May 20, 2007
The Duke lacrosse team defeated North Carolina 19-11 to advance to the final four of the NCAA tournament. Carolina jumped to an early 6-1 lead, but from that point on Duke outscored the Tar Heels 18-5. Last week, Duke defeated Providence 18-3, so it's becoming clear how dominant this team can be when it's clicking.Next up is Cornell, a team that finished the season unbeaten, defeated Duke in Durham, yet somehow received only a fourth seed in this tournament. Cornell got by Albany with a 12-11 overtime victory in its quarterfinal match.
Final Four, baby --capping a season which saw their teammates vindicated and their persecutor brought down. These young men have to be the sentimental favorite of the nation -- except for rabid racists, feminists, and other moonbats.
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May 17, 2007
Floyd Landis's sleepy, scientific arbitration hearing in Malibu, Calif., morphed into a pulp-fiction blockbuster yesterday.Greg LeMond, like Landis an American Tour de France champion, disclosed in testimony that he had been sexually abused as a child and received a call Wednesday from Landis's manager, who threatened to reveal the secret if LeMond showed up to testify.
Shortly after LeMond dropped those bombshells, the manager, Will Geoghegan, apologized to LeMond and admitted he made the call, LeMond said. Subsequently, Landis attorney Maurice Suh told Geoghegan, "You're fired," while they were still standing in the hearing room.
"It was a real threat, it was real creepy, and I think it shows the extent of who it is," LeMond said before leaving the Pepperdine University law school after his spellbinding day. "I think there's another side of Floyd that the public hasn't seen."
Cross-examination of LeMond, designed to expose his motives and impeach his credibility, was called off because LeMond refused to answer questions about Lance Armstrong.
Before LeMond received the threatening call from Geoghegan, his testimony was supposed to be about conversations he had with Landis shortly after news of his positive "A" urine sample had been leaked to the press.
LeMond said he urged Landis to come clean if his backup "B" sample also came back tainted.
Disgusting -- utterly disgusting. And bravo for Landis, who fired Geoghegan on the spot. Too bad it is clear he cheated, and deserves to be banned fromt eh sport.
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But I've never heard of this -- and it impresses me greatly.
[Running Back Ahman] Green, who started wearing 30 even before attending Nebraska, became optimistic but still wasn't sure what it might cost him. The tradition around the NFL is that if you want someone else's number, you pay them.When Green finally asked, [safety Jason] Simmons shocked him.
"He said, 'Sure, but I'd like you to make a down payment on a single-parent home through a foundation or charity,' " Green said. "I was like, 'Yeah I'm all on board. That's easy. Tell me where to write the check to.'
"So instead of putting the money into his pocket, he's going to put in into somebody else's home and help them get their life started."
Simmons had no personal connection to the number 30. He wore 23 for four seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. When he arrived in Houston as a free agent before the 2002 season, they handed him 30.
Now, he will wear No. 22.
Some family will have a home because of Simmons and Green -- and I hope that we have the beginning of a new tradition here in Houston and around the NFL.
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May 16, 2007
Headline.
Ever.
Royals To Get A Taste Of Angels' Colon
ICK!!!
But the story isn't what you think.
Bartolo Colon attempts to win his third consecutive start off the disabled list tonight for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, who will be aiming to continue their recent dominance of the Kansas City Royals.After missing nearly nine months to rehab a partially torn right rotator cuff, Colon returned to a major-league mound on April 21 and delivered an outstanding performance against the Seattle Mariners. The former American League Cy Young winner allowed just one run on seven hits to lead the Angels to a 7-6 victory.
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I can't help but think of the headline flashed in Citizen Kane:
FRAUD AT THE POLLS!
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May 11, 2007
Angelina Jolie is fighting to save daughter Shiloh's name from being misused.Jewellery-design and fragrance company, Hors Lá Monde Corp, is naming its latest perfume Shiloh but the Hollywood star has contacted the US Patent and Trademark Office to oppose the plans.
New York trademark attorney Thomas M Wilentz said: "The notice of opposition alleges that you will be damaged by the pending trademark.
"Angelina must feel that people applying for 'Shiloh' need to get her consent."
Hors Lá Monde owner, 31-year-old Symine Salimpour, applied to trademark 'Shiloh' last June.Since then, Jolie's New York lawyer has received two 90-day extensions to prepare a case opposing Hors Lá Monde's use of the name.
Now hold on just a minute. The word is ancient Hebrew. It appears in the Bible as a place name also sometimes refers to Christ. It is also the name of the site of a major Civil War battle. I could go on, but I think you see the point.
But then again, celebrities think they are different from you and I – and that what they want, they own.
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May 10, 2007
Opie and Anthony need to be gone fromt he airwaves for good after this one.
Fantasizing about the rape of a real woman on the air -- even a public official -- crosses the line in so many ways that i cannot even begin to express my outrage.
Voice 1 (Charlie): I tell you what -- what that George Bush b***h, Rice? Condoleezza Rice?Voice 2 (Host): Condoleezza Rice.
V1: I'd love to f**k that b***h, man. (Laughter) She needs to f**k a man. I'd f**k her.
V2: I can just imagine the horror on Condoleezza Rice's face when she realized what was going on. (Laughter)
V3 (Host 2): You were all just holdin' her down and, you know, f**kin' her. (Laughter)
V1: Punch her all in the f**kin' face, saying, "Shut up, b***h." (Laughter)
V3: That's exactly what I meant. (Laughter)
I don't care if this is satellite radio and subscription only -- I'm open to things being much more racy there, but this moves beyond that, beyond gross, and into pure evil. As a society, we need to draw the line somewhere.
