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].
Kudos to Deadspin for finding the greatest sports headline in the history of mankind:
NZ finds Black Cocks hard to swallow
Not to be lost in the article is the line:
The International Badminton Federation (IBF) has decided not to take the Black Cocks lying down.”
I went to a Warriors game last year and the halftime entertainment was a dance team made up of a bunch of really fat guys. It was mildly amusing. However, the Sixers are having an open call for a new dance team called Broad Street Beefcakes. Perhaps I’m being sexist but no one wants to watch a bunch of guys dancing around. If this miraculously works and somehow attracts a larger female audience at Sixers home games, expect more innovations like Free Mullet Haircut Night to attract the NASCAR crowd.
File under: Jackass
“I made a mistake,” Winslow said. “I just have to prove everybody wrong and come back from it.”
Ummm. What? Didn’t you prove everyone who thought you were a complete douchebag right by riding your motorcycle into a shrubbery? What is everybody so wrong about? That you’re not a soldier? That you’re a jackass? That you are a moron who can’t ride a bike? It’s a shame he didn’t run over Jeremey Shockey.
In the wake of the death of 49er Thomas Herrion and an offensive lineman at Illinois Wesleyan, these $30 pills are a bargain. There’s some cool technology in there that monitors core body temperature and sends it to a wireless device. The pills stay in your system for 24 hours or more and can be used for up to 7 days. Currently, the Eagles, Vikings and Jaguars are the only three teams in the NFL using them.
How’d you like to be the intern responsible for retrieving the used pills? Man they couldn’t pay me enough.
File under: I did not have sex with that woman
“L’Equipe, saying it had access to laboratory documents, reported on Tuesday that six of Armstrong’s urine samples collected on the 1999 Tour de France showed “indisputable” traces of EPO (erythropoietin).”
Armstrong, of course, denies ever using performance enhancing drugs. After Rafael, I thought Mark McGwire or Sammy Sosa would be the next to get busted. Is there a pool for this?
It’s amazing how people in sports have no concept of what is right and wrong. Either everyone is always misquoted or these idiots think they’re in a closed locker room even when they’re speaking in front of reporters. Ozzie Guillen went from defending Caribbean players in one breath to disparaging gays in the next. His comment on Larry Krueger, a San Francisco sportscaster who said he was sick of brain dead caribbean hitters was, “that’s just ignorant, man.” And then upon seeing (possibly a friend) shouted, “Hey, everybody, this guy’s a homosexual! He’s a child molester!”
T.O. says, “Hyprocrite”.
File Under: Obvious
Randy Moss admitted on Real Sports with Bryant Gumble (hey, are they bringing back that Gumble and Gumble police show or not?) that he has smoked pot since he’s been in the NFL. Randy says he doesn’t abuse it but that he smokes pot every “blue moon”. Apparently, unlike Onterrio Smith, his Whizzinator ™ works.
File Under: Morons
$11,000 is the price of ruining your college and potential pro career. Along with Price, Williams is now the second player to be arrested for the theft of four laptops on campus. Being idolized on campus and all the chicks you want aren’t enough for these idiots. Police expect to make one more arrest. I hope to God it’s the mascott. Now that would be funny.
File under: Irony
Under the one time amnesty agreement for luxury cap payments, teams cut 18 players to save $212M. Yet the one player that was sure lock to get cut doesn’t. Go figure. The players cut were: Alonzo Mourning, Vin Baker, Derrick Coleman, Wesley Person, Eddie Robinson, Jerome Williams, Michael Finley, Ron Mercer, Calvin Booth, Aaron McKie, and Howard Eisley. Don’t feel too bad though, these guys all get their guaranteed money while being able to double dip and sign another contract with another team. Good work, GMs.
Remember in Searching for Bobby Fischer when Max offers his opponent a draw? Well, according to ESPN, the Eagles have sent Terrell Owens a letter informing him of his behaviorial issues and what is expected of him when he comes back to camp. Jesus, it’s like dealing with a 8 year old who won’t behave in class.
All this, folks, is just for the Eagles to cover their asses should they need to suspend him for the rest of the season.