The sad, pathetic story of Albert Haynesworth’s 2010 season with the Washington Redskins seemingly came to a comical conclusion this week with the announcement that the team was suspending him without pay for the final four games of the season. The official reason was “conduct detrimental to the team”, but, let’s be real, if that was grounds for automatic suspension, this clown would have more suspension than the Golden Gate Bridge.
The relationship between Haynesworth and head coach Mike Shanahan has been contentious from the very beginning. Coach Shanahan had this wacky view that his player would actually, you know, want to play. Especially since he was signed to a contract Continue reading →
With the faltering economy and people doing everything that they can just to make it to the stadiums each and every Sunday, NFL players should be thanking their lucky stars that they are even getting paid to practice any more. They all know that it is the fans that pay their salary. It seems that Albert Haynesworth of the Washington Redskins wasn’t told that.
Big Al signed a super huge $100 million dollar contract at the Continue reading →
The following is an excerpt from the diary kept by basketball star Lebron James. The gold leather book is titled “The Story of my Greatness” and was obtained through sources associated with the wiki-leaks contributors.
Dec 2, 2010
Man was my greatness on display tonight! Finally got my chance to show Cleveland why I chose to take my talents to South Beach. We’re not talking about ordinary talents either. I don’t think there has ever been anyone in the history of sports that is a great as I am. Great shooter, passer, dribbler, dancer, clown, talker and filled with all the humbleness that comes from knowing you are the king. That’s right, I am King James. And I showed you all last night.
I knew we were going to beat those chumps before we even got to the arena, but they did put up a fight…for about 5 minutes. And people wonder why I quit in the Boston series last year. Think about it man. If we would Continue reading →
Aren’t the holidays supposed to be about memories? Well I’d just like to thank the Lions this week for past decade of excellent memories on Thanksgiving Day. They never fail to serve up the turkey on Thanksgiving Day. Thank you Detroit for giving the fans of the NFL the ultimate Thanksgiving turkey, the Detroit Lions. This is the only team in the NFL that has been rebuilding for the last half century and every year at Thanksgiving the fans of the NFL are inflicted with the annual beat down of the Lions on turkey day.
For many people the Lions losing on Thanksgiving has become more of a tradition than the holiday itself. Fathers, sons, and brothers gather around the TV every year on Thanksgiving with one question on their mind, how badly will Detroit Continue reading →
Three years ago, the prevailing wisdom was that Tavaris Jackson was likely to get coach Brad Childress fired from the Minnesota Vikings. They were a team with a great running game and defense, and a very weak link in their squirrelly and fundamentally poor quarterback. Teams one big step away from the top, like the Vikings, often attempt that step by swapping out their coach. I’m glad he’s gone, I had continual Polar Express flashbacks during every post game news conference.
Childress, accused by no one (including team ownership) of being a brilliant coach, seemed likely on the way out. So, he made the obvious last-ditch move in the offseason, and got a new quarterback — and more than just a new face, he scored a coup, getting an all time NFL great! Brett Favre, holy cow! Sure, he was a little old (to the point that the Green Bay Packers had finally sent him, their greatest franchise icon, um, packing), but he still had a gun on his shoulder, and winning fire in his heart. (That is, when he wasn’t busy un-retiring or re-retiring, which was at least every couple weeks, in the offseason.) Brett would be motivated to destroy his old team, and the Vikings’ conference rival. He was such a golden goose, Brad Childress would even go physically chase him down in backwoods Mississippi (like “Dog the Bounty Hunter”), in order to woo him to report for work in Minnesota. Brett was a prize.
I’m sorry, but you’re really starting to take unfair advantage of our deal for your soul and you’re starting to test even my dark powers. First, you wanted that fake field goal to work for Michigan State against Notre Dame and I came through for you, even though it made God really angry; we didn’t talk for a week. Then, I gave you the comeback against Northwestern. Why, just this past week I helped you with the 15 point comeback against Purdue and, I’ll tell you, that took some real fixing. I had to give up Get Out of Hell Free cards for the entire coaching staff to make them accept my intervention on that one.
While I appreciate that you’ve at least given me a variety of options on how Michigan State can break their three way tie and win the Big 10, I’m not sure any of the stratagems you propose are possible. Northwestern beating Continue reading →
King James faces stiff competition in “Man of the Year” race.
Recently Time magazine announced that LaBron James is one of the finalists for the “person of the year” award. Joining James as a finalist is President Obama. Take just a moment to think about that.
Barrak Obama vs. LBJ.
We will start the exploration in a crucial state for both competitors, Ohio. LeBron managed to alienate the entire city of Cleveland, and most of the state, with his departure to Florida.
Obama campaigned hard in Ohio, which was hit hard by the recession. While Ohio has not completely recovered, it has shown improvement during Obama’s tenure.
In celebration of the Vikings utterly shocking decline, we shall now present “Chilly’s Guide to Blowing an NFL season.”
Step One – Raise the bar.
To blow a season Chilly style you have to start the year before and raise the expectations. Use a 40 year old quarterback to hand off to your star runner for the first half of the season. In the second part no one will expect the old man to throw let him have a field day. Maintain your success up until the NFC championship game and then lose the game in the final minute.
Step Two – Waste the off season.
All right, so you made it through step one, great. Now in the off season Continue reading →
One of the hottest stories this past few weeks has been the journey of Randy Moss. I’m sure we all know the soap opera by now, once a Pat, then a Viking and now finally a Titan all in the same season after avoiding being picked up on waivers by the NFL elite Lions, Browns and Bengals who seriously thought of having Owens, Ocho Cinco and Moss all together on the field so Palmer can throw incomplete passes to all of them.
It’s always an enjoyable story when a son follows a father into a sport and carries on the legacy. It’s quite special though when 2 siblings both hit the league at the same time. A truly rare event, in NFL Football the Barber twins both dominated interestingly though at different positions. Tiki as a running back and Rhonde as a continual defensive stud year after year. That must have been easier being twins since you can’t really argue status of who is older.
Pau Gasol showing Marc Gasol who’s Big Brother:
How can Marc compete. He’s playing for the Grizzlies a team in which his older brother Pau was clearly the best to step on the court for the young franchise. Pau now has a championship ring, oh yeah Continue reading →