But not at government action.
No, XM needs to fire these guys under pressure from subscribers and outraged members of the public. The violent verbal rape of a real human being is so despicable that we all, as individuals, need to address it. Do we view such "entertainment" as morally acceptable, and are we willing to exact a price from those who produce it?
And let's be honest here. This exceeds any stupid thing that Don Imus said. this even goes beyond the bigotry of Al Sharpton. This sinks to a level that I lack the vocabulary to even describe.
And for all you Bush-bashers and race-baiting Rice-haters out there who may feel a little glee at the thought of Condi Rice being victimized like this, let me pose a simple question for you -- if this were directed ad Hillary Clinton or Nancy Pelosi, would you stand by in silence? And if you wouldn't, how can you do so when such unspeakably vile words are directed at another successful woman, regardless of her politics?
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Twenty-nine state attorneys general urged Anheuser-Busch yesterday to warn buyers of Spykes and other alcoholic drinks combined with caffeine about the dangers of mixing the two substances.Anheuser's Spykes, Tilt and Bud Extra should have labels saying the drinks may make people feel less impaired than they are, the officials said in a letter to the company. Among the attorneys general signing the letter were officials from Maryland and the District.
The drinks also attract consumers younger than the legal drinking age of 21 because they look like other caffeinated energy drinks, such as Red Bull and Rockstar, the letter said. The fruity or chocolate flavors, colorful packaging and online marketing campaigns also appeal to teenagers, the letter said.
Oh, dear -- flavored alcohol. We can't have that, despite the availability of flavored alcoholic beverages for about as long as i can remember.
And the company points out some minor details about the beverages.
Anheuser-Busch spokeswoman Francine Katz said the St. Louis company does not endorse underage drinking and does not target minors. She said Spykes shots, which are sold in 2-ounce bottles and have as much alcohol as a third of a glass of wine, are less likely to appeal to minors, who typically "drink for instant impact."
In other words, they are the antithesis of what kids like to drink.
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May 06, 2007
It was a news bulletin delivered before 52,553 fans on a glorious spring day at Yankee Stadium, where the season is suddenly alive with hope again. The man with more victories than any living pitcher was holding a Yankees microphone, addressing the crowd with a splash of the high drama that has punctuated his career.“Thank y’all,” said Roger Clemens, who was wearing a business suit, a crew cut and a Yankees World Series ring as he stood in a box above home plate. “Well, they came and got me out of Texas, and I can tell you it’s a privilege to be back. I’ll be talking to y’all soon!”
Then Clemens pumped his fist as Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman crouched behind him, beaming. For a $28 million salary — prorated based on the date he is added to the major league roster — Clemens has returned to the Yankees, who trail the Boston Red Sox by five and a half games in the American League East but got a pitcher both teams wanted.
“Make no mistake about it,” Clemens, who hopes to be ready by late May, said later at a news conference. “I’ve come back to do what they only know how to do here with the Yankees, and that’s win a championship. Anything else is a failure.”
We were hoping the local boy would be back here a Minute Maid Park, seeking to win that championship for his hometown.
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April 29, 2007
Early in the second round of the NFL draft Saturday, Kevin Kolb decided it would be best to avoid the television and spend some time outside on his family's farm.Minutes later, it wasn't the cows that came calling.
It was the Eagles.
Kolb, the record-setting quarterback from the University of Houston, was taken with the No. 36 overall pick and will begin his career learning behind Pro Bowler Donovan McNabb.
"I wasn't outside two minutes when my wife (Whitney) came out with the phone and said, 'I don't know who it is! I don't know who it is!' " said Kolb, the highest UH player selected since Antowain Smith was taken by Buffalo in the first round in 1997.
Tell me -- how many other potential first-day picks did anything other than camp out by the phone and television until their name was called or Round 3 ended? For that matter, Kolb was one of the few to have a team trade up for them on the first day of the NFL draft -- a day on which he became the thrid quarterback picked overall.
And for you Eagles fans who booed this choice, i want you to consider these stats.
A four-year starter, Kolb finished his career as one of the most prolific passers in NCAA history with 12,964 passing yards, 13,715 yards total offense and 106 TDs. As a senior, Kolb led the Cougars to a 10-win season and their first Conference USA title since 1996.
This young man has quite an arm on him -- and as I've said, is a strong leader and quality human being. That is what I hear from several former students (and a teaching colleague) who played with him at UH, so I'm not just believing his press releases. These are the things that come out of the mouths of his teammates in day-to-day conversation.
Good luck, Kevin -- I'm just sorry you didn't somehow end up in Houston.
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April 28, 2007
Instead, for the fourth straight year, they went with a defensive player in the first round. Frankly, I was stunned -- but the more I have researched the player selected, the better I feel about it.
Amobi Okoye -- Defensive tackle out of Louisville.
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 302
In four years at Louisville, Okoye started 24 games. He finished with 121 tackles, 10.5 sacks for minus-42 yards and 23 stops for losses totaling 81 yards. He caused four fumbles and recovered three others.
But that isn't the only thing I love about this kid. His story is amazing. Born in Nigeria, he started high school at age 12, played football for the first time at 13, and made his first college sack at age 15. Now 19, he earned a degree in psychology in 3 1/2 years.
