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Soccer

Odds and Ends: Eagles fans – here’s your English soccer team


Remember when Bill Simmons went about looking for an English Premiere League team to cheer for and ended up taking Tottenham Hotspur? Well, Philadelphia Eagles fans now have their very own British soccer team to root for. Unfortunately, they play in Football League One which is 2 levels below the EPL. Why Millwall? Because “unnamed investors – thought to be linked with the Philadelphia Eagles American football team – want to sink an initial £5million into the Lions.” (Mirror UK)

And, as Bob from the Offside (and fellow Eagles fan) tells us, “Millwall’s fans have a reputation for thuggery much like the Eagles fans. A marriage made in heaven.” Well, that clinches it for us. Go Lions! (Now, to do something about those Cowboys colors…)

In other news…

[Cricinfo.com]: Cricket player is willing to cut off his injured finger… Ronnie Lott says, whatever

[LA Times]: Dodgers pitcher owns rock quarry worth billions

[The Offside]: Barcelona midfielder likes his hookers… take that, Lasorda

[Steroid Nation]: Are the Little Sisters of the Poor using that much Winnie and HGH?

[The Big Lead]: Scottie Pippen on Deal or No Deal is just sad

[SI]: Grocery store clerk indicted in last year’s dirty bomb hoax

[The Onion]: Report: Almost Nobody Raped During Duke’s First Lacrosse Match

[Valentine’s Views]: Schilling just can’t shut up

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Anaheim Angels

Gary Matthews Jr. named in Orlando steroid bust


According to the Albany Times Union, a multi-agency task force raided Signature Pharmacy in downtown Orlando after a year long investigation into steroids sales and shipments via the internet. According to Albany District Attorney David Soares, the company did over $36M in business last year from illegal prescriptions and steroids.

There is evidence that testosterone and other performance enhancing drugs were sold to current and former MLB, NFL and college players. The biggest names to come out so far are Gary Matthews Jr. of the Angels, Evander Holyfield, Jason Grimsley, and of course, Jose Canseco. Investigators also saw an Eagles player at the pharmacy and said a Redskins player is a customer.

Richard Rydze, a “top physician for the Steelers”, also was questioned for purchasing $150k worth of HGH in 2006. While Rydze claims the drugs were for his personal clients, we’re waiting to see what Steeler gets named in the documents that The Smoking Gun will eventually uncover.

Links:
[Steroid Nation]: Huge drug raid in Orlando nails Internet ‘steroids’ dealer. Pro athletes involved; Gary Matthew’s name released
[Albany Times Union]: Albany DA raids Fla. steroids center

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Philadelphia Eagles

Source: Eagles tell Stallworth to take a hike


A inside source tells us that the Eagles asked Donte Stallworth’s agent Drew Rosenhaus for premilinary numbers for their contract negotiation and Rosenhaus came back with “absurd numbers”. The Eagles have now told Rosenhaus that they are no longer interested in signing Stallworth and will move forward accordingly. While it has been rumored and speculated for the last couple of weeks that the Eagles would not resign Stallworth, it seems to now be (semi-)official.

Perhaps this is all posturing on both fronts but it doesn’t surprise us that the Eagles would not spend the big bucks on Stallworth. The latest figures indicate that the Eagles have $9M-$12M in cap room and with some finagling could get a few million more. However, the Eagles have made it clear that they think Hank Baskett could be a breakout WR next year and produce along the lines of Marques Colston in New Orleans. Eagles fans will eat Baskett and the front office alive if he doesn’t.

Stallworth has indicated that he would like to play for the Niners or the Patriots.

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Philadelphia Eagles

Odds and Ends: It’s not a good time to be Andy Reid


The story just keeps getting worse for Andy Reid. Not only are two of his sons in trouble with the police (one for drugs, the other for waving a handgun at another motorist), the drug incident isn’t just some weed like we all figured. It turns out that Garrett Reid used heroin before the traffic accident. Stuff you can get out of Michael Vick‘s water bottle is one thing, heroin is just bad news — just watch Requiem for a Dream. Well it could be worse, at least he’s not Guy Lafleur, whose 22 year old son is charged with armed sexual assault. And on the bright side, McNabb and TO’s feud is over… we think.

In other news…

[The Out Route]: Chad Johnson Questioned in Murder

[Ben Maller]: Bears are smarter than Colts (wonderlic style)

[AdFreak.com]: The whole Sarah Spain thing was hot… this is not.

[Steroid Nation]: Not to beat a dead horse, but…Philly Inquirer calls for less horse doping

[The Golf Blog]: If Phil Mickelson doesn’t have the worst boobs in sports, is he still Phil Mickelson?

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NHL General

Odds and Ends: The state of the NHL


We’ve been neglecting hockey lately but since so much has been made of the ratings of the NHL All-Star game, we thought we’d point you over to two blog entries. First, let’s blame Gary Bettman. Second, perhaps all this angst over the state of the NHL and specifically over the Versus ratings are overblown. However, the big difference between college basketball and the NHL is that the college basketball postseason is a must watch event and the NHL postseason is a “is it on?” event. Finally, we have a sign from a female fan that needs to go into the Fan Sign Hall of Fame.

In other news…

[The Offside]: Fireball soccer? Maybe hockey would be more popular if we dipped the puck in gasoline first.

[Awful Announcing]: Wait, why do black people get two Thanksgivings?

[Can’t Stop the Bleeding]: High School wrestling will never be the same in Minnesota

[Yahoo]: Next time you think NFL players are paid too much

[The Hater Nation]: The best Barbaro story picture

[The 700 Level]: How is it that Freddie Mitchell still in the blogosphere?

