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TOP STORIES - JUNE 19, 2008 KACSPORTS YOUTUBE VIDEO HAS ARRIVED!!! Did you miss any of the big sports moments this weekend??? Well check out my new Youtube page including Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s big win at Michigan International speedway. Also included is a report on Tim Donaghy's claim that previous NBA playoff series have been fixed (3,800 hits) as well as Tiger Woods memorable back nine during the third round of the U.S. Open (3,100 in 19 hours). You don't know what you may see next, CHECK IT OUT!!!  TIGER DONE FOR 2008 SEASON: Full disclosure comes out, Tiger had torn ACL for ten months, and also sustained a 'double stress fracture' below the knee trying to get ready for the Memorial a few weeks back.FRANCE'S SOCCER COACH PROPOSES AFTER LOSS: Imagine Boise St. running back Ian Johnson proposing on national television after his team lost a BCS bowl game by five touchdowns??? Or imagine Roy Williams deciding to pop the question to Bonnie Bernstein instead of cussing her out a few years back??? That leads us to soon-to-be fired France soccer coach Ray Domenech, who proposed to his girlfriend-sideline reported after his team crashed out of the group stage of Euro 2008. Maybe this is how Willie Randolph should have handled things the last couple of months, get hitched to one of your critics. The two are already an item and have two kids together, so I guess she was already pot-committed - but still, YOU TEAM JUST FELL FLAT ON IT'S FACE!!! Man will be lucky if his house is still standing when he gets back to Paris - and forget the Netherlands and Italy, marriage is the real Group of Death. MARRIAGE ADD: Packers coach Mike McCarthy got hitched recently, now THAT worries me a thousand times more than Aaron Rodgers being able to replace Brett Favre... JAVON WALKER FOUND BEATEN UP ON VEGAS STREET: Hospitalized with an 'orbital fracture' and other 'significant injuries' after being found unconscious, the victim of an apparent robbery attempt - Vegas newspaper writer Norm Clarke reported that J-Walk had been spotted over the weekend spraying some of the $15,000 worth of champagne he ordered at an establishment - and backed up by the photo on the right. Sounds like J-Walk has been spending quite a bit of time in Vegas the last couple of off-seasons, you may recall Walker spent time their last off-season in the aftermath of the Darrent Williams tragedy. UPDATE: It's said Walker left the Hard Rock Cafe/Casino at about 3:30 AM Monday morning, and it's said Walker lost a 'large amount' of cash in the incident. Wonder how much a 'large amount' of cash would be for someone who just signed a $55 million contract. The next 'large amount' of cash J-Walk may lose could be when the Raiders ask for some of that signing bonus if Walker is unable to come back from these latest injuries. RAIDERS LEGEND GETS ANOTHER DUI: Kenny Stabler busted over the weekend in his native Alabama, it would be his second DUI in the last seven years - these days Stabler works as a color analyst on Alabama Crimson Tide radio broadcasts.A-RODG DITCHES THE MULLET: Rodgers says he got rid of the locks because he had a recent wedding to attend, and added that it was not his own. COMCAST REACHING AGREEMENT WITH BIG TEN NETWORK??? Chicago Tribune reports two year stalemate between Comcast and the Big Ten Network is about to end. Such an agreement would double the amount of homes in the Big Ten region that the network would be available to, and would also provide a blueprint for Time Warner and Charter to reach similar deals.  ROCCO ROAD - U.S. OPEN GOES TO PLAYOFF: Any coincidence that Rocco Mediate was standing in front of an AED device while Tiger Woods and Lee Westwood were playing out the 18th hole at Torrey Pines on Sunday??? Tiger's 12-foot putt just catches the right edge of the cup and goes in, forcing a playoff tomorrow. Now the bad news for Rocco - if he were to win the next hole in a playoff at most PGA events - he wins. But in the USGA's world winning the first hole only means Rocco has to hold off Tiger for 17 more holes, good luck with that. But then again Tiger's trick knee could act up and we don't know for sure what the Rocco may be cooking... ROCCO'S CHANCES, SLIM AND NONE: And Slim may had left town the instant that putt curled in according to this column.NASCAR EXPOSE??? Many in the NASCAR world earlier this week weren't giving Mauricia Grant's $225 million lawsuit the time of day - they may want to rethink that position. Two officials from the Nationwide Series have been sent home on administrative leave amidst reports that they have been accused of exposing themselves. Grant's lawsuit alleges 23 incidents of sexual harassment and 34 incidents of racial and gender discrimination during her time as a technical inspector. Experts in the legal business are saying that the suit is very well written and very well could have merit.  