One of the biggest challenges was in 1999 when Okoye moved to Huntsville, Ala., from Nigeria. Because he had started school in Nigeria at 2 1/2 , he was in the ninth grade at 12. The principal in Huntsville was skeptical."The principal wanted to send me back to eighth grade," Okoye said at the NFL scouting combine. "I disagreed and felt like I was getting pushed back. We came to an agreement. She decided 'I'll keep you here for two weeks and depending on how you perform determines if you stay or not.'
"After the first week, she put me in some classes I had already taken. The reports got back, and the teacher told her I had to be moved to upper classes. After that, I stayed in high school."
Soon thereafter, a substitute teacher saw Okoye's size and encouraged him to try out for football. Okoye played soccer in Nigeria and knew nothing about football.
At 13, he started his first game on varsity and a year later, he was starting on both sides of the ball. By 15, he signed with Louisville and became the youngest player in college football when he enrolled in 2003 at 16.
He played in 13 games as a true freshman, despite then-Louisville coach Bobby Petrino saying Okoye couldn't step on the field until he needed to shave.
"I knew he was serious, but deep inside he wanted to play me," Okoye said. "I went out there and proved myself, and he went and got me a razor."
By his junior season, Okoye was a starter. As a senior, he was the defensive leader and recorded a career-high 58 tackles with eight sacks and 15 stops for losses. He also caused three fumbles.
And at age 20, he will start his first NFL game.
Damn! I may just need to get myself a new Texan's jersey. And I certainly have a role model for my students.
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The Oakland Raiders kept everyone in the league guessing yesterday about what they were planning to do with the top overall selection in today's NFL draft. Many people around the league continued to assume that the Raiders would use the pick on Louisiana State quarterback JaMarcus Russell, but there were conflicting accounts, and Georgia Tech wide receiver Calvin Johnson and Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn apparently remained possibilities.The rest of the first round, which promises to include runs on wide receivers and defensive linemen and could produce an unusually high number of safeties chosen, hinges on the Raiders' decision. Teams were making contingency plans and lining up potential trades, but everything was on hold until Raiders owner Al Davis and first-year coach Lane Kiffin finally tip their hand.
The Raiders had contract discussions during the week with the representatives for Russell, Quinn and Johnson. NFL rules permit the team with the first pick to sign the player that it intends to choose before the draft, a tactic that eliminates the possibility of a combative set of contract negotiations during the summer that might delay the player's arrival at his first training camp. But as of last night, there was no indication that the Raiders had a deal in place with any of the players.
And who will they pick? ESPN is offering this tidbit.
It appears the Oakland Raiders have made their choice, and it's JaMarcus Russell. According to two sources, one with the Raiders and one close to Russell, the team called the LSU quarterback Friday to inform him he would be the No. 1 pick in the 2007 NFL draft.
We'll know soon.
But my big question is this -- what will my Houston Texans do? And will it help improve a team that was on on the cusp of being good last season?
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April 26, 2007
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"If I never acted again I couldn't care less," Baldwin said in a pre-taped appearance for ABC's "The View," scheduled to air Friday.
I also couldn’t care less if Alec Baldwin never acts again – but then again, he hasn’t made a good movie since Hunt for Red October.
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April 25, 2007
On the heels of her obscene comments at a recent media event, an infamous feud with Donald Trump and countless politically sensitive remarks, Rosie O'Donnell is leaving "The View" at the end of her first season on the show.ABC said Wednesday it was unable to agree on a contract with the opinionated host, and she'll leave the show in June.
O'Donnell said in a statement that "my needs for the future just didn't dovetail with what ABC was able to offer me."
"This has been an amazing experience," she said, "and one I wouldn't have traded for the world."
And there are a whole bunch of folks around the blogosphere who are in mourning today – after all, what will they do for material once the Voice of Inanity is off the air?
But not to worry – ABC is going to try to get her back for a number of specials next year, so she may still be available to spew liberal stupidity while chewing the blubber fat with her brainless gal pals.
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April 24, 2007
On the edge of the Texas Gulf is a 370-pound football player who can execute a perfect forward flip.When he lands, the ground trembles.
The playerÂ’s name is Walter Thomas, and as he kicked his size 16 feet overhead Saturday morning, onlookers studied the sculpted giant with curiosity and awe. It was the kind of reaction Thomas usually elicits from professional football scouts.
“I feel like I’m a big secret,” Thomas said. “The secret of the draft.”
The National Football League draft, which begins Saturday, does not really have secrets anymore. Prospects are timed and tested, interviewed and investigated, over and over again. Entire dossiers are prepared for second-string players.
Thomas is as close as modern football can come to an old-fashioned sleeper. In the past two years, his only playing experience was at Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia, Miss. He played in two games, both losses. Then he was arrested on a charge of conspiracy to commit robbery, according to the Tate County (Miss.) Circuit ClerkÂ’s office, and never played college football again.
Judging by his credentials, perhaps Thomas should not be drafted. Judging by his dimensions, however, Thomas has to be drafted.
Big Walt, as he is known, is a 6-foot-5 defensive tackle who wears a size XXXXXXL jersey. He bench presses 475 pounds and squats 800 pounds. Weight lifters at the Galveston Health and Racquet Club stop their workouts to watch him.
Football teams everywhere are filled with big men, but many of them can barely move. Thomas has run the 40-yard dash in 4.9 seconds, faster than some N.F.L. tight ends. He is the rare tackle who can catch a running back from behind.
Not only that, h is so nimble that he can do back-flips. He's a freakin' 6'5", 370 pound gymnast! And Lord knows we need some help on the defense (and the offense, and special teams) down here in Houston. But Thomas' record might not merit the use of a draft choice -- at least not before the sixth or seventh round. After all, he has made a mess out of his college career, and so enters teh draft as damaged goods with a big question mark attached.
