Entries from September 2007

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

The Gilbert Hall of Fame for Athletes no matter what you did

Gilbert Arenas is insulted that Marc Ecko is planning on making Barry Bonds’ 756th home run ball his own personal art statement, enough that he wants to buy the ball from Ecko for $800,000 and put it in “The Gilbert Hall of Fame for Athletes no matter what you did,” at least until Bonds is [...]

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

Pirates End of Season Notes

Although its not technically the end of the season, the Pirates have been playing meaningless games for at least a month now.  Does anyone really care what happens in the last game tomorrow?  However, there are some leftover minutiae to deal with:

Jack Wilson got jacked up tonight.  Diving after a ball hit by So Taguchi, [...]

Friday, September 28th, 2007

Ward Injury Opens Gates

During training camp, Cedrick Wilson complained that he wasn’t getting enough looks from quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.  Now, he has a chance to prove that he deserves what he was asking for.
Hines Ward’s knee injury will keep him out of Sunday’s game against the Arizona Cardinals, one of the more intriguing and very likely more intense [...]

Friday, September 28th, 2007

Starting Your Career on the Wrong Foot

Philadelphia Flyers rookie Steve Downie has been suspended for 20 games following a blatantly cheap shot on the Ottawa Senators’ Dean McAmmond. Now, I know he doesn’t have much experience in the NHL, but he broke three of hockey’s biggest rules.

Don’t hit someone that can’t see you coming.
Don’t hit a player who doesn’t have [...]

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

At It Again

Louisville’s completely not vaunted defense suffered a loss Thursday as linebacker Willie Williams was kicked off of the team following his arrest on marijuana charges.  This is the same guy who was arrested 11 times before he was recruited and has since left Miami, his original school.
There are so many jokes to make about this [...]

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Analyzing Neal Huntington’s Comments

Frank Coonelly claims that he has gone through an exhaustive and thorough search process, interviewing candidates such as Jack Zduriencik and Tony LaCava and settling on Neal Huntington.  Today, the long-awaited (okay, it’s been four days) hiring finally occurred and the next future of the franchise was set in motion.  Huntington’s immediate comments had a [...]