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TOP STORIES - MARCH 8, 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 BASEBALL RANKINGS ARE HERE: CATCHERS | FIRST BASE | SECOND BASE | THIRD BASE | SHORTSTOP | AL OUTFIELD | NL OUTFIELD | AL STARTERS | NL STARTERS | RELIEVERS DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR DRIVERS ARE??? Top 50 drivers ranked in KACSPORTS exclusive 2007 Fantasy NASCAR Preview.  JUICE: 'I COULD BE DANNIELYNN'S DAD'???? It is so sick it is almost funny - Simpson wants his name added to the list of possible dad's for Anna Nicole Smith's daughter. Simpson, who appeared with ANS in Naked Gun 33 1/3, his final movie before his film career, not to mention Ron and Nicole, went dead in 1994, jokes that 'he knew Anna Nicole pretty well', and had 'slow-moving sperm', which just might make him the father. That 3.5 rumble coming from SoCal is Fred Goldman justifiably burning a fuse right now. I would say Juice slipping a mickey to ANS (he does live in Florida) last month is a better hypothetical possibility than he being the dad.PISTONS VET GETS 10-GAME BAN: The NBA gets in the banned substance news for a day as back-up point guard Lindsey Hunter is banned ten-games for taking a dietary supplement which is listed as a steroid or performance-enhancing drug under the league's Anti-Drug program. Saying it was one of his wife's pills and a boneheaded mistake, Hunter says 'I just hope people don't think I'm out smoking marijuana. Actually he probably wouldn't had been suspended for as long if it was weed. The ban will cost Hunter $202,000. MATTHEWS COULD BE SUSPENDED 80 GAMES, OR GET OFF: Yeah, this is not going away any time soon. If Matthews did indeed buy HGH from an Alabama pharmacy, he could face an 80-game suspension. Or there is a loophole where Matthews could avoid MLB punishment altogether through an immunity deal in which MLB officials would not directly participate. RON ARTEST, ONE MAN WRECKING CREW: Yeah, this marriage has been on the rocks for a while, as it is revealed that no less than five 9-1-1 calls have come from the Artest home since September, when the couple was first referred to counseling. In November, deputies said Artest had destroyed property in the house, but the Mrs. did not press charges. A month later, deputies found one of the couple's vehicles crashed into bushes on the property. Meanwhile Kings coach Bill Musselman seems to already be talking to past tense, 'saying I think everybody understands that we have to move forward'  VALENCIA BRAWL UPDATE: Yesterday I attempted to report on a couple of well played Champions League elmination contests, but they are already upstaged as we are again reminded why soccer remains soccer. After his team won on aggregate away goals, A Valencia player in gray warmups (I thought it was a fan) attacked an Inter player who he thought was attacking someone else, then ran like a weasel as other mulleted Inter players chased and kicked at him as he successfully ran to the chalk marks, and eventually to the locker room with the opposition still chasing him until intercepted by police. Carmelo Anthony even thought that was over the top and Ron Artest even thought the scene was a bit chaotic. I originally thought it was the losing team that started it, but now I guess it's Valencia that can look forward to having half it's team red-carded for the next round. A columnist said the match had been 'a game of failure' followed by 'vandalism' with a 'notable difference', saying 'The protagonists were not hooligans, but renowned champions who are very well paid and who should be offering other forms of entertainment and be setting an example'HOW DO YOU REALLY FEEL PRUETT??? You would think that road racing 'specialist' Scott Pruett would have checked himself by now after getting spun out by Juan Pablo Montoya in the closing laps of the Mexico City Busch race, but by looking through a sampling of recent racing articles, that is evidently not the case. First Pruett tells USA Today 'He (Montoya) just got caught up with his own ego', then there is this right cross that landed on NASCAR.COM - 'He and I have driven together. We talk about it and talk about it and talk about it in our personal team meetings: 'Don't take each other out. You can work it out at the end, the last couple of laps.' And here 15 laps to go, it's just a chicken sh*t shot from behind'. Cool down, dude. You are a road ringer, the race was in Mexico City, it was supposed to be Montoya's day, he was supposed to win for the Latin fans - I'm sure he'll pay you back down the road. You did still finish top-five, just get in front of the TV camera, say that you had a good run, you were dissapointed in the finish, give your thumbs up to the kids at home like you always do, then dominate the Trans-Am Series or whatever then show up at Sonoma or Montreal or whatever the next NASCAR race you enter is going to be. Even Phil Hellmuth thinks you're out of line.  