Tag: odds and ends

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Golden State Warriors

Odds and Ends: Chris Mullin is also living in the past


Not to be outdone by their Bay Area neighbors the Raiders, the Warriors today announced that Mike Montgomery will leave the team and Don Nelson will take over sometime this week. The last time the Warriors made the playoffs (1994), Don Nelson was their coach. Maybe Chris Mullin is going to suit back up.

In other news…

[The Jets Blog]: Mangini Announces Pennington as the Starter

[Bfloblog]: JP Losman named Bills starter

[Out Route]: Joe Horn is a great guy

[MSNBC]: Authorities confirm Pavano car crash

[Press Telegram]: Matt Leinart has impregnated someone

[Cincinnati Enquirer]: Carson Palmer just shot up 100 spots on the fantasy draft board

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General Sports

Odds and Ends: Invincible #1 at the box office



Coach? I can do it again if you need a close-up

The Disney sports formula works again as Invincible takes in $17M at the box office on its opening weekend. Undoubtedly a majority of tickets were sold to Eagles fans. Snakes on a Plane, which got more internet hype than any movie not named Star Wars or Lord of the Rings only took in $15M in its opening weekend proving that a feel good movie will do better than a geeky internet phenomenon. Here’s a review of Invincible. (Self serving? Us? No…)

In other news…

[Indystar.com]: Remember the autistic kid who scored 20 points in a game? He’s now got a better job than you do.

[Snopes.com]: Snopes’ take on the Madden curse

[Sportsline]: Vikings player… sex in stairwell… insert your own joke here

[Cincinnati Enquirer]: What to watch for in Palmer’s return tonight

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All Other Sports

Odds and Ends: No headline could do this justice


We’re not even sure how to categorize this first entry. Normally, we don’t cover gym equipment unless some athlete is shilling it but this product (and the demo) is so bizarre it’s almost like an SNL skit. Ladies and… well ladies, if you’re tired of stairclimbers,treadmills, and simulated cross country skiing machines, Brookstone presents the OSIM iGallop. Just watch the demo. For some inexplicable reason, the marketers think a bunch of women dressed in cowboy outfits bouncing up and down in a room is appealing… hey wait a minute…

In other news…

[SFGate]: Rice signs a 1-day deal to retire as a 49er; no word on whether he’ll sign with Patriots

[Yahoo]: Lonny Baxter gets 2 months in jail for having some guns near the White House

[Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer]: an Arrested in Toronto for Impersonating a Blue Jay

[10,000 Takes]: Pistons Hire Terry Porter

[Yahoo]: Carson Palmer will play Monday night

[Maxim]: Baseball’s Fattest Slobbiest Fat Slobs

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All Other Sports

Odds and Ends: Andy Roddick and Maria Sharapova dating



Otis! My Man!

Well, US Weekly has made it official: Andy Roddick and Maria Sharapova are dating. This has been speculated since January so it’s not really news. However, we point you to this photo of them on some red carpet thing. Have you seen two celebrities with more awkward smiles? They look like Boon and Otter when they stepped into the Dexter Lake Club and realize they’re the only white people there.

In other news…

[Sign On San Diego]: Leno grills Landis, who offers another theory on drug test

[Fox Sports]: NFL picks Goodell to replace Tagliabue

[USA Today]: Ex-NBA All-Star Eddie Johnson accused of sexually assaulting 8-year-old girl

[SI]: Wie blamed caddie for being unable to make clutch putts…

[MSNBC]: Parcells scolds media about T.O. injury

[homegame]: Why Bill Belichick’s Aunt is Not His Uncle

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All Other Sports

Odds and Ends: Bizarre fringe sports injuries



Sausage doping scandal!

From Fringe Sports Central comes this hilarious story about weird sports injuries.

Rugby produces some messed up players, and it produces a lot of them. However, my favorite is the hooker with the extra tooth. Shane Millard, a hooker (it’s a rugby position, pervert) for the Widnes Vikings, had an opponent’s broken tooth stuck in his head after a game. Doctors had to douse it with saline solution in order to remove it.

In other news…

[China View]: Beijing Olympic pictograms released

[The Hater Nation]: The fraud that is the Raiders 70’s dynasty.

