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Other
2008-05-03 02:02:38 Mail Story - Barathrum - 1 Comment
Gary Frederick thought he had seen everything in 40 years at Central Washington University. He'd coached baseball and women's basketball for 11 years, been an assistant on the football team for 17 and athletic director for 18.
Last weekend, he learned he was wrong.
In the top of the second inning as his Wildcats played host to Western Oregon University in Ellensburg, Wash., something happened that spoke to the beauty of athletics. It came in the form of a home run that no one in attendance will forget.
Colts star Harrison interviewed about Philly shooting
National Football League - Indianapolis Colts
2008-05-03 02:02:05 Mail Story - panzergeneral - 0 Comments
Indianapolis Colts star receiver Marvin Harrison was interviewed by police about a shooting near his North Philadelphia car wash this week.
Lt. Frank Vanore said the investigation of Tuesday's shooting was continuing. Harrison has not been arrested or charged.
"He was interviewed," Vanore said Friday. "Why he was interviewed, that is all part of the investigation. No one is a suspect."
Track star Montgomery arrested on heroin distribution charges
Other
2008-05-03 02:02:00 Mail Story - panzergeneral - 0 Comments
Former track star Tim Montgomery has been indicted on heroin distribution charges, the Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk reported Thursday.
The 33-year-old sprinter was arrested Wednesday on a sealed indictment, accused of dealing more than 100 grams of heroin in Virginia over the past year, according to the newspaper.
Montgomery was being held at the Portsmouth city jail, said Karin Johnson, public information officer for the Portsmouth sheriff's office. She said U.S. marshals brought him in Wednesday night.
Canseco loses mansion to foreclosure
Major League Baseball
2008-05-03 02:01:52 Mail Story - panzergeneral - 1 Comment
Jose Canseco, the former AL MVP who made millions during his baseball career, has had his home foreclosed.
Canseco told the syndicated TV show “Inside Edition” that he walked away from his $2.5 million, 7,300-square foot home in suburban Encino because it didn’t make sense to continue making payments.
Police probe Ronaldo-transvestite incident
Other
2008-04-30 09:09:56 Mail Story - bob-barker - 0 Comments
Police said on Monday they were investigating allegations by three transvestites that Brazilian football star and AC Milan forward Ronaldo threatened to harm them after he took them to a Rio de Janeiro motel.
Police told a news conference they were also looking into an accusation by the 31-year-old player that one of the three men tried to extort 50,000 reais (14,900 pounds) in return for not telling the media about the incident.
Report links Roger Clemens with country star Mindy McCready
Major Leauge Baseball
2008-04-30 09:09:48 Mail Story - Sean Robinson - 2 Comments
Roger Clemens had a decade-long relationship with country star Mindy McCready that began when she was a 15-year-old aspiring singer and the pitcher was a Boston Red Sox ace, the New York Daily News reported.
Clemens' lawyer, Rusty Hardin, confirmed a long-term relationship but told the newspaper it was not sexual.
"He flatly denies having had any kind of an inappropriate relationship with her," Hardin said. "He's considered her a close family friend. ... He has never had a sexual relationship with her."
Zeke out as Knicks coach
National Basketball Association
2008-04-20 00:00:35 Mail Story - panzergeneral - 0 Comments
The last vestiges of Isiah Thomas’s authority were stripped away Friday afternoon, freeing the Knicks to begin fixing the mess he left behind.
Donnie Walsh fired Thomas as coach, two weeks after supplanting him as team president. Thomas will remain with the team as a personal adviser to Walsh, but with no title and no authority.
“Following a lot of discussion and thought, I made the decision that Isiah will no longer coach the team,” Walsh said during a late-afternoon conference call. “I value Isiah and his knowledge of the game, and he will remain with the organization, reporting directly to me.”
Three congressmen target BCS as an illegal enterprise
Major League Baseball
2008-04-20 00:00:29 Mail Story - panzergeneral - 3 Comments
Three members of Congress want the Justice Department to investigate whether college football's Bowl Championship Series is an illegal enterprise.
Reps. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii; Lynn Westmoreland, R-Ga.; and Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, are introducing a resolution that would require Justice's antitrust division to investigate the BCS. The measure also would put Congress on record as supporting a college football playoff.
Melo arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence
National Basketball Association
2008-04-15 09:14:31 Mail Story - panzergeneral - 0 Comments
NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony was arrested early Monday on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, hours after his worst game of the season.
