Archive for August, 2010
It’s 4:19, You Gotta Minute?
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• The half-brother of Tiger Woods is saying that Tiger and Elin are still in love. Wait. Who? [Out of Bounds]
• I have no idea what the hell is going on in this embedded video, but it’s mesmerizing. [Walkoff Walk]
• The Tampa Bay Rays have invented a new fashion atrocity: The Brayser. And the guy who wrote this particular post is some kind of genius (hint: it’s me) [With Leather]
• Joe Namath: still quite the ladykiller. [Larry Brown Sports]
• Brilliant: “Cavaliers Unveil New Uniforms; Gilbert Insists On Using Comic Sans” [TAUNTR]
• August 29th’s Themed Bobblehead Day at Miller Park in Milwaukee pays tribute to…CC Sabathia? [Joe Sports Fan]
• Five comely female athletes you could take home to meet your mom. [Unathletic]
• The top 10 greatest sports calls of all-time. [Ted Williams Head]
• On second thought, maybe Phil Mickelson becoming a vegetarian isn’t such a great idea. [Waggle Room]
• The 2010 KSK Fantasy Team Naming Guide. [Kissing Suzy Kolber]
• The Onion Headline of the Day, Part II: [video] Fat Kid Successfully Avoids Ridicule By Swimming With Shirt On
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The reason I ask is because I just learned that Jay Leno will be the Grand Marshal for the Indianapolis MotoGP, a motorcycle race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on August 29th.
Now, just to be clear, I’m not hoping a tremendous amount of ill-will upon the NBC unfunnyman, like suffering life-threatening injuries or anything, just something that would take him off the air for a few weeks months years forever.
Is that too much to ask? Does that make me a terrible person or has all the other rotten stuff I have previously written on this here site already taken care of that for me?
Jay Leno will be Indy MotoGP grand marshal [USA Today/AP]
Sweet Mother Mary, that is…well, it’s just not right.
John Daly uploaded the above photo three days ago for worldwide dissemination after he unceremoniously withdrew from competition during the 2nd round of the PGA Championship, the 17th time he has pulled out of a tournament in the past five years. Daly cited a shoulder injury for quitting not even midway through the final major of the season and provided the following hilarious explanation via his Twitter account:
“thinkin it happened on bunker hole 1, played thru in miserable pain, saw Tour Doc after play & have tore rotator cup [sic] after tests were done.”
Ah yes. The dreaded rotator cup injury. Those can be quite debilitating.
Thankfully for JD, ol’ Doc Whitelaw was on hand to ice it down and do God knows what else and wouldn’t you know it? Miraculously, Daly is now healthy enough to compete in the Wyndham Championship this week, mere days after his rotator cup was like, totally torn up and stuff. Actually, Daly reported that thanks to Doc Whitelaw’s expertise and um, unique bedside manner, it was determined to be only a rotator cup strain. Nice.
But egad, that photo, which Daly captioned with “Me & Doc Whitelaw in my living room, icing my shoulder & watching some NFL.”
Let’s just go with the theory that was all they were doing. You know, with the Hippocratic Oath and whatnot. Sheesh.
Surprise! Daly’s Injured “Rotator Cup” Feeling Good Enough to Play Wyndham [Wei Under Par]
John Daly Gives PGA Championship the Cold Shoulder [Wei Under Par]
How many times have you heard this one before? The residents of a peaceful and quaint metropolitan neighborhood finally saying enough is enough to a Lawn Bowling Club after the members, many who are elderly pensioners, have went way too far with music blaring after too much drink and commit other assorted examples of inebriated shenanigans, which is compared in the article to as being expected from “boisterous rugby players after a day of pub golf” as opposed to senior citizen lawn bowlers.
Okay, maybe it’s the first time ever such a scene has ever played out, but for the residents of Denmark Hill, a neighborhood in South London, these old timers with their hard partying ways have become a blight on the tranquil setting. In fact, it has become such a sorry state that after repeated complaints by neighbors, authorities had no other choice but to revoke the Temple Lawn Bowling Club’s “drink and music” licenses.
We covered this story yesterday here at the Sportress with words and stuff, but if you are the kind of person who likes “talky pictures,” above is video of Bobby Petrino briefly castigating Renee Gork after she did the unthinkable and wore a Florida Gators hat to the Arkansas football coach’s press conference.
Of course, this whole controversy which culminated in Gork being fired from Hog Sports Radio (sooo-eeeee!) for her audacious fashion faux pas, has now become a case of “He Said, She Said,” as both Gork and radio station general manager both made appearances on the Dan Patrick radio program to tell their side of the story.
In the end, Bobby Petrino, whether he intended to or not, played a key role in this woman losing her job, all because she was not properly showing her loyalty to the team she was paid to cover. And if there is one thing Bobby Petrino knows a lot about, it’s loyalty. No, I’m not familiar with Petrino’s previous relationship with the Atlanta Falcons, why do you ask?
