The Roundup: Valentine’s Day Edition
Baseball, Blogging, Courts, Legal, Media Gossip/Musings, Movies, NBA, Soccer, TV February 14th. 2008, 8:26am
Our prediction on next year’s SI Swimsuit cover girl, Leo’s girl, Bar Rafaeli … a list of what some sports folks are doing tonight … more updates on when you favorite TV shows are coming back … several Obama supporters sent in this link, so we must pass it on … Duke improves to 22-1 with a win over Maryland … anyone have a clue what this is all about? Just seems incredibly random … Zach Randolph – I had nothing to do with that party! … we still haven’t seen last week’s Lost, but on the plus side, there’s nothing better than back-to-back episodes, so that’s the plan tonight …
Brady Quinn’s first comments about his alleged homophobic slurs sound eerily Clemens-like, and it’s not a smart move, considering police identified him on the scene. (AP)
A bootleg preview of the new Indiana Jones trailer. (Revital Salomon)
Did Richard Jefferson of the Nets choke a man out and then threaten to kick some ass? (TMZ)
Identifying the best pitcher on every team in the AL. (Armchair GM)
Totally missed this while on vacation – Mike Wise, a columnist at the Washington Post, nearly died trying to save his dog, and a college student saved both of them. (WJLA)
Radar Mag seems to think it has found 90-Day Jane, and the whole thing was a hoax. (Radar)
The wife is pretty bummed this kid got booted from American Idol. Howard Stern is crushed, too. (Knox News)
Oscar de la Hoya’s getting dragged into court tomorrow by a Scores stripper. (Page Six)
We’ll obviously be following-up on Kelvin Sampson’s coaching status later in the day, but Bob Kravitz is surprised the cheater didn’t resign after last night’s harrowing loss to Wisconsin. (Indy Star)
Female bloggers, and the sports they love. (Ladies …)
AC Milan’s Ronaldo rips up his left knee, and for a 31-year-old forward, you have to wonder if he’ll play in another World Cup. (BBC Sport)
Love the D-League! (Hardwood Paroxysm)
Comparing the devine Anne Hathaway to a certain sideline reporter. (Cake Rocks the Party)
It has been awhile since anyone’s talked about Scoop. (Fire Jay Mariotti)
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February 14th, 2008 at 8:33 AM
Heard Wise’s recount of the story on 980 last Friday. Scary stuff, but Im not sure I would not have done what he did given the situation.
February 14th, 2008 at 8:41 AM
Wow, that dress is straining to stay stitched together over that nice behind. Kudos to Leo, Bar’s 1,000% better than Giselle.
February 14th, 2008 at 8:42 AM
Leo’s got it figured out.
February 14th, 2008 at 8:42 AM
yea, i woulda tried to save my pooch too…
February 14th, 2008 at 8:44 AM
all i know is that Marisa Miller looks banging in this years swimsuit issue. glad i grabbed the mail yesterday before wifey. brooklyn decker next year
February 14th, 2008 at 8:50 AM
Man, Rocker is going all out tonight for Vday…makes my nothing I got my gf (wont see her, so I am not a complete dick) look bad.
February 14th, 2008 at 8:52 AM
Let’s hope Erin Andrews is on the same path to aggressive public displays of nudity as Anne Hathaway did several years ago.
February 14th, 2008 at 8:52 AM
My wife hates Valentines day because she thinks it’s ridiculous and commercial. I’m not sure if that’s a trick yet.
February 14th, 2008 at 8:53 AM
@Hef
Your wife is smart.
February 14th, 2008 at 8:55 AM
I’ve loathed Leo since I first saw him in “Growing Pains”. This doesn’t help.
February 14th, 2008 at 8:56 AM
Maybe the cops in the Brady Quinn thing just “misremembered” his being there…
February 14th, 2008 at 8:57 AM
@hef
My ex-girlfriend played the too commercial line with me…thats why shes my ex. Proceed at your own risk.
February 14th, 2008 at 8:57 AM
I’ve given my wife a single red rose for four of the five years we’ve been married and she couldn’t be more pleased. So, I save ~ $50 with the same result.
February 14th, 2008 at 8:59 AM
I don’t like losing 3 episodes of Lost, but I guess it’s better than the alternative.
So most of the shows are going to begin in mid April, and will have around 9 episodes. Maybe I missed it, but how are they going to pull it off? Doubling up on the episodes so that will end on schedule (May Sweeps), or are they extending the season to June?
February 14th, 2008 at 8:59 AM
I’d drink Erin Andrews’ bathwater.
Oh, and my wife thinks it’s impractical to buy each other crap on Valentines…maybe I should drink her bathwater.
February 14th, 2008 at 8:59 AM
@jeff
AM I the only one who thinks McNamee is telling the truth? He just seems more grounded then Big Roger the temper queen. Also, when did baseball player leep over police officer in the social status realm. Ever since 9/11 it has been Jesus, NYPD, NYFD, …. when did Roger become more reveered in the public eye then one of New York’s finest?
