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TOP STORIES - JANUARY 18, 2007 Get your NFL football tickets now at TickCo. They have all team Cardinals tickets, Cowboys tickets, Packers tickets, Colts tickets, Patriots tickets, Titans tickets and more. Get your Super Bowl tickets here! 2007 FANTASY FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RANKINGS AVAILABLE NOW!!!. DECISION TIME!!! Dozens of star underclassmen gridiron stars face a critical decision: Be the Big Man On Campus in 2007 and risk injury or sub-par season - or to jump at the potential chance of NFL millions now. Get the status of nearly 100 underclassman now on KACSPORTS Exclusive 2007 NFL Draft page. WII DEATH UPDATE - FAMILY SUES RADIO STATION: How ironic is that the station, 107.9 FM is called 'The End', it may mean more now than it's position on the dial. A wrongful death suit in regards to the on-air drinking contest led to the death of Jennifer Strange, a 28-year-old mother of three who died of "water intoxication, has been filed. Meanwhile the chilling tape of the 4 hour, 40 minute program is making it's rounds. At the beginning the DJ's debate whether thay should even hold the contest, noting that someone on a college campus died of water intoxication two years ago - the DJ's determine that the student probably had 'other issues'. Then a caller halfway through the show warns the hosts that the contestents were putting themselves in danger - the DJ's reply that they have already signed 'waivers'. Then came the on-air interviews with the second place Strange (who 'won' concert tickets) and the winner. Strange didn't sound too good and neither did the winner - who considers herself fortunate. We'll see how good those 'waivers' are now in a court of law.  MICHAEL VICK 420: Hasn't airport security been tightened significantly, especially the past few months, and especially about anything involving liquids. Michael Vick 'reluctantly' surrendered a water bottle to security at Miami International Airport that contained a residue 'closely associated with marijuana'. Vick's 'initial reluctance' to turn over the bottle ended up arousing suspicion among airport security screeners. No charges have been filed, but police said the bottle will be sent to a lab for analysis. Bobby Petrino having any second thoughts yet??? And I'm beginning to see how Jim Mora started getting interest in the not vacant head coaching position at the University of Washington. And Michael is beginning to catch up with his little bro in the trouble department.MARCUS GILES IN FIGHT AT CHARGERS GAME!?!? New Padres second baseman Marcus Giles wound up being handcuffed, detained and escorted from Qualcomm Stadium after getting involved in a fight as a spectator at Sunday's NFL playoff game. It marks the second incident involving a Padres player this month. A couple weeks back pitcher Jake Peavy was arrested at an Alabama airport for disobeying a police order. Security told him to move his car from a no parking zone. Peavy told them not to worry, just bill him for the fine - wrong answer. CRY-SIAH HAS RUN-IN WITH HECKLER IN WASHINGTON: Knicks coach should be fortunate Robin Ficker got a life and no longer attends Wizards games. LAMPLEY TO APPEAR ON HBO BOXING BROADCAST: No real surprise here, Jim Lampley will do boxing as scheduled for HBO this weekend, as he awaits charges from a recent domestic spat. I'm guessing he eventually plea-bargains then at worst gets a leave of absence.  BADGERS WIN 14TH STRAIGHT: I say stop the season now, and produce the matchup everyone wants to see, Wisconsin v. Florida in the inaugural Basketball Championship Series title tilt. What??? UCLA left out at #3??? They should had thought about that when they lost at Oregon a few weeks back. Everyone else with a winning record gets to play in a special exhibition game against a transectional opponent at the end of the year. That's right, enough of that stupid tournament bracket stuff, why should someone get the opportunity to knock off the Badgers in a regional semi-final??? Hell, I don't even want to see them play at Illinois this weekend... SOUTH FLORIDA FOOTBALL PLAYER DEAD AFTER WORKOUT: South Florida running back Keeley Dorsey collapsed and died Wednesday after lifting weights at the school's athletic facility. A 19-year old freshman, Dorsey rushed for 68 yards on 10 carries in this past season, scoring on a 52-yard run in a 41-10 season-opening victory over McNeese State.AD AGENCY DROPS 'GODADDY': Just two weeks away from Super Bowl Sunday, GoDaddy finds itself out in the cold as it's ad agency has parted ways with the domain registration company over 'creative differences'. GoDaddy had recently brought IRL's Danica Patrick in the fold, and yet another 'fun, creative, and slightly inappropriate' ad was being planned for the big game.  