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General Sports

Seven songs sports fans hate


What’s worse than going to the arena/stadium/ballpark and seeing your favorite squad get their ass handed to them? For starters, there’s all that crappy music that gets blared over the loudspeakers in an attempt to get the fans pumped up. Hell, half of those songs are nauseating even when the home team is winning. According to The Putdown, these are the seven lamest arena anthems going today.

7. Dropkick Murphy’s – Tessie
6. House of Pain – Jump Around
5. Billy Idol – Mony Mony
4. Gary Glitter – Rock and Roll Part 2
3. Zombie Nation – Kernkraft 400
2. Rednex – Cotton Eye Joe
1. 2 Unlimited – Get Ready For This

On the cooler side of arena anthems, this has to rank as one of our absolute favorites.

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[The Putdown]: 7 lamest arena anthems

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Chicago Cubs

Ron Zook is tone deaf

If there is such thing as a good rendition of “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” then we’ve never heard it. You could stick anyone from Ashlee Simpson to Frank Sinatra behind the microphone and it would still sound like crap. Needless to say, if you throw someone like Ron Zook behind the mic then you’re really in trouble.

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San Antonio Spurs

Seven rings might be enough for Robert Horry, but probably not


After having one of the greatest careers in the history of the NBA, Robert Horry is thinking about calling it quits. With seven championship rings in his pocket and more playoff games than any player ever, Big Shot Rob is questioning whether or not he has another season’s worth of gas in his tank, but if you ask us, he’s just getting ready to take us all on a Brett Favre-like retirement roller coaster ride for the next five years or so.

“Right now I’m up in the air,” Horry, 37, said. “That’s all I can really tell you, up in the air. I want to play, 80 percent of me wants to play and I’m sure as soon as I get in the gym and see people bouncing the ball it would turn into 100 percent. So we’ll just have to wait and see what happens.”

“I think that if I stick around I’m still better than a lot of players,” Horry said. “I might not be as fast as a lot of them or as quick. But I’m smarter than probably about 98 percent of the league.”

Horry went on to say he’d like to stay in San Antonio should he return, but that he is also open to other contenders. Well, after the Spurs lethargic performance against the Lakers, we expect Gregg Popovich to cut some aging weight like Horry, Michael Finely and Kurt Thomas. Wonder if New Orleans or Phoenix would be willing to bury the hatchet?

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[Chron.com]: Former Rocket Horry might be done breaking hearts

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San Antonio Spurs

Spurs are "Gone Fishin’"

The Lakers knocked off the defending champs on Thursday, advancing to the NBA Finals for the first time since Shaquille O’Neal was prowling the paint. Kobe Bryant got rid of the Spurs in incredible fashion, hitting big shot after big shot to break the hearts of those who thought this would be the year San Antonio repeated. However, no team is truly eliminated until it casts its line and starts reeling in some groupers. That’s right, it’s fishing time. Start up the boat EJ!

Of course, that also means that Inside the NBA is off the air until next season as well, meaning there will be no more moments like this anytime soon. Or this.

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General Sports

Mariah Carey throws like a girl

If Mr. Ceremonial First Pitch Thrower Outer had his say, he probably would have gone to Japan too.

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NBA General

Vern, Vern, Vern, Vern, Vern


Before there was Ron Artest and Sebastian Telfair there was Vernon Maxwell. From the end of his college career to the end of his 13-year stint as a pro, Maxwell was notorious for being a knucklehead. Well, apparently Mad Max refuses to slow down in his old age.

Former NBA player Vernon Maxwell was arrested in Charlotte on Thursday on charges related to failure to pay child support.

U.S. Marshals took Maxwell into federal custody at the Mecklenburg County Courthouse.

He was arrested for violating the conditions of federal supervision. Maxwell was originally sentenced to serve five years of federal probation for willful failure to pay child support.

Being a dead-beat dad is one of the biggest sins imaginable in our book, but you gotta admit it’s a pretty tame charge by Maxwell standards. Let’s briefly recap the lowlights of his adulthood.

