 Archive for the 'Frauds' CategoryFeb 09 Brooke Hundley: Steve Phillips isn’t a Sex Addict, He’s Just Got a Massive EgoESPN, Frauds 93 Comments »
Jan 18 Jets Win On The Wings Of Sombrero Guy And The Little Loogie That Couldn’tFrauds, Goooooood Morning Sports Hernia, NFL, Rich Old White People 16 Comments »
Going into the Jets-Chargers game were you expecting to see Nate Kaeding struggle to kick field goals and spit loogies, for a devout fan to wear a No. 6 sombrero and a fake mustache, as well as witness Mike “The Dynamo” DeVito record a sack? Me too. (More from sloppy Sunday after the jump.) Read the rest of this entry » Jan 12 Mark McGwire’s a Fraud, and So is Tony LaRussa (Can We Toss Bob Knight in There, Too? Cool.)Baseball, Cheating, ESPN, Frauds, Media Gossip/Musings, Video 98 Comments »Mark McGwire’s steroid “apology” was going well … and then he said that steroids never helped him. “I did this for health purposes. There’s no way I did this for any type of strength purposes … There’s no way a pill or an injection will give you hand-eye coordination or the ability or the great mind that I’ve had as a baseball player.” What a joke. Read the rest of this entry » Mark McGwire's Media Blitz: We'll get to reaction in a bit, but first, here's how McGwire came up with his big reveal. After seeing Alex Rodriguez botch his steroids "apology" last February, and watching as Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds continued their silly denials, Ari Fleischer's PR team planned a rollout for McGwire: He'd start with the AP and talk to a couple ESPN reporters over the phone, the St. Louis media, and the NY Times. His first TV interview was with Bob Costas at the MLB Network - it should be noted that "Costas is represented by IMG, which owns half of Fleischer’s company." And here's a dig at ESPN, or perhaps Peter Gammons: "An interview with ESPN is to be scheduled, but because it’s not exclusive, its thunder will be muted ... McGwire wanted to be interviewed at length by a smart interrogator." [NYT] (97) Nov 12 Detroit Tigers Are Shopping Granderson to Pay For Dombrowski’s FolliesBaseball, Delicate Geniuses, Frauds 44 Comments »
Baseball teams are businesses. Unstable revenue streams cannot support massive expenditure indefinitely. The Tigers’ bubble was bound to blow at some moment. With the team now shopping Curtis Granderson, that moment has come. Sep 05 Please, Fire Jay MariottiBlogging, Frauds, Get rid of the Seaward, Rich Old White People, What the hell is wrong with people 7 Comments »
May 28 “Major Violations” Could Force Memphis To Forfeit 2007-08 Basketball SeasonCollege Athletics, College Basketball, Frauds 33 Comments »
Apr 06 First There Was a Fake Roethlisberger, then a Fake Joba, and Now There’s a Fake Curtis GrandersonBaseball, Courts, Legal, Frauds 32 Comments »
Fraud: Hopefully, nobody believed a word about the tale of the 56-year-old who claimed to have swam about 2,700 miles across the Atlantic Ocean in 24 days. Now she has backtracked on all of it, and might as well have swam a couple dozen laps at the local Y. Noteworthy: "Figge swam behind a catamaran, protected from sharks by a 20-foot-by-13-foot cage that rested partly below the water ... Whales literally came up to her. She swam with dolphins some days. There were also Portugese men-o-war that chased her back into the boat." (Sun-Times) (8) Feb 12 Fraud: Hopefully, nobody believed a word about the tale of the 56-year-old who claimed to have swam about 2,700 miles across the Atlantic Ocean in 24 days. Now she has backtracked on all of it, and might as well have swam a couple dozen laps at the local Y. Noteworthy: “Figge swam behind a catamaran, protected from sharks by a 20-foot-by-13-foot cage that rested partly below the water … Whales literally came up to her. She swam with dolphins some days. There were also Portugese men-o-war that chased her back into the boat.” (Sun-Times)
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I started this as a one-liner. See, I love FanHouse. Even if certain people say they aren’t a “blog.” They cover just about every story in every sport. It’s a great place to go just to get caught up on the day in sports. Maybe I’m biased because they do such a great job with MMA. I’m not sure. It doesn’t really matter for the purpose of this post. 
The NCAA has confronted the University of Memphis with “major violations†relating to their 2007-08 season.