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TOP STORIES - OCTOBER 31, 2008  2008 FANTASY FOOTBALL (EXPANDED!!!): QUARTERBACKS | RUNNING BACKS | WIDE RECEIVERS | TIGHT ENDS/KICKERS/TEAM DEFENSESMORA STILL EYEING U-DUB JOB??? Jim Mora Jr. still can't debunk rumors that he might bolt from becoming the Seahawks coach-in-waiting and coach the University of Washington after all. Kind of like how all the smoke from Brett Favre's 'denials'. You may remember that on his way out from coaching the Falcons a few years back Mora (he later said he meant it as a joke) told a Seattle radio station that U-Dub would be his dream job. So what sucky team does Mora want to coach??? Don't know if I would call losing to USC 63-0 a 'dream job'. Mora will probably come to his senses after the Huskies get ripped aprt like Steve Fossett's remains at the Coliseum tomorrow... NBA PLAY-BY-PLAY MOVES TO XM: In a move that was kept very quiet and is sure to blindside Sirius owners, and to raise some eyebrows with the FCC, XM announces that NBA play-by-play broadcasts will move to XM in time for Opening Night on October 28. The games will be located on XM Channels 213-220, Sirius owners can access NBA broadcasts by buying into the 'Best of XM' package (provided of course their model allows for it). Broadcasts of NASCAR, NFL broadcasts, and additional college football feeds became available to XM listeners last month through a 'Best of Sirius' package, with baseball done for the year the NBA apparently became the pawn to force Sirius owners to consider the 'Best of XM' package.  I JUST GOT BACK FROM THE ER, ERR - RED LOBSTER: All signs point to former Knicks GM Isiah Thomas being in a flat-faced lie, as it's reported that he was indeed the family member hospitalized yesterday after taking an overdose of sleeping pills. Meanwhile Isiah claims that it was his 17-year old daughter that OD'd. The police chief is not buying it, saying 'My cops know the difference between a 47-year-old black male and a young black female' then adds 'These people should learn something from Richard Nixon — it's not the crime, it's the cover-up.' Cue the Dragnet theme.ARMY OF ONE - NEW DIRT ON KELLEN WINSLOW: I said yesterday on my blog that Kellen Winslow's one-game suspension may not be warranted if all he did was complain that too many players (himself included) on his team have gotten staph, but he wouldn't be the first to pay the price for complaining about workplace hazards. Now comes word that Kellen also abused a team PR employee in a profane manner after the Browns loss at Washington last week. STAR PLAYER ARRESTED ON SEVERAL FELONY CHARGES: On the eve of an enormous game against Northern Arizona in which the winner would get the inside track on the conference title, Weber State is forced to indefinitely suspend star receiver/return man Bryant Eteuati after being pulled over for not stopping for an emergency vehicle. Law enforcement then finds that Bryant was wanted on several felonies, including aggravated assault stemming from a fight in 2006 as well as communications fraud stemming from allegedly giving merchandise to friends while working at a store. DID CELL PHONE USE CATCH UP TO SEVE??? Golf legend Seve Ballesteros undergoes a third operation to remove what's left of a cancerous brain tumor, a 6 1/2 hour procedure that was said to had gone better than expected. The first of the complex operations was performed last week, and a second procedure followed to remove part of Seve's skull to relieve pressure from brain swelling. Ballesteros' condition affects cells that cover and protect the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. PEYTON MANNING LATEST TO ADMIT TO STAPH INFECTION: In the latest disclosure to come out of Indianapolis, it is now said that the Colts quarterback needed two surgeries during training camp to clear a staph infection out of the bursa sac in his knee. Manning joins Tom Brady and Kellen Winslow as players affected by the potentially dangerous infection this season. LARRY JOHNSON FACING ANOTHER ASSAULT RAP: Not to be confused with the December court date he's already facing whose details came out last week, Johnson is now being investigated in a non-aggravated assault case towards a woman at a club on October 10. Johnson allegedly tried to buy a drink for a woman earlier in the evening, then told her later that he was going to kill her boyfriend before spitting in her drink. The