Nothing says excited to be drafted by the Dallas Cowboys more than a Nerf football, a foam ten gallon cowboy hat and a mini-horse; which is exactly how former USC kicker David Buehler celebrated being picked in the fifth round.
Also, it’s important you know this distinction: a mini-horse is NOT pony, “A pony is a baby horse,” Buehler explained. “A mini-horse is like a midget.” So, now you know.
Finally, residents of Burr Ridge, Illinois have a bank, and a banker to trust. In these uncertain economic times, the local bank takes on all the more importance and so who better to entrust your money to than one of the greatest physical freaks of talent ever, Bo Jackson.
In addition to several others, Jackson is backing the newly chartered bank, the Burr Ridge Bank and Trust, and despite the failings of many other banks, Jackson et al have few concerns about their new venture. “We have no type of debt, like all the other banks. We’re a small community bank and one thing we all decided, is that if we are going to do a bank in our community, it needs to be owned by the people who live in the community,” Jackson said.
Since his retirement from sports, Bo has been a pretty successful businessman, including owning and operating a gigantic sports complex and his food company, N’Genuity in addition to his regular speaking engagements for schools and similar organizations. The other charter members of the bank are excited for the chance to be working with Bo, “We interviewed Bo. He was very committed to growing the bank and being part of our organization, not just a name,” said Roy Thygesen, CEO and president of the bank.
Alas, Bo’s sporting days are long past, the 46 year old these days only plays one game; “I’m crushing golf balls, when I hit it straight. I’m enjoying being an employer,” said Jackson.
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For 10 years, at every home game in Denver there was one constant presence on the sidelines; Thunder Sr. the horse. Alas, the Littleton Large Animal Clinic reported that Thunder took his last gallop on Saturday.
Since he made his debut on Sept 12, 1993, in a Broncos victory over the San Diego Chargers, Thunder was on the field for some of the franchise’s biggest moments over the following 10 seasons; including appearing at both Super Bowl XXXII and XXXIII.
In 2003, Thunder retired from the game, looking to spend some time with the kids and eat some great hay. Although Thunder himself was irreplaceable, the Broncos went on with a new mascot, Thunder II.
Thunder Sr. was 27 years old.
I’ve never understood the crowds of people who clamor for college spring football practice information, but it takes all kinds I suppose. If for instance, you were one of the 12 people who decided to tune in to the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles’ internet broadcast you would have instead heard the studio hosts talking not so much about the game, and more about their desires of banging cheerleaders, as well as dropping an N-bomb, because in Mississippi they LOVE when white guys do that! I particularly enjoy the exchange when one guy says that he humps his bath towels around the 5:45 mark. Classy gents!
Up in the Mile High City, the Denver Broncos held cheerleader tryouts, fortunately, the local CBS affiliate was THERE, making sure no one missed anything important. You too can join in the ogling fun!
The presumptive #1 pick in next weekend’s NFL draft, Matthew Stafford stopped by the set of Jimmy Fallon’s new late night skein and helped solidify his status. Now, I still believe the Lions should have traded for Matt Cassel, and given the Patriots better draft selections than the Chiefs, but based on Stafford’s abilities in Skeet Football, he may not be such a bad option…
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I’m not one for reality shows, and usually the ones about athletes are boring and uninteresting but an upcoming web-based show around Washington Redskins tight end Chris Cooley seems like it could be somewhat entertaining. At least briefly. I mean, it starts with a near-naked photo of Cooley and his wife, Christy a former Redskins cheerleader so there’s that at least.
The rest of the show seems like pretty standard fare, star-athlete-is-like-normal-guy-only-with-lots-of-money type skein, I doubt it reaches wide-spread popularity, but who knows, anything could happen.
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Since 1905, Easton High in Pennsylvania and Phillipsburg High in New Jersey have played football against one another. One of the oldest high school rivalries in the country, the two high schools, separated only by the Delaware River, have one score to settle, the 1993 Thanksgiving game that ended in a tie. As part of a documentary sponsored by Gatorade, the 1993 teams are returning to play another game to finally settle the score. Overtime didn’t exist for the schools then, and so both were left with a sour taste in their mouths.
Now, 30 players from both teams, all in their 30s now, began meeting about a month ago to start training for the game to be held on April 26th. The weekly practices are also in conjunction with special training sessions from Velocity Sports Performance to help the players get in as close to game shape as possible.