'PILLOW FIGHT LEAGUE' DRAWS CROWD IN CANADA!!! Yeah, I'd pay to see ladies do this - Toronto's bar district has seen its share of late-night fights, but a recent scrap was a bit out of the ordinary, as a financial journalist tried to wallop the daylights out of a 35-year-old part-time waitress. Welcome to the Pillow Fight League, which has been drawing growing crowds in Toronto since last year, and is now set to move across the border into New York City. The league is the brainchild of a 38-year old T-shirt printer and musician who came up with the idea that people would pay to see young women in costumes beat the stuffing out of each other with pillows. The venture is thinking TV deal, but wants to be aligned more with the arts community than the 'mud-wrestling crowd'.MOTHER OF THREE DIES AFTER RADIO STUNT: This past Thanksgiving we reported on a man who ran smack into a flagpole trying to win a race at a Wal-Mart to be able to buy a Playstation 3. And sure enough here's something even worse with a tragic ending. It was billed 'Hold your wee for a WII', the radio station promotion was to award the 'winner' with one of the new Nintendo consoles. All one had to do was be the one who could drink the most water without going to the little boys or girls room. Coming in second place was a 28-year old mother of three who drank well over one-half gallon of water. She reported not feeling well in an on-air interview after the contest, and later called in sick to work. Five hours later she was found dead in her home. The contestant fell victim to hyponatremia, or water intoxication, which can cause sodium levels to drop dangerously low and can lead to seizures. A nurse alerted the station about the possible health risks, but was rebuffed, with the station saying that the contestents had signed waivers. Three morning DJ's and seven other staff members connected with the incident have been fired.  STUDY - SURFING NOT 'THAT DANGEROUS': True, a bloody rip can take a surfer down for good, a head smacking against the ocean floor could result in a spinal injury, and there is also the remote chance of a shark chomping a limb off (Bethany Hamilton can attest to that one), but compared to other sports surfing is not that dangerous, according to a recent medical report. The study charted the probability of injury for surfing, compared to similar data available for collegiate football, soccer and basketball. Surfing ranked low on the list, with 13 injuries per 1,000 hours of surfing, and 6.6 significant injuries per 1,000 hours in the water. The study took place at 32 surfing competitions worldwide, and classified significant injuries as those that kept a surfer out of the water for one day or more, or required more aggressive medical attention. Speaking of Bethany Hamilton, I might give my left arm to be 17 again. BUT ADD THIS TO THE STUDY... The Honolulu Fire Department has ended its search for a 35-year old surfer who apparently went down on the Banzai Pipeline on Oahu's north shore. The surfer's finacee reported him missing after finding his car parked at Ehukai Beach Park. The surfboard was found but no sign of it's owner.REPORT - RAIDERS SET TO HIRE JAMES LOFTON: Guess the Steve Sarkisian idea went by the wayside. San Diego Union-Tribune is reporting tonight that Chargers receivers coach James Lofton will be tabbed as the next Oakland Raiders head coach. Can't Godfather Al get one right??? Where's Tony Soprano when you need him, send Al to the old folks home and put someone else in control... REAL MADRID BOSS THROWS BECKHAM UNDER THE BUS: Basically says Beckham has jumped the shark (true), is just going to Los Angeles so he can be an actor (probably true), and that no other soccer teams in the world wants him (most EPL teams would take him for a reasonable pirce, which will never happen). Like Terrell Owens and Me-Shawn Johnson in the NFL, Madrid plans to place Beckham among the inactives for the rest of the season. Look for the LA Galaxy to cut a check to Madrid to get Beckham in the fold by the time MLS's season begins, as opposed to August. BENNY GOES BEHIND THE WALL FOR GOOD: Benny Parsons, whose gentle nature made him a favorite among NASCAR fans as a broadcaster and whose competitive fire drove him from his dad's taxi company in Detroit to the 1973 Cup Championship, has died from complications from lung cancer. Parsons was diagnosed in July just after his 65th birthday, and missed some NBC race telecasts while undergoing chemo. Parsons proclaimed that he had the disease 99 percent beat in October, and finished the season as TV commentator, his final broadcast being just two months ago. After the season finale, Parsons started having trouble breathing and wound up needing supplemental oxygen. Subsequent examinations found that his left lung had been badly damaged by the aggressive treatments. Parsons was hospitalized for the last time just after Christmas, and was moved to intensive care as his condition deteriorated. BOB JENKINS RECALLS BP: Former ESPN NASCAR play-by-play man recalls some absolutely great stories about Benny Parsons - the best being when NASCAR held it's first ever race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Stuck in traffic after the race, BP decides to take a shortcut to elude the gridlock - he went through NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE. Jenkins compared Benny's act to daring to enter Area 51!!! Jenkins also talked about Benny's love of eating, saying 'We ate a lot of meals together and traveled together in the car a lot. If you hung out with him, you'd find the best restaurants, NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST, but ones that served the type of food he liked.' Think the two may have hit a Golden Corral or two - FANTASTIC STUFF!!! I SEE JUICE, HE LOOKS GLORIUS!!! Well, Nancy Grace's fill-in only dedicated the