It was the stupidest, most freakish thing,” Inge said Wednesday, explaining why he had just been placed on the 15-day DL with the pulled side muscle (oblique) he suffered 3 1/2 weeks ago.”I have a 3-year-old son who sleeps in the bed with my wife and me,” Inge said. “I was trying to push the pillow down behind his head (two nights ago), and when I did … I repopped (the strained muscle).
“You take swings in baseball, and it’s not as bad as pushing a pillow down.”
Upon hearing this story, manager Jim Leyland said, “That’s a first.”
CBS keeps Pete Prisco busy
June 26th, 2008
Here are Pete Prisco’s Top 50 players in the NFL. Prisco says Tom Brady is #1 and not many would argue.
Here are some eyebrow raisers:
6. Texans DE Mario Williams. He’s definitely good…but the sixth-best player in the whole league?
8. Bengals QB Carson Palmer. He’s a really nice QB, but I don’t know about having him this high.
25. Colts DE Dwight Freeney. C’mon…he’s a one-trick pony. Ask him to stop the run. Also, I’d be a good pass rusher too if I was ahead by 31 points the whole time.
42. Giants DE Osi Umenyiora. I don’t agree with this one. Justin Tuck is the best player on that line.
Pete Prisco says Bush most over-rated
June 26th, 2008
Pete Prisco of CBSSportsline.com throws out his annual over-rated/under-rated list for the NFL and Reggie Bush wins as the most over-rated player in the league.
Prisco writes: “Bush, who has 1,146 rushing yards in two seasons, gets the nod this year as my most overrated NFL player. In 28 NFL games, Bush has one 100-yard rushing effort. His 3.7 career average per rush is not impressive at all. He does have 161 catches in two seasons, but the Saints expected a lot more with him running with the football when they selected him.”
His most under-rated? Rams safety O.J. Atogwe. Why? Prisco says:
“Atogwe had eight interceptions, one returned for a touchdown, and 75 tackles in 2007 for the Rams. He has 32 starts in his three-year career and at 26 is just scratching the surface of his potential. Atogwe can become an unrestricted free agent after the 2008 season if the Rams don’t get him signed to a long-term deal by season’s end. If the Rams are smart, they’ll get him locked up before that happens. He’s that good.”
Shockey to stay?
June 26th, 2008
According to the True Blue blog on the Bergen Record’s website, “a source that has been accurate much of the time says the Giants have given up efforts to try to trade the tight end, and that Shockey will stay put.” What a great way to present your source.
This goes against everything that has happened since the Super Bowl for Shockey. The team was better without him, they tried to trade him to New Orleans, he got in a blowup with GM Jerry Reese. Hell, maybe the Giants just know they won’t get value for him.
Jefferson to the Bucks?
June 26th, 2008
ESPN says NBA sources have told them that the Nets plan to trade Richard “roll the dice as to whether or not I’ll play well tonight” Jefferson to the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for Yi Jianlian and Bobby Simmons. The sources say the deal has already been agreed upon and submitted to the league for approval.
This would mean $10 million in long-term savings for the Nets.
Turks get Turked
June 25th, 2008
Germany found a way to beat the Turks at their own game when Phillip Lahm scored in the 90th minute to give them the 3-2 win. Even for these Turks, there wasn’t enough time to come back.
Brandon Marshall was arrested in March
June 25th, 2008
This guy has “dick” written all over him. According to the Denver Post, Broncos WR Brandon Marshall was arrested on March 6th for domestic battery.
Marshall’s girlfriend, Rasheedah Watley, filed a criminal complaint on March 5th claiming that Marshall hit her leaving “visible marks above the eye and a laceration on her top and bottom lip.”
Now, this makes OTR wonder about his McDonald’s bag incident that turned out to be him horsing around with his brother. Was he horsing around? Was he fighting with his brother? That makes more sense?
Either way, it doesn’t look like it will be long before Marshall is taking a lie detector test from Shanahan.
‘Melo says hello to guilty plea
June 24th, 2008
Hey, it rhymed. Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony pleaded guilty to DUI this morning on charges stemming from his April 14th arrest.
“I put myself at risk,” Anthony told Denver Judge Claudia Jordan.
In related news, the Denver Nuggets have suspended him for the first two games of the 2008-2009 season.
Bradshaw used steroids
June 24th, 2008
Terry Bradshaw admitted last week on The Dan Patrick Show that he used steroids in the ’70’s.
“We did steroids to get away the aches and the speed of healing,” Bradshaw said. “My use of steroids from a doctor was to speed up injury, and thought nothing of it. … It was to speed up the healing process, that was it. It wasn’t to get bigger and stronger and faster.”
Wow, so it seems that the way to win multiple Super Bowls is to cheat.
How to solve the Rubik’s Cube
June 23rd, 2008
Scientific American magazine has a great article on how to solve the Rubik’s Cube. I could never get more than two sides.
