[Globe and Mail]: Mom wrestles 900 polar bear to protect kids
[Detroit News]: Toronto rejected Jermaine O’Neal for Chris Bosh trade offer
[Detroit Free Press]: Barry Bonds actually has a friend
[ESPN]: Hottest female athlete is Tanith Belbin
[Golfserv]: Womens Golf Rankings debut: Sorenstam, Creamer, Wie
I knew the Sixers were having trouble selling out the Wachovia Center this year but filling up the arena with gun owners doesn’t seem like the smartest idea.
Anyone bringing an operable gun to a specified Philadelphia police station will receive a voucher for two upper-level tickets to a selected 76ers game in March. Limited tickets to the following games are as follows: March 9 vs. Denver; March 14 vs. Toronto; March 22 vs. Atlanta; and March 24 vs. Orlando. There will be no questions asked about the firearm; it will simply be collected at the station, melted down and refurbished into playground equipment. Collections will take place from Feb. 22-March 1, at all Philadelphia Police district locations, 24 hours per day.
Two upper level tickets are about $80. Hmm, it’s been a while since I bought a gun in Philly (ok fine, a Super Soaker) but I think you can get more than $80 on the street for a handgun. Still, I guess gun owners aren’t very smart because last time the Sixers did this, they collected about 900 guns. Oh right, it’s to get rid of guns on the street, not to get a good deal. Gotcha.
Note to self, avoid Sixers game on March 9, 14, 22 and 24th.
[Sixers]: Philadelphia 76ers Announce Anti-Violence Campaign
The U.S. isn’t exactly tearing it up on the Gold medal board in Torino. The big names we expected to podium this year such as Bode Miller and Apolo Ohno have fizzled out and the US Hockey team can barely top Latvia. This has been a very disappointing Olympics, even if you don’t work for NBC.
Luckily, the biggest event where we still have a shot is the women’s figure skating and it rests on the shoulders of Shaun White’s crush, Sasha Cohen. I can’t believe I’m blogging about women’s figure skating. I guess this is what happens when March Madness is still so far away.
By the way, I still can’t figure out if Sasha is hot or not.
Not in the way that Andre Igoudala wuz robbed, more like how Duce Staley was robbed. Freddy went to a restaurant in Miami last week and some thieves stole his escalade and along with it, $100,000 worth of jewelry. Note to athletes: just because you can afford $100k in jewelry doesn’t mean you should.
Police found the Escalade but it was completely destroyed. No word on whether Freddy cried like a little girl upon seeing his wrecked car or whether he’s going to go Jefferson in Fast Times and take it out on opposing players at the WBC.
[Daily Herald]: Thieves clean out Garcia
Vin Baker used to be really good. And when he was really good, it was ok to named Vin. Then he really sucked and I’ve been cursing his name since. But he’s making a comeback attempt and the Clippers are dumb enough to take a chance.
[Mercury News]: Vin Baker joins Clippers
[Letsgosox]: Goodbye Curt Gowdy
[WLNS]: Michigan basketball player, Amadou Ba, knocks MSU fan on his head
[Chicago Sun Times]: Tony Kornheiser is already scared of MNF
[Fox Sports]: Singh thinks Mickelson is cheating
Well, after all the hype, the magazine covers, the joinbode.com campaign, it turns out that Bode Miller sucks. After finishing 6th in the Giant Slalom, Bode is 0-4 with one event left to go.
Apparently, Bode lives in the same make believe world as some myopic sports fans:
If things went well, I could be sitting on four medals, maybe all of them gold.
Well…ok… I guess that’s a legitimate statement. I mean, I know how he feels, if things had gone well this weekend, I coulda been sitting on four playmates, maybe all of them blonde.
While Ricky is practicing yoga and studying holistic medicine, things are heating up in Florida. Reports are that Ricky did violate the substance abuse policy but that it was not for pot. Before we all jump to conclusions that he was doing coke with Kate Moss, it’s possible that he tested positive for any of the banned supplements by the NFL. The Miami Herald reported that Williams failed a test for “a substance not publicly known”.
I’ve been fooled by athletes before (see OJ) but Ricky doesn’t seem like the type to do street drugs. He’s just a pothead who likes his weed. Ricky is appealing his suspension and the Dolphins are pissed because he’s now virtually untradeable.
Meanwhile, no one really cares what Jim Kelly thinks but he said, “The only comment I have is I’m glad he’s part of the Dolphins organization and not the Buffalo Bills.” Thanks 4 time Super Bowl loser.
[Miami Herald]: Ricky’s positive test is not for pot
Barry Bonds skipped the first day of training camp for position players because he had to get some “personal stuff straightened out.” Sure Barry, just do whatever you want. You’ve done it all your career. I wondered if there were a lot of people sick of Barry and it turns out there is.
[MSNBC]: Michael Ventre “Every time he opens his mouth, it’s either to call attention to himself or to lash out at his critics.”
[Fox Sports]: Ken Rosenthal “If this season is Bonds’ last, Aaron’s mark almost certainly will be out of reach, saving MLB the embarrassment of celebrating a tainted slugger passing one of the game’s most dignified greats.”
[MSNBC]: Gary Peterson “Hey Barry, we’ve heard all this before.”
[ESPN]: Gene Wojciechowski “Not since Reggie Jackson and the “magnificence of me” days has there been a player more tone deaf when it comes to understanding how tiresome his martyr act has become.”
The Women’s National Commission has asked the coach and players of the England National team to discourage fans from using prostitutes during the World Cup finals even though prostitution is legal in Germany.
Let’s see, a lot of drunk guys with 40,000+ prostitutes roaming the streets. It’s highly unlikely that any soccer player will be able to dissuade a fan that might want to…uh.. sample the local flavor, especially since one of the stars, Wayne Rooney, is a regular contributor to hookers’ retirement funds. Let’s hope the ladies he choose look slighly better than the one Denny Neagle chose.
[Mirror UK]: PLEA ON VICE GIRLS
We knew this wasn’t going to be US Hockey’s year when they announced the goaltenders for the Olympics and Rick DiPietro promptly went out and allowed 5 goals. Even though DiPietro has been playing well, the rest of the team has been terrible. The US is now 1-2-1 and will rely on goal differential to clear Latvia and move into the quarterfinals. Thank god there isn’t a Jamaican Hockey team.
The US Hockey team suffers from 2 problems: 1) they’re really old and 2) no one can score. The international game is about wide open ice and quickness and the old legs of Chelios, Modano, Guerin, etc, just can’t keep up. There will be no miracle on ice folks, this thing is dead.