woman told police that KH;s bodyguards then tackled her and that bouncers then escorted her outside - and that LJ tried to spit on her three more times while walking to his car after he was finally asked to leave the premises. This would mark Johnson's fourth legal matter, all involving women, in his five-year Kansas City career that appears to be rapidly reaching the end. KENNY GEORGE - POSSIBLE FOOT AMPUTATION: Kenny George is the 7'7" basketball player for North Carolina-Asheville best remembered for being dunked on by Tyler Hansborough last year. Now word comes that George will miss the upcoming season after surgery for a staph infection. It's said that George underwent surgery three weeks ago - and there are reports that part of his right foot was amputated. That report has not been confirmed, but there is no doubt the condition is serious, as it's said that George is expected to remain hospitalized in Iowa for at least another month. BRETT FAVRE TRIED TO GIVE ADVICE TO LIONS??? If he did - it sure the hell DIDN'T HELP!!! Somebody could send that organization the entire game plan and I don't think it'll help them. In any event, Jay Glazer on FOX reports that #4 called Matt Millen, who then put him in touch with the coaching staff, before Week 2 and spent 60-90 minutes with them. So of course Favre then texts Peter King and tells him that Glazer's story was BS. I'd like to see Favre's shortcuts - #01 to Deanna, #02 to Glazer, #03 to Greta, #04 to PK, #05 to Tony Dungy - whoops, guess that didn't help neither. TBS WITH MAJOR EGG ON THEIR FACES: The first 20 minutes of the critical Game 6 of the American League Championship Series did not air due to what TBS called a transmission problem, which lead to a near-riot at Boston area sports bars, as angry patrons were blaming the bar owners for not getting the feed. Some bars had to make due by putting on the radio until the TBS feed came back on-line. This is totally unacceptable, and if something significant had happened in the first inning, MLB would easily had found themselves in at least as big as an embarrassment as the 2002 All-Star debacle - and lets not forget the casual/marginal fans lost who found other viewing options when the game didn't air on-time. WISCONSIN BAND SLATED FOR PACKERS GAME: Band will make it's once-per-regular season appearance at Lambeau Field as scheduled despite the band's recent suspension. The band's road trip will be a one-day stand - they will leave from Madison in the morning and return after the game. It is scheduled to be the band's last appearance outside of Camp Randall Stadium this year, as the band is still banned from traveling to Badgers road game - although the way UW is playing right now perhaps they should travel with the football team to REALLY punish them. The band's leaders are looking at the Green Bay trip to prove that they are serious about changing the long-standing culture that has existed. EPL TEAM TRIES TO BRING IN FANS WITH FREE BEER: The world economy must REALLY be bad these days. With the team's on-field field play resembling a soccer version of the Kansas City Chiefs, the Bolton Wanderers offered free beers for fans in attendance for it's teams home match v. the Blackburn Rovers. The adult beverages came in handy as the two sides 'battled' to a 0-0 draw. LOU HOLTZ LANDS IN HOT WATER FOR 'HITLER REFERENCE': As Philadelphia writer Bill Conlin would attest (or maybe he wouldn't), this ought to be rule #1 in sports broadcast or print journalism, do not mention the name of one of the most infamous persons in world history - Conlin got in trouble a couple years back by suggesting that if Hitler were alive today, that at least he would rid the world of internet bloggers. Which brings us to Coach Lou himself - during an ESPN segment Friday dealing with Rich Rodriguez's first-year struggles at the University of Michigan and a perceived lack of leadership - Holtz responded by saying on-air that Hitler 'was a leader'. By mid-day Saturday the four-letter network was in damage control mode and Michigan's AD was getting a formal apology. And Coach RROD was really amused when the media asked him about Holtz after UM was pasted 46-17 at Penn State.  