The Denver Nuggets forward was arrested on Interstate 25, police said. He was alone in the car and pulled over for weaving and not dimming his lights.
Detective Sharon Hahn said Anthony failed a series of sobriety tests. He was charged with DUI and then taken to police headquarters before being released to a "sober responsible party," Hahn said. Anthony is due in court May 14.
Crew saboteur buried Red Sox gear under new Yankees stadium
Major League Baseball
2008-04-12 14:07:13 Mail Story - panzergeneral - 1 Comment
The new Yankee Stadium may be cursed!
A devilish Boston fan working on a concrete crew at the $1.3 billion stadium covertly buried a Red Sox T-shirt under what will become the visiting team's locker room to jinx the Yanks, two construction workers told The Post yesterday.
"In August, a Red Sox T-shirt was poured in a slab in the visitor's clubhouse. It's the curse of the Yankees," one worker said. "Nobody knows about it. It's in the floors, it's buried."
Extra by panzergeneral:
hello, we're not crazy
Tampa Bay Rays' Al Reyes Tase'd
Major League Baseball
2008-04-12 14:04:08 Mail Story - bob-barker - 0 Comments
T. PETERSBURG — Rays reliever Al Reyes had a bruised and swollen left eye, a nasty cut on his nose and an apology for teammates and fans after his arrest early Friday following a bar fight in Tampa. And then he ended up with the victory in Friday night's game.
"Pretty long day," Reyes said.
UCF players: Ereck Plancher died following intense mat drills
NCAA Sports All
2008-04-12 14:03:58 Mail Story - bob-barker - 0 Comments
UCF football player Ereck Plancher showed signs of distress during "mat drill" workouts last month before he collapsed and later died, four of Plancher's UCF teammates told the Orlando Sentinel.
Plancher, a 19-year-old receiver from Naples, was taken to a hospital on March 18 and was pronounced dead about an hour after the drills.
Extra by bob-barker:
Here is a link to the story about the original investigation into his death.
If this new story turns out to be true, my money is on this being the end of George O'Leary's career.
Vikings great Eller arrested for allegedly assaulting officer
National Football League - Minnesota Vikings
2008-04-09 23:33:35 Mail Story - panzergeneral - 0 Comments
Former Minnesota Vikings great Carl Eller was jailed Wednesday after allegedly fighting with police after being stopped for possible drunken driving.
Eller was held on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, fleeing police and assaulting a police officer.
Police Inspector Mike Martin said officers in north Minneapolis saw an SUV speed through a stop sign and gave chase. The SUV reached speeds of up to 60 mph through city streets.
League Catches Fans Using Quirky Names, Mascots
Other
2008-04-07 23:53:04 Mail Story - panzergeneral - 1 Comment
Minor League Baseball teams have adopted unconventional names in increasing numbers since the 1990s, from the Beloit Snappers and Lansing Lugnuts to the Savannah Sand Gnats and the ever-popular Albuquerque Isotopes.
Those innovative names — along with creative marketing — have improved the bottom line for many teams. Last year more than 42 million people attended games in the minors. That's an all-time record. Ticket sales were close to $175 million and since 1994, net income for teams has increased two-fold, according to Pat O'Conner, president of Minor League Baseball.
Best Game Ever
Other
2008-04-07 23:52:50 Mail Story - panzergeneral - 2 Comments
In order to pull this mission off we worked with the commissioner of the Hermosa Beach Little League. The commissioner provided us with the names, numbers, and batting order of all of the players for both teams. He told us the 2 PM game between the Mudcats and the Lugnuts would be ideal for our mission, and allowed us to arrive early to set up all of our equipment. He was the only person involved with the league who knew what was going to happen. The players, coaches, and parents were kept completely in the dark.
The league’s games are six innings, and we planned our mission to unfold slowly, heightening with each passing inning. As the game started, the only unusual thing anyone could notice was a large truck parked just pass the outfield wall (housing our jumbotron to be revealed later.) All of the cameras remained hidden away.
POE Fake Baseball 2008 draft day - April 6th at 8PM EDT
Major League Baseball
2008-04-05 20:25:47 Mail Story - panzergeneral - 0 Comments
POE Sports is proud to present its Fake Baseball Fantasy league for 2008! We still have a couple of slots available, so if you're interested in baseball and the statistics thereof make sure to visit the fantasy league thread for details and lively discussions of stolen bases stats and blow jobs.
League Homepage.
