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TOP STORIES - FEBRUARY 6, 2010 FANTASY NASCAR 2010: TOP 35 DRIVERS RANKED... KACSPORTS FANTASY BASEBALL 2010 PREVIEW ARRIVES!!! CATCHERS | FIRST BASE | SECOND BASE LATEST KACSPORTS BLOG: The end of the NFL's Mayan calender, March 2011... TRAGEDY IN TORONTO - SON OF LEAFS GM DEAD: On the rink in sports terms it was yet another disastrous night for the Toronto Maple Leafs who gave up three goals in the final three minutes to lose to New Jersey 4-3. After the game however came much more devastating news for the organization, as the story broke that the 21 year-old son of general manager Brian Burke had been killed in a head-on collision in snowy conditions in Indiana. Brendan Burke was a student manager for the Miami (OH) hockey program and one of Brian Burke's six children. Just two months ago, Brendan revealed in a ESPN piece that he was gay and had quit his high school team over the possible homophobia culture in the locker room. The article led to an outpouring of support towards the Burke family. It was said that Brendan was considering following in his father's footsteps as a hockey front-office executive. The Maple Leafs are making plans for a pre-game tribute before Saturday's home game (Hockey Night in Canada) v. Ottawa. FLASHBACK, DECEMBER 2006: The 25-year old daughter of then-Canadiens GM Bob Gainey was lost at sea after being swept overboard from a Nova Scotia-based ship where she was a deckhand. A subsequent investigation raised safety questions as well as what the ship was doing at sea in the first place during a storm. PATRICK KANE - DOWWWNNNN BOY!!!! I preface all of this by saying the SportsbyBrooks of the world always have the quicker trigger on these type of stories, they no doubt had these pix up about 20 minutes after they hit the web. And I will also preface by saying I was 21-22 myself and in BC a couple times, and did not take full advantage. I'm referring to Chicago Blackhawk teammates Patrick Kane, Kris Versteeg, and John Madden's little shirtless limo ride with the ladies last weekend in Vancouver while enjoying some nice refreshing Kokanee's (a local BC brew). Now I would say that I'm not sure there are too many who would ever want to see the other John Madden shirtless - though the Blackhawks version is 36 himself (actually it's good to see the older guys get in on the fun). In the aftermath as the players faced media questions as the Hawks roadtrip continued, Kane apologized for his actions and admitted that perhaps it's time he grew up a little. Apologize??? Kane's got nothing to apologize for, that or roughing up that cabbie that was trying to rip him off during the off-season. Patrick Kane is expected to be a key component representing the United States at the upcoming Olympics to be held in... - ah never mind, one night in Vancouver was enough, now he gets two weeks??? Have to confess the Canadians are the heavy favorites, if they can win the Gold in Salt Freakin' Lake they're a mortal lock in Vancouver. My only hope is that Ovechkin and the Russians get them in the final game. That's what we're down to, rooting for the Russians - things change in 30 years...NFL OBIT: Reports this morning that fromer NFL player and broadcaster Tom Brookshier has passed away at age 78. Brookshier is best remembered as being Pat Summerall's sidekick on CBS's #1 announcing team during the 1970's....  MICHAEL COOPER'S CHEER - 'F---U-C-L-A'... For those who hadn't gotten enough of the USC/UCLA rivalry which escalated when Pete Carroll ran up the score on his buddy Rick Neuheisel in the final minute, it appears that the hatred from USC has gotten into other sports as well. Take former Lakers legend and current USC women's hoops coach Michael Cooper, in the aftermath of an emotionally charged win over his cross-town rivals last weekend, Cooper opened his post-game presser by saying 'My opening statement is, F-UCLA...'. As what might be expected, that earned Coop a quick reprimand and a slap on the wrist by the Pacific 10 conference. Joe Bruin has been taking it on the men's side by Tommy Trojan as well, as USC went into Pauley Pavilion and handed the Bruins their worst home loss since the 1944-45 season. The only question now is if the program in Westwood is now going to have to refer to themselves as the 'FUCLANS'...TWO WORDS, SIX LETTERS, 'I'M DONE'... The wire story says that John Daly basically retired right on national television today after missing the cut at Torrey Pines. Of course Daly has 'retired' just about every other week since 1995. Of course it was to the Golf Channel's cameras that he declared that he was done and 'can't compete, just can't compete like I used to.' In case you haven't been watching the Golf Channel, the network has