But Walter Thomas is a local boy, from just 45 miles the next county over from Houston. People here remember his high school career. H has the potential to be a performer on the field -- and a sentimental favorite among the fans. I'd love to see him play here.
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April 23, 2007
Federal regulators, concerned about the effect of television violence on children, will recommend that Congress enact legislation to give the government unprecedented powers to curb violence in entertainment programming, according to government and TV industry sources.The Federal Communications Commission has concluded that regulating TV violence is in the public interest, particularly during times when children are likely to be viewers -- typically between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., FCC sources say.
The agency's recommendations -- which will be released in a report to Congress within the next week, agency officials say -- could set up a legal battle between Washington and the television industry.
For decades, the FCC has penalized over-the-air broadcasters for airing sexually suggestive, or "indecent," speech and images, but it has never had the authority to fine TV stations and networks for violent programming.
The report -- commissioned by members of Congress in 2004 and based on hundreds of comments from parents, industry officials, academic experts and others -- concludes that Congress has the authority to regulate "excessive violence" and to extend its reach for the first time into basic-cable TV channels that consumers pay to receive.
First Amendment experts and television industry executives, however, say that any attempt to regulate TV violence faces high constitutional hurdles -- particularly regarding cable, because consumers choose to buy its programming.
I'm particularly disturbed by the attempt to grap power over cable television -- after all, the "broadcast spectrum as public resource" argument doesn't work nearly as well there. In addition, it sets a precedent that would allow the so-called "Fairness Doctrine" to be extended to cable news channels if the Democrats ever seek to reimpose government control of news reporting -- creating a Brave New World of regulated media and strangled voices.
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April 19, 2007
Now, such a pick might not happen -- because the NFL has begun to crack down on bad behavior.
Many NFL team officials say they will be less likely to draft players who misbehave off the field because of the league's new conduct policy, which allows Commissioner Roger Goodell to impose lengthy suspensions on misbehaving players and punish clubs with significant numbers of offenders.Baltimore Ravens General Manager Ozzie Newsome said that he and his peers have been feeling additional pressure since Goodell first told them during a meeting of general managers at February's NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis that teams would be held accountable for players' misdeeds.
"That falls on us," Newsome said, "that there are some players now we may have to pass on because I don't want to put [Ravens owner] Steve Bisciotti in that position or put this organization in that position to be held accountable for a player that I knew had some issues."
Such considerations during the pre-draft evaluation process are not entirely new to scouts, executives and coaches. With millions of dollars in player contracts at stake, it has long been standard practice for teams to conduct background checks and probe players' psyches in interviews. With some regularity, players have plummeted on draft day because of fears by teams about possible misbehavior.
At next weekend's NFL draft, the issue could be an important one. Pro Football Weekly reported Wednesday that three top draft prospects -- Georgia Tech wide receiver Calvin Johnson, Clemson defensive end Gaines Adams and Louisville defensive tackle Amobi Okoye -- admitted to past marijuana use during interviews that the league tapes with players at the combine and distributes to the teams. But there's been no indication that any of the three failed the drug tests taken by players at the combine. That falls under the league's substance abuse policy, not the conduct policy, and it's unlikely that their draft status will be significantly affected.
Other draft-eligible players with conduct-related issues include Florida defensive tackle Marcus Thomas, who was dismissed from the team in November for violating the terms of his pending reinstatement from a suspension for violating the school's substance abuse policy; Texas running back Ramonce Taylor, who was arrested last year on a marijuana charge; Texas cornerback Tarell Brown, who was arrested in September on drug and weapon charges and last month on a marijuana charge (the drug charge from September was dropped); UNLV cornerback Eric Wright, who left Southern California after being arrested in 2005 on suspicion of sexual assault, although prosecutors declined to press charges because of insufficient evidence; and California running back Marshawn Lynch, who in January was accused of sexual assault and domestic violence by a former girlfriend but was not charged. Lynch is being projected by many draft observers as a first-round selection.
Now this will be interesting -- do some of these players drop in the draft given the new policy -- including the recent suspensions of two NFL stars? Or will it be business as usual for the teams?
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After Ireland failed to answer her father's scheduled morning phone call from New York on April 11, Alec went berserk on her voice mail, saying "Once again, I have made an ass of myself trying to get to a phone," adding, "you have insulted me for the last time."Switching his train of thought, Baldwin then exercised his incredible parenting skills and took a shot at his ex-wife, declaring, "I don't give a damn that you're 12-years-old or 11-years-old, or a child, or that your mother is a thoughtless pain in the ass who doesn't care about what you do." The irate Baldwin went on to say, "You've made me feel like s**t" and threatened to "straighten your ass out."
"This crap you pull on me with this goddamn phone situation that you would never dream of doing to your mother," screamed Baldwin, "and you do it to me constantly over and over again."
Before hanging up, Baldwin warned the child, "You better be ready Friday the 20th to meet with me." That's tomorrow.
We've learned that on Wednesday, Los Angeles County Superior Court commissioner Maren Nelson heard the tape and temporarily suspended Baldwin's visitation rights. A hearing is set for May 4, where the judge could permanently deny Baldwin visitation or contact with Ireland.
We shouldn't be surprised -- anyone who has ever heard Alec Baldwin give an interview with anyone but the most fawning reporter knows that he has serious anger management problems -- and believes his own press releases that he is the greatest actor on the planet. Why should we be surprised that he would speak this way to his own child?