RICHIE INCOGNITO FINED 35 LARGE: For all of you who believe that there has been simply too much piling on Pacman Jones, I agree - if only because piling on Pacman is just too damn easy right now. Which brings us to Rams lineman Richie Incognito, who next to the NHL's Sean Avery has the face that I would most like to take a four-iron to. Richie has been fined a whopping $35,000 for his actions in last weekends game in Washington, $25K for 'repeated abuse of a game official', $5,000 for a flagrant face-mask violation, and $5,000 more for a chop-block. His actions towards the official occurred on the Rams final drive and resulted in a 15-yard penalty. Thankfully, kicker Josh Brown specializes in drilling game-winning 50-yard kicks. Richie should scratch off another check to Josh for getting him off the hook. And $35,000 isn't exactly chicken feed, in fact you can buy a lot for that - for instance one can hook up his rig with 23 television monitors - including one inside the gas cap.MICHIGAN GRIDDER BEATS UP HOCKEY PLAYER: Would the mother who dropped her 11 kids at Michigan Stadium please return and pick them up - they are beating UM 21-0 in the third quarter. Actually, one Michigan player did manage to take out his aggression after their team's embarrassing 13-10 home loss to Toledo last weekend - unfortunately now Michigan's hockey team is suffering as a result. Walk-on player Mike Milano, also a former wrestler at the school, allegedly attacked hockey player Steve Kampfer at about 2:30 in the morning. Milano has been suspended indefinitely while Kampfer suffered a fractured skull and a broken neck. Kampfer is a National Hockey League prospect, being selected in the fourth round by the Anaheim Ducks in 2007. NFL TO CONSIDER SPRING GAMES??? As part of a proposal to eventually expand the regular season to 18 games, the NFL is toying with the idea of playing exhibition games during the off-season. Have a feeling the NFLPA may not be too crazy about that idea. There is also talk of eventually expanding the playoff - an idea in which some owners are not fond of. BRETT FAVRE TO ROMO - TOUGH IT OUT!!! #4 calls Romo and tells him it might be a good idea to play through his broken pinkie, Favre once played through a fractured thumb. It was reported that Romo threw a few balls in Wednesday and reportedly has told coaches he'd like to play Sunday. The Cowboys official line is that they still expect Romo to miss four weeks and logic dictates that at the very least the team should be able to get by without him in St. Louis this Sunday. Anyone think #4 also drooped a call on Aaron Rodgers a few weeks back???  FAVRE DID NOT CALL RODGERS: Turns out I'm not the only one thinking about Favre calling Rodgers - the question was asked to AR - he says no, #4 did not call him, and no, it doesn't bother him. JESSICA WANTS FULL-HOUSE BACKFIELD??? Jessica Simpson says she's 'in a beautiful relationship' with Romo, says she wants six kids, so she 'better start soon'. This might be more disturbing to Romo's dynasty league owners than the bad thumb - maybe HE SHOULD make that start in St. Louis. PETA TARGETS SHANE VICTORINO FOR SPAM USE: Peta not happy about finding out that Shane enjoys a dish called 'Spam musubi', which is said to be very popular in Hawaii. A PETA spokesman says that Vic should be more infuriated by Hormel's treatment with pigs than a Hiroki Kuroda fastball. PETA should pick some bigger targets - quit putting the bullseye on leadoff hitters - go after Favre, he PUT A DEAD ANIMAL IN A TEAMMATE'S LOCKER LAST WEEK!!!HOLY CROSS - HOLY CRAP: During an off-campus party Saturday night where players were 'celebrating' the teams 41-34 victory earlier in the day, a 6'5" offensive lineman ends up STABBING one of his teammates, with help from one of his friends. The lineman has been told to stay away from campus and the alleged victim.  FORMER CHARGER CHRIS MIMS FOUND DEAD AT AGE 38: Was found dead in his Los Angeles apartment after police were summoned to do a welfare check, no foul play is suspected. The University of Tennessee standout was a first-round pick in 1992, and played seven of his eight seasons in the league with the San Diego Chargers - one of his more memorable moments was waving a Terrible Towel after the Chargers 1994 AFC Championship win in Pittsburgh that earned the team a it's lone Super Bowl berth. Even during his playing days, Mims constantly battled weight problems on the field and financial problems off it. One year after a playoff loss Mims stumbled out of a limo an hour late for a season-ending meeting. Mims also had a couple of DUI raps during his career and was also once accused of going after someone