He may make 4.375 million this past season but that doesn’t mean he don’t like a bargain. Here is Jose Reyes and his wife Katherine–looking significantly less horse-ish too–picking up some bulk diapers and other household items. Look he buys Charmin, just like me! Oh Jose, we’re like two peas in a pod.
[NY Post]
Sometimes after a hard-fought football game tensions are still high. How can they not be, as men vie against one another in the trenches in hand-to-hand combat, putting their bodies on the line in order to try and contain that little pigskin. So it is no wonder that even after the final whistle blows sometimes these warriors continue their battles.
Or sometimes, a grown man will push a child in the post-game handshake line.
Vodpod videos no longer available.Initially the father of Wesley Deveanport, the kid pushed, had little issue with the opposing coach’s actions, until that is he learned that there was video of it. Then he miraculously got VERY interested and upset, even to the point of talking to the police about pressing charges for assault against a minor and the outrage flowed:
This grown man approaches him and physically and forcefully pushes him, hits him in the head and my son had no idea why that was happening, how that could be happening, and here he is in a safe zone, a fun sport, and this guy really affected him, emotionally.
It sounds as though his hand hit right at the point of the face mask and the top of the helmet. And it was enough force to make him almost fall down, backwards. If you see him, he’s grasping as he’s falling backwards, trying to hold himself up, and regain balance.
The coach in question, who hasn’t been identified reportedly said that Deveanport had been playing dirty during the game, a point disputed by commenters in the original story saying that Deveanport did nothing of the kind. Regardless, it was a kid’s football game and an adult coach showed him who was boss and I think we can all get behind that.
[KSDK via Sports by Brooks]
UPDATED
The coach in question has been revealed and he comes out and defends himself, although he also resigned his position as coach. “One of the kids coming at me was saying ‘you suck’ and coming at our players,” Tony Warneke told KDSK. “When he got close, he said, ‘You blanking suck.’ And I reached out and shoved him and said, ‘Knock it off now.’ ”
How DARE that little kid use such language! “Blanking” is a TERRIBLE curse word. Next time kid try “motherfucker,” it’s much more potent.
What, you thought now that the Olympics were long past that you would no longer be haunted by the awkward grin of Michael Phelps? Nope! He’s America’s darling, and he’s apparently moved on from my future g/f Stephanie Rice to his own new darling, Nicole Johnson a runner-up for Miss California. Whateves, I’m still totally cooler than him…
Yesterday’s Wisconsin-Ohio State game was a bit quieter than usual on the Wisconsin sideline as their entire band was suspended indefinitely for hazing, alcohol abuse and sexual misconduct. Way to go band guys, way to live the rock and roll lifestyle!
Band director Mike Leckrone, heading the band since 1969 said it was the first time he’s ever had to suspend the entire band and have them not play at a game. “My feeling was I hit them between the eyes with a sledgehammer,” he said. The band has not been exempt from problems in the past, going on probation last year after reports of hazing, alcohol abuse and sexualized behavior. At least they are consistent! According to NBC Sports, “At that time, semi-nude band members were alleged to have danced suggestively and there were reports of women being forced to kiss other women to be allowed to enter bathrooms on a bus.” Continue reading ‘The Band Didn’t Play On’
Sumo wrestling has been fighting an uphill battle in Japan recently as bad press and scandals have marred the image of the once-proud sport. Recently two Russian sumos got in trouble for both testing positive for marijuana, another Russian sumo, who wrestled under the name Wakanoho received a lifetime ban for being arrested for marijuana possession. Now Wakanoho is trying to exact his revenge on the sport that spurned him by releasing a public statement, against the advice of his attorney, accusing the sport of rigging matches and drug abuse.
“I was forced to accept money and made to fight in unfair matches from the very moment I entered the makuuchi [the top rank of sumo wresting].” Wakanoho proclaimed. As well, he warned that he will later reveal “other evil things that I know.” He also took time to strike out at his former manager saying, “my stable master and others knew about the match-fixing but nobody stepped in because they had also been fighting in rigged matches themselves.” Continue reading ‘Because He Got High’
I’m not much for running, frankly, I’m too lazy and too slow to find it in any way enjoyable but were I to run a half-marathon (I won’t, ever) I’d want to do one like this one in London on October 5. Designed by British sports psychologist Dr. Costas Karageorghis, the inagural “Run to the Beat” half-marathon will feature 17 live bands along the course with ecletic genres of music.
“Music is like is a legal drug for athletes,” says the good doctor, “It can reduce the perception of effort significantly and increase endurance by as much as 15 percent. The synchronous application of music resulted in much higher endurance while the motivational qualities of the music impacted significantly on the interpretation of fatigue symptoms right up to the point of voluntary exhaustion.” Maybe Ricky Williams should look into marathons instead of football, it might help with all the temptations…
Karageorghis also pointed out that in recent research he conducted, runners listening to artists such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Madonna and Queen ran further, faster and longer but also apparently enjoyed themselves more, even to the point of collapsing from effort. Although it is just as likely that the runners were collapsing from being forced to listen to Madonna…
Each band will play “scientifically selected” music for the runners as they go past that intends to help the runners reach peak performance.
