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Washington Redskins

LaVar Arrington pays to get out of Washington



2nd overall pick in 2000

Arrington hated the situation in DC so much that he essentially gave up $4M to get out of his contract so he could be a free agent. Seems there are athletes who are still willing to trade money for a decent job. Most of the folks in Redskins land aren’t happy about this. LaVar Arrington is a crowd favorite in D.C. and the fact that he pays to become a free agent doesn’t say much for the Front Office.

This was all part of a move for the Redskins to get under the cap by the time the CBA extension is done. I would actually like to see what would happen in a capless situation where Daniel Snyder overpays for every single over-the-hill player in the league and the Redskins still can’t get to the Super Bowl.

[Yahoo ]: Arrington buys his freedom from the Redskins

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General Sports

Odds and Ends for Monday March 6 2006: Another Grrrroin injury

I’ve played a lot of sports but I’ve never ever ever wanted to punch anyone in the groin. But in final minute of a game, George Mason guard Tony Skinn decided he should deliver a low blow to Hofstra’s Loren Stokes. I don’t know. Maybe he just punched him in an optical illusion.

[AZ Central]: Arizona guard Hassan Adams arrested for DUI. BAC of .124 doesn’t even get him into top 15.

[New Mexican]: Girl gives birth to baby 2 hours after basketball game. Had no idea she was pregnant. (via Badjocks.com)

[Detroit Free Press]: Kenny Rogers settles with cameraman he punched; is a weird hand holder.

[WBC ]: I think the WBC has begun but so far, only the bitching continues.

[AP]: Tennessee basketball players Tony Passley and Jordan Smith arrested for possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute. What? 15.2 grams? That’s just a regular Saturday night.

[Sportshooligan.com]: Yankees protest WBC but can’t spell own team name.

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NFL General

The NFL is pissing me off



I will eat your young

Listen NFL and NFLPA, we don’t want to hear the propaganda spewing from your mouths about the latest negotiation and how far apart you are. We love football but this whole extension of the CBA is making us ill.

The worst clip I saw had Gene Upshaw complaining that the proposal the owners gave was worse than the deal they currently have. I’m going to go ahead and say that probably wasn’t true. Then, you have the weasely Jeffrey Kessler chiming in with ‘you know the villain in the movies you think is dead but he rises up and you have to shoot him again and then he’s really dead? Well, now he’s dead but we didn’t pull the trigger.’

Oh, surprise, suprise, they extended the deadline again so he’s not really dead. In the words of Homer Simpson, BORRRRRRRRRRRRRING!


Here are the rules for NFL labor negotiations:

  1. Posture in the press
  2. Warn of dire consequences as deadline approaches
  3. Extend deadline
  4. Repeat
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College Basketball

Duke-UNC Chat Saturday 9 PM EST

Alright folks, as the regulars know we have a new chatroom where we will be holding regular chats during sporting events or just discussing the week that was. We are having our first formal chat for the Duke-UNC game on Sat. 9 ET. So for all you college basketball fans out there, this should be really fun, just get your nicknames registered (It says how to when you press the help button) and meet us there.

I think this is gonna be a blast so we hope to see you guys at our first sportscolumn.com live chat! You can enter the chat room here.

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NFL General

Vince Young calls Wonderlic reports disrespectful

When asked to spell disrespectful, Young said, “d-i-s-…respectful.”

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NFL General

NFL Labor talks could lead to WWIII

At least that’s the impression I get when watching ESPN news. You’d think these guys were negotiating the future of the free world instead of the just trying to figure out if the players get 60% or 56% of a billion dollar pie.

Here’s what you need to know: despite the dire warnings of a “black thursday“, it seems that all they had to do was delay the free agency period so they moved it to Monday. And guess what? Everyone who was released to meet the Friday cap deadline isn’t really released. I assume that these guys can just keep extending the “deadline” whenever they want. Dire indeed.

One piece of good news coming out of the labor strife is that if there isn’t a new CBA, we’ll actually have more football games.

