Yet another reason why you should never, ever, ever get into a fight with a girl. You might think they’re all nail-scratching and crotch-kicking, but they’re not. Sometimes they can actually kick your butt and let us be the first to tell you, that sh** is embarrassing. You might want to lash out and retaliate, but no matter how many punches she delivers cleanly to your face, you just can’t go off and do this:
Seriously, what kind of a lowlife hits a chick like that?
Growing up, we were all about the numbers players sported on their jerseys. All you had to do was mention the digits and we instantly knew who you were talking about. Nowadays, not so much. What can we say; the passion for numbers has faded over the years. Still, we love sports and we love good debates and Yardbarker put together a list of the NFL’s best players to ever wear each number and it’s pretty interesting. So, who’s your favorite No. 42?
0. Wilber “Pete” Henry
00. Jim Otto
1. Jim Thorpe ~~~(He also worn #’s 3 & 21) so Warren Moon could also go here.
2. Charley Trippi
3. Bronko Nagurski ~~~ (if you put Warren MOON @ #1, JIM THORPE WOULD GO HERE)
4. Brett Farve
5. Paul Hornung
6. Benny Friedman
7. George “PAPA BEAR” Halas (He started it all for us); John Elway, if you don’t agree w/”PAPA BEAR”
8. Troy Aikman… Toss up with Steve Young, I went w/ the SB wins
9. Carson Palmer (today); Sonny Jergenson (Past)
10. Fran “THE MAN” Tarkenton
11. Norm Van Brocklin
12. Tom Brady (Smooth under pressure, SB wins, & Future HOF’er) Terry Bradshaw
13. Dan Marino (Tough call here no SB wins but a HOF’er) Don Maynard (my 2nd choice @ this #)
14. Y.A. Tittle
15. Bart Starr
16. Joe Montana however, George Blanda (Played 2 positions, {QB & K} & had the record for several years for most points scored in NFL history)
17. Don Meredith
18. Payton Manning but coin flip for Charlie Joiner as a close 2nd, but now that Randy Moss wear this #, would you guys in the Yard vote him over Payton? I don’t think so. You?
19. Johnny Unitas
20. Barry Sanders, Brian Dawkins or Ed Reed
21. LT2 (SD RB)
22. Emmitt Smith over Paul Krause & Roger Wehrli
23. Devin Hester James Lofton
24. Lenny Moore Champ Bailey
25. Fred Bilentnikoff
26. Herb Adderley over Rod Woodson
27. Ken Houston
28. Darrell Green
29. Eric Dickerson
30. Bill Willis
31. Jim Taylor
32. Jim Brown
33. Sammy Baugh over Tony Dorsett (Sorry Dallas Fans)
34. Walter “SWEETNESS” Payton over Earl Campbell
35. Pete Pihos
36. Brian Westbrook Jerome Bettis
37. Doak Walker
38. Mack Strong
39. Larry Csonka
40. Gale Sayers
41. Terrence Newman
42. ***THIS WAS {1} OF THE TOUGHEST #’s TO PICK FOR ME*** Paul Warfield, Ronnie Lott, Charlie Taylor & Sid Luckman…I’ll go CHARLIE TAYLOR
43. Troy Polamalu
44. John Riggins
45. T.J. Duckett Ladell Betts Emlen Tunnell (HOF’er) (this is a hard # to come up with the BEST EVER to Wear #45) Little Help here BARKERS..
46. Ladell Betts
47. Mel Blount
48. Justin Snow
49. Tony Richardson
50. Mike “WIDE EYED” Singletary
51. Dick Butcus
52. Mike Webster over Ray Lewis
53. Keith Bulluck over Harry Carson
54. Randy White over Brian Urlacher
55. Lance Briggs
56. LT (NYG LB) over Shawne Merriman
57. Dwight Stephenson
58. Jack Lambert
59. Jack Ham
60. Chuck Bednarik
61. Bill George
62. Jim Langer
63. Gene Upshaw over Willie Lanier
64. Dave Wilcox
65. Tom Mack over Elvin Bethea
66. Ray Nitschke in a close one over Larry Little & today’s Alan Faneca
67. ***MY SURPRISE PICK*** Tony Ugoh (if he keeps college #), I can’t think of any other that wore #67, can the yard help here?