IT'S TRUE - ANGLE, ROCKER AMONG NEW NAMES DROPPED IN STEROID RING: Proclaiming the on-line raid as 'the newest frontier' and that 'the guy with the black bag at the gym now has his own website', more names were uncovered in another blockbuster SI.COM article regarding the massive illegal distribution network that was uncovered last week. According to the database, washed up Major Leaguer was among those receiving orders, it was said he received something called somatropin in 2003. Meanwhile former third baseman David Bell (what's this with second-generation players being involved???) received six packages of HCG at a Philadelphia address last April. The cost was $128.80, and the drug was prescribed in conjunction with an Arizona antiaging facility. Bell acknowledges receiving the shipment saying it was 'for a medical condition'. The 34-year old Bell has been out of baseball since his contract ran out at the end of last year. Kurt Angle, the 1996 wrestling gold-medalist turned pro wrestler, received prescriptions in 2004 and 2005 in the report. Angle's name has been linked to painkiller use before, it's been said he has broken his neck at least once in his wrestling career, and was for a time addicted to the painkiller Vicodin. ANGELS HEADED TOWARDS SHOWDOWN WITH MATTHEWS: Owner Arte Moreno and GM Bill Stoneman are clearly not happy, but the organization's strong-arm tactics have had virtually no effect on Gary Matthews Jr., who continues to refuse to address the HGH allegations. Moreno says he wants the issue resolved 'one way or another' while Matthews has hired the services of a lawyer who was part of O.J. Simpson's infamous 'dream team'.UGLY ARTEST DETAILS EMERGE: (Very possibly former) Sacramento Kings forward Ron Artest slapped a woman's face and grabbed her repeatedly, causing visible injuries, according to a sheriff's now made public. Report says the woman sustained visible trauma after being repeatedly grabbed by Artest and pushed to the floor, then was slapped in the face by the volitile NBA player. The report also said Artest took a phone from the woman the first time she tried to call 911 and adds that a three-year old was at the residence at the time of the incident. The remainder of the report is being kept confidential while the DA's office considers charges. MRS. ARTEST TOOK FRYING PAN TO HUMMER!?!? Neighbor who witnessed part the incident said it involved Artest and his wife, Kimsha Artest. It's said that Artest was in his Hummer, trying to leave the property, when the Mrs. came out and allegedly took what looked like a frying pan to the front of the windshield shattering it. That is one for the books, the lady may be even more whacked than Ron.MS. HACKSAW??? Ann Coulter getting it even from conservatives over slur made towards John Edwards. GLORIOUS SPECTACLES AT ANFIELD, STAMFORD BRIDGE: Europe has a different kind of March Madness, as Tuesday was a huge night for Premiere League representatives in the Round of 16 of the knockout stage in the Champions League. Defending champion Barcelona needed to score at least twice at Liverpool to have a chance at being the first team in 11 years to win a Champions league tie after losing the first game at home, but were eliminated from European Football's most prestigious competition after only winning 1-0, thus losing on aggregate 2-2 due to giving up two away goals in the first game. That means that in 51 years no team has repeated as champions. And that Juan Valdez, talk about a goalkeeper with his head up his ass. Meanwhile Chelsea (which is like a freakin' All-Star team) came back from a shock early deficit to defeat FC Porto 2-1 (3-2 aggregate), the winning tally coming 10 minutes from time. But not all was good on Tuesday, Spanish side Valencia hung on to beat Italian League representative Internazionale on away goals, but that match ended with a victorious Valencia player calling a Code Red, leading to an ugly brawl that left one player with a busted nose. And my market only carried the Liverpool and Chelsea games, maybe I do need that pay-per-view