Author: Vin

Vin is a Philly boy who shouldn't be invited into your house because he'll judge you on your book and music collection. He owns Dawkins, Utley, Iverson, and Lindros jerseys, which is all you really need to know about him. He can be reached at [email protected].

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Green Bay Packers

Brett Favre to have surgery after season

…to remove yet another hideous growth on his backside. This time, the barnacle/tumor has taken on the form of Adam Schefter, who is on the NFL Network.

… the throw he made to Packers wide receiver Antonio Freeman that left Al Michaels and any fan who saw it gasping to find the right words to describe what they had seen.

Or even the simple things — just the way Favre trotted out of the tunnel at Lambeau Field with every fan cheering, with every fan knowing he was watching one of sports great showmen.

No word on whether the surgery will also excise the entire Sunday Night ESPN crew.

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College Football

They don’t give awards for that

There’s a story going around that Matt Leinart was drunk at a party and groped some girl.  What’s the big deal?  Well, apparently the girl didn’t want to be groped by Matt Leinart.  She must be insane or something because, well, he’s Matt Leinart.  He’s only trying to fulfill his mission before he graduates.

From thesuperficial.com:

[Leinart] was at Marquee last night, and hit on one of the girls from texas all night, danced with her, and then was so drunk he groped her….she turned around and slapped him, and left.

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New Orleans Saints

Finally! Good news for Saints

Even though he was only half-serious, Aaron Brooks gave Saints fans a glimmer of hope when he threatened to quit.

We move one more time and I’m quitting,” he said.

The Saints had to move from their semi-permanent home at the Alamodome to accommodate an NCAA Volleyball tourney that’s taking place there.  We should understand how Brooks feels.  Div I football players don’t ever have to move for a non-revenue sport like Volleyball.

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Buffalo Bills

Why was Moulds suspended? We need to know!

On Monday, Mullarkey told a “shocked and confused” Moulds that he would be suspended for the game against the Patriots.  No one will comment on why Moulds will be suspended but reports are that he was upset about being benched for most of the game against the Dolphins and having his 121 game receiving streak broken abd refused to go back into the game after having been told to do so by a position coach.

That’s internal and personal,” Mularkey said. “Eric and I have had a good talk and we’ll keep it at that.

Hmmmm… Did he tell Tom Clements not to speak to him unless first spoken to?  Did he say “My name ain’t Mullarkey”?  Did he park in a handicap spot?  Did he call JP Losman a hyprocrite?  We need to know!

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Golf

Tiger Woods sweeps golf awards


The only trophy Tiger needs.

Woods wins player of year, money list winner and lowest scoring average. It’s the 7th time he’s won the player of the year and the 5th time he’s won all three major awards.

As much as Woods made golf exciting again when he came out and won his first Masters, his total dominance has made it pretty damn boring.  Oh well, another reason to post a pic of Elin Nordegren.

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Detroit Lions

Carmella DeCesare is upset

On Monday, Jeff Garcia’s girlfriend called into a Detroit sports talk station to defend her man after hearing caller after caller rip him.   This reminds me of the time Duncan Sheik’s mom called into a radio station in NJ I was listening to. (I mean, I don’t normally listen to stations playing Duncan Sheik or anything… Anyway….)

“Before the game even started it was negativity. It was horrible. I was just put off by the way people acted. And it’s not just with (Garcia). I’ve sat here and listened to things said about Joey (Harrington) and yesterday what they said about Matt Millen. I mean, I have never experienced this before and I don’t think the fans are understanding,” DeCesare said.

Goes with the territory, honey.  When your boyfriend is the QB of a horrendous team, it’s best to tune into an easy listening station.

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NBA General

Top 10 Point Guards of all time

SI.com never saw a top 10 list they didn’t like.  However, I gotta say that this one is pretty spot on.  To save you the trouble of turning 10 ridiculously large pages, here is your top 10 list:

  1. Marques Haynes
  2. Mo Cheeks
  3. Guy Rodgers
  4. Tiny Archibald
  5. Lenny Wilkens
  6. John Stockton
  7. Isiah Thomas
  8. Bob Cousy
  9. Oscar Robertson
  10. Magic Johnson
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NBA General

NBA jumps on reality bandwagon

ABC announced a new show with Michael Jordan barnacle, Ahmad Rashad, called “NBA Access with Ahmad Rashad”. According to the reuters article:

Cameras will follow such stars as Shaquille O’Neal, Richard Jefferson and Carmelo Anthony, as well as Suns coach Mike D’Antoni and the Maloof brothers, who own the Sacramento Kings. There will be scenes from their lives on and off the court, along with reports from places nationwide.

Hmmm, let’s see, David Stern institutes a dress code because the core group he’s appealing to (corporate drones) can’t relate to the hip hop fashions but showing players finding new ways to hide their pot and claiming it wasn’t theirs will help cozy up to the audience.

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All Other Sports

What exactly is the point?

Ok. I’m sorry. I started out blogging a story about how the WWE announced it was going to start drug screening its athletes in the wake of the death of Eddie Guerrero. But then I somehow got suckered into watching a Lingerie Pillow Fight match and I realized what a joke this is. From here on out, professional wrestling is banned from Sportscolumn unless someone dies.

Or unless a couple of the girls gets caught having sex in the bathroom of a nightclub.

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New England Patriots

Tom Brady is Sportsman of the Year

Guaranteeing that the Patriots will flame out in the first round of the playoffs, Sports Illustrated named QB Tom Brady as their Sportsman of the Year. The reasons given by Peter King are: he’s really good, he’s a team player, he plays with fire. I am overwhelmed by Peter King’s eloquence here. Thankfully, he didn’t mention Montclair Field Hockey or the Pulitzer would’ve been locked up already.