As the NFL season approaches its 2009 kickoff, one of the teams I’m most curious about is the San Diego Chargers. By all accounts, they are the prohibitive favorite to run away with the AFC West crown, and they are one of a half dozen teams called a “favorite” to win the Super Bowl. But [...]
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Video: Oregon player sucker-punches opponent
How boring was Boise State’s 19-8 sloppy win over Oregon in the college football opener? The lasting impression will be Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount punching Boise State’s Byron Hout after the game. It was a shocking display of a player who seemed to have gone nuts and will lead to at least his suspension [...]
Jim Harbaugh’s $50,000 bathroom
Stanford University’s athletic department is facing a revenue shortfall, has had to eliminate 20 positions and may have to cut fencing. What a perfect time for a rich alum to spend $50,000 to $70,000 to build head football coach Jim Harbaugh a private bathroom.
Jim Harbaugh, former NFL quarterback, did not want to walk 20 steps [...]
Michael Vick signs with Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles have signed Michael Vick to a two-year contract. Jay Glazer of Fox says that Vick signed a one-year, $1.6 million contract with a team option for the 2010 season.
I am curious as to what Eagles and other NFL fans think of this. (And I have already seen one person refer to Vick’s [...]
Up to the second Brett Favre update!
We’re almost at decision day, so we at Outsports are committed to updating you on the absolute latest on the Favre saga. So here it is:
Yeah. (thanks to SASWiki)
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Video: College player dunks on LeBron James
Finally, the tape that Nike and LeBron James did not want you to see: Xavier’s Jordan Crawford dunks on James at the recent LeBron James Skills Academy. Soon after the dunk, it came out that Nike confiscated video of the event from a cameraman, claiming such video was unauthorized. This cameraman said a Nike rep [...]
Big Ben’s been busy
Oh boy. First the defending Super Bowl champion quarterback appeared at the ESPYs looking like he’s put on 50 pounds. Now, Ben Roethlisberger has been named the defendent in a sexual assault civil suit brought by Andrea McNulty, an employee at Harrah’s in Reno, Nev. Roethlisberger’s lawyer denied the accusation and pointed out that no [...]
UFC fighter Brock Lesnar is a jackass
I have had a strong dislike for former WWE wrestler and now Ultimate Fighting Championship star Brock Lesnar after he told ESPN the Magazine in 2004, “I don’t like gays. Write that down in your little notebook. I don’t like gays.”
So it was no surprise to see what a total jackoff he was during and [...]
Sports Tweets of the Week: NFL stars’ feuds
In response to the problems created by people pretending to be celebrities (not the least of which was the Tony LaRussa lawsuit), Twitter has instituted a program (still in beta testing mode) to verify that the pages of famous people or the entities they represent are legitimate. One such “Verified Account” is that of San [...]
On the MLB drug beat…
Two major league players tested positive for drugs during this year’s World Baseball Classic, but neither will be punished by MLB. One who was punished for a test in 2008 may now be in legal trouble. The details:
Chicago Cubs catcher Geovany Soto, a member of the Puerto Rican team during the WBC, won’t be punished [...]
Oh, no — Brett Favre is coming back
The surest sign yet that Mr. Annoying is about to become a Minnesota Viking:
Favre’s family and friends have booked 25 to 30 rooms at the Midway Motor Lodge near Lambeau Field for the weekend of the Nov. 1 Vikings game at Green Bay, according to the Green Bay Press-Gazette.
I hope Minnesota goes 0-16.
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TMZ angers Lenny Dykstra
With major league ballplayer-turned-financial wizard Lenny Dykstra’s financial woes making news recently, the sight of a Rolls-Royce owned by Dykstra seemingly being repossessed might seem like another sign of his money problems. So when photos of the car being towed from his work in Camarillo, California reached the folks at TMZ, they naturally contacted Dykstra [...]
How the new SC nominee ended MLB fans’ agony
Let me make it clear that I don’t want to discuss in any way the political ramifications of today’s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Barack Obama. However, there’s a sports angle here. She played a major role in the end of the most disastrous work stoppage in the [...]
Sports Tweet of the Week: T.O. blames Romo
With so many athletes and other sports figures jumping onto the Twitter bandwagon (and odd little stories popping up as a result), I think it’s time for a new feature: Sports Tweet of the Week. I hate using the term “tweet” for the maximum-140-character messages, but I guess I’ll have to go with the flow…and [...]
Quick hits: Magic, Rockets, Phelps, Queers
Both the Magic and the Rockets force Game 7s against the defending conference champs.
Phelps finishes 2nd in his first race back, proof that marijuana does impede motor skills.
University of North Dakota and NCAA cave to the demands of a minority of Native Americans and will change their mascot. Please oh PLEASE will some school make [...]