Hey, Alec -- the universe does not revolve around Uranus.
UPDATE: HereÂ’s an appropriate decision by Baldwin.
Alec Baldwin has taken a vow of silence after a recording of a volcanic tirade by the actor to his 11-year-old daughter appeared in US media reports.
No great loss, especially if this becomes a vow of perpetual silence.
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April 16, 2007
Keith Olbermann has been named co-host of NBC's "Football Night in America" studio show, joining host Bob Costas and co-host Cris Collinsworth, and analysts Jerome Bettis and Tiki Barber, it was announced today by Dick Ebersol, Chairman, NBC Universal Sports & Olympics. Olbermann will call highlights and debate the NFL news and issues of the day with his "Football Night in America" colleagues. This will be Olbermann's first network sports assignment in six years.
* * * "Keith helped to elevate the medium of sports television earlier in his career, and now he will add his original style and flair to 'Football Night in America,'" said Ebersol. "I'm delighted to welcome him back into the NBC Sports family."
"This will, obviously, be great fun and a great privilege for me," said Olbermann. "To be reunited with NBC Sports, and Dick, and the entire production team, produces all the warm-and-fuzzies you'd be expecting. And even if they weren't old friends and colleagues, to get to work with the nonpareil of sportscasters in Bob, and the most insightful and honest of sports analysts in Cris, will be rewarding and challenging. I hope I can hold up my end of the equation."
Here's hoping the show tanks -- and indeed, I may skip the Sunday night game as well, just as my form of protest against the choice of the odious Olbermann.
H/T Hube at Colossus of Rhodey
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April 12, 2007
Bowing to a national outcry and internal protest, CBS Radio said yesterday it would end Don Imus's morning program "immediately," possibly bringing the sometimes inflammatory broadcaster's four-decade career to a swift and ignominious end.CBS followed NBC, which Wednesday canceled the MSNBC simulcast of Imus's radio show. Imus touched off a conflagration last week when he made racist and sexist comments.
Imus -- as well as CBS and NBC -- struggled for the past eight days to craft an effective response to widespread criticism after he called the Rutgers University women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos." But neither repeated apologies nor a two-week suspension imposed this week by the two media companies quelled the furor. Advertisers deserted Imus's show and protests continued, inside and outside the companies.
Imus was a repeat offender on this score, and thre was no defending what he said, No interpretation could make his comments acceptable.
Now, let's get after the rappers and other members of the "nigga bitch ho" pop culture that glorify such racism and degradation of women in the name of making the almighty dollar. I see its effects ever so clearly on a daily basis in my school, and want them held accountable as well.
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April 10, 2007
The National Football League yesterday delivered the crackdown on criminal conduct by its players that it had promised. Commissioner Roger Goodell suspended Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones for the entire 2007 season and Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry for the first half of it. The league also announced a strengthened conduct policy that empowers Goodell to banish a player permanently for repeated offenses and punish a team for misbehavior by its employees."We have long had policies and programs designed to encourage responsible behavior, and this policy is a further step in ensuring that everyone who is part of the NFL meets that standard," Goodell said in a written statement issued by the league. "We will continue to review the policy and modify it as warranted."
The issue became a priority for the NFL after at least 35 players were arrested in the first 11 1/2 months of last year, bringing waves of negative publicity for the country's most popular sport and making the game's leaders wary that sponsors and business partners could look for other places to spend their money. The trend of off-field misconduct has continued since, with approximately 15 more arrests.
I think this is a good move on the part of the NFL, as increasing lawlessness among a handful of players has begun to tarnish the image of the league as a whole. And as I've seen since one of my former students was drafted by the Detroit lions a few years ago (and since the Houston Texans came to town), most players are really good, decent individuals with high standards for their personal conduct -- but their wholesome lifestyles don't get the coverage that folks like Jones and Goodell draw for their criminal conduct.
My hope is that other professional sports follow this example -- especially the NBA, where players seeking "street cred" has led to any number of unfortunate incidents in recent years.
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April 07, 2007
Darryl Stingley has passed away at the much-too-young age of 55.
Former pro football wide receiver Darryl Stingley, a quadriplegic who became a symbol of the game's violence, died early this morning at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. He was 55.The cause of death was not immediately available. An autopsy will be performed later today.
* * * Stingley's life changed forever on Aug. 12, 1978, in a preseason game against the Oakland Raiders. A wide receiver for the New England Patriots, Stingley was the victim of a vicious but legal hit by Oakland Raiders defensive back Jack Tatum. The blow broke Stingley's neck and left him a quadriplegic for life.
Stingley grew up in Chicago and was a star player at John Marshall High School, where he was a standout running back. He received a scholarship to Purdue University, where he was converted to wide receiver. He was the third of three first-round draft picks of the Patriots in 1973.
Stingley's injury changed the game, making players generally safer and taking out some of the ugliness that had begun to creep into the game as outlaw players like Jack Tatum became on-field assassins, paid to intentionally injure their opponents. While there can be nothing positive said about the circumstances that led to Stingley's injury, there is at least that positive outcome.
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April 06, 2007
Radio host Don Imus apologized Friday for calling the Rutgers University women's basketball team "nappy headed hos" on his nationally syndicated program.The National Association of Black Journalists demanded his immediate firing after the man known as "Imus in the Morning" put his foot deep in his mouth Wednesday. Imus questioned the players' looks, describing them as tattooed "rough girls." His producer compared the team—which has eight black members—to the NBA's Toronto Raptors.
