The Roundup: Tony Romo Wields a Mean a Car Jack
Baseball, Fantasy Sports, Food, Golf, Jason Whitlock, Media Gossip/Musings, Movies, NFL, NFL retirees, NHL, Video September 11th. 2008, 8:00am
Who else do you know that can pull off the Star Wars Sith look? Adriana Lima can … only in Tampa … delusional cocaine stories rock … reality TV (guess which show) set this loser off … beware those three-foot sturgeon! … which campaign are the top law school professors contributing to? … man, 25, caught having sex with the corpse of 92-year-old … seven years ago today, 9/11 …
Tony Romo is such a class act, he helped a couple change a flat tire at midnight in Dallas after flying back from the Cleveland game. (Fort Worth Star Telegram via Smackcaster)
Papelbon: The high school years. (Comcast)
The ABA is like, strange. (Ridiculous Upside)
Floyd Landis is coming back, too? (Bike Radar)
This weirdo only eats Mars bars. (Sun)
Looking ahead to fantasy baseball 2009. (Brockett Blog)
It’s gotta be the injuries. (Depressed Fan)
The Cubs collapse and how the media’s handling it. (Fire Jay Mariotti)
Paula Creamer talks to a blog. (Nick on Sports)
When football and faith collide. (News on 6)
Hollywood, here comes Sean Avery. (Dave Lozo)
Thoughts on Whitlock’s attempt to have the Patriots sign Jeff George. (Arrowhead Addict)
“I heard Tonya Harding is calling herself the Charles Barkley of figure skating. I was going to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized I have no character.” (Top 50 Charles Barkley Quotes)
Pretty in-depth piece on former NFL player Reggie Williams – with two gnarly photos. (Starting Five)
Who wants to alert TBS that the Yankees aren’t in the postseason. (Big League Stew)
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September 11th, 2008 at 8:10 AM
which campaign are the top law school professors contributing to?
Probably the campaign run by the former constitutional law ’senior lecturer’… just a guess.
Thoughts on Whitlock’s attempt to have the Patriots sign Jeff George
Whitlock’s ‘bring back Jeff George’ column is an NFL tradition. I hope he writes that column yearly even well after George is too old to play… ohh, guess we can check that one off the list.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:15 AM
spence??
September 11th, 2008 at 8:15 AM
Awesome quote from the Romo story.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:16 AM
I might be watching Kardashian if my girl looked like her.
/who am i kidding I would watch anyways
September 11th, 2008 at 8:16 AM
How many people stop at all to help someone change a tire? Pretty cool.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:22 AM
Many years ago, I was on a first date and when we left the movie theater a single mom was trying to change a tire in the parking lot. I helped her fix it, and it paid good dividends later in the night because I was such a nice guy.
If any white guy said the No. 1 quote in the Barkley story they’d be forced in public seclusion the rest of their life. That said, it’s still damn funny.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:25 AM
Roeth – did you end up marrying the girl you were on a date with? how can you dump a guy who does that?
I’ve actually never stopped to help anyone change a tire. you really dont see that many of those anymore, what with cell phones and everyone having AAA.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:25 AM
I thought nice guys finished last?
/Roeth is a minute man joke
September 11th, 2008 at 8:26 AM
Only if it’s a hot chick.
TBL, those photos weren’t knarly. They were disgusting. Yuck.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:28 AM
those were the two worst photos i’ve ever seen in my life. holy shit.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:33 AM
How many people stop at all to help someone change a tire? Pretty cool.
Not a popular answer but, Bill Belichick.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:34 AM
September 11th, 2008 at 8:35 AM
I just remembered what I had for breakfast thanks to the Reggie Williams photos. Wow.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:36 AM
Watering your lawn in Tampa is muthafucka. Necrophilia is not cool. That reggie williams shit is sick.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:37 AM
How come I’m retarded and can’t post links?
September 11th, 2008 at 8:37 AM
and then, and then, and then… whose third grader wrote this?
September 11th, 2008 at 8:37 AM
Lima looks like a sex zombie in that pic.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:37 AM
I just laughed out loud all the way through those Barkley quotes. Great find. Almost all of those are gems.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:38 AM
No, the “relationship” was over pretty quickly (insert another joke here Mags) – but it was my choice.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:39 AM
And only majorities in 9 of 17 countries surveyed believe al Qaeda was behind the attacks.
