The Roundup: NFL Draft Overload
Baseball, Blogging, Courts, Legal, Drugs, NBA, NFL, Video April 24th. 2008, 8:15am
Mariah Carey turned 38 last month, but the real question should be, how much money has she spent to look 28? … death over Playstation 3 … Terrell Owens lawyers up in regard to this silly story … in case you’re scoring at home - the delegate totals … another vote for the NFL draft is boring … since there’s a 6th man award, how about a 7th man award? …
The Jets clearly have no idea what they are doing in this draft - if they don’t trade up to grab Darren McFadden, Matt Ryan’s their guy. (NYDN)
Ten fantastic t-shirts to get arrested in. Damn lists. (Top 10)
Pretty cool Bingo board, set to the NFL draft. (Internet is for Zorn)
No bottled water in baseball dugouts - it’s got to be Gatorade. (Star-Ledger)
Suckiest sports blog on the net title game: Dan Shanoff vs. Nation of Islam. (Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Blog)
Boston’s Jacoby Ellsbury is already closing in on a record. (Wicked Good Sports)
Sweet footage of Jordan against some Italians in 1986, which culminates with a shattered backboard. (Docksquad)
Mavs forward Josh Howard is an Everyman - he likes weed! (Uwe Blog)
FHM readers claim Megan Fox is the hottest woman in the world. (NYDN)
A year ago, Delaware’s Joe Flacco had no clue he’d be an NFL draft pick, and nearly went out for the school’s baseball team. (NYT)
The Matt Walsh-Patriots mess is nowhere near over. (Pro Football Talk)
The Browns, even post-Couch, have had a few shaky drafts. (Hell Yes Guy)
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April 24th, 2008 at 8:21 am
Ah…Mariah has lost the old fastball. Back when I was in college she was my undisputed #1. Now? Not unattractive, but time is winning this battle…
April 24th, 2008 at 8:21 am
This round-up is nowhere neat legible.
April 24th, 2008 at 8:23 am
Is there a more over-rated feat in sports than shattering a backboard?
April 24th, 2008 at 8:24 am
Typo of the Week:
t-shits.
It’s going to be a good day.
April 24th, 2008 at 8:25 am
so many hot megan fox pics, and they use that one? Megan Fox in Transformers SFW
April 24th, 2008 at 8:29 am
Any D.C. folks listening to the Elliot in the Morning show taking on the Washington Mystics? Yes, a radio show vs. a WNBA team at Comcast (UMDs arena)
April 24th, 2008 at 8:29 am
A lot of unintentional comedy in the playstation story. Great link!
April 24th, 2008 at 8:33 am
What are the chances Irish knows either of the PS3 guys?
April 24th, 2008 at 8:34 am
@Jax22
Are we sure that isn’t the Columbus Dispatch?
April 24th, 2008 at 8:35 am
Breaking: Kenneth Keith Kallenback just died. He’s a (former) wack-packer.
April 24th, 2008 at 8:37 am
there is no one more douchier than dan shanoff
April 24th, 2008 at 8:37 am
@TBL
His parents were racist.
April 24th, 2008 at 8:45 am
This was the idiot who tried to shoot smoke out of his eyes, right?
April 24th, 2008 at 8:49 am
@412 - I gotta disagree on Mariah. Sure, she’s plastic as hell now, but she’s got snoobs. And she didn’t have those 10 years ago. That makes her pretty outstanding in my book.
April 24th, 2008 at 8:49 am
Weed is smoked by NBA players???? Well that just blows my mind.
April 24th, 2008 at 8:49 am
Mariah, Mariah, what an infatuation I had with her.
A quick Mariah story from my days in the music biz.
At a NARM convention in LA in 1990, not long after her first cd came out, she was in attendance at the Sony booth, signing photos taking pictures, the general butt kissing that went on at these types of gatherings. She was wearing the same black dress that she appears in on the back of the CD, rumor was, she was so broke at the time, it was the only dress she owned. Needless to say she looked awesome in that dress and believe me it hugged every curve. Some goof asked how she got in that dress, without missing a beat, she answered “Get me a #1 record and Ill show you”. Dead silence. She looked at the guy again and went “Im serious”. I worked real hard to get that record to #1. 18 years later Im still waiting for her call.