[NY Post]: Chad Pennington is going to be the Jets starter

[Detroit Free Press]: Cops give seized scalper tickets to fans

[Newsday]: James Dolan added to Isiah Thomas sexual harassment lawsuit

[Baseball Musings]: Funny but sad: The Floyd Landis of sausage racing

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NHL General

Odds and Ends: Rick Tocchet gambling ring update


The former New Jersey state trooper that was linked to Rick Tocchet in the sports gambling ring has pleaded guilty to conspiracy, promoting gambling and official misconduct. By offering to help the authorities, he has reduced the maximum sentence from 25 years to 7 years. For anyone who has watched a crime drama in the past twenty years, this doesn’t bode well for Rick Tocchet as now he’s got no one to pass the buck to unless some shadowy kingpin emerges. It’s hard to believe but Rick Tocchet was the “brains” behind an operation.

In other news…

[Wicked Chops Poker]: Anna Benson is a Bitch

[MSNBC]: USOC bans Gatlin’s coach

[Sportsline]: Landis is now claiming dehydration caused high testosterone… even though he was hydrated enough to win the stage

[Kuklas Korner]: The St. Louis Blue’s shady marketing website

[Alligator Sports]: Stupid athletes on Facebook and MySpace

[Sheboygan Press]: ESPN continues its fine tradition of sports coverage

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Soccer

Odds and Ends: The Head-Butt Song

Apparently a song making fun of Zidane’s headbutt called Coup De Boule is at the top of the French music charts. The song has sold 60,000 copies and 110,000 ring tones. Of course, it is also wildly popular in Japan, where weird pop phenomena go to die. And with this, we are done with Zidane coverage for eternity.

In other news…

[Sportsline]: NBA changes playoff seeding format

[Chicago Sports]: NCAA looks into more bans in S.C. for confederate flag

[Reuters]: Gatlin’s masseur denies sabotage

[SI]: Embarassing moments in baseball history

[eBay]: Bidding for Barry Bonds #715 ball at $137,500

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Tampa Bay Rays

Odds and Ends: Broadcasters Gone Wild

Sports director Chuck Howard of WCNC in Charlotte resigned because he used the word “shit” in a taped segment even though he retaped it. There was a goof up and the original segment was broadcasted. Still, that pales in comparison to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays broadcasters who had their mics on during a commercial break and was heard on MLBTV making fun of the Yankees PA announcer and talking about hot chicks in the stands like Shannen Doherty. It’s good to know that those guys do exactly what we do at a baseball game… except, you know, thousands are listening.

In other news…

[AZ Central]: FIFA institutes bans for racism

[Off Wing Opinion]: Hasek Returns to Detroit

[Inside Bay Area]: NFL narrows field for commissioner to 5

[ESPN]: This could be the end of Priest Holmes

[True Hoop]: Nut Punching 101 with Bill Walton

[Thunder Matt]: Bruce Sutter finally gets into the HOF

[New York Yankees Update]: ABREU LETS A-ROD BE A-ROD

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Cincinnati Reds

Odds and Ends: Shackleford is cleared

A couple of weeks ago, we told you how Reds pitcher Brian Shackelford was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault in a hotel room. Today, Shackleford was completely exonerated and his attorney was told he would not be charged. No further details were available. The media likes to report on athletes getting arrested but tends not to follow up when it turns out they’re innocent. We’re just helping to clear his name.

In other news…

[SI]: Zidane suspended for three games even though he’s retired.

[Yahoo]: Duke QB suspended for plagiarism

[Sportsline]: Kentucky in trouble for recruiting violation because fans were contacting recruits on their myspace page

[The Sports Dirt]: Redskins owner Daniel Snyder starts sports-talk chain

[Sports BBQ]: Steve Nash cuts off his hair — coincidental that his wife’s name is Delilah

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MLB General

Odds and Ends (07.19.06): Oldest player in baseball history

From the “pretty cool” file comes the story of Buck O’Neil who became the oldest player in the history of professional baseball when he lead off the game in the Northern League All-Star Game. He was intentionally walked, pulled for a pinch runner, and then immediately traded to another team so he could lead off the bottom of the first as well. He was intentionally walked again. One of the first pitches almost hit him in the head. Yay Sports claims he was crowding the plate.

In other news…

[Buffalo Geek]: The ugly ass new Buffalo Sabres logo

[Seattle Times]: Courting a 10-year-old basketball prodigy

[Sportszilla]: Islanders = Idiocy

[Off Wing Opinion]: Sorting Out The Mess On Long Island

[Sportsline]: Butt men Zidane, Materazzi face sanctions (We didn’t make up this headline)