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Pro wrestlers speak out on Larry King Live


The Chris Benoit story continues to send shockwaves through the world of professional wrestling and last night on Larry King Live, along with other former stars, WWE Champion John Cena joined Chris Jericho in studio and Bret Hart via satellite for an on-air discussion about the man and the murders.

As expected, they were as shocked by what unfolded a couple weeks back as the rest of us. Nobody had a clue as to what would make the man they considered to be a consummate professional commit such savage acts. In fact, Jericho said that Benoit was a great father.

If I had to leave my kids with somebody, I would leave them with Chris Benoit if I was in a pinch and not have any — any inkling of anything but that they would get the best possible care and attention. And that’s another reason why it’s just so completely — it’s so hard to deal with, Larry, because this guy loved his kids, L-O-V-E capital letters.

While steroids continue to play a role in the ongoing dialogue surrounding the double-murder/suicide, the entire panel seemed to think that its lazy journalism for the media to simply claim that steroids are the cause of this tragedy and said they wouldn’t believe it until the proof was offered. Benoit passed a drug test back in April.

As horrible as this has been for the families and the profession, the truth is that we will never know exactly what caused Benoit to snap. Even if drugs are found in his system, this still can’t be explained by a simple pill or injection. We’d like to be able to say that this guy was a pill popping, needle stabbing, brutal human being, because that would explain a whole lot, but the people that knew him best say he wasn’t that man at all. Of course, he could have been fooling them all along but if friends of five, ten, 15, 20 years have no clue, then it’s highly unlikely that some news organization will uncover anything any different.

The questions will never be answered and it is completely wrong to judge the entire wrestling industry as steroid pumping madmen based on Benoit’s actions. The NFL isn’t full of O.J. Simpsons, the NBA isn’t all Ron Artests and the WWE isn’t a huge collection of Benoits. This individual had some serious, serious mental issues and that’s basically all we will ever know.

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[CNN.com]: Wrestler Kills Wife, Son & Himself

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Venus Williams’ has the thrill of a lifetime: reading a Top Ten list


Venus Williams is atop the tennis world again after she dominated on the famous grass courts of Wimbledon yet again. And while getting a nice fat check, a big trophy and more international fame might be some of the little perks that come along with the victory, the grand prize for busting her butt and winning against the best competition the world has to offer is a complimentary trip to the Late Show with David Letterman where Venus got to read a very special Top Ten list.

Top Ten Things Venus Williams Would Like To Say After Winning Her 4th Wimbledon Title

10: “I blew my prize money on a sandwich and a medium soda at the concession stand”

9: “It always helps to tip the line judges”

8: “Frankly, I prefer racquetball”

7: “At the rate I’m going, I’ll have won 50 Wimbledon titles by the age of 120”

6: “I owe it all to my new iRacket”

5: “I’m taking some time off to polish my trophies”

4: “The secret to my forehand smash? I imagine the ball is Letterman’s head”

3: “Imagine how I’d do if I practiced”

2: “Don’t tell me how I did in the finals. I TiVo’d it”

1: “Steinbrenner just signed me to save the Yankees”

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[CBS.com]: Today’s Top Ten

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Antoine Walker might want to go ahead and spring for a security system


Being rich is totally awesome until some nut comes along and decides that they want to be rich too by tying you up and stealing thousands of dollars worth of your stuff. Don’t believe us? Just ask Antoine Walker, he knows all about being robbed at gunpoint.

Apparently, the Miami Heat forward was just chillin’ in his Chicago crib when some masked men broke into his home, tied him up and stole jewelry, a car and some cold hard cash. Luckily, or unluckily, one of Toine’s friends walked into the house during the stick-up.

When he went into the house, he saw Antoine’s phone on the floor. He called out for Toine. Toine was upstairs — that’s what somebody told him. And then when he went upstairs, he was put at gunpoint right then and there. They taped him up by the wrists, they taped him by the ankles and then they just took all their money. And then they took Mr. Walker’s car,” James Walker said.

