According to the Irish Soccer Insider these letters between some minor-level French and Irish government flunkies have caused something of an international to-do, these seem fake to me, but they’re funny regardless so, enjoy!
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17
Nov
09
Jerry Jones is in Da Club
Following the Packers’ victory over the Cowboys this past Sunday who could blame Dallas’ owner for wanting to have a few dozen drinks. Drinking affects your decision-making skills you know, clearly in this photo, because I can’t imagine a sober Jerry Jones would ever allow this picture to be taken.
Following a former teammate’s recommendation, Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie is headed to Belgrade in search of an alternative healing method for his injured ankle.
The Dutchman is, with his coach’s, team’s and doctor’s permission, going to be visiting with Mariana Kovacevic, a Serbian housewife who previously worked on Van Persie’s one-time teammate Danza Lazovic’s injured hamstring. Initially ruled out for 5 weeks, after seeing the Serbian healer Lazovic was back out on the pitch in a week.
“She is vague about her methods but I know that she first massages you for a long time with placenta fluid,” Van Persie said. “I am going to give it a try.
“It can’t do any harm and if it helps, it helps. I’ve been in contact with Arsenal’s chief physio about it. The club has allowed me to have this treatment done.”
Gross. I almost think I’d rather be injured than have baby placenta rubbed on me. Unless there’s stem cells in there, in which case, gimme gimme gimme.
[ESPN]
Dirk Nowitzki is really good at basketball, for example, in the waning seconds of last night’s Mavericks/Bucks contest he took the ball to the foul line and despite a defender being right in his face, Dirk NAILS the shot to give the Mavs the win in overtime. Awesome!
The auction for the Pontiac Silverdome has ended and there is a winner, an unnamed Canadian company that intends to keep the venue open for sports. The 80,000 seat arena was sold for a mere $583,000 despite it costing nearly $55 million to build in 1975. Talk about value!
The stadium’s yearly upkeep costs nearly three times more than its purchase price, costing over $1.5 million a year.
I can’t believe no one bought this for me, look at how cheap it was! I would have thrown an AWESOME party there too…
16
Nov
09
Kite Surfers Jump 30 Foot Pier
With winds gusting over 40 MPH and two friends helping on the beach, Jake Scrace and Lewis Crathern, 25 and 24 respectively took a leap 3 years in the making, jumping over the pier in Worthing, England.
Scrace, who works as a carpenter and Crathern, who is a professional kite surfer have a combined 16 years of experience in the sport which led them to believing they could actually make the jump. Being confident didn’t make their stunt any less scary though.
“It was probably the most terrifying thing I’ve ever built up to,” said Scrace.
“We were practising down the road and we were pretty confident we were going to do it but as soon as we got nearer the pier it was quite hard.”
The pier, originally built in 1862 is 30 feet wide and presented quite the challenge for the two kite surfers. When asked to describe the jump Crathern summed it up in one word; “epic”.
“It was everything I’ve lived for – amazing,” he said.
[BBC]
The Titans have gone through a difficult season; fresh off a 13-3 season they were expected to be serious contenders again this season. Instead they’ve seen their team collapse and become a door mat for the rest of the league to walk all over. Their owner Bud Adams has had his franchise since the inception of the AFL and is the senior owner in the NFL, as we get older apparently we get more ornery.
At yesterday’s Titans/Bills game at home Adams was overly enthused and started giving the middle finger to the Bills sideline. Unfortunately for Adams, many many many people captured his gesture on camera and I would imagine he’ll be fined quite handily by the commissioner’s office. Amusingly, Commissioner Goodell was AT the game, IN BUD’S BOOTH although presumably wasn’t around when Adams signed his displeasure with the Bills. I would have LOVED to see Goodell just straight up tackle Adams down as soon as he flashed the first bird.
Oh well, another time!
14
Nov
09
It’s a Line Brawl!
Do you know what’s better than a 4-man fight on the ice? How about a complete 5-on-5 line fight! Friday night in the Kings/Thrashers skate-near the end of the second period one brawl started, turned into two and pretty soon everyone but the goalies were fighting. I miss the old days when the goalies would throw down too.