first 40 minutes of her show last night to the latest doings involving O.J. Simpson - thank God for those two missing kids being found in Missouri. It was thought that at least some of Juice's aborted 'If I Did It' book would turn up somewhere - but no one guessed it would be Newsweek magazine. Orenthal's description went something like this, Juice and an accomplice (holding a knife) show up at Nicole Brown's house. Nicole screams, lunges at Juice, but falls and hits her head on the floor. Ron Goldman then appears making a karate gesture - what happens after that according to Simpson was just a blur, next thing he knows blood is all over the place. But then again, this is all hypothetical and it was all just the work of a ghostwriter. But there's more, Juice has ANOTHER book in the works, about his life with Nicole. Needless to say, the Goldman family is after every potential penny of that, but the current ruling is you can't garnish money that has not been earned yet. Simpson also vehmently denies having any money stashed away off-shore. Also those close to the case are saying that if Johnny Cochran were alive right now he would be telling Juice to shut up already. Meanwhile, Simpson was reported to be partying heavily in South Florida this past weekend. I thought he would just take it easy myself.FISTS, FEET, AND FURY DOWN UNDER: Put this under the global warming file, intense heat approaching 100 degrees forced some matches on the first day of the Australian Open to be pushed back. What managed to be even hotter were emotions between Serbian and Croatian supporters, who participated in ethnically-charged brawls all throughout Melbourne Park, putting officials on 'high alert'. It is said to be the first time violence of this sort had occurred in more than 100 years of grand slam tennis history. In scenes reminiscent of clashes between warring soccer fans, insults were exchanged before the violence escalated to thrown bottles, kicks, and punches. COPS CALLED TO STRAHAN HOUSE: Police were called to the former house of Michael Strahan over a dispute between the defensive end and his ex-wife over child custody. Meanwhile I'm guessing Judge Alex, Judge Joe Brown, Judge Judy, Judge Judy's husband, and about the 20 other judges who have syndicated shows are probably all having their own fight to get this case on TV. As reported earlier this weekend, the former Mrs. Strahan has been rubbing in winning her $15.3 million judgement very much like the Patriots after Kaeding missed that field goal yesterday. CHARGERS RETREAT RIGHT INTO OFF-SEASON: Blow fourth quarter lead, home playoff game for second time in two years. NAIL IN MARTY'S COFFIN??? Schottenheimer drops to 5-13 in post-season, including six playoff losses in a row. Could this possibly be the end of the line for Martyball??? You can get my take on the situation from this past Friday's blog. LT CALLS OUT PATS, BELICHICK: A frustrated Tomlinson went after Patriots players at midfield during the post-game, as they were mocking Shawne Merriman's 'light's out dance'. Says Tomlinson later, 'You guys know me, I'm a very classy person. They showed no class, and maybe it comes from the head coach.'NO NEED TO CALL MAYFLOWER: Colts outslug Ravens and leave Baltimore with playoff win, advance to AFC Championship... GREG GUMBEL: 'A cloudy, murky, humid night in Baltimore... DIERDORF: 'But INCREDIBLY WARM...' CLIMATE CHANGE ALERT: 4 PM temperature in Baltimore - 66, temperature at same time in San Diego - 51. If you want 'normal' I can offer you 11 degrees in Minneapolis right now. The big question is whether the Patriots have any chance in the frozen tundra of Mission Valley. DAVID BECKHAM ALIGNING WITH TOM CRUISE??? As addressed on Drudge's radio show Sunday night, Beckham supposedly sought the advice of actor Tom Cruise before inking his $250 million contract with the LA Galaxy, and that the soccer icon may be aligning with Cruise's scientology movement. Drudge also notes that Beckham will quickly realize that he will never be able to elevate soccer to anywhere in the levels of popularity of other American sports. Meanwhile reaction continues to come in from Europe, with soccer analysts saying that Beckham's move to MLS more or less mounts to a paid retirement.  CSU LOSES FOUR CAGERS FROM WOMEN'S TEAM FOR SETTING OFF 'CHEMICAL BOMB'!?!? Someone call Michael Chertoff. And you thought the Milwaukee Bucks were depleted. Four Colorado State women's basketball players have been suspended for setting off a chemical bomb in a prank outside a teammate's apartment, they will be charged with reckless endangerment. The coach is already circling the wagons with the rest of the team, saying 'is a challenge that will help everyone involved grow'OUCH!!!! Michael Strahan ordered to pay his ex-wife a whopping $15.3 million — more than half his net worth — in keeping with the couple's prenup agreement. Jean Strahan, who married the football player in 1999, was obviously happy with the ruling stating 'It pays to tell the truth, and I told the truth...' As Patrick Ewing would say, they make a lot, but they also lose a lot.  PICTURE OF THE DAY: Right on the heels of the naked skier we bring you this already heavily-circulated picture. This might just unfortunately be the lasting image of the careers of Rex Grossman and KGB... |
2003 NFL DRAFT PROFILES