Calzaghe knows I'm not racist
Boxing
2008-04-05 19:48:13 Mail Story - panzergeneral - 0 Comments
Hopkins, 43, stunned the undefeated Welshman last December by stating: "I ain't ever gonna lose to a white boy."
But the American has revealed his only motivation was to get under Calzaghe's skin ahead of their Las Vegas showdown on April 19.
Hopkins said: "I wanted to test the pulse.
"I knew it would get under his skin and it did. I smell fear in people that others can't because of where I've come from.
"Everyone knows I'm not a racist. Most of my team are white and that includes my coach.
Extra by panzergeneral:
apologies to whoever initially submitted this, but you somehow broke the story queue. WOO!
Favre considering a comeback?
National Football League
2008-04-05 19:39:14 Mail Story - Repomancer - 3 Comments
Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre, who announced his retirement last month after 17 seasons, reportedly could be weighing a comeback with another team.
Favre's agent has quietly inquired with teams about their interest in trading for the three-time NFL most valuable player, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.
Favre, 38, has yet to give written notice of his retirement to the league or the players' union.
Extra by Repomancer:
You have to be kidding me.
Jaguar back gave officer an earful
National Football League - Jacksonville Jaguars
2008-04-05 19:38:08 Mail Story - Voyons Donc - 0 Comments
Jaguars defensive back Brian Williams went off on a sexual, racist and profane rant aimed at Jacksonville police during his 2006 drunken driving arrest, according to recently obtained documents from his ongoing prosecution.
Notes taken by Officer E.E. Bridges shortly after the arrest reflect Williams profanely threatening sex acts with the officer's wife and daughter and later called Bridges, who is white, a "honky" coupled with a sexual epithet. Williams, who is black, also said the officer arrested him because he was jealous of his date and that Williams was "an [n-word]'' in a Bentley, according to the officer's notes.
Extra by Voyons Donc:
The date's reaction to Williams' offer was not recorded.
Formula One Chief Has Awesome Hobbies
Racing
2008-04-05 19:37:01 Mail Story - Port - 0 Comments
Max Mosley, one of the most powerful men in world sport, was under pressure to resign as boss of Formula One’s governing body last night after he was exposed enjoying a Nazi-style orgy with five prostitutes.
Jewish groups condemned the behaviour of Mosley, 67, whose father, Sir Oswald, was the leader of the British Union of Fascists and a friend of Adolf Hitler.
Mr Mosley was caught on video by the News of the World with five women in an underground “torture chamber” in Chelsea, where he spent several hours allegedly indulging in sado-masochistic sex.
Sayonara, Baseball Tradition
Major Leauge Baseball
2008-03-31 00:01:28 Mail Story - SharoKham - 2 Comments
Baseball used to be a game played with nine men to a side, two managers, four umpires, and the major-league season always opened in Cincinnati. Come to think of it now, that would be sort of like “Gone With the Wind” opening in Valdosta. But Cincinnati had a deal, see.
The first “major league” baseball game was played in Cincinnati on June 1, 1869. The locals, the Red Stockings, eked out a 48-14 victory over Mansfield, whoever Mansfield was. So, several years ago — even the league office isn’t sure when — it became a custom that every major-league season opened in Cincinnati. Nobody played before the Red Stockings, now shortened to Reds. It was just that way. That’s how baseball is, very long on tradition. It just gets into a habit it likes and stays there.
Well, not any longer. Money can change any habit. Eight springs ago the Mets and Cubs opened the season, not in Cincinnati. Guess where? Tokyo. That Tokyo, the guys who gave us Pearl Harbor. Some people don’t like you to bring that up, trade with Japan is so hot. But I’ve got a long memory. I saw what a few bombs can do to our property.
Extra by SharoKham:
I know everyone says this for every story, but seriously: read the comments.
BALCO founder Conte plans tell-all book on drug world
Major League Baseball
2008-03-31 00:00:43 Mail Story - panzergeneral - 0 Comments
In July 2005, Conte pleaded guilty to two criminal counts related to distributing performance-enhancing drugs and received a four-month prison sentence followed by four months of house arrest. He was then on probation for two years, and according to the Daily News, his lawyers told him not to talk about his case.
Conte's probation ends on Monday, so he announced the working title of the new book -- "BALCO: The Straight Dope on Barry Bonds, Marion Jones and What We Can Do To Save Sports" -- and the scope of the work. It is slated for publication in September.
Extra by panzergeneral:
I'd rather read Jose's sequel
Derrick Rose hates needles
NCAA Sports All
2008-03-31 00:00:29 Mail Story - panzergeneral - 0 Comments
Derrick Rose was not getting stitches.