Video: Petrino ‘addresses’ Gator-clad media member [College Football Talk]
Fired Reporter, Radio Station GM Spar Over Hat-Gate Firing [Sports Radio Interviews]
(previously at the Sportress: Free (Lady Who Was Fired From An Arkansas Radio Station For Wearing A Gators) Hat!)
On a garbage can. He got totally high (up) by standing on a waste receptacle to sign some autographs for eagerly awaiting fans above the San Francisco Giants’ dugout. Heh. Dugout.
Via USA Today/AP:
Players inside the dugout who choose to sign autographs usually get items handed to them from a security guard standing on top of the dugout. But the 5-foot-11 Lincecum got a boost from the red can and spent several minutes signing for an appreciative crowd.
So, allow me to apologize if I misled some of you into thinking that Tim Lincecum took a couple of puffs before greeting the masses to sign hats, balls, etc. At the same time, who know? Given his previous history with marijuana, he might have been blazed as well.
Lincecum goes to extremes to sign [USA Today/AP]
Caddyshack, Inception-ized
Posted by:The newest thing that is all the rage on the interwebs, along with Hentai Midget Bondage Bukkake Porn, is taking classic films and giving them an Inception-style treatment.
Thankfully, the folks over at TAUNTR selected one of the best sports films to Inception-ize: Caddyshack. Well done, gents.
On a side note, I have heard a lot of good things about this Inception film. I really should get out and see it at some point. But it looks like it will have to wait awhile to work its way up in Weed Against Speed’s movie-seeing pecking order, what with Eat Pray Love, Step Up 3D and Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore already heading up my list of Oscar-caliber films I must see in the theater.
Caddyshack Trailer–Inception Style [TAUNTR]
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• Nineteen-year-old Rachel Stieringer of Keystone Heights, Florida has been placed under arrest after a Facebook user reported her to authorities after the mother uploaded a photo of her baby with its face in a bong. Some people have no sense of humor. Check that: some people shouldn’t be allowed to breed. The Mother of the Year was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and released. What a moron. [Yahoo!/AP]
• Mike Tyson wants to live in a hut in Burma. I can see that. [Out of Bounds]
• Torii Hunter was being his old self, robbing another helpless batter of a home run. [Larry Brown Sports]
• Who wants to fly Brett Favre Airways? [Sports Pickle]
• The top 10 takeaways from Favreapalooza. [Five Tool Tool]
• Nice skinny jeans, LeBron. [You Been Blinded]
• Samer is rolling out his NFL previews, folks. Check ‘em out. [Second-String Fullback]
• Tyreke Evans’ golf swing may have set the sport back 100 years. [That NBA Lottery Pick]
• Steve Williams denies “media speculation” and insists that he and Tiger are great. Really, really great. [Wei Under Par]
• Wrestler Billy Gunn’s mistress exposes him on videos. [Ted Williams Head]
• The Onion Headline of the Day: Candidate To Accuse Opponent Of Racism Just To See What Happens
It’s 4:19, You Gotta Minute?
Posted by:• That damn Icelandic soccer team with the goofy celebrations is back at it again. [Out of Bounds]
• The original site which published semi-sexy photos of that chick who was nailed with the foul ball after her boyfriend ducked out of the way has crapped out, but BC was there to pick up the pieces. Well done, gents. [Busted Coverage]
• Some dude skips a golf ball 200 yards across water and bangs a gong. Cool. [Bob's Blitz]
• Someone alert the Weekly World News! A Bat Boy has been discovered in Cincinnati! [TAUNTR]
• Rory McIlroy be talking smack about Tiger Woods. [Waggle Room]
• Guy manages to snag a foul ball with his cap while talking on his cell phone. [Big League Stew]
• Blue Menu has written an open letter to baggage handlers at the airports in Toronto and/or Philadelphia. [Food Court Lunch]
• The Onion Headline of the Day, Part II: Al-Jazeera Introduces ‘Lighter Side Of The News’ Segment
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Yay!
And for those of you dying to keep track of his every movement, KSTP-TV has a helicopter in hot pursuit following the Brett Favre Motorcade. I don’t know how long it will last, but they are chronicling the wondrous moments as they happen with live video here.
Jesus.
Ted Nugent Is Something Of A Master-Baiter
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Say it ain’t so, The Nuge. Say it ain’t so.
Ted Nugent’s insatiable bloodlust for killing animals whether by use of a firearm, a bow or crap, probably his bare hands, has been well-documented. Which is why it comes as a complete shock that he was fined $1,750.00 and pleaded no contest for illegally baiting deer in California during filming of his show, Spirit of the Wild, which appears on the Outdoors Channel. Via Outdoor Life:
The rock star and gun rights advocate used C’mere Deer, a high-end deer attractant, to harvest two deer in California where baiting for deer is illegal, according to the Appeal-Democrat, a local California newspaper.
Nugent also illegally shot an immature spike buck, but that charge was dropped after negotiations between his lawyer and the Yuba County District Attorney’s office. Also charged in the case were Mitchell Moore and Ross Patterson. Moore was a videographer for the show. Patterson owned the property Nugent hunted and he also spread the deer attractant.
