The Australian Open men’s semifinals are set and it finally feels as if the real tournament is about to begin. Roger Federer is two wins away from his 13th major victory. By advancing to the semifinals, his number one ranking should be safe regardless of the weekend’s outcome, allowing him to focus on the immediate [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2008’
Australian Open: The Future Is Now
At the start of the Australian Open, the hype centered around the three players who won Grand Slam titles in 2007: Justine Henin, Serena Williams, and Venus Williams. Shockingly, all three women were eliminated in the quarterfinals. It seems not so long ago that the Williams sisters were raising the bar in women’s tennis, unbeatable [...]
Crosby injury bad news for Pens, NHL
The high-ankle sprain suffered by Sidney Crosby on Friday night will keep the Pittsburgh Penguins’ star out for six to eight weeks, the team said today. With teams so tightly bunched in the conference standings, it doesn’t take a long losing streak for a team to drop a few places. This could be a huge [...]
The watch watch
Super Bowl 42 might be the first to feature starting quarterbacks who also endorse watches. New England’s Tom Brady shills for Movado, while Citizen pays New York’s Eli Manning to tout its brand. We would much prefer if the competitors were Speedo and Aussie Bum. –Jim Buzinski Share on Facebook
Is Tom Brady injured?
Two weeks to go and we already have our first Super Bowl subplot — Tom Brady’s right foot. A photo here and video here taken the day after the AFC Championship Game clearly show the New England Patriots quarterback with his right foot in a protective boot; in the video he appears to be limping. [...]
NFL going international again
ESPN.com reports that the NFL will hold another regular season game in the United Kingdom. In October the Giants and Dolphins slogged through the mud at Wembley Stadium. Two or three other venues are being considered for 2008 in addition to Wembley, according to a source. Let’s hope the field is in better shape this [...]
Walker to come out as a “multiple”
Herschel Walker, former NFL running back and Heisman trophy winner at Georgia, is writing a book in which he reveals he has a multiple personality disorder. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the book, “Breaking Free,” is due out in August and will detail Walker’s life with this condition. The book’s publicist at Simon & Schuster, [...]
How crazy for the Pack are Cheese Heads?
Gotta love these two wacky stories Father arrested for forcing his son (i.e., taping him to a chair for an hour) to wear a Packers jersey. How much you wanna bet the kid is now the biggest Giants fan in all of Wisconsin. Green Bay TV station pulls reruns of Seinfeld because it’s Eli Manning’s [...]
The weather in Foxboro and Green Bay today
There’s been lots of talk this week about the cold weather at the AFC and NFC Championship games today. The latest weather forecast for the kickoffs at the two games: Foxboro: 22 degrees, feels like 10, partly cloudy Green Bay: 2 degrees, feels like -13, clear I played in conditions like this one time about [...]
Australian Open: Federer Jank’ed Around
The Australian Open has seen several prominent players dismissed early during the first week of play: Former Grand Slam champions Marat Safin, Amelie Mauresmo, Andy Roddick, Lindsay Davenport and Svetlana Kuznetsova have all been unceremoniously shown the exit. Roger Federer, meanwhile, has advanced to the fourth round, but only barely after a narrow defeat of Janko Tipsarevic, another up-and-coming [...]
The Cowboys season in 8 seconds
Pretty clever. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLMHMhkdy2Q] Share on Facebook
Australian Open: Tormented, Tormenting Genius
It’s hard to believe that the last man not named Federer or Nadal to win a major championship was Marat Safin, the enigmatic Russian with an explosive game and personality who won the Australian Open in 2005. That run to the title included a five-set win over Roger Federer in the semifinals that saw Safin [...]
TRO against Moss
If the San Diego Chargers are smart, they will invite Rachelle Washington from Florida to be on their sidelines in the AFC title game against the New England Patriots. It would mean Patriots receiver Randy Moss would not be allowed on the field. A temporary restraining order has been issued against Moss in Florida, preventing [...]
Pats invite girl the Colts booed
Last Sunday, as their team was getting its ass kicked, Indianapolis Colts fans booed 14-year-old Anna Grant (video below), who was introduced at halftime as one of the Punt Pass and Kick national champions, egged on by the Colts mascot. They booed her because she is from New Hampshire and was wearing the jersey of [...]
Players kissing? Readers irate
This photo of two Louisville Cardinal basketball players celebrating during a Jan. 6 win over archrival Kentucky has caused a stir for the paper that published it. The photo by Sam Upshaw Jr. showed Jerry Smith hugging Juan Palacios after a big play in the first half. Many readers thought the two players were kissing, [...]
And at Middle Linebacker, Ryan Seacrest!
Tuesday night on the season premiere of American Idol, a very large, sweet young woman by the name of Temptress Brown was featured. One of the things that made Temptress so unique is that she plays football. Middle linebacker. Ryan Seacrest took the opportunity to look butch and decided to give this analysis of how [...]
The Phanatic is number one!
Forbes.com reports that a market researcher, The Marketing Arm, has come up with a list of America’s top sports mascots, based on its’ Davie-Brown Index — used by marketers to determine a celebrity’s ability to influence brand identity with the public. It comes as no surprise to those of us who have watched him since [...]
Is it all Jessica’s fault?
It’s a sad day in Dallas after the Cowboys’ latest playoff failure, a 21-17 loss to the visiting New York Giants. (That automatically makes it a very good day in Philadelphia.) It was so sad that Terrell Owens was driven to tears. Why? If you believe this column in Monday’s Philadelphia Daily News — and [...]
More cheating performers?
According to a report in the Times Union of Albany, recording artists Mary J. Blige, 50 Cent, Timbaland and Wyclef Jean, as well as filmmaker Tyler Perry, were all named in an Albany, N.Y.-based steroids probe. The paper cited unidentified law enforcement officials who said the entertainers may have received or used performance-enhancing drugs. My [...]
Hot men in Green Bay
There was a hot moment late in Saturday’s Green Bay-Seattle NFL playoff game, won easily by the Packers 42-20. As Fox came back from commercial they showed a quick scene of Packers defensive back Atari Bigby going up to the stands to greet a totally buff fan (the guy was built!) wearing green face paint. [...]