package... WHEN XLI BECOMES XXX: Those halftime shows keep getting the NFL in trouble - as complaints continue to trickle in from last months Super Bowl broadcast. Most offensive to viewers was Prince's halftime performance (the part with the drape and the shadow over him) along with the 'kissing' Snickers commercial which I have not seen on TV (thank God) since. NINER SPENDING SPREE CONTINUES, TBC SIGNED: Linebacker Tully Banta-Cain has signed with the 49ers after four seasons with the New England Patriots. Banta-Cain is the fifth free agent in five days to sign with San Francisco, whose spending spree began with an eight-year, $80 million deal for cornerback Nate Clements. San Francisco also signed safety Michael Lewis and nose tackle Aubrayo Franklin to bolster a defense that yielded an NFL-worst 412 points last season. Also current Green Bay Packer Nick Barnett has been making noises about signing with a West Coast team, possibly the 49ers, after his contract expires next season.  MARK WILSON, DAY 2: Yesterday, Jim Rome gave way too much pub to Boo Weekley with one of the best choke jobs seen on Tour since Neal Lancaster at the 2002 Canadian Open. Now lets look at the other side of the fence, as Mark Wilson's chances of winning the Honda Classic seemed to had coded on a number of occasions Sunday. First Wilson was in trouble on the 16th hole, and had a 47-foot put just to save par - he drained it. Then on the first playoff hole Wilson drives one into the marsh which for all the world I thought was O.B. - he ends up draining a 30-footer to save par and remain in the suspended playoff. And finally on Monday Wilson drains a 10 1/2 footer on the third playoff hole to win it. But there's much more to this story, On Friday Wilson hit a shot on a par-3 hole, after which his caddie told another competitior what club he hit. That's a violation, muck your hand, two-stroke penalty. So when in a four-way tie at the end of regulation, Wilson was in reality two shots clear. So for much of Sunday, going to bed Sunday night, and into Monday morning Wilson's caddie was on the hook for likely costing his man the tournament. And by the way, a few players on tour would fire their caddies on the spot after something like that and grab someone from the gallary to carry the bags and keep their mouth shut. It's said Wilson took the high road, told the caddie to forget about it, and that he's screwed up too. And how is Wilson celebrating his big win??? By immediately entering this week's event in Tampa that he no longer has to qualify for. Meanwhile I'm guessing Charley Hoffman is still on a bender from his Bob Hope Desert Classic win. Rome, give Mark Wilson some props ASAP!!!STEELER ACCUSED IN BAR FIGHT: Cornerback Deshea Townsend and another man surrendered to after getting into a fistfight at a nightclub. Townsend was said to be at the club when a friend got into a fight with another man. According to the police report, Deshea then entered the fray and started throwing punches. The victim thought that both men he encountered were Steelers, but the second man being questioned is not connected with the organization. NEWSPAPER SUSPENDS FOOTBALL WRITER FOR PLAGIARISM: The Boston Globe has suspended veteran sports writer Ron Borges amid accusations he plagiarized part of a football column from another reporter. The Globe's editor said in a story that Borges had included in his football notes column material written by a Tacoma, WA reporter - adding 'extensive passages written by the Tacoma reporter were used verbatim in the column by Borges, and that is prohibited'. Borges, a writer for 24 years with the paper, was suspended without pay for two months and barred from broadcast appearances for the same period. The allegations of plagiarism first arose on coldhardfootballfacts.com last week. It is not the first time a Globe writer has gotten into trouble - in 2000, columnist Jeff Jacoby was suspended for four months for failing to cite sources in a column. Patricia Smith resigned in 1998 after admitting she fabricated characters and quotes in her columns, and Mike Barnicle resigned later that year because he was unable to verify facts in a 1995 column.  