In 1987, his final two years at Florida were completely wiped off the boards after he was found to have committed NCAA violations. In 1994, he attacked his Rockets teammate Carl Herrera with a free weight and then in 1995, he ran into the stands during a game and punched a fan as a prequel to Artest’s brawl with the Detroit faithful. Maxwell followed that up by slapping his junk on the window of a car that rear-ended him. Oh, and he was found guilty of infecting a woman with herpes on purpose. He also became a fugitive and got popped with drugs in the recent past.

Now that’s a reign of terror that even impresses veteran miscreants like Dennis Rodman and Mike Tyson.

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[WCNC.com]: Former NBA player arrested in Charlotte

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All Other Sports

Another year, another cheese-rolling catastrophe

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, nothing tops the Annual Gloucestershire Cheese-Rolling extravaganza held across the pond. After all, does anything sound like more fun than people falling head over heels while chasing a wheel of cheese? The answer is an astounding “no.”

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Washington Redskins

Chris Cooley is a dancing machine


Chris Cooley got married to a babe the other day and the wedding party looked like quite a blast. After all, it’s not too often that you get to see a giant-sized man dance around in white pants, a black vest and pink tie. But would you expect anything less from the man known as Captain Chaos? However, if you ask the best man about Chris’ big day, it really doesn’t sound all that exciting.

I do know that the groom’s day went as follows: picked up tuxes, packed for the honeymoon, paced around, watched groomsmen play guitar hero, paced around, backyard football, and finally driving to the place after some pacing around. The rest of the day seemed like an incredible blur of events.

Here are some highlights:

* The Reverend decided to kick things off a little behind schedule and almost had to meet with some groomsmen in the back room.

* The wedding planner now needs high blood pressure medication.

* People took pictures like free ipod nanos.

* We ate dinner ala banquet style only better food.

* There was the cake cut, garder pull, best man speech, and dancing til the lights turned on.

* After party Karaoke (minus newlyweds)

We’re sure Mr. and Mrs. Cooley had a fantastic day and all, but it’s just not a party until Brady Quinn starts grabbing his crotch.

Links:

[MisterIrrelevant.com]: Chris Cooley’s Wedding Looks Like Fun
[ChrisCooley47.BlogSpot.com]: The Best Man’s take on the Cooley wedding

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General Sports

Hockey team is in for at least seven years of bad luck

They do things a little differently in hockey. Take celebrating championships for instance. While Americans tend to riot, loot and plunder when their NFL, NBA, MLB or college team wins the big one, in the Canadian Hockey League, they just smash the championship trophy and call it a day.

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Chris Webber has got to be feeling a little less lonely after that.

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General Sports

Minor league baseball team holds raffle for free funeral


We’ve heard of some pretty zany giveaways at minor league baseball games with the most recent coming in the form of a Larry Craig bathroom stall bobblefoot doll. However, Craig’s tapping toes can’t hold a candle to the Lake County Captains latest freebie.

The Lake County Captains in conjunction with Monreal Funeral Home of Eastlake will be giving away a free funeral at Classic Park this summer. Fans can fill out an entry form at all Captains home games this year at the National City Fans First Center which is located dead behind home plate at Classic Park. Fans can also mail in their entry. The prize is valued at over $6,000 and the winner must be over 21 years of age. The prize will be awarded to the lucky winner after a game in August. The Monreal Funeral home has been in business for over 116 years and is across the street from the ballpark.

The free funeral consists of free service charge, free basic casket, free basic vault. A burial plot is not included and terms and conditions apply. The prize has no cash value.

“When I brought the idea up to my father (president-Bill Monreal) about giving away a free funeral he thought I was crazy. Once it sunk in he liked the idea”, said Funeral Director Jeff Monreal.

“Life is difficult when you lose someone close to you, you need an experienced funeral home during your time of loss, Monreal Funeral Home has been serving the Cleveland area for over 116 years. Giving away a free funeral is one way we can say thank you to the community” added Monreal.

Hey, it’s better than their first idea which was free urns with the Captains logo on them to the first 500 through the gate.

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[LakeCounty.Captains.MILB.com]: Captains to Give Away a Free Funeral