Odds and Ends: Chris Simms is a cry baby

Posted on Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 12:40:33 PM EST in NFL
More on: Chris Simms, Buccaneers, Jon Gruden, NFL, Big Brown, Cedric Benson, Bears, Jason Caffey, Vinny Del Negro, Bulls, Vince McMahon, UFC, video, Odds and Ends (all tags)

Chris Simms is mad as hell and he's not going to take it anymore. The former Texas quarterback ripped Jon Gruden and virtually ended his relationship with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday when he claimed to have become a "hostage" of the franchise.

"I feel like I'm being held hostage," Simms said. "I hate that all this has happened. I love Tampa. My family loves it here. But I've been quiet long enough. I feel like it's time to let everybody know why I'm not out there."...

"I don't know how anybody can expect me to go back there and look coach Gruden in the eye and believe the relationship is hunky dory after some of the things that were said and done," Simms said. "Things were handled wrongly from the business end of it and definitely things were handled wrongly as far as how you treat a person. ...

"How can I look (Gruden) in the eye when I know he wanted me cut last year. He did not want me to be part of the team and I have a lot of resentment about that. Nine or 10 months after a serious injury, I put my life on the line, it was the most serious injury they've ever been associated with, I worked as hard as I could to get back and he wasn't even going to give me a full year.

"I have a serious issue with that, I really do." ...

"He asked me, 'Is this injury in your head?'" Simms said. "I found that completely ridiculous. I was going through a tough time. I kept my mouth shut all summer. I felt I was betrayed to a degree. Nobody took time to talk to me on a personal level and see how I was doing."

Geez, what a loser. Even daytime soap operas think Simms is being overly dramatic.

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[CBS2.com]: Vinny Del Negro could be the new head baby Bull

[The Sports Muffin]: Vince McMahon gets tossed into UFC announcement rumors

[SI.com]: Jason Peter is a maniac!

[Busted Coverage]: Detroit reporter says Pittsburgh has better hockey fans

[FunnyOrDie.com]: WTF?!?

And finally, goodbye testicles.

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Odds and Ends: The 12 Highest Earning Hotties

Posted on Mon Jun 09, 2008 at 01:17:17 PM EST in Other Sports
More on: babes, Madonna, Gisele Bunchden, Chris Bosh, NBA, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, Sidney Ponson, Cedric Benson, video, Odds and Ends (all tags)

What she no longer has in age or
looks, she makes up for with money

The only thing sexier than a beautiful babe is a rich, beautiful babe. After all, what good is having a bombshell girlfriend if she can't take you out on expensive dates and buy you nice things? So, for all you bachelors out there, here's a list of The 12 Highest Earning Hotties on Earth. You can thank WallStreetFighter.com.

12. Adriana Lima - $6 Million
11.Kate Moss - $9 Million
10.Jennifer Aniston - $14 Million
9.Tyra Banks - $18 Million
8.Angelina Jolie - $20 Million
7.Maria Sharapova - $23 Million
6.Gwen Stefani - $26 Million
5.Beyonce - $27 Million
4.Nicole Kidman - $28 Million
3.Gisele Bundchen - $33 Million
2.Shakira - $38 Million
1.Madonna - $72 Million

What?? No Oprah??

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[Bugs & Cranks]: Ball girl's occupational hazard No. 12: Falling fat dudes

[YouTube]: So that's why the officiating has been horrible through the first two games of the NBA Finals

[Awful Announcing]: Shaq steals the show at the Belmont Stakes

[Sportaphile.com]: Wicked first round knockout by Paul Williams

[ShackNews.com]: From Wii Fit to Wii Stupid

[Undrafted Free Agent]: Yet another reason kickers get no respect

And finally, extremely funny or extremely disturbing? You decide.

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Cedric Benson's career capsizes on an Austin lake

Posted on Mon May 05, 2008 at 10:27:26 AM EST in NFL
More on: Bears, Cedric Benson, Austin, boat, arrest, drunk (all tags)

The moment tears began rolling down his face after being selected fourth overall in the 2005 NFL Draft, the Bears faithful began getting a sinking sensation in their guts. After Sunday, Chicagoans probably think even the name "Adam `Pacman' Jones" would have sounded better coming off the commissioner's lips.

Benson was arrested on Saturday night on an Austin lake after he failed a sobriety test while driving a boat, then failed another sobriety test on solid ground, refused to put on a life jacket and then resisted arrest to the point where officers were forced to pepper-spray him while practically dragging him to the patrol car. If Benson was just half as motivated in uniform then he might have more than 1,593 yards and 10 touchdowns in three friggin' years!

Of course, Cedric's story is completely different despite the fact that about 15 other people were on the boat and none were arrested. Oh, and none of those friends have stepped forward to support Benson's claims of police brutality. But it's still worth a shot.

"I was not intoxicated. There was alcohol on the boat, and others were enjoying themselves, but I wasn't drunk," he said. ...

The officer arrested Benson, who kept arguing and "continued to present himself as a threat," the LCRA said. The officer then pepper-sprayed him.

Benson tells a much different story: "Even after they pepper-sprayed me, I have no idea why they did that. I was cooperative. I asked them several times why they did that, and they didn't give me an answer."

Once the boat docked, Benson refused to leave the LCRA boat, authorities said. An LCRA officer and Travis County sheriff's deputies were "basically carrying/dragging him" to a car for transport to jail, the release said.

Again Benson gave a different account: "They kicked my feet out from under me and slammed my face down. They had a hose and were running it over my face. They were choking me and stuff, not with their hands but with the hose in my face. I couldn't breathe. I don't know if they did that because of the pepper spray, but I didn't ask them to put the hose in my face."

Benson said he declined a breath test once in custody on the advice of his lawyer, Brian Carney.

The former Longhorn has probably seen his last action in Chicago and he could spend up to six months in jail as a result of this little run-in with the law. A word of advice for the Kansas City Chiefs: Watch out for Jamaal Charles because in case you haven't noticed, Texas running backs are a strange breed.

Links:
[SunTimes.com]: Troubled waters
[WBBM780.com]: Cedric Benson Arrested, Alleges Police Abuse

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