MARCUS VICK BACK IN TROUBLE: Once thought to be the only bad apple in the family, until we found out just how high Mike had the bar truly set. But who could ever forget Badjock's famous photoshop job from a couple years back. I'm guessing Marcus and Ken Patera would be the last guys a short-order cook would want to see come closing time. Marcus' latest brush with the law, after a way too long dry spell, had him arguing with a Miami woman in a car, catching the attention of a bicycle patrolman. Vick tries to elude the cop but his chased down a short time later.ANOTHER BROADCASTING LEGEND PASSES ON: Longtime NBC announcer Charlie Jones dead of a heart attack at age 77. For virtually the entire time-frame that NBC carried regular Sunday AFL/NFL football (mid 1960's through 1997) Charlie was on the #3 broadcast team behind Curt Gowdy (and later Dick Enberg) and Jim Simpson (and later Don Criqui and Marv Albert). Jones actually broadcast AFL football from Day 1 on ABC from 1960 until that league moved to NBC. Golf and Olympic track and field were other sports that Jones regularly covered. Charlie also had a small cameo in the original Jaws, his drawly voice was heard broadcasting a baseball game over the radio at Amity Beach. Just as known horseman Jim McKay passed on last weekend just before the running of the Belmont Stakes, Jones died in his longtime LaJolla home just minutes away from where the U.S. Open is being contested. TIM RUSSERT DEAD AT AGE 58: Unfortunately, Charlie Jones is far from being the biggest obit at the Peacock today - longtime Meet the Press bulldog Tim Russert collapses and dies while preparing this weekends show at his Washington office. Son Luke Russert co-hosts 60/20 Sports along with James Carville that airs weekly on XM Radio.MELTDOWN BRADLEY WANTED PIECE OF KC ANNOUNCER: With way too much time on his hands these days as a designated hitter in the American League, Milton Bradley caught part of the KC Royals telecast while sitting in the clubhouse during the game, and did not like what he heard. The actual quotes are not available (probably because no one bothers to watch Royals games), but it's said the play-by-play man made reference to Texas teammate Josh Hamilton and how he turned his life around, and suggested that Milton might want to take a cue from that - and also noted that Milt had been taunting the fans during the series. Well that led Milt to make his way up four flights of stairs after the game in an attempt to find the announcer, as the press box was immediately placed on DEFCOM 5. So is this how low Milt has the bar set for calling a Code Red on announcers??? I've got news - I can compile all kinds of tape of commentators taking their best shots at Meltdown. Let's see, I can get Jim Powell, Tom Hamilton (who mused during spring training if Milt had gotten himself hurt yet), Rex Hudler (who called Milt for not running out a grounder), Ted Leitner, Dave O'Brien, Steve Stone, and just about any smart-ass announcing out of New York. And let's not even get at the sports-talk announcers and Jim Rome and JT the Brick. The line would have to form from the left, Milt would have to retire immediately just so he can confront all these guys. Someone having a problem with something being said in milk-toast Kansas City, let's just make sure he doesn't read the next Jason Whitlock column. And one more thing - next stop on the Rangers road trip is....Shea Stadium, and he has to play the outfield in the NL ballpark. Good luck with that one Milt. WHAT IN THE WORLD DID SIDNEY PONSON DO??? Was abruptly released by the Rangers last weekend, one story has him challenging manager Ron Washington to a fight. What appears to be known is that Sid was on the bottle - four days before his release Sid was refused service by a bartender in a Tampa hotel after having a few too many - Sid reportedly ended up challenging the bartender to a fight and was restrained by teammates. DONAGHY TELLS FEDS '02 AND '05 PLAYOFF SERIES WAS FIXED: According to newspaper story, Donaghy tells feds that two referees fixed the outcome of one NBA playoff series in 2002, saying the officials acted in the 'interest of the league' to extend a series to seven games. The article does not name the specific playoff series - but the only series that year to go the distance (first round series were still best-of-five that year) was the Western Conference Final between the Lakers and San Antonio, which also served as the de-facto NBA Championship. The Lakers won Game 6 of that series at home and went on to defeat the Spurs in San Antonio in Game 7 before sweeping the New Jersey Nets in the Finals. Donaghy also claims that the officials were ordered not to eject any star players in that series in fear of hurting TV ratings and ticket sales - I'm guessing especially including players with the initials of KB or SO. By the way, the Lakers went to the free throw line a whopping 27 times in the fourth quarter (16 in the final three minutes) of that Game 6. On the other side of that argument is the point that opposing teams strategy has been always to foul Shaquille O'Neal, but Shaq actually did his job that night hitting 13-17 from the stripe. Also noted was a letter generically believed to pertain to a 2005 Playoff Series where a player was targeted, saying 'Team 3 lost the first two games in the series and Team 3's owner complained to NBA officials Team 3's owner alleged that referees were letting a Team 4 player get away with illegal screens.' The 'Team 3' owner would be Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and the 'Team 4 player' would be Houston center Yao Ming. The Mavericks would rally from a 2-0 deficit to win that series in seven games that year. Rockets coach Stan Van Gundy was fined $100,000 during the series for publicly implying that the refs were targeting Ming. RALPH NADER SENT COMPLAINT ABOUT '02 SERIES: Within days of that Game 6, consumer advocate Ralph Nader and a sports industry watchdog group, sent a letter to the NBA commissioner complaining about the officiating in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals. In the letter, Nader cited that the consensus was that it was the worst officiating in 30 years and that the game was stolen from Sacramento - in particular pointing to a non-call that saw Kings guard Mike Bibby bloodied by Kobe Bryant.FORMER OFFICIAL SUES NASCAR: An African-American woman who served as an inspector in the Busch Series for three years has sued NASCAR for racial/sexual discrimination as well as wrongful termination. Depending on which story you read, the plaintiff is suing from anywhere from $225 to $250 million. The 32-year old worked as a technical inspector and says she was called names by co-workers, referring to her as 'nappy-headed', 'Queen Sheba' and 'Al-Qaeda' amongst other names, she also claimed that her colleagues told her she was working on 'colored people time' while also making KKK references - or maybe they were just referring to Kasey Kahne by his initials. Rampant racism in NASCAR??? That would be a shocker...  