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Eddie Sutton and OSU get slapped with lawsuits over drunken accident


We know that there are a lot of people out there who will jump all over any opportunity that presents itself in order to make a quick buck. That’s why we’re reserving judgment on whether Skip To My Lou spits or swallows. But sometimes you can just tell when someone is trying to abuse the system and cash in a virtual lottery ticket by taking a celebrity to court. Like when somebody waits 18 months after the fact to file a lawsuit.

A woman who was involved in car crash with a sloshed Eddie Sutton last February is now suing both Sutton and Oklahoma State University on the grounds that Sutton was negligent for getting behind the wheel and turning the key and that OSU was negligent because they allowed him to get behind the wheel and turn the key. Now, Sutton was absolutely out of line as he got popped with a .22 blood alcohol level which, for all you lightweights out there, is close to three times the legal limit which is pretty impressive for an old dude. So, while she’s a bit slow on getting around to taking him to court, we’ll let is slide and see what the judge has to say, but we have no clue how this broad expects to tag the university with responsibility for the wreck. If you can sue employers for employees’ behavior outside the work environment then Pacman Jones’ exploits would have put the Tennessee Titans out of business long ago.

And speaking of Pacman, don’t forget to tune into TNA tonight for the pro wrasslin’ debut of The Rainmaker.

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[KOTV.com]: Lawsuit Filed Against Eddie Sutton And OSU Over Crash

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Bas Rutten opens up a can of comedic whoop ass

Have you ever been sitting in a bar and just thought about all the different ways you could kick somebody’s ass if the crap really hit the fan in a drunken brawl? We hadn’t either until we came across this awesome video of MMA legend Bas Rutten and his sweet self defense techniques.

Rutten really is one of the greatest MMA teachers of all-time so, if Bas says “Dangety, dangety, dang and a heel to da balls” then that’s exactly what we’ll do.

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Pacman Jones is headed to TNA

Its official! Adam “Pacman” Jones has signed the dotted line with professional wrestling promotion TNA and will be making his premier appearance this Thursday at 9 p.m. ET.  So, despite the controversy surrounding Pacman, as if that’s something new for the cornerback, it sounds like he’s really excited about the new opportunity that’s growing out of his rotting NFL career.  But, we’re not sure if Pacman knows exactly what he’s getting into because it seems like he’s a bit confused on how the squared six-sided circle works.

I am a big fan of wrestling, so I wanted to give it a try,” Jones said. “I respect wrestling and I’m not coming in like it’s just a show. I want to prove that I am the greatest team-sport athlete.

We know that they put on tag team bouts in TNA, but we can’t see it really improving your stock as “the greatest team-sport athlete” by participating.  After all, lots of pro players have walked through the doors of TNA and, unfortunately, none of them are of GOAT status.  And anyways, we know that the only thing he’ll be working out is his vocal chords.

Over the next couple of months, I think the world is going to see a different side of Pacman, one it hasn’t seen before,” Jeff Jarrett (Pacman’s trainer) said. “You will really see his personality come out, not just his athletic ability.

Hey, Jeff, just a word of advice: work more on the athletic ability because his personality is what got him in trouble in the first place and is the exact reason why people hate him!  

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[TNAWrestling.com]: Adam “Pacman” Jones Signs Contract With Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling

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We never said that skateboarders don’t have guts; however, brains might be another story

While we’re not real big on skateboarding or the whole X Games scene, we gotta admit that we were blown away by this clip. Apparently, the X Games have an event called Big Air where competitors go racing down a gigantic ramp, jump a huge gap and then go hurtling up another ramp in order to gain as much air as possible on the second jump. Sounds like fun, right? Wrong.

Jake Brown found out the hard way after he pulled off a pretty nifty 720 over the gap, but ended up losing control on the second ramp which left him looking at a free fall from close to 50 feet in the air!

Amazingly, Brown walked away under his own power and was taking to the hospital for evaluations. Brown even received the silver medal in the competition. It’s not too often that you can get a medal for nearly splattering like a cantaloupe at the bottom of a ramp.

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Pacman Jones’ backup plan in life: pro wrestling

So, what do you do when you get suspended from your job for being a notorious malcontent with a rap sheet that would make Suge Knight blush? Well, if you’re Pacman Jones, you go to the only place on earth where criminals are openly accepted: pro wrestling!

That’s right, Pacman is stepping into the squared circle for a body slamming good time according to “sources close to WTVF-TV in Nashville.” But before you go off thinking that Vince McMahon has just done it again by cashing in on some real life notoriety, you should know that Pacman isn’t signing with the WWE. Nope, turns out that the spontaneously combusting McMahon (that was fake, right?) got scooped on the deal and the suspended Titan will be joining the high-flying, hard-hitting crew at TNA. So far, there has been no comment from the big wigs at TNA, but they did say that they would release a statement soon.