I’m scared for all of us, but ESPN has produced something that looks like it might actually be fun and enjoyable and not a super crazy cross-promotional bullshit thing where we hear all about Pushing Daisies. At least so far. This ad, for the upcoming Mayne Street, the new Kenny Mayne skein is pretty hilarious, not least of all because it features a bunch of people I know, including my extremely hilarious friend Ben as Evan Mintz an ESPN boss. I hope I didn’t break the fourth wall too much on you guys with that revelation. Anyhoo, enjoy.
Vodpod videos no longer available.
[Awful Announcing via With Leather]
So this video hit the ol’ tubes sometime yesterday and it is being purported to be a tape of the Melbourne (Florida) High School volleyball team being hazed. Even if it isn’t that school it’s still a tape of high schoolers being douchebags to one another and for that, I can post it here. If it is the volleyball team then it CERTAINLY belongs, seeing as how I love hazing!
This hazing is a little bit strange, it starts with the girls being dressed as clowns, OK, standard stuff, I’m enjoying it so far. Then the girls are herded into a circle and the random boys at this party then mercilessly beat them with pillows. I’m not quite clear on the reason for this part. It seems to me that if you’re going to allow non-team members beat the shit out of your hazees you might as well just get some mafia goons to break kneecaps. I feel like it is a violation of hazing etiquette to let the boys in. Also, at 5:50 in the clip one of the boys says “Raping is tiring,” so that’s fun! The video is a little long and punctuated with high school girls being shrill and loud, but it’s certainly interesting. After the pillow beating the senior girls take the hazees off to a beach where they will be egged and floured. Even MORE fun!
I guess F1 racing at night is a super big deal, mostly since before now it has never happened. Enter Singapore who has been prepping for some time now for this historic race. Thanks to a
floodlight system comprising 1,500 light projectors attached to 246 pylons, each 33ft tall, placed at 350-yard intervals around the circuit.
This makes it four times brighter than a floodlit football stadium and so dazzling that the drivers will need to wear special sunglasses.
Power for the lights, linked by 67 miles of cable, is provided by 48 generators churning out 3,180,000 watts – enough to provide electricity for 2,400 apartments.
Anyways the pictures of the course look pretty dope. Like an awesome videogame level that I would love to crash my virtual car into over and over.
Check out the images below and for larger versions go to the original story here and for even nicer and higher-res images, as ever, my favorite picture blog, The Big Picture has a bunch.
At long last curling is back in the news. Enough with these boring baseball and football stories, now it’s time to get back into the thick of the most exciting game on ice. That’s because The Curling News is releasing their 2009 calendar featuring some of the finest ladies in the curling game these days. Featured on the cover is Italy’s Sonia DiBona whose risque shot makes me want to throw her my Bona. Get it! HI-OOOOOOOOOOOO! Yes! The controversy sparking calendar, which took a year off last year includes nude or near-nude curlers posing with their sporting implements.
Intended as a fundraiser for the women involved and their training, as well as other curling related causes the calendar features Denmark’s Camilla Jensen, the Toth sisters, Claudia and Karina, of Austria, Giorgia Apollonio and Sonia Dibona of Itala, Germany’s Anna Hartelt and Daniella Jentsch, Fabienne Fuerbringer of Switzerland, Kasia Selwant of Poland, Kim Brewster of Scotland and former world junior champ Linn Githmark of Norway. Also Canadiens Christine Keshen, who won an Olympic bronze medal throwing lead rocks at the 2006 Winter Games in Turin and Chrissy Cadorin are featured in the calendar as well.
Unfortunately despite the provactive cover, there aren’t other released images available online, as yet, but when they are I will get them your way. Among the big reasons to buy the calendar is that it includes all the KEY CURLING DATES for 2009. YES! Now I’ll never miss an important event again! Make sure you go out and get yours today!
So, one of my readers emailed me and I want to take his feedback and see if it is a general consensus. So in the interest of making this a more interesting and better looking website, what do you the readers think. So please vote in the poll below and let me know what you think. Nows your chance to make your voice heard as we undergo a series of big changes in the site’s design over the next few weeks. Thanks!
I’ve been accused by reader Youppi for hating the Mets and such because of my latest diatribe against the sheer insanity of signing Omar Minaya to a new 4 year deal. Well, I disagree. Youppi, first off, I don’t hate the Mets. I don’t particularly like them, but I have zero hatred for them, although seeing them fail is pretty hilarious to me. I do dislike and abhor Omar Minaya who I think is overrated and inept. I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE David Wright. I want him to succeed.
So that’s first off.
Secondly, I had even forgot about El Duque. The beginning season rotation was supposed to be Johan, Pedro, Maine, Perez and El Duque. YIKES! And then when injuries and Perez being perez happened they were scrambling for pitching. How do you assemble a roster like that and not have 10 other semi-decent starters available, after all, besides Johan and Maine no one in that starting rotation is in any way consistent and two of them are old as fuck and likely to, and did, get injuries. Now fortunately the Big Pelf stepped up and was surprisingly good. That’s awesome, and it’s about time. But, the fact that beyond him there were meaningful starts going to the likes of Nelson Figueroa is abominable.
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 worthy of being rerun.
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