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From the looks of it, this guy was more entertaining than the amateur-ish basketball game he was performing at. As long as he doesn’t spring a leak and avoids dancing to the Black Eyed Peas, he’s an early favorite to win the next season of America’s Got Talent.
Roger Goodell enjoyed a day in Washington, D.C. yesterday to learn about our government first hand. Goodell was there to discuss what was being done in regards to dealing with player concussions.
Let me read between the lines for you. Former players who are now pretty much disabled didn’t get paid shit when they were in the NFL. In the meantime current NFL players are making bank because the NFL has developed into a cash cow.
So in reality, this is not about preventing concussions or protecting brains from becoming mush. This is about trying to lay the ground work for a lawsuit so that these disabled players can cash in on the NFL money tree.
If you ask me, I’d rather see my tax money go towards a congressman having an affair with a stripper named Bunny. Because nothing can be done about concussions in football unless you remove the contact from the sport, and if you remove the contact from the sport, you’re left with a bunch of fat guys dancing with each other. I don’t know about you, but I’m not going to pay $165 to spend and afternoon watching the fat man ballet.
Hit it…
Boubacar Cissoko, cornerback for the mediocre Wolverines, has officially received the boot after being suspended a month ago.
Coach Rich Rodriguez late Tuesday released a one-sentence statement: “Boubacar Cissoko has been dismissed for a violation of team rules.”
“Violation of team rules,” generally means that someone f-ed up so bad, they can’t say what exactly they did, however, they did note that academics were involved (go to class, fool!). Since I don’t know the circumstances of the situation, I can’t really defend or applaud. But to think all that extra practice went to waste… Shame, really…
[via ESPN]
Derrick Rose is beginning to have it all. Save for the SAT stuff, the man is starting to bloom. How you might ask?
Marisa Miller invaded the Bulls practice facility last week to nominate Rose as Chicago’s sexiest athlete on behalf of Victoria’s Secret, yet Rose didn’t appear shy about the honor. “Everybody was telling me about her,” said Rose of Miller, who was on the cover of SI’s 2008 swimsuit edition. “And then I was seeing pictures of her and I was like, man, she’s been doing pretty good.”
When Marissa Miller is shining you then you know something is going right. Looks like Derrick Rose is primed for a good season on and off the court. I’ll be curious to see how he handles his debut tonight (though I really only care how Tyrus Thomas does).
But more importantly. Derrick, bubbi, if you’re going to play with the big boys then you can’t wear Krameresque jackets all over the place. If you want to run with Kobe, D-Wade, and Lebron then you’re going to have to sport some reasonable gear.
I mean cut it with this high school baby crap. I don’t care how old you are. Clean it up. And stop hanging out with people like this….
In another case of our legal system being abused:
HELENA, Mont. — A Montana jury has found the maker of Louisville Slugger baseball bats failed to adequately warn about the dangers the product can pose, awarding a family $850,000 for the 2003 death of their son in a baseball game.
The jury on Wednesday awarded a total of $850,000 in damages against Hillerich & Bradsby for failure to place warnings on the product. However, the jury decided the product was not defective.
Brandon Patch’s family argued that aluminum baseball bats are dangerous because they cause the ball to travel at a greater speed.
They argued their 18-year-old son did not have enough time to react to the ball being struck before it hit him in the head while he was pitching in an American Legion baseball game in Helena in 2003.
Debbie Patch says she hopes the decision will make more people aware of the dangers associated with aluminum bats and that more youth leagues will switch to using wooden bats.
Really? An aluminum bat needs to come with a warning? Keep in mind that this kid wasn’t trying to use the bat for something other than baseball. In fact, he wasn’t using the bat at all. What did he think was going to happen if a batter hit his pitch with an aluminum bat? An explosion of candy and rainbows? The bottom line here is that this is another example of why jury trials should be abolished. I feel bad for the kid’s family, but Jesus Christ – it’s not like balls hit by aluminum bats turn into cotton. What would a warning have done?
And yeah, youth leagues switching to wooden bats is a brilliant idea. Those things are the epitome of safe.
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Everyone’s favorite headless costume finally made it to the national news by way of the Today Show. The next step is to spin this costume into a sitcom. I don’t know about you, but I’d watch a headless version of Married With Children.
The plot lines would be endless. Like the time that Kelly stole Buds head out of the fridge and put it in the oven. Or the time that Peg wanted to buy a new dress, but didn’t have any money, so she sold Al’s head to medical research. Comedic gold I tell you.
The Kansas Jayhawks have topped the preseason coaches poll, despite a few off-season distractions.
Kansas junior guard Brady Morningstar was suspended from first-semester games after he was arrested earlier this month on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.
The arrest was the latest embarrassment for the Jayhawks, as university police opened an investigation into September’s brawl involving members of the school’s football and men’s basketball teams.
Rounding out the top 5 along with Kansas are Michigan State, Texas, North Carolina and Kentucky, returning to old, yet familiar territory. But how much does this poll really matter?
Not at all. In fact, it’s probably a hex more than anything to be at the top of such a hypothetical poll. Now everyone will be gunning for these teams (as if they wouldn’t have been anyway), making the trip to the Final Four even more difficult.
At least this poll means that college basketball is just around the corner, signaling the busiest time of the year for sports. World Series baseball, NFL, NBA, NHL, College Football and College Basketball. My weekends are officially booked.
[via ESPN]
That’s the only way I can explain Cliff Lee walking into Yankee Stadium last night and just totally dominating. Lee pitched a complete game, giving up just six hits and striking out 10, and would have had a shutout if not for Rollins’ throwing error in the ninth. But this wasn’t like Josh Beckett in 2003; it seemed like Cliff Lee was going to get guys out even if he was trying to walk them or give up a hit. I mean, did you see his nonchalant catch and behind-the-back snag? It was like Toby Maguire in Pleasantville when he’s playing basketball. Lee could have shoved the baseball in his mouth and spit it toward home plate, and Matsui would hit a liner right into his glove. Clearly the Devil is involved.