February 14th, 2008 at 9:00 AM
@412: That’s a nice move. I’m cooking dinner tonight, though we have 2 kids so it’s still not the best mood for…you know.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:01 AM
Hell no, Merk
February 14th, 2008 at 9:02 AM
McNamee is definetly telling the truth. no quesiton in my mind
February 14th, 2008 at 9:03 AM
@Magglio,
Am I the only person the only person who sees lots of irony in Congresspeople scolding McNamee for his “history of lies” and “not being believable?” Has any website of journalist pulled up that Indiana Senator’s record yet?
February 14th, 2008 at 9:04 AM
I’m kind of lucky – my gf’s favorite restaurant is Red Robin, so we’re going there. The gift I got her is more of a present for me (thank you and your secrets Victoria).
February 14th, 2008 at 9:05 AM
Jgp – I read this morning that the idiot from Indiana who was laying into McNamee got caught in a scandal a fews years ago where he knocked up a mistress.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:05 AM
@jgp3553
Yeah it is funny because when he is sitting there as a trainer he is called a liar. But if he was sitting there as a cop, in trouble for shooting some kid 50 times because he pulled out a cell phone, he is percieved to be Captain Honest. Funny how that works.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:07 AM
TBL – Here’s a better link for the Indiana trailer
February 14th, 2008 at 9:08 AM
And, I never got sexy lingerie.
My goal is to get my lady (412Gal?) sans clothes. The lingerie is just more stuff I’ve got to eff around with before fun time.
Keep in mind, I am married with three young children…so “fun time” occurs as frequently as a siting of Haley’s Comet.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:09 AM
Dan Burton is not one of Indianas best exports.
The guy is a complete loon. He was the main Republican during the impeachment hearings for Clinton, then he got caught screwing the help.
A top notch guy.
Yesterday was a wonderful day to be from Indiana.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:09 AM
fuck Congress…tho it was awesome seeing Clemens get grilled like that.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:10 AM
And, no, I don’t believe a word Roger Clemens has to say.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:12 AM
@412
Who are you going to link up to your name now? It seems like you keep picking winners… Huck… Mitt.. ???
February 14th, 2008 at 9:13 AM
TBL, I spent waaay too much time on babesofcollege last night, that site is awesome.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:15 AM
Magglio – I don’t know. I guess I could link to McCain and hope the pattern continues!
February 14th, 2008 at 9:20 AM
Re: American Idol and Josiah…
he totally blew it when he kicked out the band before his last audition. He caved under the pressure of working with the practice band when they couldn’t sync up the night before. He never took the vocal coach’s offer of working with her after she saw him blubbering in the hallway. Then he was taken aback by Simon and Randy’s criticism of his god-awful rendition of Stand By Me.
I liked his story and I loved his first audition on the keyboard, but I lost all interest in him after his comments in response to Simon, and then when he was saying to the camera that he thinks he will be put through. I agree with Simon in that he was over-confident, and I think he would have floundered in the next level of competition.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:21 AM
It is easy to see why the Rep. were nice to Clemens. It’s not like they believe in Science anyways.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:21 AM
Little Miss CRM gets a card and lunch…she’s a lucky gal
February 14th, 2008 at 9:21 AM
@412
Ha ha ha, I almost feel bad for conservatives in this one. What the hell do you do?! Didn’t McCain run in a third party for a while back in the day? That can’t be good.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:21 AM
I will be trolling for lonely tail tonight. Outstanding Valentine’s Day. The chicks that don’t have someone for tonight are willing to do damn near anything to not spend the night alone. Good times.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:23 AM
Cutting corners and cheating and screwing the little guy over to become rich and powerful….Hey, that’s just capitalism.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:24 AM
All that talk yesterday about people wanting to join the baseball league, and there’s still one spot left. Interesting.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:25 AM
@ben, I used to love Valentines day when I was single. It was one of the easiest nights to get laid.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:27 AM
Magglio – while I think both guys lied yesterday, I cannot understand how you think that everything McNamee said was the truth. One Senator pointed out that this guy is clearly a habitual liar and he withheld evidence from the Mitchell Report. And what kind of guy keeps used syringes and dirty gauze pads in a FedEx box in their basement for five years?
I’m not saying Clemens is being completely honest, but McNamee is even less credible.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:29 AM
@ef, Ok I admit it that it is weird that he would keep those things around, but the only reason I am believing him on this is because I don’t see any reason why he would lie about it. He benefits nothing from this at all.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:32 AM
Magglio – No, McCain wasn’t actually in a third party. But, supposedly, he was very much interested in being John Kerry’s running mate. Ugh.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:33 AM
@EF: You’re right about that Josiah dude. Stupid kid was cocky as all get out and I didn’t think he was that good to begin with, but for some reason the judges liked him. He had some slight pitch issues throughout the competition, IMO, but nothing horrible. I just couldn’t get into his sound. I loved it when he asked the band to leave and the sucked donkey balls. If he had just worked with them and been mediocre, they probably would have put him through.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:34 AM
EF…but mcnamee DOES have credibility when it comes to what he’s said about HGH. both pettitte and knoblauch both coroborrated his story about them, so why should we think that he’s bullshitting about clemens?