The episode aired in March, and a California Fish and Game warden saw the hunt unfold. He “just about fell out of his chair” when he saw Nugent with the buck, Fish and Game spokesman Patrick Foy told the newspaper. Since the episode was televised to a national audience, it seems that Nugent was unaware that he was breaking any game laws.
At least the Motor City Madman didn’t make a fuss about it and by pleading no contest and paying the fine, took his medicine like a, um, madman. As an avid outdoorsman, there is little doubt that this was a simply an oversight and a complete mistake on The Nuge’s part. Kind of like when he joined the Damn Yankees. Seriously, what was up with that?
Ted Nugent Fined for Illegal Deer Baiting [Outdoor Life]
There is only about 15 minutes left in the flight – after which I’m sure Brad Childress will chauffeur the Gunslinger over to Winter Park – but why don’t you go ahead and follow along right here? Crazy stuff.
What a time to be alive. The only thing that would make this more compelling is a Moon Pie.
It looks like the three-man contingent the Vikings sent down to recruit Brett Favre to return to Minnesota for one more season worked and it appears they will be bringing back some precious cargo to the Twin Cities…
Yep, by all accounts, and according to a report from the NFL Network, it appears Favre is coming back to sling the old football around for another year.
Via Access Vikings:
According to NFL Network, the quarterback is on a plane headed to the Twin Cities. This comes after three Vikings players, Jared Allen, Steve Hutchinson and Ryan Longwell, went to visit Favre in Mississippi and convince him to return.
Apparently it worked.
And then there’s this which was sent to the Star Tribune as an e-mail alert from Brett Favre’s official site (which is currently down):
“Stay tuned for breaking news from the Minnesota Vikings today on Brett Favre’s possible return. Visit the Vikings.com and Officialbrettfavre.com for more information.”
Yeah, right. Possible return. I wasn’t going to say that I told you so, but yeah, I told you so.
Report: Favre heading to Twin Cities [Star Tribune]
Vikings send three to visit Favre [Star Tribune]
Favre Watch back on full alert [NFL Network]
What was already going to be a hotly-contested three-game series between the Twins and the White Sox at Target Field might have a little more sizzle to it if inflammatory comments made by White Sox bullpen coach Juan Nieves during a radio show on Sunday gets back to the Twins clubhouse.
Courtesy of Minnesota beat writer LaVelle E. Neal’s Twins Insider blog on StarTribune.com comes news that Nieves, during an appearance on a radio program called “Coaches at the Cork” on Chicago’s 670 The Score (audio here, at about the 27:00 mark), admitted that he considered informing his pitchers to “smoke Mauer” in order to incite a brawl with the Twins, who currently hold a three-game lead in the AL Central over the Pale Hose.
“I’ve even thought of telling guys, ‘Hey Thornton, smoke Mauer, see if you can start a fight,” Nieves said. “We’re not afraid of anybody.”
While I have no doubt whatsoever that the ChiSox are not afraid of the Twinkies, I do have to question the wisdom of a member of a major league coaching staff practically admitting he would like to put a bounty on an opposing player’s head in order to start a bench-clearing brawl. Stuff like that should certainly be cause for concern in the Commissioner’s office as well as the locker room of the umps who will be working this series in Minneapolis.
As a Twins fan, I want to say, “OH NO HE DI’INT,” but as a baseball fan, I’m all for it. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with adding a little fuel to the fire, especially in an already bitter rivalry.
Either way, tonight, it’s on. It’s on like Donkey Kong.
“In this corner, wearing black and white trunks………” [Twins Insider]
To announce the Sporting News’ launch of the brand-spanking new relaunch of its online presence, Sporting News Feed, of course.
You can click through via the above link if you would like to hear courtesy of the dulcet tones of the Blogfather about the relaunch, but Mediabistro’s WebNewser also has some relevant information regarding the new iteration of SportingNews.com:
Sporting News Feed will enhance its breaking news coverage with original reporting, real-time video produced in partnership with CineSport, and curated recommendations from across the Internet.
The revamped site will incorporate integration with Facebook, including Like buttons and activity feed plug-ins, as well as interaction with Twitter, Yahoo! Buzz, and Rowdy.com.
Sporting News also reached an agreement with Yahoo! Sports giving the latter the exclusive rights to nationally distribute Sporting News Feed content.
In addition, digital-aggregation company PublishThis created a custom tool that will allow Sporting News editors to package related sports links with their content.
It is reasonable to suspect that the site’s relaunch as Sporting News Feed likely had a lot to do with the recent shutting down of The Sporting Blog and FirstCuts, blogs which were previously under the umbrella of the Sporting News’ site. Nevertheless, the updated format looks mighty interesting and I wish them all the best in their quest in creating a Brave New Interwebs Sports World. At the same time, I don’t know if I’ll ever recover from the oddness of seeing Will Leitch pop up on my monitor and start talking. Weird stuff.
SportingNews.com Relaunches as Sporting News Feed [WebNewser]