outside a fast-food restaurant. Mims closed out his career with 42 tackles and 10 forced fumbles in 104 games.DISTURBING DETAILS EMERGE ON DEATH OF HOCKEY PROSPECT: New York Rangers prospect Alexei Cherepanov is dead at age 19 after collapsing on the bench during a Kontinental Hockey Leauge game outside of Moscow. Word out of the initial autopsy says the player had chronic ischemia - i.e. not enough blood getting to heart and other organs. Early reports on the tragedy were sketchy, one version had Cherepanov colliding with teammate Jaromir Jagr before collapsing - that apparently was not the case, the last shift by those two players appear to be uneventful. What does appear certain is negligence on the emergency response side. It's said that the ambulance normally on standby during games had decided to leave before the game ended, and that there was no AED device or even a stretcher on the premises. On the video above, Cherepanov can be seen being carried away by team personnel. In another video that's surfaced, Jagr can be seen (wearing his customary #68) suddenly standing up and appears to be yelling for help from the bench while play was going on - the coach and players for the opposing team seem to be noticing the situation as the whistle blew. Cherepanov's agent says the player had tests administered before last yearfs draft that did not reveal any heart abnormalities, and that players in the Russian league receive regular heart and blood tests similar to those administered in the NHL. Cherepanov was the 17th overall pick in 2007 NHL Draft. JOSE CANSECO FACES FEDERAL CHARGE: Rat was detained and held at the San Ysidro border the other day after allegedly trying to get a supply of a fertility drug across the border. Canseco was charged with introduction into interstate commerce of a misbranded drug, which carries a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a $1,000 fine. KELLEN WINSLOW MYSTERY ILLNESS: K2 spending a second night in a Cleveland hospital with an unspecified illness - details being kept confidential which is the patient's right through HIPAA. But spending two nights in the hospital does sound alarms beyond not being able to play Monday night. Profootballtalk.com is reporting that a 'league source' told them that the illness involved a part of the body that no man wants swelled up, and that testicular cancer needs to be ruled out. And then there is the Browns infamous history with staph infections in recent years, one of which involved Winslow after one of his knee surgeries after his infamous 2005 motorcycle wreck. TALK RADIO HOSTS ACCUSE MAGIC JOHNSON OF 'FAKING' AIDS: When Magic shocked the world by announcing his retirement from the NBA in 1991 after announcing that he had AIDS, it was a disease that at the time was considered a death sentence - making that fact that we should be thankful that Magic is alive and well 17 years and counting. But there are always conspiracy theorists who believe that this is a story too good to be true. Which leads us to a Twin Cities radio station that's now in damage control mode after a couple of right-wing talkers (Is there such a thing as left-wing talk radio???) suggested that Magic may had 'faked' the illness in the name of getting attention and sympathy. If that were true, interesting disease to 'fake', especially considering that over the years some in the right-wing world like to say that those who contract HIV are getting their just desserts. HAS CARL EDWARDS PICKED A FIGHT WITH THE WRONG PERSON??? One day after a series of events straight out of the elementry school playgrounds led to a garage scuffle, Kevin Harvick is not backing down from Carl Edwards. Standing just a few feet from Edwards during Nationwide Series qualifying - Harvick says 'Be careful who you wanna pick a fight with. If you wanna pick a fight with the wrong person, sometimes it turns around and bites you, no matter how big and tough you think you are'. Perhaps Carl should have just stuck with scuffling with Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, and Dale Jr.. Edwards and Harvick are both in the lineup for Friday's Nationwide Series race as well as the Saturday Cup race. One side question - why does Cup qualifying always get rained out (robbing Brad Keselowski and Scott Speed a chance at making the show), but make getting Nationwide Series qualifying in a priority??? I swear NASCAR is has it's ass backwards half the time. |
