Category: General Sports

We hate seeing grown men cry. Well, actually, we enjoyed seeing JJ Redick cry but that’s just because we hate Duke. As you know, Gonzaga choked away a big lead to UCLA. Here are photos of Adam Morrison going through the five stages of grief. The last photo is priceless.

In other news…

[NFL Cheerleader blog]: 49er cheerleader Jany Collaco wins $750 on Deal or No Deal.

[Pro Tennis Fan]: Tennis’ next big thing, a 13 year old Aussie named Bernard Tomic, already signed by IMG.

[AZCentral]: Hall of Fame tips its hand. Barkley a shoe-in.

[NY Post]: The NFL Network might hire Bryant Gumble to do their games next season even though he’s only ever done play by play for golf previously.

[JailIsiah.com]: ’cause you know, ShootIsiah.com was already taken.

Sports blogging is a tough gig. You work all the time to come up with fresh material that you think will be amusing or interesting to people. For this, you get paid about 5 cents every time someone clicks on a Google ad. So when ESPN’s Colin Cowherd rips off a blog without attribution… well, it’s on.

The M Zone came up with a M Zone Collegiate Wonderlic Test, where they came up with questions they thought were more appropriate for athletes going pro. “1. If the Ohio State tailback gets $42,000 from a Buckeye booster but the Escalade he wants is $57,000, he should:”…

Good stuff. So good in fact that Colin Cowherd decided to rip it off on his radio show. No mention of M Zone. No mention that it wasn’t written by him or his staff. When emailed about it, Coward responded with:

WE WERE SENT IT….WE HAD NO IDEA..BUT THE INCESSANT WHINING…MEANS I WON’T GIVE YOU CREDIT NOW..GET OVER IT
CC

First of all, I hate people who type in all caps. Second, why not just apologize and say, “oh, we’ll give you credit for it on the next show.” Instead, Cowherd, who is making a healthy paycheck from the worldwide leader in hype, decides to be an arrogant prick to a blogger who does it for the love of the game.

Keep up the good work, M Zone, and let’s hope Colin Cowherd gets anally raped for being such a bitch.

Related Links:
[M Zone]: ESPN’S Colin Cowherd “Borrows” M Zone Material

Kournikova’s bitch

In the latest issue of GQ (yes, the one where Adriana Lima claims she’s a virgin), they list the top five off field fights of the past 10 years.

In no particular order, they are: Derek Jeter vs A-Rod, Vernon Maxwell vs Gary Payton, AJ Foyt vs Arie Luyendyk, Bears Fred Miller vs Olin Kruetz, and our favorite, Martina Hingis vs Anna Kournikova.

Now, everyone loves Anna Kournikova but I think Martina Hingis has got it going on in her own right… and who doesn’t love a good catfight.

Who: Martina Hingis versus Anna Kournikova

When: During and after an exhibition match in Santiago, Chile (won by Kournikova, 6-4, 6-4), on November 28, 2000

What went down: After a dispute over a line call, Hingis made Kournikova cry on the court, declaring, “Do you think you are the queen? Because I am the real queen!” In the locker room, the players threw trophies and vases of flowers at each other.

What makes it special: (1) They were doubles partners at the time. (2) Kournikova actually won.

[GQ]: THE TOP FIVE OFF-FIELD SPORTS FIGHTS OF THE DECADE

Remember the WUSA? Neither do we. But despite crapping out in 2003, the new president of the US Soccer Federation thinks that another womens soccer league is a good idea. Perhaps another XFL deal is a good idea too. If womens soccer couldn’t capitalize on the momentum provided by Brandi Chastain and her sports bra, I’m not sure what investor would back a league now.

In other news…

[Washington Post]: Soriano decides to stop being a little bitch and plays left field.

[NY Post]: Posada fractures his nose playing catch.

[AP]: Condoleeza Rice won’t apply for NFL commissioner job.

[Need4Sheed]: Bill Walton is a tool.

[Sports Pickle]: Newly acquired Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens has been feverishly studying Dallas game film since signing with the team on Saturday, intent on learning his new team’s system as soon as possible, but mostly so he can learn his quarterback’s weaknesses and use them to destroy him once the season begins.

No, this isn’t a Scooby Doo episode, seven athletes from Sierra Leone, one from Tanzania, and one from Bangladesh are missing from the Commonwealth Games in Australia. The seven from Sierra Leone make up about a third of the country’s team in Australia.

Technically the athletes haven’t defected yet because their visas are good until April 26th. However, is there any question they’re not going to go back to Sierra Leone, land of 9 year civil wars, corrupt officials, and lowest average income in the word? Good luck fellas.

Related Links:
[Sydney Morning Herald]: Seven more athletes vanish

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• TO signs with the Cowboys
• March Madness discussion: Nova-BC, Gonzaga-UCLA
• World Baseball Classic
• Alfonso Soriano refuses to play left field
• Adam Vinatieri signs with the Colts
• Women We Love nominees

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So it seems we were too cynical and pessimistic about the WBC. According to Bud Selig (who is somewhat biased, I know), the WBC was a tremendous success. Attendance at the games was 737,000 and television ratings were decent in the United States and very good overseas. More than 1/3 of all television sets in Japan were tuned into the WBC finals. This means WBC 2009 is a virtual certainty.

[Reuters]: Cuba donates its cut from the WBC (7% of net tournament revenue) to Katrina victims.

[Pittsburgh Live]: Someone stole Bill Leavy’s golf cart.

[ESPN]: Hamburg is building a temporary hooligan jail for the World Cup. Philadelphia Eagles fans ask where the stadium courthouse is.

[Pittsburgh Live]: Well, this is just stupid. Steelers Safety Tyrone Carter’s brother had an additional 4.5 years tacked on to his 6 month sentence because he went to the Super Bowl instead of reporting to jail on time. Tyrone Carter said, “I would have done the same thing.”

[NY Daily News]: Steve Francis says that he better be in the starting lineup next season. Well, that worked out well, Isiah.

Every week, we’ll have a whole new set of nominees for you. This week we have:

Julie Berry

Jennifer Connelly

Lois Griffin

Stana Katic

Vanessa Marcil

Emily Procter

Voting will end next Tuesday. Vote now.

Reese Witherspoon, like Rachel McAdams certainly looks better as a brunette than a blonde. After years of ditzy Elle Woods roles, she changed her hair and made us believe she was June Carter in Walk the Line. It’s mainly on the basis of that movie tha t Reese was nominated as a woman we love.

See? We aren’t so shallow after all. Acting ability sometimes trumps a killer rack.