When the Atlanta Braves named Roger McDowell as the new pitching coach set to replace Leo Mazzone, it brought two images to my mind: 1) the former major league pitcher Jack McDowell–who was known as much for his antics as he was his pitching ability, and 2) the mock hamburger restaurant in “Coming to America” that boasted of having the “golden arcs” as opposed to the “golden arches”.
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A Timeout for T.O.
If you didn’t watch the theatrical event that was the Terrell Owens-Drew Rosenhaus press conference Tuesday, you missed quite the show.
You pick up the phone and call the want-a-bee’s, “Yoh! I spanked your butt three colors of red my boy. I am 10-2 and just about clinched best record overall and that first round bye. Do you want to name your first born after me as I think I am the greatest fantasy manager ever.” You are becoming more obnoxious and talking more trash then TO. Your love affair is in stage three, falling in love with your team even more than when you first drafted it. As your thinking what brilliant cheap shot about your opponents team you can make next, your buddy says. “Did you here your star LT strained a knee in practice.” The cell phone bounces off the keyboard as it starts falling to the floor in slow motion. Your beautiful wonderful explosive club is free falling and you keep grasping for air as the phone and your club hit’s the floor. NOOOO!
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Nen
Usually for a pro athlete to gain “singular name status,” they have done something noteworthy on the court or field. Something big! Like a championship, a scoring title or even the gulp……..slam dunk contest. There was Michael, Magic, Larry and Charles, and currently we have Kobe, Lebron, Shaq and Melo, but Nenê? It’s downright baffling to me.
What an unexpected first half of the season it has been. So many disappointments. So many surprises. The NFC is finally getting some respect again, and appears to be pretty strong so far this year. Here is a midseason NFC report that will tell it like it is, complete with predictions for rest of the season. AFC midseason report to come…
Not much changed at all in the week 9 power rankings. Almost every team ranked above their opponents won. And the week was filled with matchups of top 15 vs bottom 15 teams so nobody went anywhere. Things are more interesting when the power rankings get shaken up so let’s hope for some big upsets next week.
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Vick Silences Critics
I’m not going to go out and make any wild predictions. I’m not going to stamp my foot down with certainty, or rave over possibility, or yell about opportunity. Nope. I just want to inform you to keep your eyes on the 6-2 Falcons, who seem to have all the ingredients for a Super Bowl caliber team. Including, dare I say, the best quarterback in the NFC.
Just announced by Andy Reid on his press conference. No further answers because of a pending NFLPA grievance. TO just notified 1/2 hour ago.
By the way, I’m in danger of hurting myself patting my back but you heard it here first.
Editor’s note: OK, I realize that this isn’t exactly column worthy (Sportscolumn blog is coming soon!) but I couldn’t pass up a chance to post a story that is about 99% of red blooded males’ fantasy.
According to Tampa Bay Online and Fox Sports, Kristen Owen, 22 and Angela Keathley, 26, were having sex with each other in a bar called Banana Joe’s. But that isn’t a crime. (And if it is, we have problems.) What is a crime is punching the woman behind you in line after she started complaining about the long wait. When police got there, one of the cheerleaders was belligerent and resisted arrest. Other members of the Panthers cheerleader squad came to bail them out. Sadly, no sex broke out.
UPDATE: It turns out that the other cheerleader in question was Renee Thomas and not Kristen Owen. She gave the police the wrong name.
Ok, I’m done being a perv now. Pics of the cheerleaders after the jump.
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The ABA is here again!
The American Basketball League is back and it’s thriving. The season started this past week with over 50 teams competing for the championship using the same red, white and blue ball and some of the other innovations that made the original ABA so much fun. Add in a family friendly atmosphere and affordable prices, and the ABA give fans another option to the NBA.