But this wasn’t the first time Walker has been the victim of a theft. Back in 2000, a bandit stole $50,000 from Walker while he was sitting in his car in south Chicago. Damn, and we thought that the Dallas Mavericks had a tendency to get robbed blind.

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[WLKY.com]: NBA Star Tied Up, Robbed In Chicago Home

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Phil Hellmuth humiliates himself again

We haven’t ever met anyone who likes Phil Hellmuth; sure, he’s a great poker player, yada, yada, yada, but at the end of the day, he’s a whiny brat that has the capabilities to get us more riled up than those crazy chicks on Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School. So, needless to say, we were more than thrilled to come across this video of Hellmuth behind the wheel of a race car for an UltimateBet promotional shoot. The main reason being that he went Nick Hogan on the track and ended up going head first into a pole.

We’re pretty sure that he completely blamed the crash on the car.

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[BaltimoreSun.com]: Poker pro survives crash, shrugs shoulders

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Being retarded goes a long way in backyard wrestling

We’ve showed you just how idiotic and dangerous pro wrestling can be when complete morons step inside the ropes with the sole purpose of shocking the masses or murdering their opponent. But, at least these guys are getting paid to put their bodies on the line. The pay probably sucks, but they’re still being compensated for their efforts. The even bigger numbskulls are the kids who try to imitate these extremists, seemingly thinking that they are invincible. Guess what; you’re not. And while dropping you’re friend on his head off your roof might sound like fun, apparently it’s not all that great. But, that doesn’t mean it’s not hilarious to make fun of just how stupid wannabes can be.

Good luck making it to the big time, kids. You’re going to need it.

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Bowling just got kinda cool

Now, we’re not willing to crown bowling as an official sport just yet, but we have no problem admitting that it takes some skill and the guys who waste 10 hours a day at the lanes can get pretty damn good at what they do. So good, in fact, that people actually have figured out how to make bowling somewhat entertaining for the spectators by coming up with some nifty trick shots. Like this fancy way of picking up a pair of spares at once:

Of course, the only way you can ever even be in that position is if the pins fall down and actually stay down.

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The scoop showdown in San Antonio: print vs. broadcast



We didn’t realize these guys moved
to San Antonio.

There’s nothing we love more than a good cat fight…unfortunately, we have nothing to report on the cat fight front, but we did find a Texas sized war of words deep in the heart of San Antonio. Turns out that local TV station KSAT stole all the credit for breaking the “P.J. Carlesimo to coach Seattle” story, when in reality, it was the San Antonio Express-News who originally discovered that P.J. was jumping from assistant in S.A. to numero uno man in Seattle.

This, unfortunately, has become standard practice at KSAT, where (Larry) Ramirez, Greg Simmons and David Sears are more comfortable deceiving their viewers than they are practicing real journalism. Real journalism would entail developing sources and contacts, doing a little work on your own. Apparently that’s too complicated for this trio.

So, for all you aspiring journalists out there, be sure to give credit where credit is due or you could find yourself getting slammed by the name-calling Express-News too.

But Larry, Greggy and Davey have set a whole new standard for laziness, thievery and ineptness. And until the three stooges at KSAT man up and admit they are incapable of doing their own reporting, we’ll recognize them as journalism miscreants, a species that some day, hopefully, will become extinct.

Can’t we all just get along?

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[MySanAntonio.com]: KSAT’s `journalists’ have robbed the E-N again

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Breaking down UFC 73: Stacked


It’s a trifecta of main event quality fights in what could be one of the most underrated UFC cards in a long time. These match-ups might not have a lot of glitter, but these are some hardnosed, straight forward fighters that are going to lay it all on the line Saturday night.

Two titles will be on the line as Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva will take on Nate Marquardt and Lightweight Champion Sean Sherk faces off with Hermes Franca in what should be a pair of explosive encounters. And that’s what the UFC is considering to be the warm up fights for the main event between the UFC’s longtime bad boy Tito Ortiz and Ultimate Fighter 2 winner Rashad Evans. It’s safe to say that this event is appropriately named because this card is indeed stacked from top to bottom.

