Archive for July, 2008

Jul 31

Snoop Trades in USC for Les Miles and LSU

College Football, Music TheBigLead 22 Comments »

Remember when USC was dominating college football a few years ago with Reggie Bush and Matt Leinart? Snoop, from nearby Compton, hopped on the bandwagon, attending practices and yuckking it up with Pete Carroll.

But perhaps because LSU has secured a top five finish the last three years, and won the title last year, Snoop - last good song: Beautiful, a few years ago - has ditched the red and gold for the purple and yellow. Why else would he mysteriously turn up at a Les Miles rotary club meeting? There’s bizarre video of Snoop’s speech after the jump: Read the rest of this entry »

Jul 31

The Hef Chronicles

Hef Chronicles TheBigLead 30 Comments »

No clue where Hef found this photo, but you will soon see its significance. Also, you can shove your VORP up your EQA and kiss my OPS.

I’m getting tired of having the same conversation everyday about baseball stats and what should be used when debating the merits of a particular player over another. Some people use stats like OPS while others rely on RBI and batting average. We see it here at The Big Lead on every baseball post. And I get it; I understand that there are casual baseball fans who would be baffled by such terms like “EQA” and “VORP” so I avoid using those in certain company. But there’s a growing divide among baseball fans that is becoming more and more heated. Read the rest of this entry »

Jul 31

An Awesome Way to Leave a Job

NFL TheBigLead 34 Comments »

Ever want to pen a scathing diatribe to your employer on your way out the door? A guy who worked in the Patriots organization (supposedly, it’s this guy) did just that. Take notes, folks:

* Bruschi is just an unlikable person in general and I think his teammates know what’s what and get sick of his act.
* Corey Dillon is about the most miserable piece of shit you would ever want to encounter … There is no doubt in my mind that he will end up in jail at some point.
* I heard from someone who is close to the case that there is a sex tape of Bill Belichick banging the married woman he had an affair with. I shit you not. The husband who is suing that woman for being unfaithful to him has a tape of his wife and Belichick screwing while the two of them were still married. Read the rest of this entry »

Jul 31

Nomar, Pedro and Now Manny: Anyone Spot a Trend?* UPDATE: SI Claims Manny to the Dodgers

Baseball, Race TheBigLead 108 Comments »

[UPDATE: Sports Illustrated is reporting Manny has been dealt to the Dodgers. There are no other details.]

Well, it’s 4 pm and Manny Ramirez is still in Boston. But the rumors were fun, right? Intern Bill - now with an email address where you can send him love letters: BillTBL@gmail.com - takes a look at the brief, cantankerous, quotable history of disgruntled Red Sox employees Pedro, Nomar, now Manny.

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Jul 31

PM Roundup: Goodbye, Manny…

Animals, Baseball, Fantasy Sports, NFL, NHL, Video Cousins of Ron Mexico 74 Comments »

This is Carolina Ardohain. She was recently spotted wearing nothing but duct tape. I don’t know about you, but that gets my attention.

With the Manny the Marlin deal dead like a… um.. dead fish… here’s how I feel right now. Seriously, Manny playing for my favorite team has been all I could think about since I first heard about it yesterday morning. Time to reevaluate, my life I guess.

Michael Jordan remains fun to watch. (You Been Blinded)

Oh. My. God…. Awwwwww! (Yahoo!)

That’s a hell of an hourly wage (CNN - I realize that this isn’t someone’s salary)

Cheech and Chong have reunited. (Philly.com)

Fantasy handcuffs doesn’t sound like it would have anything to do with football. (The Hazean)

Scrabulous now Wordscraper. (the art of technology)

These are the types of questions you get into journalism for. (The Brooklyn Paper)

Nike conceeds to Speedo. (Playing the Field)

Trouble in the NHL mascot community. (Melt Your Face Off)

8-year-old knows all the MLB lineups. (AJC)

Jeff Garcia got hurt today - Can the Bucs succeed with just 6 healthy QB’s? (NFL Juice)

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Jul 31

NFL Preview: Power Rankings (16-32)

NFL TheBigLead 172 Comments »

The NFL season is a month away. We’ll begin our “preview” with the always-fun power rankings, which will be split up over today and tomorrow. More neat stuff next week. This is an old photo of Chris Chandler, whose heart bleeds for the worst team in the league, Atlanta.

16. Green Bay Packers - 2008, in a word: Fluke.
17. Tampa Bay Bucs - He’s 37, balding, and nobody’s talking about how putrid the offense was at home last year in the postseason. Still, this Jeff Garcia’s wife.
18. Buffalo Bills - Best bet: Outscouring that anemic offense.
19. Cleveland Browns - It’s the rigorous schedule more than anything. Read the rest of this entry »

Jul 31

Pack to Favre: Here’s $20 Mil, Stay Home

NFL TheBigLead 55 Comments »

The Packers have offered the already-wealthy Mr. Favre $20 million to not appear at training camp and stay retired. (Could have sworn we just saw an ESPNews blip that claimed Favre has chartered a plane to Green Bay, but we can’t find a link.) Boy, $20 million to stay home? Favre’s got to be in the .001 percent of people who wouldn’t jump at that.

The Commish is supposed to get in the mix tomorrow if Green Bay can’t settle this, and maybe that’s why the Packers are supposedly entertaining the idea of sending Favre to the Vikings or Bears, two teams with depressing QB situations. We find that impossible to fathom, but hey, whatever.

Jul 31

Yao: “Hopefully, he’s not fighting anymore and going after a guy in the stands.” Artest: “I’m still ghetto.”

NBA TheBigLead 51 Comments »

Yao Ming did what any NBA superstar would do when he received word that his team had acquired the most talented, outspoken, and sometimes petulant Ron Artest: He giddily texted a teammate. Then, he opened his mouth to the Houston Chronicle about the acquisition: Read the rest of this entry »

Jul 31

Hard Knocks: Poor Philly, Jax and Brady Quinn

Athletes and Celebrities, NFL TheBigLead 56 Comments »

tony romo and jessica simpsonThe Hard Knocks premiere party is less than a week away, yada, yada, yada, Jessica Simpson showed up at Cowboys camp in Oxnard yesterday. Surprised the Dallas Morning News and its flotilla of bloggers aren’t all over this. Apparently, Romo is staying in a different hotel than the team, and it’s because he didn’t want Jessica to be a “distraction.”

Sources!

In actual NFL News: A “holdout” in Philly, our Super Bowl sleeper suffers a significant loss at WR, and Brady Quinn has been erratic in practice.

Jul 31

Manny Remains in Boston … for Now

Baseball TheBigLead 93 Comments »

Is 2nd round MLB draft choice Mike Stanton the hold up in the Manny deal? The Marlins apparently don’t want to part with the 6-foot-5 prospect, who seems to be a few years away from the Bigs. Look at it this way: What if the Marlins rent Manny, miss the playoffs, and then he signs elsewhere next season? It’d be worse than the Tex debacle in Atlanta. Read the rest of this entry »

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