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General Sports

Halle Berry is the new Woman We Love


How is it possible that Halle Berry isn’t already on the list? Not only is she smokin’ hot, she also is an academy award winner.

On top of that, she’s got a good sense of humor. Last year, she was given the Razzie for worst actress and worst movie for Catwoman. She actually showed up to accept the award.

She thanked everyone involved in “Catwoman,” a film she said took her from the top of her profession to the bottom.

“I want to thank Warner Brothers for casting me in this piece of shit,” she said as she dragged her agent on stage and warned him “next time read the script first.

We’ve loved Halle Berry since Boomerang. It’s a great injustice that it took this long to add her to the list.

[Hallewood]: The Official Web Site for Halle Berry

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General Sports

Odds and Ends for Wed April 4 2006: Charges dropped against Daunte Culpepper

I guess the “I was doing something else illegal” defense worked for Daunte as the judge in the case has thrown out all charges against him.

In other news…

[Balls, Sticks & Stuff]: Everything you could possibly want to know about Jimmy Rollins’ hitting streak.

[Surviving Grady]: 4 Things Not To Say After A Red Sox Loss (or how to piss off a Red Sox fan)

[Detroit Bad Boys]: The NBA playoff seeding makese no sense sometimes. For example, here’s why you would lose on purpose to get home court advantage.

[Yahoo]: Jesse Jackson says MLB and police didn’t do enough to protect Bonds and his huge melon in San Diego.

Here’s an oldie but goodie: Jim Everett attacks Jim Rome for calling him “Chris”.

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NHL General

NHL Power Rankings Roundup Apr 4 2006

TSN is on vacation this week for some reason. Maybe it’s a Canadian holiday we don’t know about. ESPN, on the other hand, just decided not to update for no known reason. So both rankings for ESPN and TSN are from last week. Not much changed this week for any of the sites. A couple teams flip flop positions but no big moves in or out of the top 10. Red Wings and Sens still occupy the top 2 slots.

Here are the NHL Power Rankings by top sites this week.

Rank TSN.ca** ESPN** FoxSports Sportsline SI Yahoo
1 Red Wings Red Wings Red Wings Red Wings Red Wings Red Wings
2 Senators Senators Senators Senators Senators Senators
3 Stars Stars Hurricanes Stars Stars Stars
4 Flyers Hurricanes Stars Hurricanes Hurricanes Hurricanes
5 Rangers Sabres Sabres Rangers Sabres Flyers
6 Ducks Ducks Rangers Ducks Predators Sabres
7 Predators Rangers Predators Flyers Rangers Rangers
8 Hurricanes Predators Flyers Predators Flames Avalanche
9 Sabres Flames Flames Flames Flyers Predators
10 Sharks Canadiens Ducks Canadiens Ducks Flames
11-30 more more more more more more

** No updates this week.

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Green Bay Packers

Mark Chmura calls God selfish



Worship Me!

Remember Mark Chmura? Brett Favre’s favorite target? Well it seems he’s holding a grudge because Favre never once called him during his whole ordeal when he was charged with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl at a post-prom party. (Turns out he was innocent.) Anyway, Chmura commented on Favre’s fence sitting on a Milwaukee radio station.


People who don’t think that it’s all about him are fooling themselves. Where it’s hypocritical is, (Favre is) very critical of Javon Walker and, `He’s not a team player, you know (Walker) doesn’t care about the team.’

Well, what’s (Favre) doing now? I mean, does he think this is the best thing possible for the team? I mean, they have one quarterback on the roster who they like … they have to know.

These quotes are, `I am bigger than the team, I will make my decision when I want, and (Packers general manager) Ted Thompson and (coach) Mike McCarthy aren’t gonna tell me what to do.’

How can God be selfish? He’s just a kid out there having fun with his decision. Look at him. You don’t think he’s having fun out there? If I could have anyone throw 4 INTs a game for my team, I’d take Favre!

Links:
[Green Bay Press-Gazette]: Chmura: Favre’s `a selfish guy’

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Miami Heat

How big will Shaq’s fine be?

Shaq not only blasted the officials for calling him for 5 personal fouls, he decided to take a shot at Stu Jackson, Senior Vice President of Basketball Operations.


There was a lot of flopping today and they just fell for it. They make these rules up and they don’t follow them. We all know there’s a double standard. I just wish they wouldn’t make it so obvious.

I think Shaq is implying that the refs are out to get him. Considering that Shaq got almost every call when he was with the Lakers, I’m not sure why he’s bitching about officiating now. Maybe he’s just setting the table for the playoffs and figures the $10k or so he’ll be fined is worth it.

Maybe the NBA needs something like the proposed Pink Card in soccer. Floppers will have to wear a pink headband for the rest of the game. That might fix it. Or at least make the games a lot more interesting.

Links:
[MSNBC]: Shaq blasts refs, NBA official after loss
[Fox Sports]: Fake injuries, diving to be tackled

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College Football

Mississippi State football players kick ass


Unfortunately, the ass they kicked belonged to an off duty police officer. Oops. Six players (defensive backs Keith Fitzhugh and Derek Pegues, offensive tackle Michael Gates, defensive linemen Charles Burns and Quinton Wesley, and quarterback Tray Rutland) were arrested for assaulting Demetric Armstead at a sorority event.