Barring a new CBA, the players either will be on strike or the owners will lock out the players in 2008. The union likely will decertify, and antitrust rules will apply.

If this happens, then the EA deal that gives them exclusive rights to NFL players would be voided. Hello NFL2k9! It’s a small consolation prize for the insanity surrounding the league right now.

[GamersReport.com]: EA’s NFL Exclusivity Contract May Be Voided

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Utah Jazz

Andrei Kirilenko is a lucky man



Best NBA wife ever

I was listening to KNBR this morning when Rod Brooks mentioned that Kirilenko’s wife gives him a hall pass one night a year to sleep with another woman. “As long as I know about it, it’s not cheating.” Those Kirilenkos really have adapted well to this living in Utah business.

However, Andrei claims that he doesn’t want to take advantage of his get out of jail free card. Smart move, Andrei, as long as she doesn’t know you used up the card, it doesn’t matter. And if you ever get caught, just say “oh, I told you about that woman….”

Ironically, the couple appeared in a PSA produced by the NBA that stressed HIV/Aids prevention through safe sex, living drug-free, and monogamy.

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College Basketball

Mike Krzyzewski willing to let reserves die



You’re expendable!

FSU fans prematurely rushed the court with 1.7 seconds to go thinking they had won the game. The Seminoles were assessed a two-shot technical foul. Luckily, they were up 77-72 and the two free throws did not change the outcome of the game.

Everyone will talk about how FSU might have gotten into the dance with this win but the overlooked part of this story is that Coach K sent all of his players to the locker room except for five reserves because he feared for their safety.


It’s unfortunate that happened. When a crowd rushes when there is still time on the clock, you have to be very careful. We weren’t going to win the ball game so why put those kids in harm’s way. I thought it was the right thing to do.

Unless of course you’re warming the bench, then you can be in harm’s way.

Let’s say somehow the Duke plane crashed in the middle of a war zone and everyone survived the crash. If I were Pocius, Davidson, Boykin, Boateng, or Johnson, I’d be very afraid. When Coach K yells “Cannon Fodder” at you, it’s not a play he wants you to run.

[Warchant.com]: Noles take down No. 1 Duke

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Olympics

Sweden’s Gold Helmets

We’re a couple of days late with this but this video of the Sweden hockey team celebrating and dancing is very amusing.

First you have the whole team looking like complete tools with their gold helmets on. Then you have some woman singing “Simply the Best”. We imagine she is Sweden’s version of David Hasselhoff or John Tesh. Finally, you have some guy who looks like he took victory dancing lessons from Mark Madsen. All in all, this might be the worst celebration of all time.

[Fox Sports]: Swedish hockey stars arrive home to celebrate

[Hockey Rants]: First one to find the video.

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New York Knicks

Knicks owner is insane



Our win % is so low
you’d think I was insane!

How else can you explain James Dolan’s continued support of Isiah Thomas?


I can’t say it as plainer than I’ve already said it. I’m not making a change, guys. We’re going to continue on with the strategy. I believe in the plan. I believe in the strategy. I believe in the guys who are executing it. I fully expect you to kill me in the papers tomorrow with this, but I’m going to stick with it. I’m going to stick with it until we stop making progress. I think the course is to stay the course, not knee-jerk.

Dolan thinks that this is the first year of a 3-4 year plan to make the Knicks contenders again. He also says 15-42 isn’t a mistake, it’s a strategy. How did Isiah convince him this was a good plan of action?

‘OK, this is what we’re going to do. We’re going to lose a lot of games my first 3 years here and overpay everyone and ruin our cap space by stockpiling selfish overpaid players. Then we’ll call that Year 1. After that, I’ll continue to ruin the Knicks for 3 more years and then in 2010, we’ll just win the championship.’

Isiah must be the smoothest salesguy in the history of the world.

[NY Post]: DOLAN: SOME THINK I’M BRAIN-DEAD, BUT…