“I wasn’t sure what kind of mind-set the players were going to bring – is it just kind of fun? – but it’s Easton-Phillipsburg no matter your age,” former Phillipsburg coach Bruce Smith said who will return to the sidelines for the game. “The mind-set is, we are in it to win. It’s never just about fun with this game.”
In 1993, Easton came into the game riding high with an 11-1 record, the 4-5 Stateliners from Phillipsburg though put up a fight and kept shutting down the Easton offense. After making two dramatic goal-line stands, the Stateliners blocked a field goal attempt leading to the unsatisfying tie.
“I just remember the empty feeling we left the stadium with,” Steve Shiffert, then, and current head coach of Easton said. “We didn’t know how to act because there was such buildup for the game, and they couldn’t even give out the trophy.”
Now the players are hard at work in an effort to get into shape for the game, a difficult task considering many have been away from the gridiron for nearly 15 years.
“It was good to put the pads back on but the soreness afterward was rough,” Darren Smith, a sophomore on the 1993 Easton team said. “You knew it was a different kind of getting back into shape, and you knew you had a lot of work to do. We just don’t recover like we used to. We don’t want to look like a bunch of old guys. We want to come out and look like we can play football. We are 30-year-old men, but we aren’t over the hill yet. We are working hard so we can come out and put a show on.”
Some of the key skill players from both teams are missing, but that hasn’t dampened enthusiasm, “We’re doing some shuffling,” Smith said. “You can’t go into a game like this and expect people to play a position they played 15 years ago.”
Although the score won’t change in the record books, for the players this is their shot at redemption. “Some people say you are crazy, some say it’s great, but it’s a good opportunity,” coach Smith said. “It’s neat renewing relationships with players you had 15 years ago and are 30 now and have families of their own. It makes this game unique.”
At Tom Brady’s wedding over the weekend to supermodel Gisele, several of the security guards fired their guns upon two paparazzi photographers who were found hiding in the bushes nearby. No one was hurt but a car window was destroyed as photographers Yuri Cortez and Rolando Aviles tried to run away from the security forces after being ordered to turn over the pictures they had snapped. “No one was hurt but one of their cars was messed up,” a spokesman for the photographers’ agency said.
The gunfire reportedly didn’t mar the festivities where, for the second time, the incredibly good-looking couple said their “I Do”s.
To be fair, I don’t think anything could ruin an evening where I would get to go to bed with Gisele.
Only a few short months after opening the shiny new Lucas Oil Stadium, the head of the Indianapolis Capital Improvement Board said that without an infusion of $47 million the stadium might be forced to close.
The State Senate Appropriations Committee has passed a bill that would raise taxes on alcohol statewide, restaurant meals and hotel stays in Marion county, and tickets to sporting events in Indianapolis but that is facing a tough fight in the larger senate.
A major part of the cost overruns have been the higher-than-expected costs to run the new stadium. The previous Mayor, Bart Peterson, didn’t allocate enough funds, partly because they didn’t do a proper estimate of how much it would cost to run the new stadium.
According to the president of the CIB, Bob Grand, “If you want me to give you worst-cases, I mean the worst-case scenario is we could be out of money and the facilities would be, arguably, closed.” Of course, since he couched it with “arguably” and the state paid $620 million to build it in the first place, this scenario seems unlikely.
Fortunately, the Colts who are the only real tenant of the building have promised to chip in money and are suitably grateful to their fans who built them a stadium so they could be charged money to come visit. Or, instead, Colts President Bill Polian responded with a courteous, “We look forward to working with you and your colleagues in the Legislature in taking a look at this problem and in sharing with you data and information that we will make available to you.”
I hope they close the place to the Colts and turn it over to the citizens of Indianapolis to turn it into the most bad-ass Lazer Tag joint in the country.
Not content with sucking while playing in the easiest division in the NFL and distraught over the retirement of Mike Holmgren, the Seattle Seahawks have plans for a third, alternate jersey. The uniform, tastefully colored in Snot Green should be a big seller amongst kids who want to get beat up by bullies. I’d recommend wearing a Rick Mirer version of this uniform for EXTRA beatdowns. These uniforms are the ultimate combination of fail and suck.
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