When it comes to the middleweight division, we don’t see anyone who can hang with The Spider right now. His skills are too well rounded and he’s been simply assassinating some of the UFC’s biggest and most popular stars. But Nate Marquardt is no joke inside the cage with a 28-6-1 record to prove it and if he can take this fight to the ground, he just might walk out of UFC 73 with some gold around his waist. And a long, lanky frame is exactly what a submission artist like Marquardt loves to deal with. Still, we can’t go against the champ in this one as his ever evolving skills should prove too much to handle as long as he can avoid the take down. If these guys stay on their feet, Marquardt will be going to sleep from the heavy hands of Silva.

Then there’s the title bout between champ Sean Sherk and challenger Hermes Franca in the 155-pound division. The Muscle Shark will be defending his newly won title for the first time after falling off the UFC map for a while and Hermes Franca will be more than willing to make knock him back out of the spotlight. But the longer this fight goes, the more of an advantage Sherk will have. Championship bouts are five rounds and there might not be a more conditioned athlete in the game than Sherk; not to mention the 38 previous professional fights he has under his belt. Franca needs to utilize his submission skills in this fight, but it’s going to be a tough challenge considering that Sherk has the size and strength to completely dominate him on the ground. Expect Sherk to walk out of the octagon with his belt in hand.

Of course, the most hyped fight of the night involves one of the greatest stars the UFC has ever seen in Tito Ortiz and the undefeated up-n-comer Rashad Evans. Ortiz obviously has some type of mental hang-up and devolves into a whole other fighter when put in the cage with Chuck Liddell, but throw him in there with almost anyone else and he’s one of the most lethal opponents in the sport with a 16-5 record. Evans, on the other hand, hasn’t encountered any kryptonite on his way to an unblemished 15-0 record as a pro. Both guys have bricks for fists, both guys have great takedowns, both guys have great takedown defense and both guys are desperate to grab the No. 1 contender status for Quinton Jackson’s Light Heavyweight Championship belt. Throw in some bad blood stemming from typical Ortiz hijinks and you’ve got all the makings of a big time face-smasher.

There’s no doubt that Evans is climbing the proverbial ladder straight to the top of the UFC with his impressive debut in the company, but beating a bunch of reality stars/UFC wannabes is not the same thing as taking on a MMA legend. Ortiz has been in the ring with the best of the best and Evans is going to be just another paycheck to the Huntington Beach Bad Boy while there will probably be a little hint of awe in the eyes of Evans. We’re expecting a great contest with a good share of face swelling, but when the smoke clears from this battle, we’ll be talking about an upcoming title bout between Ortiz and Rampage.

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[UFC.com]: UFC 73: Stacked Home

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When pro wrestling goes horribly wrong!

So, there we were, just surfing YouTube, looking for some pro wrasslin’ highlights like the dedicated fans we are, when we came across one of the sickest pieces of wrestling footage ever recorded. It was from some promotion called Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW) and it involved the infamous New Jack throwing Vic Grimes off a 40-foot scaffold!! If you thought that the Mick Foley fall from Hell In A Cell was insane, just get a load of these lunatics.

We were pretty disgusted that some crappy alliance would allow this suicide mission to happen at all, let alone in front of crowd of hundreds of fans, but then we came across this documentary footage of New Jack talking about the incident and we learned what sick and twisted was really all about when he admitted that his intentions were to actually kill Grimes with the stunt!

We always knew that New Jack was one brutal, mentally unstable S.O.B. from his days with ECW and TNA but, as Ron Simmons would say, … “DAMN!”

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This chick is definitely not the next Danica Patrick

Now, we know that hurtling around a track at triple-digit speeds can be a little terrifying, but the girl in this clip might take the cake for in-car meltdowns.

But, we can’t really blame her; we’d be screaming for our lives too if we were in a car when Nick Hogan was behind the wheel. Or was that Eddie Griffin driving?