DUKE LAX RANKED #1: Nearly a year after its season was canceled after the now infamous rape case involving the teaam, Duke is ranked #1 in men's lacrosse for the first time in school history. Duke (3-0) received six of 10 first-place votes in the coaches poll to move past Georgetown for the top spot, and also reached No. 1 in the media poll, earning 13 of 16 first-place votes.BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE - TWO YEARS LATER: Now a Ball State junior, Brian Collins (now with ugly goatee) recalls infamous 3 minute, 54 second sportscast. Collins now does weather on the campus TV station and plans to intern at an Indianapolis TV station this summer, working with the station's investigative team.  PENGUINS MOVING CLOSER TO LEAVING??? I still say it's not happening, but the stakes were raised in the poker game being played between the Penguins and political officials after the NHL franchise declared an impasse in talks regarding a new arena while saying they will actively persue relocation. Let's just say if the Penguins do leave, it will be a huge blow to the NHL as Pittsburgh is one of the few U.S. cities with genunine passion for the sport. ARTEST ARRESTED AFTER DOMESTIC SPAT: Ron Artest was arrested Monday morning at his surburan Sacramento home on charges of domestic violence, according to a published report. Sheriff's deputies responded to a woman's 911 call at 9:23 a.m. and arrested Artest after interviewing the woman and the controversial basketball star. This comes just in time for the Indiana Pacer's visit to Sacremento Tuesday night, and could result in Artest missing out on facing his former team for the second time in a month.DONTE STALLWORTH IN LEAGUE SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM??? According to sources, Eagles receiver is a participant in the NFL's substance-abuse program, it is not known how many strikes may be against him right now. If true, it could explain why he was traded by the Saints so abruptly last summer and why teams may be cool towards him during the current free agent period.  RUNNER COLLAPSES DURING HONG KONG MARATHON: Looking at that skyline (what I can see of it), I'm surprised dudes aren't dropping crossing the street. 28 year-old in critical condition one day after suffering heat stroke during the Hong Kong marathon held in 'steamy conditions'. I never would have guessed. Four other runners wound up in the hospital as well. But this was nothing compared to the previous year, when 5,000 particapnts (out of 40,000+ runners) needed medical treatment afterwards. The 2006 race was run under 'high levels of polution', this year was only considered 'moderate to high'.WAS WATCHING ACC HOOPS AND AN NHL GAME BROKE OUT: Isn't this how the Ottawa Senators handle things when the game is hopelessly lost??? (Seventh place) Duke's Gerald Henderson busts Tyler Hansbrough's nose in the closing seconds of North Carolina's in the closing seconds of UNC's 86-72 win. Hansbrough is being fitted with one of those nice-looking masks as I speak so he can play in the ACC Tournament.  MONTOYA WINS FIRST NASCAR RACE IN BRIAN VICKERS FASHION: Spins out Ganassi teammate Scott Pruett en route to winning Mexico City Busch Series race. Pruett, the road course specialist who races NASCAR events four times per year, was none too happy saying 'Of all the people to take out – your teammate. That was just lowdown, nasty, dirty driving.'GRINDER WINS FOUR-WAY PLAYOFF, EXEMPT THROUGH '09: Just maybe you were lucky enough to catch this while getting ready for work this morning. Wisconsin golfer Mark Wilson has joined the ranks of PGA Tour winners after emerging victorious in a four-way playoff at the Honda Classic. Along with the $999,000 winners check (let's just call it an even mill), Wilson not also doesn't have to worry about Q-school, which he has had to play at the end of the last ten seasons. Boo Weekley had the tournament literally on his stick, but blew a three-footer at the end of regulation that would had won the tournament - missing a gimme and falling into a four-way playoff has to be one of the most exasperating feelings in all of sports. But then again what do you expect from anyone named Boo. All four parred the first Par-5 playoff hole before darkness fell yesterday, I'm still trying to figure out how Spiderman Villegas and Wilson, who has in the swamp, managed that. Meanwhile tournament officials and NBC are both appealing to Congress as I speak to get Daylight Savings Time moved up one more week. LASORDA DOESN'T PLAN ON SUING 'MADAM': Dodger legend was just one of many celebrities 'outed' in a just released book by convicted madam/prostitute Jody 'Babydol' Gibson. Lasorda says he has never spoken to Babydol, much less anything else, but does not plan to take legal action although other celebrities mentioned in the book may sue. |