68. Joe Delamielleure
69. John Runyan
70. Rayfield Wright over Art Donovan & Sam Huff
71. Walter Jones over Fred Dean
72. Dan Dierdorf
73. Ron Yary over John Hannah
74. Merlin Olsen over Ron Mix
75. Joe Green over Deacon Jones
76. Steve Hutchinson
77. Red Grange
78. Anthony Munoz over Jackie Slater & Art Shell oh and Bobby Bell
79. Bob St. Clair
80. Jerry Rice Steve Largent James Lofton Kellen Winslow, Cris Cater (all he did was catch touchdowns)
81. Dick “NIGHT TRAIN ” Lane over Doug Atkins and Randy Moss (he could be here at 81, 84 or 18..where does the yard put him) & Terrel Owens (TO)
82. Ozzie Newsome
83. Ted Hendricks
84. Randy Moss before he went to #18 (oh no, now who do you pick #18 if you don’t put randy here)
85. Jack Youngblood
86. Dante Lavelli over Buck Buchanan
87. Dave Casper over Willie Davis
88. John Mackey Marvin Harrison Alan Page Michael Irvin
89. Gino Marchetti over Mike Ditka
90. Julius Peppers
91. Tommie Harris
92. Reggie “Minister of Defense” White
93. Dwight Freeny
94. DeMarcus Ware
95. Shawn Phillips
96. Adalius Thomas
97. Patrick Kerney
98. John Henderson
99. Dan Hampton Jason Taylor Jerome Brown
Wondering why some of this looks familiar? Well, back in January, the Yard put out a similar list involving current NFL players. Equally interesting and debatable because there has just got to be a better No. 35 out there than Selvin Young.
Links:
[Yardbarker.com]: LIST: BEST Players to ever wear the number…
[Yardbarker.com]: The Best NFL Players by Number
OKC is going to have some sweet
unis
The Seattle SuperSonics are no more and it saddens us. The yellow and green had some great years up in the Pacific Northwest, but Oklahoma tycoon Clay Bennett ripped the team away and now it’s time for the franchise to move onward and upward. At least, we hope so, but, so far, things aren’t looking to promising. First, the team is heading to Oklahoma City. No offense OKC, but even Gilbert Arenas bumped Milwaukee up to second on the “Worst NBA Cities” list following the relocation. Maybe the NBA will put a franchise in Boise, Idaho or Billings, Montana next.
Second, the team name being thrown around is the Thundercats. OMG-WTF-LOL. Guess the Smurfs, the Transformers and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are being saved for Boise and Billings. (Here’s a list of more potential names for the team. Personally, we like the Okie Dokies.)
So, can things get worse for the Oklahoma City Thundercats? The Beardown says yes and here’s how.
9. Hire Isaiah Thomas as the General Manager. He couldn’t mess this up that badly, could he?
8. Give Jose Canseco a chance to run the promotions for each game. This guy could squeeze a nickel out of the most mediocre talent levels.
7. Have Latrell Sprewell handle the community relations department. I have heard he is a very hands on kind of guy.
6. Allow Kobe to handle all hotel accommodation’s. The hotel staffs rave about his generosity.
5. Tab Kenny Rogers for Media Relations. This guy loses himself in his work.
4. Allow Hector “Macho” Camacho to design the team uniforms.
3. Ask the 1989 Minnesota Vikings Front office for help in draft strategy and trade away 3 1st, 2nd, and 3rd round picks for one player.
2. Hire a former TV Color Commentator with no experience to be your GM. Then after 16 wins in 4 seasons, give him a 5 year extension.
1. Try to Drum up fans and hold a Ten Cent Beer Night Promotion. Sit back and watch the hillarity ensue (Cleveland forfeited the game after fans rioted and charged the field, not in the fun Huge Upset College Football kinda way). Even though, I would be more than happy to attend Ten Cent Beer Night.
We know you’re still in mourning, Seattle, but if things go right, this could become a complete embarrassment for Clay Bennett. And isn’t that really the best revenge possible?