Near the start of Friday's show, Imus said he wanted to "apologize for an insensitive and ill-conceived remark we made the other morning referring to the Rutgers women's basketball team."
"It was completely inappropriate, and we can understand why people were offended. Our characterization was thoughtless and stupid, and we are sorry."
My standard is very simple -- how long would a conservative radio host be kept around if he made such a comment on the air? I think we all know the answer to that one -- and the same standard needs to be applied to Imus.
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April 04, 2007
Former Grambling coach Eddie Robinson, who created a football powerhouse at the small, black college in northern Louisiana that turned out hundreds of NFL players, has died. He was 88.The soft-spoken coach spent nearly 60 years at Grambling State University, where he set a standard for victories with 408 and nearly every season saw his top players drafted by NFL teams.
Doug Williams, a Super Bowl MVP quarterback was one of them. Williams said Robinson died shortly before midnight Tuesday. Robinson had been admitted to Lincoln General Hospital on Tuesday afternoon.
“For the Grambling family this is a very emotional time,” Williams said Wednesday. “But I’m thinking about Eddie Robinson the man, not in today-time, but in the day and what he meant to me and to so many people.”
RobinsonÂ’s career spanned 11 presidents, several wars and the civil-rights movement. His older records are what people will remember: In 57 years, Robinson compiled a 408-165-15 record. Until John Gagliardi of St. JohnÂ’s, Minn., topped the victory mark four years ago, Robinson was known as the winningest coach in all of college football.
“The real record I have set for over 50 years is the fact that I have had one job and one wife,” Robinson said.
And if you look at the caliber of young men who came out of the Grambling program, you see the real measure of his success as a coach. His players overwhelmingly stayed out of trouble, and he often said he coached them like they were going to marry his daughter. By all accounts, Robinson was an outstanding individual – the sort who comes along all too rarely in the high pressure field of big-time sports.
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April 03, 2007
Keith Richards has acknowledged consuming a raft of illegal substances in his time, but this may top them all.In comments published Tuesday, the 63-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist said he had snorted his father's ashes mixed with cocaine.
"The strangest thing I've tried to snort? My father. I snorted my father," Richards was quoted as saying by British music magazine NME.
"He was cremated and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow. My dad wouldn't have cared," he said. "... It went down pretty well, and I'm still alive."
Richards' father, Bert, died in 2002, at 84.
And we thought he only looks like a corpse.
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Keith Richards has acknowledged consuming a raft of illegal substances in his time, but this may top them all.In comments published Tuesday, the 63-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist said he had snorted his father's ashes mixed with cocaine.
"The strangest thing I've tried to snort? My father. I snorted my father," Richards was quoted as saying by British music magazine NME.
"He was cremated and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow. My dad wouldn't have cared," he said. "... It went down pretty well, and I'm still alive."
Richards' father, Bert, died in 2002, at 84.
And we thought he only looks like a corpse.
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March 30, 2007
Actor Alec Baldwin was so moved by the story of an 18-year-old Army soldier who is scheduled to serve in Iraq, he’s going to help pay for her college education after she leaves the military.Baldwin was so moved by a March 4 New York Times story about Pvt. Resha Kane’s last day with family and friends before going for training to prepare for serving in Iraq that he — not his people — tracked down Kane’s mother at a discount store where she works to offer his assistance, his spokesman said.
“I didn’t know what to say,” Kane said. “And then I asked him if he could send me his autograph. I’ve never met a star, let alone talked to one on the phone.”
Alec Baldwin is an arrogant jerk in many instances – but this move leads me to believe there is a spark of decency in the man.
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March 27, 2007
Coach Gary Kubiak disclosed Tuesday that the Texans might select a left tackle in the first round of the draft despite signing free agent Jordan Black and re-signing Ephraim Salaam.Although the Texans need another wide receiver to play opposite Andre Johnson, Kubiak said they might target a left tackle because Charles Spencer is only 50-50 to make it back by the first game of the season.
The Texans have been working to address this issue during the off-season, but they think they still have a hole that needs to be filled. If they really do, they need a proven commodity at that spot.
Why not sign Detroit Lion free-agent Cory Redding, a UT alum and product of Houston's own North Shore High School?
Cory Redding is not only a fantastic player, but also a fantastic human being who would fit well with the clean-cut image the Texans have cultivated during the team's short history. Redding would bring immediate credibility to the Texan's defense.
And as a local product, the move would have immediate impact upon fan support. After all, Redding was popular in high school and at UT. Bringing him home would be welcome by those who have followed his career for years and watched him become a top-drawer player.
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March 26, 2007
More than two dozen family members and friends held a bedside vigil Sunday for Jason Ray, the North Carolina student who suits up as the school's mascot who was in extremely critical condition after being hit by a car.The 21-year-old senior remained on life support Sunday, two days after he was struck near his hotel in Fort Lee. Ray, who portrays UNC's ram mascot, Rameses, was in New Jersey for the NCAA men's tournament game between the Tar Heels and Southern California at the Continental Airlines Arena.
Ray's father, Emmitt, who flew to New Jersey in a friend's private plane after getting word of his son's life-threatening head injuries, said doctors hold out little hope for his son's recovery "short of the intervention of the Lord."
Ray left his hotel to go to a nearby convenience store Friday afternoon, and was walking back along Route 4 when he was struck from behind by an SUV. The driver stopped immediately to call 911. No charges have been filed.
No one should have to deal with such a devastating situation.
If you are so inclined, offer a prayer for Jason, his family, and the rest of the UNC community. I know I have, because likes and dislikes in college sports are truly insignificant next to matters of life and death.
