Magic have best shooting-percentage game in NBA Final history and beat the Lakers, bringing out the tired “It’s a series” cliche everywhere. Penguins force Game 7 of Stanley Cup Finals. So far, the home team is 6-0 in the series. Game 7 is at Detroit. The tea leaves this morning point to Brett Favre not [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Brett Favre’
Quick hits: Favre, Sox, soccer, Facebook
The tea leaves this morning point to Brett Favre wearing purple this season. Favre: “Yay, more attention for me me me!” A Vermont Hooters manager “sabotages” the Red Sox by “planting” Yankee Stadium grass in Fenway. Millions roll their eyes. Drew Carey wants soccer to become popular in the U.S. Carey owns part of the [...]
Quick hits: Brady, Williams, Barcelona, Vikes
Red Wings beat Blackhawks to reach Stanley Cup finals. Lakers beat Nuggets for 3-2 lead. Peter King continues the Tom Brady love affair. Peyton Manning is still upset about coaching changes. Venus Williams saves match point, advances to French Open third round. All told, only eight seeded men have been ousted while 13 seeded women [...]
Quick hits: Magic, Brady, Indians, French
SI columnist thinks Magic fans have reason to worry about potential favorable treatment of LeBron James from the refs. Ever hear of a guy named Michael Jordan? While relocated WWE event in L.A. mocks beating up the Nuggets, Nuggets beat up the Lakers. Peter King has an interesting column this week with tidbits on Tom [...]
Brett Favre, please go away
Here we go again — Brett Favre, the biggest drama queen in sports, is now going to talk to the Minnesota Vikings about their quarterbacking job this season. This comes a few months after he “retired” again, this time from the New York Jets. And it comes a year after he “retired” in a tearful [...]
Quick hits: LeBron, Favre, Cowboys, golf
LeBron James to be named NBA’s MVP. Hawks move past Heat. Brett Favre headed to the Minnesota Vikings? Here we go again. Dallas Cowboys scout left paralyzed after collapse of practice facility. Sean O’Hair (right) wins at Quail Hollow; Tiger Woods finishes fourth. Tampa Bay Rays reliever comes out as Trekkie; Has killer Vulcan grip. [...]
Quick hits: Favre, Nuggets, Saints, 0.50
Brett Favre asked Jets for release twice. Plans to unretire yet again? Denver Nuggets bounce Hornets from the playoffs. Atlanta takes 3-2 lead on Heat. Kansas City pitcher Zach Greinke (right) is 5-0 with an ERA of 0.50. Royals still just 11-10. The New Orleans Saints were rumored just 18 months ago to move to [...]
Brett Favre retires. Again.
SI’s Peter King says Brett Favre is retiring again. So where will he end up next year? Tampa Bay? Arizona? My guess is that he’ll actually stay retired this time. The last three months have been brutal for Favre, with loud whispers of him tainting his legacy. My guess is guys like King have told [...]
Favre won’t speak to Aaron Rodgers
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was live on the Michael Irvin Show today from the Super Bowl’s radio row, where the show has been broadcasting from all week. Irvin and his partner Kevin Kiley wasted no time jumping right in with questions for Rodgers about Brett Favre. Rodgers said he has tried to reach [...]
Brett Favre keeps Madden Curse alive and well
Oh cruel, cruel fate. The Madden Curse had doomed the cover boy of EA’s Madden football video game since 1999 when Garrison Hearst was on the cover and broke his leg in the playoffs that year. Every year since, the player on the cover of that game has had his numbers or his team’s success [...]
VLOG: Favre, NFL, Steinbrenner, Ryder Cup
This week Cyd talks about the rise of the crappy teams in the NFL, and he takes some pot-shots at Brett Favre. He also waxes poetic about the Americans in the Ryder Cup. He rips Yankee co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner for whining about his team being out of the playoffs. Plus, holding to a long-standing Outsports [...]
NFL Hot Jock: Brett Favre
Favre, the new New York Jets quarterback has the grizzled gray-beard look going and he had a successful debut in leading the Jets to a 20-14 win over Miami. With the devastating injury to New England’s Tom Brady, Favre is now the top quarterback in the AFC East. With Brady done, are the Pats’ chances [...]