CEDRIC BENSON - GONE!!! You may recall him shedding his dreds just before draft day a few years back to dispel suspicion that he might be going down the same path as Ricky Williams. Well, on the field Cedric did not prove to be nearly as good as his UT predecessor and his off-the-field conduct proved to be even worse - punctuated by two DUI arrests in the last month alone, the second upon leaving a downtown Austin hotspot this weekend. Rookie Matt Forte is zooming up fantasy draft boards as I speak with Benson's release.MARINERS FIRE HITTING COACH: M's replace him with 70 year-old Lee Elia, who could also possibly give current manager John McLaren pointers on how to truly vent to the media after a loss. LESBIAN KISS DURING GAME BECOMES HOT-BUTTON TOPIC: Two women were asked to stop kissing by an usher during a recent game at Safeco Field due to an apparent complaint by another woman in the area attending the game with her kids. Considering that Seattle is considered one of the more 'gay-friendly' communities around, the incident has touched off emotions. OK, what about the scoreboard 'kiss-cam' then, that jokingly shows sportswriters and opposition players (as if they're supposed to kiss when shown) and occasionally embarrasses unwilling fans that are shown multiple times???? And as far as the Mariners organization is concerned they should be thankful to having anyone regardless of lifestyle going through the turnstiles to see that garbage right now.MARSHAWN LYNCH EMERGES AS 'PRINCIPLE' SUSPECT: Someone cue the Dragnet music - SUV belonging to the Bills running back identified as the vehicle that hit a female pedestrian last weekend. Now the D.A. says that Lynch was indeed behind the wheel, and witnesses also put Marshawn at the crime scene. It is also being investigated whether other Bills players were in the vehicle with Lynch. 'CURTAINS' FOR ANOTHER STEELER LEGEND: Add this to the list of former Steeler players who have prematurely met up with the reeper - former defensive lineman Dwight White becomes the second member of the famed 'Steel Curtain' to die this year. White died at age 58 following surgery - cause of death was not disclosed. White is best remembered for getting out of the hospital just in time to contribute in Pittsburgh's 16-6 Super Bowl 9 victory over Minnesota. White had lost 18 pounds with pneumonia and a lung infection. 38 former Steeler players have now died since 2000, 17 of them being age 59 or younger.  STEVE FOLEY BACK IN TROUBLE: Former NFL linebacker Steve Foley has been charged with a felony after his pit bulls bit a woman and killed her puppy. A grand jury indicted Foley, accusing him of failing to secure the dogs. The two adult pit bulls attacked the neighbor back in March, biting her on the arms and face - it's said Foley was not home when the attack occurred. Foley's NFL career ended in 2006 after he was shot after an off-duty Coronado police officer chased him all the way from San Diego to suburban Poway after observing him driving erratically.RED SOX/RAYS BRAWL: In a continuation of some things that happened the night before, Tampa starter James Shield plunks Coco Crisp, and Crisp charges the mound - guess you can say Coco went koo-koo for Cocoa Puffs. Considering Matt Kemp and Yorbit Torreabla just got four and three games respectably for their wrestling match over a tag, it's safe to say Coco and the Tampa ace Shields are looking at some vacation time. The Red Sox and Rays have had hostilities before, now that Tampa is good it is officially a rivalry. The brawl also had a further consequence for Boston when Jacoby Ellsbury later injured his wrist on a diving catch attempt, that was after Jacoby moved from left to center field to replace Crisp.STEROIDS DEALER WHO MET WITH NFL AND MATE FOUND DEAD: A convicted steroids dealer who recently met with NFL security officials and gave them names of players he had dealt with was found shot to death in his home Thursday along with a 30-year old female. Police had made the welfare check after relatives of the woman had expressed concerns about her wearabouts. Police are not saying yet whether the case is a possible murder-suicide or double homicide. MAN GETS SIX MONTHS FOR NFL STADIUM HOAX: 22 year-old gets six months in prison, plus six months of house arrest, for his 'sick' (as referred to by the judge) internet postings made in the fall of 2006 that seven NFL stadiums were going to be simultaneously attacked in what he said would be called an 'American Hiroshima'. At the time of the arrest, the writer claimed that the postings were made as part of some sort of writing 'contest' The man also has been ordered to pay more than $26,000 in costs for beefed up security that was put in place at two of the stadiums that weekend. That will probably approach the annual salary he was making as a grocery clerk at the time. |
