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Dec 03 BCS: Tell Me Lies, Tell Me Sweet Little LiesCollege Football, Death, Politics, Soccer 123 Comments »
* “It’s like saying we should get rid of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and hold smaller parades all across America.” THE TOURNAMENT IS THE PARADE, YOU CLOWN. All those uninteresting satellite bowl games are smaller parades. Read the rest of this entry » Orlando Thomas: The former Minnesota Vikings safety, who has been battling Lou Gehrig's disease for five years, is not dead, despite media reports that surfaced yesterday suggesting otherwise. The Vikings website first reported that Thomas had died Wednesday - using, apparently, a rumor that began in Myspace - and then other outlets began to pick up the news. Finally, former Minnesota receiver Jake Reed began tweeting that everything was incorrect, and the media outlets recanting the initial report. [Star Trib] (17) Oct 28 The Roundup: Sex for World Series Tickets? Pass.Baseball, College Basketball, Courts, Legal, Death, Fans, Former Athletes, NFL, NHL, Video 145 Comments »
Jasper Howard’s killer has been found. A murder weapon has not been found. (Courant) A 43-year-old woman was trying to trade sex for Phillies World Series tickets. (NY Post) Read the rest of this entry » Steve McNair Murder-Suicide May Have Been ... Murder-Murder?: Remember how we kept saying something didn't quite add up in the Steve McNair "murder-suicide?" Intrepid CBS News reporter Armen Keteyian has uncovered a few things that might leave you wondering if Sahel Kazem is the killer. Phone records obtained by CBS News show that Kazem and the guy who sold her the gun, Adrian Gilliam, spoke via phone and text message 200 times in about three weeks. They swapped 49 texts and calls on the day of the murder. Those same phone records show Kazem spoke to Gilliam just two hours before police said McNair was killed. Did we mention that Gilliam is a convicted murderer? [CBS News] (33) Oct 19 Steve McNair’s Murder Case Might Need to be Re-opened As Inconsistencies AriseDeath, Former Athletes, NFL 18 Comments »Steve McNair’s jarring death this summer has been looked into extensively by CBS news hound Armen Keteyian, and there happen to be a few inconsistencies involving the timeline, the purchase of what the cops said was the murder weapon, and Sahel Kazemi’s financial situation. This report on the murder-suicide makes the keystone cops in Tennessee look rather inept. And this is only part one in the series. [CBS News] Connecticut Football Player Killed: Jasper Howard, a talented cornerback with the UConn Huskies and a father-to-be, was stabbed to death over the weekend at a school-sponsored dance at the student union. He was 20. At the dance, someone pulled the fire alarm at 12:26 am. At 12:33, police were notified there had been a stabbing. By 1 am, UConn coach Randy Edsall was notified. "When the phone rings after midnight, it’s usually not positive, but you would never, ever expect the kind of news that we got today. There’s nothing in my job description that says you have to identify bodies, and that you have to make the phone calls to the parents, but that’s part of the job.” [Hartford Courant] (3) Oct 19 The Roundup: Hockey Fan Left with 16 Plates, 63 Screws in Head After Sucker PunchBaseball, College Football, Death, Fans, Fighting, Former Athletes, Media Gossip/Musings, NBA, Soccer, Video 102 Comments »
Hockey rivalry leads to fans altercation; this story is unbelievable. Guy is punched in the back of the head, needs 16 plates and 63 screws in his head. Why are fans such idiots? (Herald) Because we could read about Larry and Magic forever. NBA previews begin today. (Boston Globe) Read the rest of this entry » Oct 06 The Roundup: Photographic Evidence of Blown Calls in Denver and South Bend; Refs Apologize to GeorgiaCollege Football, Death, Fans, Food, Former Athletes, Movies, NBA, NFL, Soccer, Video 83 Comments »
It was a bad weekend for the refs: Major pass interference completely missed on that final play between Dallas and Denver. (Landry Hat) Washington fans with some visual evidence that Notre Dame’s 2-point conversion should not have counted. (Hot Dog and Friends) Read the rest of this entry »
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