Links:
[The Beardown]: Destroying a franchise; A how to
If we could go to college all over again, you can bet we’d choose Hamilton College in New York. Why? Well, can you name another university that has a varsity streaking team? Didn’t think so.
If you thought Ichiro Suzuki was simply some stone-faced, robot-like, baseball-playing, Japanese cyborg then you’d be right because the Mariners outfielder is exactly that for 99.9% of the season. However, there is one day when Suzuki lets loose, providing his team with an unquenchable firestorm of emotion and that day occurs every year at the All-Star Game when Suzuki releases a profanity-laced tirade against the NL team that would probably make Andrew Dice Clay blush a little.
The tradition began in 2001, Ichiro’s first All-Star appearance, and the AL hasn’t lost a game since. …
The exact words are not available. Players are too busy laughing to remember them. Ichiro wouldn’t dare repeat them in public. So here’s the best facsimile possible.
“Bleep … bleep bleep bleep … National League … bleep … bleep … bleeeeeeeeep … National – bleep bleep bleepbleepbleep!”
George Carlin is defiantly out there somewhere with a gigantic smile on his face.
Links:
[Sports Crackle Pop]: Ichiro’s F***ing Pep-Talk
[Yahoo! Sports]: Ichiro’s speech to All-Stars revealed
Before the second half of the MLB season begins, why not remember the first half in style? Set to the tune of Bon Jovi’s greatest hits album, here’s the season’s memorable moments thus far. Are you ready to rock!?!
Wanted Dead or Alive: Willie Randolph — We still don’t know for sure if it was the owners (The Wilpons) or the GM (Omar Minaya) who wanted Randolph out, but when you fire a guy who has won three of four and is on the first game of a West Coast trip at 3 a.m. Eastern time, you wanted blood however you could get it.
Keep the Faith: Detroit Tigers — The Tigers started 0-7 and it took them until June 30 to have a winning record. They’re still just one game over .500 and seven games behind the White Sox, but they’ve at least climbed out of a huge hole.
I’ll Be There For You: Francisco Rodriguez — K-Rod has 36 saves to lead the majors. The next highest total is 27.
Runaway: Evan Longoria — No player has a postseason award locked up more than the Rays rookie third baseman.
Livin’ On a Prayer: Chicago Cubs — Is this the year the drought finally ends? We all know about the curse of the Billy Goat and Steve Bartman. Cubs fans are praying this is the year those things are put in the past. They’re halfway there.
Blaze of Glory: Arizona Diamondbacks — The club got off to a 20-8 start. They’re now 46-46 and hold a one-game lead over the Dodgers in the NL West. We’d say that was going down in a blaze of glory.
It’s My Life: Josh Hamilton — We all know about Hamilton’s unbelievable comeback. He was consumed by drugs and was headed toward death. Now, he’s an MVP candidate who has a whopping 91 RBIs. The opening to this song’s chorus fits the Texas slugger perfectly: It’s my life/ It’s now or never/ I ain’t gonna live forever/ I just want to live while I’m alive.
Bad Medicine: Ryan Church — The Mets outfielder suffered a concussion on May 20 (his second of the season) has been sidelined by postconcussion syndrome on and off for almost two months. The Mets have been accused of not handling the injury properly and now the players’ union is getting involved.
You Give Love a Bad Name: Alex Rodriguez — This pretty much sums it up.
Never Say Goodbye: Barry Bonds — As teams try to figure out how to make that second-half surge, whose name has come up a few times in recent weeks? Bonds. Barry Bonds.
Have a Nice Day: Blue Jays manager John Gibbons, Mariners skipper John McLaren and the aforementioned Randolph all got their walking papers within four days of each other.
Who Says You Can’t Go Home: We couldn’t think of a good one for this song so we want you to submit some choice via that form to your right and we’ll post a couple later on.
In other news…
[East Coast Bias]: Best and worst of MLB All-Star Game
[The Bad News Bloggers]: This year’s top fantasy RB probably isn’t who you think it is (pssst, it’s Brian Westbrook)
[The Beardown]: A note to Bud Selig
[Don Chavez]: More pictures of cheerleaders gone slutty, this time in Winnipeg
[MyHogtown]: Beer guy gets canned…wait, he’s not working our section, right?