basically been following Daly 24/7 as part as a promo for a heavily promoted reality series on Daly scheduled to begin in March. If Daly really is 'done' - then what does Daly do the rest of his life besides light up heaters and go through a few more divorces. And what does the Golf Channel do, no Tiger, and now no Daly. All that's left is the Donald Trump show and that loudmouth and his instructional show... LEFTY WEDGE CONTROVERSY: Playing his season debut for 2010, Phil Mickelson is called out as a 'cheater' by another golfer in the field for using a circa-1980's 64 degree Ping wedge. Per a new rule change made by both the USGA and the R&A in the off-season, square-grooved irons were made illegal due to the fact that golfers were able to get excessive spin out of the ball playing from the rough, meaning players were able to get away with missing the fairway in many cases. However due to a legal technicality stemming from a 1990 case between Ping and the USGA. As part of the settlement, Ping irons made before April 1, 1990 remain legal and take precedence over any USGA rule changes. As a result, in Chad Knaus fashion, the 1980's wedges had been used by several players in early season events, including John Daly, which was well chronicled on the Golf Channel's coverage at the Sony Open two weeks ago. Mickelson admits that a terrible loophole is in place, but that he has not violated the Rules of Golf although others contend that he and others using the Ping antiques are violating the spirit of the rule. Lefty say's he's legal, 'end of story' - but we haven't heard the last of it, at least until PGA Tour commissioner Tiger Woods renders his ruling from Brett Favre's crib or wherever he's hiding at these days... HAPPY PONIES Peyton and company calmly rally from early deficit, headed for Super Bowl 44...  NO SHOW CINCO Dirty Sanchez and Jets get playoff win v. Chad Johnson and Bengals... Per Dustin Long twitter feed, Lowe's Motor Speedway will indeed revert back to being Charlotte Motor Speedway. The facilites deal with Lowe's expired at the end of the 2009 season. SHANAHAN, REDSKINS TALK TURKEY: Shanny was reportedly on the first plane in after Jim Zorn was officially let go. I wouldn't expect anything to go down too quickly since (a) Shanny and Bruce Allen/Dan Snyder will be hashing a lot of zeros on the salary and (b) the organization would in theory still have to follow the Rooney rule and include at least one minority candidate in the hiring process. But bypassing a re-hashed big name for a possible diamond in the rough (see Mike Tomlin) for less money, Dan Snyder does not play that game. GREAT JIM ZORN STORY!!! This was a story told on-air by Chargers radio analyst Hank Bauer the other day. It was about a NFLPA players owner meeting in 1982 as the union was about to embark on a 57-day strike. Bauer said that during that meeting Jim Zorn stood up and said that he and then-Seattle Seahawk teammate Steve Largent could not support a strike for 'religious reasons'. With about 800 active players in attendance, Bauer said he then stood up and asked Zorn that if he was so 'religious', then why is he working in a profession that requires it's most important work to usually be carried out on Sundays. By the way, Largent wound up having a pretty good run in politics after football. The NFLPA can unfortunately look forward to more of these type of meetings and possible division between the ranks as the zero hour slowly approaches in their showdown with NFL owners.  WASHINGTON BULLETS During the 1990's owner Abe Pollin, concerned about the gun culture in America and in particular Washington D.C., decided to re-brand his NBA team with a new moniker. Well, call them the Wizards all you want but firearms remain very well in existence, and look no farther than the team's locker room to find the ammunition. What began as an argument during a card game about a possible $25,000 debt on an overnight flight continued two days later following a team practice when Gilbert Arenas placed three guns near his locker and invited teammate Javaris Crittenton to choose one, which at that point Crittenton said he his own heat packed. Various reports say after that point that the two actually drew weapons at each other, with the players denying that there was a duel in the making, saying that they were merely trying to display who had the more impressive firearm. Nonetheless, the league is investigating and may very well send a message with lengthy suspensions. In a recent interview, Nets guard Devin Harris estimates that 60 to 75 percent of the players in the organization indeed own firearms. It is a scary proposition in professional sports, could the day come when an angered/disgruntled/cut player could go nuts in a locker room??? |
