Daily Archives: September 28, 2007

Your Weekend in Words

Just in case the Big Ten games this Saturday are as boring as we predicted, here are some stories to keep you occupied.
Sally, again: In that smug, self-important way that she’s mastered, Sally Jenkins pops off about “Men Behaving Badly”, bemoaning the lack of professionalism in sports. Mind you, this is HER definition of professionalism, [...]

Greg Ryan, meet Montgomery Burns

Ok, who made the more boneheaded call:
Team USA coach Greg Ryan benching goalkeeper Hope Solo for Briana Scurry, or Montgomery Burns, who benched Darryl Strawberry for Homer Simpson?
Yes, everyone here knows one ended better than the other (Team USA lost 4-0 to Brazil, while Homer took a pitch to his noggin to win the [...]

When video machines attack

If you haven’t caught this on ProFootballTalk or Awful Announcing…we’ve got it here. Not that I’m proud of that, mind you. This is what happens when you combine a heart-warming story with THE WRONG VIDEO. Egads.

Don’t worry coach: I ate the evidence.

According to police report, University of Louisville Cardinals linebacker Willie Williams had a simple solution when he was about to arrest him for possession of pot: He chowed down as much of it as possible.
Shocker of the day: It didn’t work. Louisville quickly kicked him off the team.
Wednesday night an officer pulled Williams over for [...]

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