[NewsObserver.com]: The Pack is back
[Mondesishouse.com]: Pittsburgh Pirates: The Movie
[Red Sox Monster]: AP forgets to use spell-check
[SpursReport]: Spurs’ Coyote evacuates building
And finally, it’s Top Ten time.
As if being a rich-ass, supermodel-pulling, fast car-driving sports superstar isn’t already enough; ESPN is showering these multi-millionaires with a grocery cart full of free stuff that would cost the normal person a year’s salary. Oh, and for good measure, they’re going to present them with awards for how great they are just so they don’t feel unwanted. Yup, it’s time to take a look in the ESPY’s SWAG bag and then throw up in it.
AlcoMate- Premium Breathalyzer
Amadeo Decada- Custom Hoodie & gift certificate
Ancestry.com- DNA Ancestry Kit & Family Tree Maker 2008 Software
Bedandbreakfast.com- Gift Certificate
Blush Bags- Gift Cards
Bobbi Brown- Sunscreen
Bosch- Gift Cards
Breeders Cup- VIP Experience and transportation plus a 2% stake in a West Point Thoroughbred horse
Campus Quilt- Gift Certificates
Canvasondemand.com- Gift Certificates
Chipotle- Gift Certificates good for a burrito a week FOR A YEAR!
Chumby- A compact device that displays useful and entertaining information from the web- wake up to your internet life!
Deanna Zaccari- Gift Certificate for an exclusive 2-hour personal stylist
DeBrand Chocolates- Chocolate Tower, Classic and Connoisseur Collection and a gift card
Del Sol- Color changing apparel & accessories including Men’s & Women’s Flip Flops
Dirt Devil- Dirt Devil Reaction All-Surface Vacuum Cleaner
Disneyland Tickets- Pairs of Disneyland® Resort 1-Day Park Hopper® Tickets
Disney on Broadway- Pair of tickets to The Little Mermaid, The Lion King and Mary Poppins
EA Sports- 2009 NCAA Football for PS3 and XBOX 360
Econation- 2 hours of chauffered service in a luxury eco-friendly vehicle
Flowershop.com- Gift Certificate
Hasbro Games- Collection of Board Games
Hasbro Toys- Collection of Toys
Hot Rod Putter- Hot Rod Putter head
iGourmet- Gift card
iHome- Portable Speaker System for iPod
Invicta Watches- Russian Diver watches
Ironkey- the world’s most secure flash drive
Johnston & Murphy- J & M leather toiletry sets
Klipsch- Headphones
L.A. Vie L’Orange- Walk on the Beach Pedicure
LÄRABAR- Gift Certificate
Live Scribe- 1 GB Pulse Smartpen that records and links audio
Marchon Eyewear- Designer sunglasses
Margaritaville® Frozen Concoction Maker- Gift Certificate
Mitchell & Ness- Jackets from Mitchell & Ness
Murad- Wrinkle Reducer
Nimble Fitness- Gift Card for a complimentary fitness package
Oregon Scientific- An ATC Action Camera
Pacific Palms Golf Course- 1 night stay at the resort and 1 complimentary round of golf
Parajumpers- Gift certificate for a Parajumpers “Gobi” jacket
Phyto- Gift certificates
Revolution- Gift certificates
Richard Petty Experience- Make laps inside an authentic 600hp NASCAR style stock car
Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp- Admittance into the 2008 Summer Tour of Rock n’ Roll Fantasy Camp
Rosetta Stone- Gift Certificate
Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse- Gift Certificate
Salt Works Jeans- Gift Certificate
Sea Spa Santa Barbara- Gift Certificate
Shari’s Berries- Gift Certificate
Skin Care for Athletes- Gift Certificate
Smashbox- Gift Set
Sports Club LA- A complimentary 1 year membership
Stress Eraser- FDA-regulated medical device that relaxes he body and calms the mind
Subway- Gift card
The Shave- Gift card
The Standard- 2 night stay at any of their 4 locations
Three Designing Women- Box Sets and an Acrylic Desk Caddy
Timberland- 18″ wheeled duffel suitcase
Trapp Private Garden Candles- Large poured candles and Home fragrance sprays
Under Armour- Large Gym Bag and Sunglasses
Yamaha BodiBeat- Gift Certificate
Yogaworks- Gift Certificate
Zaca Mesa Winerey- 1 bottle of wine and gift certificate
Zirh- Platinum drenched moisturizer
Links:
[Awful Announcing]: A Look Inside The ESPY’s Gift Bag
The world’s a tough place and if you’re going to survive then you have to be able to protect yourself. Now, you can either spend a lifetime learning self defense techniques or you can do like you did in college with your midterms and try to master everything in one sitting before the test. Here’s your cheat sheet:
Now go pick a fight with someone in a gi and report back. By the way, how did those midterms turn out for you?