Rutland, however, gets the most valuable assaulter award for also being charged with assaulting the same police officer last weekend. I guess he had some unfinished business.

When he puts together his reel for the NFL Europe draft, I wonder if he’ll mention perseverence as his greatest strength.

Links:
[Fox Sports]: Players charged with assaulting off-duty officer

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General Sports

Odds and Ends for Tues Apr 4 2006: We wish this was real


ThinkGeek.com had an april fools joke product that we wish were really available. Anyone who has ever spent hours on Super Mario Brothers would love one of these things on their desk. “The packet claims that eating the 1up Mushroom will grant “immortal life beyond dreams of man.” It also has the warning: Do not put in face.” Brilliant.

In other news…

[Phillyville]: Tony LaRussa has class, decides to pitch to Rollins.

[SI]: Well, that didn’t take long. LSU coach Brady wants a raise.

[Vinny and the Hornless Rhino]: Amazon jumps the gun and offers to sell UCLA Champions gear. Of course, Florida ends up winning.

[The Hater Nation]: One Choking Moment. The top 10 chokes in this year’s NCAA tournament.

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San Francisco Giants

Hecklers can be so clever

During the Giants-Padres game last night, someone threw a syringe at Barry Bonds as he walked off the field. He smartly didn’t include the needle. Sports fans can be retarded sometimes but it’s times like these that they make us proud. If San Diego fans can boo Bonds mercilessly and throw a syringe at him, we can’t wait to see what the east coast fans dream up.


Hey, if that’s what they want to do, embarrass themselves, then that’s on them,” Bonds said of Padres fans. “That has nothing to do with me at all. I just have to play baseball.

Uh yeah, Barry. They’re embarrassing themselves. And a syringe has nothign to do with you. Nothing at all.

We smell a potential heckler product. We’ll mass produce a bunch of these things and then they’ll be banned in every stadium that Bonds plays in.

Links:
[SF Gate.com]: Laid-back San Diegans don’t hold back on Bonds

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College Basketball

Live blogging the NCAA Tournament Final



What? You rather a picture of Joakim Noah?

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Postgame: I didn’t realize they even assigned homework at Florida but Joakim Noah is already playing the ‘don’t expect me to do any work, I’m a national champion’ card. Student-Athletes indeed.

0:00 And that’s all folks. The clock has mercifully put us out of our misery. Congrats to the Gators, 2006 NCAA national champs. And now all that’s left is to watch One Shining Moment and this debabcle will be behind us. No one will be writing a book about this Final Four.

1:46: I realize that Gene Wojciechowski got assigned this column but… oops.

5:17: UCLA makes a bit of a run but as soon as they got within 12, Florida was able to make another easy dunk. Now it’s under 4:50 and the game is over. Florida is getting every loose ball as well. They are just out playing UCLA like UCLA was a D3 team.

10:00: 10 mins left in the entire game and Mbah a Moute gets the first mention of his name since opening introductions. If I were the Gators scrubs, I’d be getting ready to get in the game by now.

Does Bill Russell just get paid to show up at basketball games?

16:57: This game stinks and I’m calling it right now. Florida is up 42-27. There is no way UCLA will come back to win this game. They might never get within 10 again. I think we paid the price for a great opening few rounds of the tournament with 3 terrible Final Four games.

Halftime: So far so bad. Florida is up by 11 going into the half. Jim Nantz reminds us that the Bruins came back from 13 down against Gonzaga in an attempt to keep half the east coast viewers from turning off the TV. Anyone not named Farmar on UCLA should be shot during halftime.

3:50: Despite assurances to the contrary, this final game is just as bad as the semi-finals. I just found out that Joakim Noah’s mom is a former Miss Sweden. And his dad is a regular looking dude. How’d Joakim get so damn ugly?

9:54: Florida goes up by 10 on a 4-point play by Lee Humphrey Oswald. This game is getting out of control for UCLA. Where is their vaunted UCLA defense?

11:37: Gators up 17-11 with a chance to take it up to 19. This game has been decent so far but nothing spectacular. UCLA came out very unimpressive in the first half against LSU as well so maybe they can make a run and have this be a great game down the stretch.

16:11: Florida out to a quick 11-6 lead. We’re rooting against Florida (not for UCLA) so this isn’t fun.

Does this guy in the state farm commercial say “yeah G!” Didn’t that expression go out in the 90s?

Pregame:
The big game is here but we’re having trouble getting geeked up for this game after the Saturday snoozefests. They’re doing the introductions. I guess someone told the PA announcer how to pronounce Mbah a Moute but not Richard. Damn hicks.

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Philadelphia Eagles

Eagles Cheerleader tryouts open to the public


Tickets are on sale now to watch the cheerleaders tryouts for the Philadelphia Eagles. The team has pared down from 130 to 60 finalists who will compete for 38 spots on April 19th.

Tickets are $13 each and we hope proceeds will be used to produce even more Eagles cheerleaders products like the lingerie calendar. We know Jeffrey Lurie won’t be using it for free agents.

In case you didn’t realize, the sole purpose of this blog entry is to post the picture to your left.

[PhiladelphiaEagles.com]: Field Pared To 60 As Cheerleader Finals Near