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March 24, 2007
Actors Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson will return as teen wizards Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger in the final Harry Potter films, Warner Bros. Pictures announced Friday.The young stars will reprise their roles in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — the last two films in the franchise based on J.K. Rowling's best-selling novels, said Jeff Robinov, the studio's president of production.
"It would be inconceivable to imagine anyone else in the roles with which they have become so identified," Robinov said.
Radcliffe, who recently made news for his role in the London production of Equus, said playing Potter has been "an immense privilege."
"I feel a huge sense of loyalty to the character of Harry and the fans who have supported these films over the years," the 17-year-old said in a statement.
Watson, 16, said her character was her hero.
"I could never let Hermione go," she said. "I love her too much and love what playing her has meant to me. I'm excited and honored to be finishing what I started and playing her in all seven of the films."
Grint, 18, added: "I've been so proud to play (Ron) and loved every second of being part of this world."
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will be released in July, and the final two movies should be filmed and released over the next couple of years. The final book in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, will also be released this summer.
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March 18, 2007
Here are some of the rules:•You cannot be a candidate for office, which automatically disqualifies the hundreds of people seeking the presidency.
•All participants will undergo physical and mental examinations, so be prepared to come face to face with assorted instruments of the sharp and Sharpie variety.
•An application must be accompanied by a videotape of the applicant no more than two minutes long. CBS isn't kidding about the two-minute rule; 2:01 and it gets tossed. This rule should eliminate hundreds more applicants, since Big Brother egos are difficult to confine to 120 seconds.
•If you're selected to be in the semifinals, you must pay your way to a regional interview. For Houston, the outlay isn't so bad since Austin is our regional site.
•If you make it to the finals, you must travel to Los Angeles for the final selection process. Major expenses are paid by the producers.
•Of course, you must commit to living as many as 100 days in the Big Brother house, cohabiting with 12 strangers, without privacy and with cameras and microphones running 24/7.
•The good news: A stipend is provided to each participant for each week he or she remains in the Big Brother house.
•The best news: One of the 12, the one who lasts the longest, pockets $500,000.
Applications must be turned in by April 13. To download your own, go to cbs.com.
I wonder what my principal and superintendent would have to say if I got selected? And would I be able to continue this blog while in the house?
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Pete Rose bet on the Cincinnati Reds "every night" when he managed them and, despite his lifetime ban because of gambling, would like another chance in a major league dugout."I bet on my team every night. I didn't bet on my team four nights a week," Rose said Wednesday on "The Dan Patrick Show" on ESPN Radio.
"I bet on my team to win every night because I love my team, I believe in my team," he said. "I did everything in my power every night to win that game."
Given his previous denials about betting, I'm not sure that I believe his claims that he always bet on the Reds to win. The ban therefore stay in place.
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March 17, 2007
Paid Endorsement.
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At about 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Southern Illinois University assistant basketball coach Brad Korn walked into the upper echelon of college basketball. Three doormen greeted his team at its swank hotel, The Columbus, before the first weekend of the NCAA tournament. Plush white couches sat on mahogany paneled wood in the lobby. Limestone columns framed the front desk.In his previous five trips to the tournament, Korn rarely enjoyed such luxuries. For the most part, he had arrived as a player or coach with lowly regarded Southern Illinois teams and stayed at lowly regarded hotels. In 2002, the NCAA assigned Korn's 11th-seeded Salukis to a hotel in Syracuse, N.Y., with moldy showers, unkempt beds and filthy curtains. The property was sold in a bankruptcy auction several months later.
This year, Southern Illinois was seeded fourth -- and the lodging arrangements matched the team's elevated status.
In the NCAA tournament, where you stand determines where you sleep at night: to the best teams go the best hotels. About three months ago, NCAA officials visited the eight cities hosting the first two rounds of the tournament, toured hotels and, with input from local host committees, ranked the facilities based on quality and location. The NCAA then assigned the best-seeded teams to the most prestigious hotels. In general, elite teams ended up at downtown Marriotts; small-conference underdogs sometimes settled for small historic hotels or airport area chains.
Go Salukis!
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It was supposed to be the seniors that led the Southern Illinois University men's basketball team to a tournament run. It was supposed to be Jamaal Tatum and Tony Young pacing the way.Instead, it was one of the Salukis' sophomores who carried the team into the Round of 32 -and it's only because of an injury to one of SIU's starters that he even had the chance.
With Matt Shaw sidelined for the entire second half with a sprained left ankle, Tony Boyle came to the rescue for SIU. Boyle responded with a career-best game, lifting the Salukis to a 61-51 win over Holy Cross during the first round of the NCAA tournament Friday. The Salukis, seeded No. 4 in the West region, will face No. 5 Virginia Tech Sunday at 1:40 p.m.
Boyle scored a career-high 14 points and grabbed a career-best five rebounds - all in the second half. He also played the entire second half until being subbed out with 36 seconds remaining.
America loves a hero coming in from the bench -- let's hear it for Tony Boyle!
And for the record, my love of SIU is based upon the fact that I, like most members of my family who have attended college, spent at least some time taking classes in Carbondale. Oh, yeah -- and the fact that my father and aunt are both retired SIU professors.
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March 13, 2007
Hoping to cash in on the growing popularity of college sports, RodeoHouston three years ago started a collegiate championship, making the event the grand finale of its multimillion-dollar parade of concerts, livestock shows and pro rodeos at Reliant Park.Until this year, that is, when the amateur rodeo was canned — replaced by Xtreme Bullriding.