Personally, we’re as sick of Pacman as the next guy and we really just want to see him rot in a cell, but now that we’ve gotten wind of this little gimmick, we’re starting to change our mind. After all, if there’s even a sliver of a chance that we could see Abyss slam Pacman onto a pile of thumbtacks then we’re all in. And, anyways, there’s no way he could be any worse than this, right?

Unfortunately, it looks like the Titans could be big party poopers as they are now threatening to pull the plug on the whole deal because it would be a violation of his contract. While, we’d love to see Pacman get slammed right on his head, if he’s relegated to a strictly speaking role it could be equally, if not more, entertaining. But we’re still holding out hope that there is a Steiner Recliner somewhere in Pacman’s future.

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[VolunteerTV.com]: Pacman Jones A Professional Wrestler?

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Apparently, Greg Louganis isn’t the only one to misjudge a dive

So, we were actually watching FSN last night and what’s more embarrassing is that we were watching The Best Damn Sports Show. But, we have a good excuse; see, they ran one of their Top 50 countdowns and it took a look back at the most devastating hits in sports history. As always, they managed to bring us a painful, painful clip that we had never seen before. So, unfortunately, we have to give them some credit, gosh darnit. Here’s the second most devastating hit in sports history:

And in case you were wondering, here’s a look at their No. 1.

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The Simpsons are a bunch of athletic supporters

One of the best things about Springfield, ??, is that it really is a little slice of Americana presented on a platter every week. So, like any good TV show, The Simpsons shows the highs and lows of modern culture and in the good ol’ U.S. of A., nothing is celebrated quite like the world of sports. So, here’s a list of Top 10 Simpsons Sports Moments according to Barstool Sports. Personally, we can’t get enough of people taking shots to the crotch, so, obviously, we thought that No. 8 should have been much higher on the list.

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[Our Book of Scrap]: The Simpsons Are Good At Sports
[Barstool Sports]: The Top 10 Simpsons Sports Moments

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Barry Bonds and Bob Costas have a war of words


Barry Bonds is one of the biggest smartasses on the face of the earth, so it wasn’t all that surprising to hear him say he thought someone else could be using the juice. However, what was surprising is that he was questioning the integrity of Bob Costas!

These two are now going back and forth, taking shots at each other through various media outlets after Bonds called Costas a “little midget man who knows (nothing) about baseball.” Good one, Barry. But then the midget man delivered some heat of his own to the soon-to-be homerun king.

As anyone can plainly see, I’m 5-6 1/2 and a strapping 150, and unlike some people, I came by all of it naturally,” Costas said Thursday in a telephone interview.

Ohhh, burn! Now this is where it becomes ridiculously apparent that Bonds is either the most sarcastic man on the planet or that the syringes full of steroids actually have affected his head in more ways than simply making it multiply in dimensions.

Told before Thursday’s series finale that Costas claimed he came by his physique naturally, Bonds responded, “How do you know?” before going on to say he didn’t care.

Ummm, Barry, it’s pretty damn obvious. After all, this is a guy who spent all of last season standing on a box so that Cris freakin’ Collinsworth didn’t make him look like a child.

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[AZCentral.com]: Costas zings Bonds over `midget’ comment

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This is what you missed while sleeping during the game

We know that when you plunk down good money for a ticket to a ballgame, you should be able to do whatever you want, within reason of course, while in your seat. You can cheer, you can boo, heck, you can even fall asleep if you so choose. But, if you decide to do the latter, be prepared to become the laughingstock of the stadium.

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Finally, someone didn’t let "the one that got away" get away


We not real big fans of fishin’ as a sport; after all, if that’s a sport then every 12-year-old kid sitting on his bed sucking down Dr. Peppers and playing his X-Box is an athlete. But we do enjoy getting out on the boat with rod in hand and partaking in a few adult beverages as a recreational activity. So, we were pretty impressed when we saw that a North Carolina man reeled in a largemouth bass that weighed, a state record, 15 pounds, 2 ounces. Of course, that excitement quickly faded when we read this.

David Ristig had the adventure of a lifetime last week when he wrestled and eventually conquered a 356-pound halibut out of the Gulf of Alaska! For a while, Ristig though he was fighting with a shark, but once the monster surfaced then Matt Flora, captain of the boat, knew that it wasn’t. And while we are totally impressed by this dude’s haul, we’re wondering if the Michael Vick protesters might have a problem with the captain’s methods of taming the wild fish.

After putting two gaffs into the halibut, it took three men to lift the 356-pound fish into the boat. Flora gave it a few Barry Bonds-like whacks with a baseball bat, knocking it dead.

Hey, it’s better than electrocution.

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[ADN.com]: Monster flatfish