what does he have to benefit by taking clemens to the shed like this? i agree they both look shady, but at least mcnamee has other parts of his story backed up by 2 different people.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:34 AM
@pkiguy22: not only that, but two people who we believe to be very truthful have backed up McNamee’s claims on his injecting them.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:36 AM
@EF
Honestly, a smart guy does. He covered his own ass. I don’t know why that is seen as a negative. If you want something done you get it in writing these days. A hand shake and a smile is nothing. You have to do that sort of shit now. Saving a box of that shit was probably one of the smartest things this guy ever did. He tried to help out Hot Head Roger in that taped phone convo. He tried to take the hit for Clemons, but Clemons was to stupid to figure it out and word it right while he was taping it. Clemons is no mental giant. McNamee was an NYPD cop! Since when have you ever thought they were less than credible? Since yesterday? That is my whole point. All of the sudden you can’t believe a cop, when in any other case thier word is gold.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:37 AM
Do we believe Andy Pettite was telling the truth regarding Clemens? Because, say what you want about McNamee, but Andy Pettite–a close friend of Clemens–would seem to not have any motive to throw Rocket under the bus.
And then there’s the part about Rocket’s piece of ass wife surreptitiously taking HGH shots from McNamee in Clemens’ house. C’mon…do we really believe that would happen? Keep in mind that Clemens is a guy who was heretofor known for being steadfastly opposed to drugs and alcohol. It doesn’t add up.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:38 AM
Ben,
Check into tomorrow with a tail chasing update. It’ll do all of us married guys some good. At least we can live vicariously through you.
Good luck, young-un, and go get ‘em.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:39 AM
To clarify, when I made the remark about Debbie Clemens getting the HGH shot, my emphasis should have been on surreptitiously. Sorry, but there’s no way this is a secret–and a secret for 5 years!
February 14th, 2008 at 9:40 AM
The silver lining in all this is at least we won’t have to hear about those stupid rumors of him coming back to save a team around July or August.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:41 AM
Any online sitings of the nanny yet?
February 14th, 2008 at 9:44 AM
GYD, I’d be glad to provide updates. It may not be as good as in years past because here in Denver we’ve already hit our high for the day (low 20s), it’s snowing, will continue to snow the remainder of the day, and the temperature is dropping. Not exactly conducive to women throwing themselves into the local watering holes.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:48 AM
Call off the nanny search. Nanny is a granny. So much for that fun.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:51 AM
For those who question why McNamee kept the goods for 5 years, do you also question why Clemens kept a golf receipt for 10 years?
February 14th, 2008 at 9:54 AM
Good question Jimmy…No, Tom Davis does not question that.
February 14th, 2008 at 10:37 AM
@Ben, One year I was up in Breck on VD and we had a blast. There were a ton of chicks from Denver that were single and just took the day off to go skiing. Just a thought for next year.
February 14th, 2008 at 10:44 AM
I think it’s funny there are supposedly all these desperate women trolling around bars on Valentine’s Day because they don’t want to be alone. I thought birthdays and Christmas were more depressing occasions to be alone.
February 14th, 2008 at 10:51 AM
Go vols.
February 14th, 2008 at 10:56 AM
@Magglio – if you want to point out how McNamee’s a cop and should be “ranked” higher in status than a lowly baseball player, then explain how exactly we should all bow down to him after he allegedly provided Clemens, etc. with illegal steroids and HGH. Do you really think it looks good that a cop LIED to federal investigators, that he withheld evidence from the Mitchell Report, that he told lies previously… pointing out the fact that he is now a cop is irrelevant.
Just because McNamee is NOW a cop does not all of a sudden give him priviledged status because he is among the ranks of NY’s finest. BIG F’IN DEAL. Not all cops are truthful. Not all baseball players are truthful either.
No offense to anyone here who is a cop, but to me, it is incredibly insulting to give this guy a pass because he’s a cop. So what.
February 14th, 2008 at 11:03 AM
@sportsgal
Those are definitely good days as well, but I usually spend Christmas with my family and it’s hard to figure out what a stranger’s birthday might be, so Valentine’s is the easiest.
February 14th, 2008 at 11:07 AM
I have the best Valentine’s day kryptonite ever. My birthday is the following day, so that means if I’m expected to do a lot for Valentine’s then that same expectation is fair game for my birthday.
Which means I get away with a nice home-made candle light dinner and a chick flick, followed by tail. Then I get a low key birthday, gifts and exquisite tail the next day. Not too shabby here.
February 14th, 2008 at 11:42 AM
@Magglio Merkin:
Leave Me out of this. I appreciate the newfound interest what I (and My peoples) have to say, but you people always manage to take a very simple and straight-forward premise and just twist it into something awful.
Ten simple rules – that’s it.
As for the whole hearing she-bang – whatever. There is truly more important work they could all be doing.
February 14th, 2008 at 11:52 AM
no need for a bootleg, yahoo has the Indiana Jones trailer up
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/indianajones.html?showVideo=1
February 14th, 2008 at 1:18 PM
btw, my schlong just exploded looking at that picture of Bar Rafaeli.
February 14th, 2008 at 1:26 PM
If this becomes an American Idol forum I might go postal…