No way. No how.
You see, Rose has a fear of needles. No, make that a debilitating phobia of them.
He was told he needed as many as four stitches to close a gash above his right eye after a collision during Memphis' 92-74 win over Michigan State on Friday in the South regional semifinal.
Miss. St. boots 2 after arrests on gun, assault charges
NCAA Sports All
2008-03-31 00:00:21 Mail Story - panzergeneral - 0 Comments
Two Mississippi State players have been kicked off the team and dismissed from the university after their arrests Thursday night.
n a statement Friday, the university said that the dismissals of starting left tackle Michael Brown and backup defensive tackle Quinton Wesley are pending a campus judicial hearing.
The two were arrested in what was described in the statement as a "campus incident involving two handguns."
Marlins try to swell their ranks
Major League Baseball
2008-03-26 09:29:28 Mail Story - panzergeneral - 1 Comment
If the ground shivers and shakes this season at Miami's Dolphin Stadium, it won't be because of anything the rebuilding Florida Marlins do.
Undoubtedly reasoning that their chances of success are thin, the Marlins plan to counter that by recruiting seven to 10 fat men, jolly or otherwise, for a dancing/cheerleading squad called the Manatees. At first glance — as well as second and third — this dubious strategy would seem unlikely to put more fannies of any size in the stadium's usually unoccupied seats.
Extra by panzergeneral:
Video clip of the Manatees in action
Jose Canseco says he introduced A-Rod to steroids distributor
Major League Baseball
2008-03-26 09:29:14 Mail Story - panzergeneral - 0 Comments
Jose Canseco says in his new book that he introduced Alex Rodriguez to a steroids distributor and that A-Rod pursued Canseco’s wife, according to the Web site of freelance writer Joe Lavin.
Lavin says on the Web site that he obtained the book, “Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and The Battle to Save Baseball,” on Monday from a bookstore in Cambridge, Mass. The book is due to be released April 1.
Lavin writes Canseco’s book discusses A-Rod, Roger Clemens and Magglio Ordonez.
Bullet with your greens? Chef grazed at golf event
Pro Golf Association
2008-03-26 09:29:03 Mail Story - panzergeneral - 0 Comments
Getting hit with a bullet couldn't stop celebrity chef Paul Prudhomme from cooking at a golf course near New Orleans Tuesday morning.
Prudhomme was setting up his cooking tent at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans when he felt a sting on his right arm, just above the elbow. He thought it was a bee sting, but discovered a .22 caliber bullet after shaking his shirt sleeve.
Deputies believe Prudhomme was hit by a falling bullet, probably shot about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday from somewhere within a 1 ˝-mile radius of the golf course, said Col. John Fortunato of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.
Titans RB White facing charges in Denver
National Football League - Tennessee Titans
2008-03-17 22:31:58 Mail Story - panzergeneral - 1 Comment
Denver native and Tennessee Titans running back LenDale White had a run-in with Denver police early Saturday outside a party thrown in his honor at The Loft lounge at 22nd and Champa streets.
White received three misdemeanor citations, including destruction of property, and a court date. He was not arrested, according to Denver police.
That same evening on the same block, The Loft was host to the LenDale White Pisces Party, according to the calendar of events published on its website.
Florida Gators banned from practice facility for being so terrible
NCAA Sports All
2008-03-17 22:31:51 Mail Story - panzergeneral - 1 Comment
When the Florida Gators lost in the first round of the Southeastern Conference tournament, they knew it knocked them out of the NCAA tournament field.
They had no idea it also would get them kicked out of their practice facility.
Coach Billy Donovan, feeling like his players had settled into a state of complacency and entitlement, banned them from Florida's $12 million facility. He also told them they couldn't wear any Florida attire.
Charges Dropped Against Randy Moss
National Football League - New England Patriots
2008-03-11 23:31:25 Mail Story - panzergeneral - 0 Comments
The woman who filed a temporary restraining order against Randy Moss just before the Super Bowl dropped the order and asked for the case to be closed.
What exactly happened between the woman and Moss was unclear, except that it involved her hand. Moss' attorney said, "There has finally been acknowledgment that the injuries were not intentionally inflicted."
The incident had been ugly before this sudden change and included accusations that Moss's people were trying to pay the alleged victim's people "hush money" and not-so-subtle hints that Moss's mind might have been impaired when the woman was hurt.
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