So Cutler is fined for talking shit to a ref right?
A day after throwing five interceptions in the Bears’ 10-6 loss at San Francisco, Cutler was fined $20,000 by the NFL for abusive conduct toward a game official during last Sunday’s 41-21 loss to the Cardinals.
Cutler was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct in the third quarter following a pass attempt to Greg Olsen. He argued with Ed Hochuli because he thought Olsen was held on the play.
OK I get it. You can’t be mean to referees on the field. Never question them and never give them the stink eye.
However. Did Cutler get into any trouble over this?
Yes, that was a lame prison joke.
Thunder Collins, former Nebraska Cornhusker, has received a life sentence.
Former Nebraska running back Thunder Collins has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in a September 2008 shooting that killed one man and injured another.
In sentencing Thursday the Douglas County District Court also gave Collins a further 110 years on other counts, including attempted second-degree murder, assault and two weapons charges. The sentences are to be served consecutively.
Sometimes I wonder what goes through these collegiate athlete’s minds when they’re justifying a crime they’re about to commit. Whether it’s this or the Tennessee four who held up a store in Knoxville. I know football practices suck, but there are better ways around it!
[via ESPN]
I mean, it’s only a matter of time before Mangini’s gone, right? Is there any way he’ll last the season?
On the same day that Browns running back Jamal Lewis said he thought coach Eric Mangini was working the team too hard, a Browns practice squad player named Keith Grennan ruptured his patellar tendon during an “opportunity drill.” Grennan, a second-year defensive end out of Eastern Washington, will have surgery Monday and will be out at least eight months. Grennan’s agent, Cameron Foster, confirmed the injury.
A source with direct knowledge of the incident confirmed that the injury happened during the “opportunity drill” period — a post-practice time when Mangini puts practice squad players and rookies through additional drills to give them the chance to impress coaches.
If someone badass like Jamal Lewis says the coach is working the players to hard, I’ll tend to believe them. Lewis is a mean, mean dude – he’s like the antithesis of Shaun Alexander – so this isn’t a case of a wimpy player whining about practice.
The Browns are absolutely horrific and likely won’t win more than two this year. If the players – like Lewis – are already turning on the Mangina, I just can’t see him coaching into next season. Maybe it’s time to abandon the whole “coaching tree” philosophy of hiring and instead look for guys who actually know how to coach a football team.
I mentioned Charles Barkley’s appearance on TNT a couple of hours ago and then I said to myself “let’s take this a step further. I mean when you really think about it, Barkley is way up there with just about any TV personality when it comes to unforgettable moments.
People just don’t realize it because most of this stuff occurs during a halftime show. But I’m telling you people, if you actually watch this show please plant yourselves in front of the screen. It’s worth it.
And in honor of Sir Charles, I’ve put together five videos that you will most certainly enjoy
Wow. I was watching this game last night and jumped out of my seat when Dwyane Wade dunked all over Anderson Varejao. This was one of the most posterizing, nuts-in-the-face dunks I have seen in years. Varejao must have felt like he was Krusty’s sidekick again, taking a scrotum across the eyes for the entertainment of kids everywhere.
As a player, there’s just no recovering from a dunk like this. Sure, the Cavs won the game, but thousands of people saw Varejao get demolished. If an ordinary slam dunk is missionary sex, then this dunk was Wade wearing the penis blade from Se7en.
The college basketball season, begins the season with a bunch of Goliaths playing a bunch of Davids without any repeat of the Biblical story. This, for the most part, is true with college football. For the college basketball example, I need look no further than Ohio State, who thanks to Evan Turner’s play, has been grabbing the headlines of ESPN with their first two wins. Last night the Buckeyes defeated the Dukes of James Madison 72-44.
Thankfully, much like college football it seems, the third game is a real game.
Ohio State coach Thad Matta chuckled when asked if his team had learned enough in two games to cope with what it will be facing in the next two.”I hope so,” he said.
They advance to meet defending national champion North Carolina (No. 4 ESPN/USA Today, No. 6 AP) in the semifinals next Thursday night in Madison Square Garden.
Unfortunately, however, since there are far more college basketball games than college football, that means a plethora of craptastic teams are in every team’s schedule. For example, here are Ohio State’s next five opponents after North Carolina: Lipscomb Bisons, St. Francis (PA) Red Flash, Florida State (at least they can say they’re finally as good as their football team!), Eastern Michigan Eagles, and the Butler Bulldogs (getting better).
I’ll be napping. Wake me up when NCAAB conference play starts and for the NCAAF conference championships/Michigan game.
[via ESPN]
Since when does a homeless guys have a cheery demeanor and perfect teeth? This is a picture of Derek Jeter (like you couldn’t tell) as a homeless guy taken on the set of an upocoming Will Ferrell movie called The Other Guys. It’s cool to see Jeter make a small transition into acting, but I’m not buying him in this role. He needs to really become the character like Heath Ledger did for the Joker. Sorry, Jeter, but unless you stop bathing, piss and shit yourself constantly, sleep on subways, and hold the door for me at CVS when I’m coming in and out of the store so as to perhaps elicit a shred of sympathy from me so I’ll give you 34 cents in change that’ll undoubtedly go toward your next bottle of cheap whiskey, nobody’s going to buy you as a homeless guy. Maybe try eating some cat foot; you may like it.
I’m just trying to help. If you are taking this acting thing seriously, I suggest you start having loud conversations with yourself immediately.
[photo from Dlisted]
I’m officially putting NBA’s Halftime Report in as being one of my top 5 programs on TV right now. Since there are virtually no good shows anymore on network television, watching Charles Barkley banter with Kenny and Ernie is most definitely worth my time.
And boy did Charles deliver last night. The guy went on for at least 10 minutes about Sammy Sosa and being proud to be black. He went on to pose all kinds of questions about what would happen if he became white.
Then what’d he do? He had a makeup artist make his skin lighter. I love Charles. Not to mention the guy actually understands the game and tells it like it is. I love when he says stuff like “they’re just not a good team.” It’s awesome.
His colleague Kenny Smith shouted “Say it loud!” before continuing, “I’m black and I’m proud.” Barkley then asked Smith, “If I become white, am I allowed to eat chicken and hamhocks?”
If you guys aren’t watching these three during NBA on TNT then you really need to. The only video evidence I have found of this is located at Huffington Post but I’m sure we’ll see something on youtube by the end of today.