"Ticket sales didn't see any jumps," Leroy Shafer, chief operating officer for the nonprofit Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, said of the college rodeo. "We felt it was in our best interest to put a performance back out there, something the fans would want to see."
The scheduling change, as Shafer called it, is indicative of the challenges college rodeo faces, even as its professional counterpart continues to gain public attention and financial support at a global level. Although many colleges host rodeo teams, their athletes often times face uphill battles to win the respect and financial backing of other university sports.
"It is an expensive sport," said Sarah Neely, spokeswoman for the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. "It's not where you just need a gym. You have to pay for stalling, feed, horses, vet bills, trailers, trucks, diesel fuel — you run the gamut."
Her own organization canned its playoff championships five years ago because they were too expensive for small towns to organize. It still holds a national championship, which draws about 15,000 fans. Regional competitions also take place across the U.S. But unlike with other sports, college rodeo's economic dips, from gas prices to feed costs, can mean the difference for some cash-strapped students between competing and staying back at the barn.
I've got one of my high school students who is a calf-roper, and is looking looking for a college scholarship and eventual professional sponsorship. I'd hate to think that rodeo -- his passion -- will be something that is priced out of his reach by lack of interest at the lower levels of the sport.
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March 11, 2007
so that they can grab Notre Dame's Brady Quinn.
On the list of the world's 946 billionaires published by Forbes Magazine this week, Houston Texans owner Bob McNair ranked No. 664, with reported assets of $1.5 billion.That's good, because it seems that for the second time in six years, McNair is going to be opening up the bank vault to sign a top-10 quarterback from the draft.
However, there are two problems with this scenario.
The first is the current incumbent at quarterback, David Carr.
The Texans appear focused on Brady Quinn. According to ESPN's Len Pasquarelli, the Texans would like to move up in the draft to get the Notre Dame quarterback. Sage Rosenfels might still be the starter at the beginning of next season, but Quinn could be groomed to play quickly.Left unsaid in all of this is how the Texans get rid of David Carr. His trade value appears to be very low. His cap number is too high to stay on the roster unless he agrees to rework his contract. It's unlikely he'd do that to be a backup. Even though the Texans have filled needs at running back and the offensive line, quarterback remains their most pressing issue.
Indeed, are the Texans prepared to throw away the amount of money necessary to get rid of David Car without any compensation at all? I somehow doubt it, which means they are going to have to unload him somewhere -- but where, and for how little?
Which leads us to the other intriguing question -- after so many protestations that the team will trade away no extra draft picks, how do the Texans move into a position where Quinn is available? Well, there is this scenario.
If ESPN.com's Len Pasquarelli's (membership required) league sources are right, they are doing just that. Please note the first word of the previous sentence. (See: Rudyard Kipling.)According to Pasquarelli, "some in the league" believe the Texans have agreed in principle to a trade with the Washington Redskins to swap draft positions if Quinn is available when the Redskins go on the clock with the sixth pick.
According to the draft pick value chart followed by most teams, a move from the Texans spot at No. 8 to No. 6 would require a mid-third round pick. The Texans don't have any player they are willing to trade who has third-round value except for David Carr. (Value, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.) Would the Redskins take Carr? Would the Texans give up their third-round pick for Quinn?
This type rumor talk makes one wonder where it came from. You know the Texans have nothing to gain from putting word out that they are interested in moving up to get Quinn. That only makes other teams interested in Quinn know they have to beat the Texans out for his services. In this case, the less competition the better - if Quinn is indeed your guy.
Washington, on the other hand, stands to gain plenty by putting out such word. First, it lets the world know that the No. 6 pick is up for grabs. Secondly, it alerts those interested in Quinn that the Texans are after him, which also drives up the price for the No. 6 pick.
Frankly, unless Kubiak & Co. are willing to give up a draft pick (or the Redskins will take David Carr as a part of the deal), I don't see this trade happening. And neither do some other local sports commentators.
Personally, this Texans season ticketholder is expecting our starter in the fall to be Sage Rosenfels -- and I hope that David Carr (who I wish well) is nowhere on our roster. But I also urge the Texans to consider a choice that would be popular locally in the second or third round -- or even trading DOWN to the end of the first round to do this -- by making University of Houston's Kevin Kolb the quarterback of the future for the Houston Texans. It may take a season to groom Kolb for the starting role, but Rosenfels showed enough skill last season to be accepted by the fans as the acknowledged caretaker QB.
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March 08, 2007
Hollywood film star Johnny Depp's young daughter is seriously ill in hospital, it was reported today.The Mirror newspaper said Depp's seven-year-old daughter Lily-Rose was rushed to a British hospital nine days ago as Depp, 43, took part in filming in the UK.
It said the Pirates Of The Caribbean star, who has enthused about the joys of fatherhood, and his partner Vanessa Paradis are keeping a round-the-clock vigil on the youngster.
The Mirror said it knew what Lily-Rose's medical condition was and where she was being treated but was not revealing those details to protect the family's privacy.
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March 05, 2007
George Strait led the nominees announced Monday for the Academy of Country Music Awards with eight nominations, including entertainer of the year and top male vocalist.Vocal duo Brooks & Dunn got seven nominations and Rascal Flatts had six. The announcement was made at the Country Music Hall of Fame and aired live on CBS' "The Early Show."
* * * The 42nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards will be presented May 15 in Las Vegas.
Here’s a full list of the nominees – and not a Dixie Chick to be found. Take THAT, Grammy voters – we know country and they ain’t it!
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