You’ve probably seen the ads for the Shake Weight elsewhere, the bizarrely hypnotic exercise equipment seems to resemble much more a sexual aid than a workout aid, but hey, I’m no physical therapist, what do I know.
I do know that, having worked at a men’s muscle magazine that those serve as nothing but soft-core porn for closeted straight men and that the actors in this ad are the EXACT same type of models as those magazines use.
Because the video autostarts, I’ve put it below the jump, so click the link and check out the greatest thing to happen to muscle-building since eating stem cells was banned.
It is time for me to put my money where my mouth is — metaphorically that is, I’m not going to eat money, that’s far too extravagant for me — the Slanch Report has started an online petition asking the MLB Network to air the Dock Ellis no-hitter he threw on June 12, 1970 against the San Diego Padres. The moment was a seminal piece of baseball history and is certainly as worthy of being rerun as the Mark Fidrych games the network showed earlier this year just before Fidrych’s unfortunate death.
Please PLEASE PLEASE join us in this cause and sign the petition below so we can all share in this special and fantastic moment of baseball history. THANKS!
SIGN THE PETITION HERE! AND PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND PASS THIS ALONG!
[Air the Dock Ellis No-Hitter]
*(UPDATE)*
I received an email from the folks over at MLB Network, our petition WORKED — well, in that it attracted their attention — unfortunately, they’ve searched their archives and MLB does NOT have any footage of the game. Or at least that’s what they claim. I did ask for them to air the Dock Ellis game where he tried to bean all the Cincinnati Reds and was thrown out after the 5th batter instead. They haven’t gotten back to me on that one.
So, MLB may not have footage but there has to be SOME SOMEWHERE right? Spread the word, check your attics, we MUST find this footage. And to everyone who signed or passed along this petition, all 1200+(!) of you, I am most most most incredibly thankful. You’re all heroes in my book.
13
Nov
09
$1 Costs Ochocinco $20,000
Unamused by his attempt to “bribe” the refs during a replay timeout with $1, the NFL has handed Chad Ochocinco with a $20,000 fine.
“I was just being me,” Ochocinco told the NFL Network after the game. “I wasn’t going to do it for real.”
Too bad for Chad, the NFL doesn’t want him to be him citing the rulebook which “prohibits use of abusive, threatening or insulting language or gestures toward game officials. He was also in violation of Rule 12, Section 3, Article 1 (f) of the Playing Rules which prohibits possession or use of extraneous objects that are not part of the uniform during the game on the field or sideline.” They also took umbrage at his using the word “bribe” during the post-game press conferences. A high ranking NFL employee told ESPN that “essentially [in Ochocinco’s postgame comment] he made an admission against his own interest. The integrity of the game is critical to us. Making light of bribing and gambling will not be taken lightly. His action in itself merited the fine but he acknowledged by his comments that he knew what he was doing.”
The company that made Ochocinco’s iPhone app announced that because of the fine they would be donating $20,000 to the Hillview Acres home for abused children in Chino, California.
Today, on his Twitter account Ochocinco continue to play up his antics tweeting: “Barrack I’ve just been fined again, can we meet to set up a fun rule please. I can’t go to mcdonalds for 2 weeks now.”
[ESPN]
In the world of sports columnists you’re more likely to find them admit to wearing ladies panties before they’d admit they were ever wrong about sports. However, Chicago Tribune columnist Rick Morrissey did just that the other day at a Chicago Bulls practice.
Bringing with him a 3-year-old column he wrote and a jar of salsa, Morrissey literally ATE HIS WORDS. In the column, which he wrote following the Bulls selection of Joakim Noah in the 2007 NBA Draft, Morrissey said that if Noah became a useful player within 3 years he’d eat his words. Owning up to it, Morrissey arrived at the practice to do just that, fortunately, there were television cameras nearby to capture the moment. Mmmm, newsprint!
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