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It feels like we’ve been hearing about O.J. Mayo since Ronald Regan was in office and the kid is just now a freshman in college. Well, go ahead and etch Jayshaun Agosto into your memory because in l5 years or so he’ll be making LeBron James say “Ewwwwww-weeeeee!”
Are you one of those people who can watch absolutely any trivial garbage that comes across your television screen? If so, then, boy oh boy, do we have the show for you!
NBC announced yesterday that they will have a sports/reality show where people compete for a chance to participate in the U.S. championships which could even lead to a trip to the 2010 Olympics. Not spicy enough for you? Well, what if we throw Bruce Springsteen or Jon Bon Jovi into the mix? Sounds like a crazy combo already, but you haven’t heard anything yet. So, are you curious to know the sport these athletes will be competing in? Would you believe us if we said curling? Better yet, what if we told you the name of the show was going to be Rockstar Curling?
According to sources, the two rock stars are among a group of entertainment types who rent arena time on occasion to pick up brooms instead of guitars.
Organizers are trying to negotiate a deal to get one of them involved, possibly as a host.
The series is the brainchild of New York-based sports marketing agency mktpartners and Carr-Hughes Productions of Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Mktpartners has an office in Toronto and has an advertising commitment from the likes of Tourism Canada, sources say.
“This show is all about the opportunity to expose American viewers to curling,” said Colin Campbell, Canadian president of mktpartners and one of the creators of the show. “We feel there might be some great athletes out there who might develop into good curlers given the chance.
We know lots of people actually enjoy the sport, but we just don’t see how it will translate to the tube. Of course, we thought Pirate Island had more potential than Dancing With the Stars, so what do we know.
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[TheStar.com]: Rock stars courted for curling reality show
Say what you will about former Texas Tech and Indiana coach Bob Knight, but Bob Knight would never, and we mean NEVER, do something like this.
A mini cassette believed to belong to Shawn Mofle, 41, the seventh-grade basketball coach at Webster City Middle School, contained images taken in a locker room at the school, the complaint alleges.
When police officer Shiloh Mork viewed the video, it appeared to have been filmed on four separate dates in January, according to the complaint filed Jan. 30. The video contained images of juvenile boys showering in a locker room.
The video appeared to have been made with a video camera placed in an object such as a duffle bag, the complaint said.
The camera was positioned and then repositioned to maintain focus on the boys groin area. It is clear the videos were not taken accidentally, the complaint said.
Suddenly, strangling, screaming, cussing, hitting and chair throwing look pretty respectable, huh?
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[GazetteOnline.com]: Webster City coach faces pornography charge
When Russians play hockey, they play for keeps. And when they fight, they fight to win. Combine the two and you’ve got the recipe for a whole lotta blood on the ice.
Talk about an orgy of violence! If anyone ever decides to produce The Outsiders on ice then this is exactly what we’d expect to see at the end.
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[Jerseys and Hockey Love]: Russian Hockey Fight
The college years are probably the best years of your life. You hear it all the time, but it’s not until after you leave the world of higher learning that you realize just how true it is. So much growing goes on between freshman and senior year that few kids remain unchanged after their experience. We say “few” because while most of America’s best and brightest are deeply entrenched in studies to become world class doctors, lawyers, politicians and businessmen, others are working out the mathematical equations for that illusively perfect beer pong shot.
When man and wild animals cross paths, the results can often be tragic for the humans. However, sometimes the odds are simply stacked against the beasts and that’s when amazing things can happen for man, or should we say boy.
On New Year’s Day, 12-year-old Aidan Murray Medley was fishing off the coast of Florida with his family when he snagged a 551-pound bull shark. After a 45-minute battle with the nine-foot-long behemoth, Medley finally reeled in the monster that weighed a full 431 pounds more than he did.
The shark’s size set a new state record for the largest fish ever caught in Florida with the old record being set by a 517-pound shark that was hauled in back in 1981.
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[WCBSTV.com]: Conn. Boy, 12, Catches 551-Pound Bull Shark
[SPTimes.com]: Boy’s shark tale weighs 551 pounds
The great Evel Knievel is gone, but the world’s greatest daredevil has to be smiling after Robbie Maddison set the record for jumping a motorcycle on Monday, setting the new mark at an amazing 322 feet, 7 ½ inches. About the only thing more amazing than the jump itself was hearing Mark Schlereth call the action.
And just like the original king of extreme in his heyday, Maddison isn’t about to rest on his laurels.
“Four hundred feet,” Maddison said. “I know I’m definitely going to do it.
Don’t worry, they’re preparing the body cast in advance.
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[WCBSTV.com]: Australian Motorcyclist Breaks Jump Record
Normally we don’t report on the world of cow acrobatics, but when we see a calf with a better standing dropkick than Randy Orton’s then we just gotta show it off to the masses.
If you thought that the curse of money ended with the NFL and the NBA then you’d be wrong. In fact, if you thought greedy, violent criminals and their get-rich-quick schemes were secluded to the United States then you’d be wrong. Turns out those wacky Russians are some aggressive, money-hungry scandals as well.
Tennis star Anna Chakvetadze was tied up by a group of masked men at gunpoint at her home in Russia on Tuesday, robbing her of about $106,000 in cash and around $200,000 in jewelry and other things around her home, according to her father.
“They started to beat me, and I resisted. They hit me over the head with, I think, a pistol butt. It was dark,” he said, taking off his cap to show his bruised scalp. “They took out a pistol and told me my child was at home – reminded me – and they told me to hand everything over. I did.”
Police and Russia tennis coach Shamil Tarpishchev said the assailants tied up Chakvetadze and her parents, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported. Tarpishchev said the 20-year-old player, ranked No. 6, “tried to resist but it was useless,” ITAR-Tass reported.
Maybe we’re just poor sports bloggers who can’t conceive this type of stuff, but $106,000 in cash?!?! Don’t you need a special in-house safe like Scrooge McDuck had in his mansion if you’re holding that kind of paper? Unless you’re Tony Montana, then we say use a freakin’ bank.
Oh, and it’s probably not advised to advertise your wealth on your website. We understand that everyone already knows you’re loaded, but, c’mon, you’re just asking for trouble.
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[WCBSTV.com]: Russian Tennis Star Tied Up, Robbed At Her Home
Say what you want, but sports just wouldn’t be the same without the fans. Sure, athletes make the whole thing go round, but without the average Joes filling the seats then what do you got? A whole lot of nothing, that’s what you got. So, we want to honor all you dedicated fans who pay for overpriced tickets because when the times get tough, you guys are as solid as a rock, unwavering in your support of the franchise. Of course, you’re probably too plastered to know they suck, but we’ll still take it.