Photo Caption: “Mine usually looked like this.”
Sharpton comments and Imus attempts to explain
June 23rd, 2008
Well, we knew it wouldn’t take long. Al Sharpton has issued a statement regarding the comments of Don Imus on Monday morning’s broadcast.
“It has been reported to me that statements were made by Mr. Imus this morning and National Action Network has monitored his show since his return. I find the inference of his remark disturbing because it plays into stereotypes. Any use of stereotypes is always counterproductive. We will determine in the next day or so whether or not his remark warrants direct action on our part as we did in April of last year.”
Meanwhile, Imus has been emailing with the NY Times and tried to explain that his comments were based on the fact that black people are frequently targeted by police.
Asked in an e-mail message what he was trying to convey, Mr. Imus wrote: “I meant he was being picked on because he’s black.’’
He said that Dick Gregory, a veteran comedian and activist who is black, would be a guest on his show on Tuesday, to discuss the death of George Carlin.
“We’ll see what he thinks,’’ Imus wrote. “I mean…come on!’’
Shaq: Kobe, tell me how my ass tastes
June 23rd, 2008
Our friends at TMZ.com got a hold of this video of Shaquille O’Neal free styling on stage. Some would argue that it’s not exactly pro-Kobe Bryant. Shaq repeatedly raps about how Kobe couldn’t get it done in the playoffs without him, says “Kobe, tell me how my ass tastes” as the apparent chorus, and blames Kobe for costing the seven-footer his marriage.
The video is here.
Don Imus what is wrong with you?
June 23rd, 2008
Don Imus apparently doesn’t get it. On his radio show today he had this exchange with Warner Wolf:
Wolf: “Defensive back Adam ‘Pacman’ Jones, recently signed by the Cowboys. Here’s a guy suspended all of 2007 following a shooting in a Vegas night club.”
Imus: “Well, stuff happens. You’re in a night club, for God’s sake. What do you think’s gonna happen in a night club? People are drinking, they’re doing drugs. There are women there, and people have guns. So, there, go ahead.”
Wolf: “He’s also been arrested six times since being drafted by Tennessee in 2005.”
Imus: “What color is he?”
Wolf: “He’s African-American.”
Imus: “Well, there you go. Now we know.”
What in the hell is he thinking? How is this not blatantly racist? This guy is lucky to have a job after they made so much noise about his comments regarding the Rutgers women’s basketball team. Wait until they get a hold of this one. We don’t even see where he was trying to make a joke.
Pele robbed at gunpoint
June 23rd, 2008
We know most Americans (including half of the writers for this blog) don’t care about soccer, which means they probably don’t know the rules. The do’s and don’t’s, shall we say. Well there are some major don’t’s in the sport, like you can’t touch the ball with your hands.
Another big don’t is: You don’t rob Pele at gunpoint. Although, that’s what seems to have happened recently in Brazil when some angry youths (we don’t know if they were angry, but we think it’s a safe assumption) robbed the greatest soccer player of all time (I don’t want any emails from the DeMarcus Beasley people. He simply hasn’t done it long enough).
The incident took place on June 13th, but it’s just now coming to light. The youths took Edison Arantes do Nascimento’s necklace, cell phone and watch.
Photo Caption: Pele is most famous for his years with the New York Cosmos.
All-time worst NFL QB’s
June 23rd, 2008
We found a new blog that we’ve added to our blog roll. Pro-Football-Reference.com is THE place do all your stat searching. How many yards did Jeff George pass for in 1992? You can look it up instantly on this site. It’s a must.
So, now we see they have a blog! It’s probably been up there for a while, but we’ve never gone to that site for blogs so we never looked. Today, they have stats on the worst QB seasons of all time.
After Bud Schwenk and Jack Jacobs in the 1940’s, who were horrific, one QB stands out as completely terrible in the modern era. Jake Plummer in 1999. He sucked a fat one. And remember, this is the year after he led the Cardinals to their only playoff win in forever when they beat the Cowboys in the 1998 playoffs. Good feelings only last so long in Arizona.
But don’t worry Eagles fans, you know you aren’t far behind. Bobby Hoying in 1998 was a steaming pile too. Click on the link to see the list, it’s great. Copying and pasting it just isn’t working.
Euro Cup thoughts
June 22nd, 2008
Euro Cup has been pretty damn good so far. Here are my thoughts on some things I’ve seen so far. If you care about soccer AND my thoughts (two big, big stretches), you can find those here.
Switch hitter meets switch pitcher
June 22nd, 2008Ever wonder what would happen if a switch hitter found himself against an ambidextrous pitcher? Just fyi, the rule is that the pitcher has to declare which hand he is going to throw with.
Malkin offered big dough to play in Russia?