And finally…. why white people shouldn’t rap: “take a big dump on the bears”? This type of thing happens every year. Remember when some urologist decided to battle TO? People… please… just stop.

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New Orleans Saints

Maxim has found the F Da Eagles Saints Girl


Her parents must be so proud:

-“You know my daughter Heather?”
-“Oh, you mean F**k Da Eagles Heather? I saw her spread in Maxim.”

Yes, the fine folks over at Maxim immediately jumped onto the instant celebrity bandwagon and hunted down Heather Rothstein, the girl who wore the shirt on the Eagles-Saints telecast that said “Fuck Da Eagles“. She looks pretty good in the Maxim spread. For looking like ass on TV, she claims that she was completely wasted. We’ll reserve judgment.

She says that she went to the Saints-Bears game in Chicago and it was the worst experience of her life.


I had a really crappy experience in Chicago. People threw eggs, donuts, beer and snowballs at us. And they were cowards about it. They would throw something at us, and then we’d turn around and nobody would be there. I mean, if you have the balls to throw an egg at me you better have the balls for me to kick your ass.

It was the most terrible sports experience I’ve ever been through. And the dick-to-chick ratio sucked. For every 500 guys there was one girl. It was terrible. And in New Orleans, it’s guy-girl, guy-girl, guy-girl. It’s southern hospitality down there. We’ll get you shit-faced on Bourbon Street before we whoop your football team’s ass, and then we all drink together again after. So it was like a real culture shock for me. I was like “Wow, you guys suck!” They were mean.

Heather has season tickets and sits in the same seats every game. Looking at the 2007 schedule, we’re gonna need extra security around there as the Eagles visit New Orleans… and, well, Eagles fans travel well and are insane. Good luck next year, Heather, and for chrissakes, please don’t start writing for CNNSI.

Links:
[Maxim]: F**k Da Eagles Heather photos

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New Orleans Saints

Classy Saints Fan

Nice of Fox to show this during the Saints-Eagles game and stay on her for 5 seconds. Fuck Da Eagles? A trailer somewhere is missing its trash.

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Soccer

Cheryl Tweedy, meet Carmella Decesare


Most of you probably don’t know who Cheryl Tweedy (Cole) is. That’s ok, she’s just some pop singer in England. But she is also smokin’ hot. The reason why this is sports related? She’s married to a footballer (that’s soccer player) named Ashley Cole, who is rumored to be gay.

Cheryl lashed out today at people who think her husband Ashley is gay and dismissed the rumors as ridiculous.


At first I laughed my head off because the suggestion was so ridiculous. But Ashley wasn’t laughing. It wasn’t very nice for either of us, but it certainly wasn’t a good time for him. But I was there for him when people had a go at him in the street or asked if he was gay. He says it doesn’t hurt him when stuff is said but deep down I know it must do. To be honest, it’s more devastating for me than it is for him because I love him and I know what he’s going through.

So basically, Ashley Cole is the Jeff Garcia of soccer. Remember when Carmella Decesare (2004 Playmate of the Year) came out to defend her boyfriend against the accusation by Terrell Owens that Jeff was gay? (“I can attest 100 percent that he is not gay.”)

We think that Cheryl Tweedy should call up Carmella and ask her for advice on how to deal with the situation. And then maybe meet up for coffee… and then maybe go lingerie shopping together… and then… what were we talking about again?

Links:
[Pink News]: Mrs Ashley Cole attacks “ridiculous” rumours
[YouTube]: How did Jeff Garcia land Carmella? GARY BARBERA!

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Philadelphia Eagles

RIP Andre Waters


While many people will think of cheap shot artist and “Dirty” when thinking about Andre Waters (thanks a lot Dan Dierdorf, you dick), Eagles fans will remember the undersized safety that played with a passion and intensity that was indicative of the Buddy Ryan era Eagles and especially of the 1991 Gang Green defense, a defense so dominant that they were ranked #1 against the pass, the run, and overall.

Reaction to the suicide of Andre Waters from around the web:

[Philly.com]: Suicide of ex-Eagle Andre Waters hits hard

[Totally Delco]: A story about Andre Waters

[Eric Schmeltzer]: Andre Waters: “Our” Player is Gone

[Blinq]: Andre Waters, 44

And for the forums comes this anecdote about Andre Waters:

I went to an Eagles practice back in 90′, at the old JFK ( had an old friend, Harper le Bel, who long snapped for the Eagles for a season) he got me in. Anyway I took my camera and got some great pics (me and Reggie, me and Buddy). So I go up to Andre (in the middle of practice) he was on the sideline where I was standing, and I said “hey Andre can I get a picture w/ you”. He told me he had to practice at that moment and to ask him later….So about 40 minutes go by, and i’m just walking around( w/ my sister) taking it all in (living the moment) and i’m in the middle of taking a picture of Randall, as he’s throwing the ball, and I feel a tap on my shoulder…so I turn, and it’s Andre and he says” hey man, did you still want that picture?”….The guy friggin came and tracked ME down….I never forget that ,whenever I think of Andre. People used to say how dirty he was, I always thought yeah maybe, but what a good guy.

RIP Andre Waters.

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Philadelphia Eagles

The bad kind of nudity


Not only did Eagles fans have to endure a mindboggling loss on a 62 yard field goal by a guy who hadn’t even made a 30 yarder all year, any die-hard fans who went to official Philadelphia Eagles website to watch the post game interviews and pressers stumbled upon some unexpected full frontal nudity during Sean Considine’s interview.

We are certain that some segments of the audience might want to see this type of thing but how is it possible that the video has been online for almost a day now and now one in the organization has seen fit to take it down?

Well, in case you must see for yourself, here’s the video in question.

You know, they really should start doing post-game interviews with cheerleaders.