When we first saw the news about Quinton “Rampage” Jackson’s little case of road rage, we figured it had to be an elaborate joke. After all, he was trying to evade the cops in a jacked-up truck with a life-sized picture of himself on the side. Something tells us that probably wasn’t the best choice for an escape vehicle. Either way, turns out Rampage’s little, uh, rampage in the streets was all too real and the former UFC light heavyweight champion is facing a pair of felony charges.
Anyways, like getting a song stuck in your head after hearing a few lines, we’re now jonzing for a good prank to get rid of the sadness that has crept into our souls since finding out Rampage is a moron. Luckily, this anti-Sooner came into our lives at just the right moment.
The Oklahoma Publishing Co., which publishes The Oklahoman newspaper and newsok.com website, filed a civil lawsuit Monday against James W. Conradt, a Nebraska football fan who works as a service manager for UT’s information technology department.
The 10-count civil lawsuit accuses Conradt of libel, copyright violations and trademark infringements. It seeks unspecified financial damages.
Conradt, 36, used a template from the newspaper’s website to publish a fake article on the Internet on July 9 that stated OU quarterbacks Sam Bradford and Landry Jones had been arrested for intent to distribute cocaine, the lawsuit alleges.
Hey, James, say hi to Rampage for us if you should happen to pass him in the courthouse halls.
Links:
[USAToday.com]: Newspaper sues Nebraska fan over bogus article about Sooners
For the guys who are in a relationship, sports are usually a safe haven where the girlfriends rarely step foot. However, certain events like all-star games, the Super Bowl and March Madness bring out the inner sports fan within chicks and last night’s Home Run Derby certainly constitutes as such an event. So, for those of you lucky enough to actually trick a girl into dating you, here’s a list of things you probably heard while Josh Hamilton was going bananas.
“That Berkman guy will definitely win, right? Don’t fat guys always win?”
“Were you joking when you said A-Rod isn’t participating because he’s spotting Madonna at the gym?”
“Why don’t they use the net in front of the pitcher in real games? Wouldn’t that be a lot safer?”
“Omigod. Look at all those guidos in the stands. As much as I love shopping in New York I am SOOO glad we don’t live there.”
“You haven’t switched over to E! once like you said you would.”
“Why don’t players just hit home runs every time? Wouldn’t that be a lot easier?”
“His last name isn’t really Uggla is it? I wouldn’t take your last name if it was Uggla.”
“So you’re really telling me you couldn’t do this? I thought you said you were good at sports.”
“Were you saying Hamilton `loves the coke’ or `loved the coke’?”
“Where’s Jeter? I thought you said he’d be there.”
“There’s another round?! Why? Enough people aren’t asleep?!”
In other news…
[Deuce of Davenport]: Now this is what we call a proper pregame warm-up
[RawSportsBlog.com]: The top 30 reasons to watch professional wrestling
[Undrafted Free Agent]: Mmmmm, the most memorable MLB manager meltdowns
[RyanSpoon.com]: The NFL is worth a whole lotta chedda
[Cleveland.com]: BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! Tractor Traylor is attempting to back his way into the NBA
[Bugs & Cranks]: The MLB is stuffed full of Dicks
[With Leather]: Josh Hamilton sends em back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back (we could be here a while), back, back, back, back…
[Docksquad Sports]: LeBron James gets groovy for charity
[YepYep]: Sorry BMXers and skateboarders, but you just lost use of the term “extreme” because of these guys
[YouTube]: The only good reason to watch a loser bounce quarters into a glass
And finally, the exact opposite of Heelys.