April 24th, 2008 at 8:58 am
mmonast…you speak the truth. shannoff has attained a magnitued of douche that few have the potential to reach.
April 24th, 2008 at 8:58 am
I heart Megan Fox.
April 24th, 2008 at 9:01 am
i dare you to read his blog during college football season…
April 24th, 2008 at 9:03 am
his coverage of tebow winning the Heisman was damn near sex offender level
April 24th, 2008 at 9:03 am
One of the greatest draft choices of all-time - Tommy Mottola picking Mariah Carey when she was young, hot, and pre-batshit crazy. What a ride that must have been.
April 24th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Amen to that. Anything he writes about college football is dreadful.
April 24th, 2008 at 9:07 am
Some economic data that goes against the gloom and doom.
April 24th, 2008 at 9:07 am
i just can’t take the dude seriously. he’s hyperbole goes way overboard and his isntant hype is sickening. plus, that whole thing about why he’s such a gator homer is ridiculous.
April 24th, 2008 at 9:14 am
More megan fox
April 24th, 2008 at 9:15 am
Can’t agree with you more spence. The two things I hate most about about the current state of sports media are hyperbole and instant hype, and he epitomizes both of them (well, him and Around the Horn).
April 24th, 2008 at 9:16 am
TBL: Outofbounds pick yet. What’s that dude’s problem? You gonna send the updated list?
April 24th, 2008 at 9:17 am
IU Grad — great Mariah story.
April 24th, 2008 at 9:24 am
its totally ok taking a team as your own, and being a blatant unapologetic homer just because your wife went to that school right??
April 24th, 2008 at 9:25 am
@St. Bear
Oh come on… hyperbole in sports reporting? That is hands down the dumbest and most foolish sentence ever written in the history of everything ever! It’s sentiments like that which will turn our children into criminals and lepers!
April 24th, 2008 at 9:26 am
Money well spent
April 24th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Use some common sense. The Jets are not drafting Matt Ryan. And if they do, they deserve it. Some New York journalist writes an article where the closest thing to verification is “some people in the league think they might,” and they’re running with it? I’m sorry, but I need more than that. But I’m sure this will become national news anyway.
April 24th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Mariah looking great at 38
nice story IU Grad
April 24th, 2008 at 9:39 am
FHM readers are idiots.
NOISB is funny. Shanoff’s ego is so big that I don’t have enough bandwith to get his blog.
The NFL draft is sort of boring, but mostly completely overrated. After the long ass first round, I really don’t care anymore.
Back to work.
April 24th, 2008 at 9:41 am
IU Grad. Interesting story. I guess that makes her marrying that fat Italian record guy (Tommy MOttala sp?) more plausible.
April 24th, 2008 at 9:52 am
As a Pats fan, I hope the Jets take Matt Ryan, because they would be wasting their 1st round pick. I see a lot of Jet games because I’m force-fed them all season long, and Kellen Clemens is a serviceable QB. He’s not a franchise savior, but he’s a lot better than what some of the other teams have (Chicago, Miami, Oakland, Baltimore, KC, SF, ATL, and even Minny).
April 24th, 2008 at 9:53 am
IU GRad. awesome story.
April 24th, 2008 at 9:57 am
If that New York “journalist” actually has an “league source” for the Matt Ryan story, it’s one of four people:
1. The Matt Ryan camp, trying to build some momentum
2. The Chiefs, trying to get somebody to sweeten the offer for them to get out of 5
3. Television executives, trying to build interest in the #1 TV market no matter how ridiculous the rumor is
4. Jets officials, because they’re upset that they’re not hogging the spotlight in the New York media market right now (but that doesn’t mean it’s true)
April 24th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Jay, it’s a local paper! Go to any local paper with a football team and you will see the same type of thing — they’re called rumors!