June 21st, 2008
According to a report in the Toronto Star, Penguins star Evgeni Malkin has been offered $12.5 million a year tax free to play in Russia.
The native Russian is set to make $3.8 million this year, but a new deal with the Penguins will fetch closer to the $9 million range. Not tax free.
“He could make, in Russia, if he chose to go there next year after his contract expired, double or triple what he could make here,” said Malkin’s agent JP Barry, who admitted to receiving some “back-channel” offers from Russia.
“That’s not what he’s interested in doing,” he continued. “If this was all about money he would go to Russia because he could make more in Russia than he ever could in the NHL. Evgeni’s decision is he wants to stay in Pittsburgh.”
Apparently, Malkin gets antsy when he has to wait in line for bread.
Flyers ship RJ Umberger to Columbus
June 21st, 2008
The Philadelphia Flyers, a hockey team in the National Hockey League, shipped the rights to playoff stud R.J. Umberger to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for the 19th overall pick and a third-round pick in last night’s draft.
It’s not that the Flyers were unhappy with his 11 goals and five assists in the playoffs, it’s just that they couldn’t fit Umberger into their salary cap structure considering they still need to re-sign Jeff Carter and Randy Jones.
They Flyers used that 19th pick on two-way Swiss defenseman Luca Sbisa.
Schilling setting himself up to be heroic
June 21st, 2008
Curt Schilling told WEEI in Boston this week that his career could be over due to season-ending surgery on his shoulder and bicep.
Schilling said, “there’s a decent chance that I have thrown my last pitch, forever.”
We don’t really buy it. Could his career be over? Hell yes, he’s 41. But, Curt is a drama queen and says stuff like this so that when he does come back and pitch again, everyone thinks, ‘oh my god! He’s come back after he said he’d never pitch again!’
So suck it, Curt. We’ll believe you’ll retire when we see it.
Lynch did it
June 20th, 2008
Bills RB Marshawn Lynch is expected to plead guilty to the hit-and-run from a few weeks ago.
It’s only a misdemeanor, but Lynch will be subject to the league’s Personal Conduct Policy.
Ocho returns to Earth?
June 20th, 2008
In an interview with Bengals.com, Chad Johnson admits that he was acting like a nut job this offseason in his efforts to get traded.
“I did everything under the sun to get out of here,” Johnson said. “I acted psycho. I posed my case. I talked with my owner, who loves me dearly. He must. Those offers were unheard of. And he still said no. Really, I’m not that good.”
We understand what he did and what he was trying to do. It didn’t work. It’s time to just accept it, play ball and not get fined.
As David Brent said, “ok, show’s over. Well done.”
And for those that don’t know who David Brent is, here is a good introduction:
Ronaldo wants out of Man U.
June 20th, 2008
Cristiano Ronaldo, whose Portuguese team recently got bounced from the Euro Cup, reiterated his desire to leave Manchester United following the loss to Germany.
“I will talk with Manchester and we will try to reach a deal,” said the Portugal winger, who will have surgery on his right foot. “The possibilities to go to Madrid are great, but it doesn’t depend on me.”
One would think that this deal would exceed the $90 million world transfer record that Real paid for Zidane in 2001.
The downside of Ahmad Bradshaw
June 19th, 2008
Everyone in New York was thrilled last year as rookie RB Ahmad Bradshaw helped provide a 1-2 punch in the Giants’ backfield with Brandon Jacobs. That’s all well and good, but there was a reason he was a seventh-round “I’ll take a flyer on him” draft pick and not a third rounder. He had/has off-field issues. And while he spent some time last year in the end zones of opposing defenses, he’s spending his time elsewhere these days. Like jail.
Bradshaw has been in jail in Virginia since June 15th for an undisclosed probation violation.
He was sentenced to two years probation while at Marshall on a 2006 larceny charge. He stole a Playstation from a fellow student’s room.
Mariners to release Sexson soon
June 18th, 2008
According to a report in the Herald, a source within the Mariners says that they will look to release Richie Sexson within the next few days.
Sexson is hitting .218 with 9 HR’s and 23 RBI’s this year, while making $14 million. These new people in charge in Seattle are real hard asses.
Rick Peterson to work with Zito again?
June 18th, 2008
Former Mets pitching coach Rick Peterson, who was just fired along with Willie Randolph, could possibly be reunited with Barry Zito in San Francisco.
Peterson worked with Zito back in Oakland when Zito was actually worth a damn. He has been so dreadful in San Francisco that one would have to think that the Giants would be willing to try anything at this point.
Photo Caption: “These have been the major problem since I got here.”
J.J. Arrington arrested
June 18th, 2008
Disappointing Cardinals RB J.J. Arrington just got disappointinger. He was arrested last night after an event in North Carolina at the D & I Event Center (that’s better than the DUI Center I guess) for disorderly conduct.
If you can’t get your name in the paper for playing good football, you simply have to find other ways.
