Horrendous Stat Of The Week, Possibly Decade: It took the Cleveland Browns until their 13th game of the season for a running back to score a rushing touchdown. Seriously, well over three months for an RB to break the plane of the endzone while running. That's an astounding 49 empty quarters of what appear to be Ralph Wiggum clones aimlessly wandering around a football field, occasionally jousting over who gets to chew on the brown thingie that wears shoelaces. And the Steelers lost to this team. All Terrible Towels must be put through the paper shredder today. No exceptions. (38)
Shirley Wang of the WSJ suggests that baseball has “significantly shifted†its assessment of psychological issues, moving from an insensitive “gutting it out†approach to a more understanding attitude. Giving Khalil Greene, Joey Votto and Dontrelle Willis as examples, she portrays anxiety as an injury. It’s not an injury, nor should it be considered one.
Nicotine Rampage: A Pennsylvania man rammed his lawn tractor repeatedly into his own house and threatened “to tear the house down with his wife inside.€Â He thinks trying to quit smoking may have had something to do with it. (The Morning Call) (16)
Stupid chick: "Amy Borkowsky needs to find a good man, and she wants your help. She's not asking for much, at least not by the standards of the mortgage industry. Just enough money to buy a personal ad — during the Super Bowl." Just went here. Conclusion: BRUTAL. (msnbc) (8)
File this under “boys will be boys — and sodomizers”. In Las Vegas, New Mexico (yes, it exists … kind of like California, Missouri), a high school football camp turned took a sore turn for the worst when the pre-season hazing and initiation rituals um, just read it.
New Mexico State Police are investigating possible criminal wrongdoing, a spokesman said, while the owner of the camp in Gallinas Canyon said investigators visited a couple of the bunkhouses on Friday afternoon where the students stayed. Read the rest of this entry »