Hey, the Lions might trade Roy Williams … the Saints might move into the No. 2 spot … Arizona is thinking of shopping Anquan Boldin … and Chad Johnson is unhappy with his situation with the Bengals! Didn’t you hear? It’s been ALL over ESPN and on this very blog and sports talk radio. Wait … that wasn’t a New York-driven story and Chad plays in Cincinnati? Weird. It’s almost like these rumors happen in every single city.
April 24th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Fallon got the Late Night gig. Ugh. Did Craig Ferguson really beat Conan recently? How does that happen?
April 24th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Arizona ain’t shopping shit. Q is safe and sound.
April 24th, 2008 at 10:15 am
According to whom? You have to be rated to be underrated and who gives a shit about Jimmy Fallon after 2004?
April 24th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Why did Lozo disable comments on his blog?
Getting too popular?
April 24th, 2008 at 10:20 am
@Mike: because Lozo is an elitest and didn’t approve of the intelligence of the comments.
April 24th, 2008 at 10:26 am
If Megan Fox were president, she’d be Baberaham Lincoln.
Mariah is a cow. She’ll be trying to wear the same outfits when she’s 70.
April 24th, 2008 at 10:37 am
@ Jay and St. Mike–
Thank you. I think (hope? pray?) the Matt Ryan stuff is a smokescreen. If he’s BPA, I think we’ll take him, but only to start a bidding war between the Ravens and Falcons (like the Chargers did with Eli a few years back). I really think McFadden is the guy they want, though Chris Long is a close 2nd.
And Mike NYC-given your username, you of all people should know that Rich Cimini is a complete dolt who can’t be trusted with safety scissors, let alone NFL draft rumors. No lie: Cimini regularly stops by the forums at jetsinsider.com for his information. I’m not kidding. He posts as “RCimini,” and it’s amazing how the posters there will be discussing a rumor, Cimini will be seen lurking, and the info will find its way onto his blog the next morning…
April 24th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Nixon - oh, I’m not defending Cimini. I’m just a little tired of Jay’s constant New York-bashing, i.e., “why does everything have to center around New York?” etc. In this case, all I’m saying is that it’s a rumor in a local paper — which you can find in any paper across the country! So what’s the big deal?
Great story about jetsinsider.com though, didn’t know that and it’s hilarious.
April 24th, 2008 at 10:54 am
It’s not New York bashing. It’s bashing a guy who writes an article based on nothing, and then having it get picked up by everyone.
April 24th, 2008 at 10:55 am
You bash the New York Times for the same stuff.
April 24th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Jay … it’s a rumor! And who “picked it up”? TBL? What’s the top headline on espn.com right now … a rumored trade of Jason Taylor, of the Dolphins!
I agree many, many sports stories get blown out of proportion. And a lot come out of New York. But this is not one of them. Really, who is at fault for all this Chad Johnson crap? The New York Post?
And “getting tired of it” was really a poor choice of words on my part — actually, I quite enjoy it. It gets Roman fired up too!
April 24th, 2008 at 11:25 am
@Mike: It really is hilarious. When people see him lurking in a thread, they’ll often post a little “Hi, Rich!” to let him know we appreciate all his “hard work.” He usually logs off after that.
I shouldn’t get on Cimini too hard though…the Jets might be the only team worse than the Pats in terms of media disinformation and smokescreens. Sure makes draft week a lot more exciting though.
@Jay: I think TBL picked up the story (and by “picked up,” I mean “included a link in the Roundup”) because it centers on two of the most recognizable and controversial players in the draft. If the Rams or Falcons were in a similar position, we would have seen the same story from the Post-Dispatch or the Journal-Constitution.
April 24th, 2008 at 11:32 am
Mariah’s new song is horrible and so is the video.
April 24th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Yes Mariah’s music doesn’t do much for me, or a lot of people I imagine, but she is on my short list. It’s her and Sarah Chalke at the top.
April 24th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Amen, cbh49er. Money well spent. The hotness will be televised.