Entries from September 2008

September 30, 2008

Lane Kiffen gives a Final F-U to Al Davis

Lane Kiffen is a lame duck coach who frankly should have stayed at USC instead of taking the Raiders head coaching job.  He was the offensive coordinator for a perennial national title team, and now is the whipping boy for Al Davis.  Lane gave the Raiders one last middle finger by having Sebastian Janikowski  attempt [...]

September 27, 2008

Chris Rock on Dog Fighting and Sarah Palin

I know this is a few days old, but this is a great Chris Rock bit on what Michael Vick thinks in jail while Sarah Palin goes around shooting wild animals in Alaska.  Fast forward to the 2 minute mark for the Michael Vick comment, but the whole thing is worth watching.
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September 24, 2008

Kids Gang Tackle LaDainian Tomlinson Which Leads to His ‘08 Season Struggle

LaDainian Tomlinson is struggling during the 2008 season with an average of 67 yards a game and a measly 2 TDs.  Coming from the guy who set the single season TD record with 28 TDs, one can only believe that he’s lost a step.  He has lost his legs due to his huge number of [...]

September 23, 2008

Last Inning at Yankee Stadium

It was the last hurrah at Yankee Stadium, in case you’ve been living in a hole and not watching ESPN.  The “network” has trumped this event like JFK had been shot and the grassy knoll is the outfield where Mickey Mantle used to spit tobacco.
I went to the stadium twice and the first time, sat [...]

September 15, 2008

Blog Links and More Links

All-Star blogger and All-Pro football player, Chris Cooley showed his junk and Playing the Field captured the original photos.  Some were worried about his showing of the Redskins’ playbook, but his subtle displayig of his package was the only real part of the photo.  The playbook page was a fake.
Ed Hachuli blew a controversial call [...]

September 10, 2008

Dude, Where’s My Coach?

Ashton Kutcher is now an assistant football coach at Harvard Westlake, an elite school in Los Angeles.  Not one to kick someone while they’re an Ashton, but we like people giving back to the community.
It’s mostly everything else from “That 70’s Show”, to being a professional celebrity, to a Web 2.0 wannabe, that we find [...]

September 10, 2008

Evan Tanner: A True Warrior

Luke Bushwhacker is our expert on MMA and sent us a retrospective commentary on the life of Evan Tanner.  For those who don’t follow MMA, Tanner a former MMA-great, was found dead on a camping trip, as the L.A. Times reports:
“His body is discovered in a remote desert area of Imperial County. Authorities say he [...]

September 9, 2008

Vince Young, Where Have you Gone?

The Nashville Tennessean is reporting that Coach Jeff Fisher put out an APB last night for his star QB.  The Titans Coach contacted the Nashville PD to keep an eye out for Young after his roommates reported that he was stormed out of their house, leaving his cell phone. The police released this:
“Given the totality [...]

September 9, 2008

Brady Costing Owners $150 Million

Fantasy owners are feeling the effects of the Brady injury.  Last year, Brady sent NFL records like they were going out of style, and won fantasy owners who drafted him, 50% of their leagues.  SportsBuff.com is totaling that there are $500 million dollars on the line in fantasy pools this year.  This year, he was [...]

September 8, 2008

Tom Brady’s Leg Bends Against Gravity

Mike Silver from Yahoo Sports is reporting that Brady is out for the year.  Click here, to read his article.  Below is the video from the injury.  On NBC’s Football Night, Bob Costas treated the injury as if it was Russia invading Georgia, on the scale of importance.  Since the Colts lost, and ruined a [...]