Sick.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:39 AM
If I learned anything from Shawn of the Dead, it’s that in order to stop a zombie you have to blast it in the face. I’ll happily step up and take care of Lima.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:41 AM
That’s nothing. Once, Lawrence Taylor had visions of being in a really bad football movie with Jamie Foxx and Al Pacino.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:42 AM
Corpse of a 92 year old? Gross.
92 year old corpse of a hottie? Well, I’ll try anything once.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:42 AM
Mike… I really don’t understand that! Who do those people believe were responsible? And Al Qaeda immediately took responsibility, right? That is pretty sick.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:44 AM
Romo probably was looking for anything to do to prolong getting home and hearing Jessica Simpson talk.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:44 AM
Well when we said we thought he was in Afghanistan and we only sent 1,200 troops in after him… they may have reason to believe what they believe. I am not saying it is right, I am just saying it probably looks rather odd. Did we send 1,200 troops to Japan when they bombed Pearl Harbor?
September 11th, 2008 at 8:46 AM
Tribute
September 11th, 2008 at 8:47 AM
seven years ago today, 9/11
I was smoking a bong before a class at college when that happened. My roommates and I just sat around the TV for the next 4 hours watching what was going on in NYC.
horrible pic of A Lima. show some legs or biscuits or something
September 11th, 2008 at 8:49 AM
From the comments section of that corpse story. I mean really???
September 11th, 2008 at 8:53 AM
I was just walking into German class, my senior year of high school and the teaching was staring at a TV and crying. We had seen her cry before, as she was extremely emotional. Then we all realized the severity of the situation and followed along all day on TV. I will remember this moment for the rest of my life.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:53 AM
Smoking crack is a bad idea, and smoking an entire eight-ball in one sitting is a very bad one. You could die, for one, and you are likely to hallucinate
learn something new on this site everyday
September 11th, 2008 at 8:55 AM
seven years ago today, 9/11
I left my Cisco class, stopped by target to pick up The Blueprint 2 went back to class then saw the bullshit in class. One of the most fucked up days ever.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:57 AM
i just got back from college algebra my frosh yr…only class of the day. got back to my dorm and my roommates girlfriend called me crying (our cable didnt work) i had no idea what she was talking about…go next door to my RAs room almost at the same time the 2nd tower was hit…
September 11th, 2008 at 8:59 AM
I rode the bus to my first class and everything was fine, class went along as usual. We got out at 8:50 and i got ont he bus to ride home. The bus driver said “Did you hear a plane crashed into the WTC?!?” And I said “Stupid air traffic controllers…” (not knowing the situation I figured it was a small plane type of thing) when I got back to the dorm we all just sat and watched the Today Show for a while and nobody said much. Looking back I probably should have been more frightened, but I was feeling an overwhelming sympathy to those in NY. After first visting NY this summer I realize what a horrific experience it must have been living in the city on that day.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:00 AM
I was a guidance assistant for one period in HS my senior year. When I finished my work, the actual G.A. would let us watch CNN. Turned it on five seconds before the 2nd plane hit. We thought we were watching a movie for about ten mins.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:00 AM
i was in a meeting at my old job, someone came into the room saying that the WTC was hit by a plane. flipped on the tube, and that first image sent ill chills down the spine.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:01 AM
Did we send 1,200 troops to Japan when they bombed Pearl Harbor
Bad comparison. We were at war during Pearl Harbor and that was an enemy nation attacking us at the time. Al Qaeda is extremist group with no offical national ties. I’m not saying that our reaction to 9/11 was correct, but comparing Al Qaeda and Japan doesn’t work here.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:01 AM
Sturgeon injures two Live Oak residents
TBL loves Tampa news. never fails
This happens all the time to people who boat and jet ski in those waters. I read a story where this lady needed her face totally reconstructed after a sturgeon hit her on her jet ski. Would comprehensive insurance cover that? act of god you know
September 11th, 2008 at 9:04 AM
I was working for a CPA firm in Baltimore and was just getting in to work when the first tower was hit. By the time the second tower was hit and people were starting to figure out what was going on, everyone crowded into the conference room to watch the TV in stunned silence. Except for the audit manager who was rummaging through my cubicle looking for a fucking folder.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:05 AM
I remember I was driving to work and listening to Sports Talk radio (Tony Bruno) when they mentioned that it looked like the World Trade Center tower had an explosion go off. “Just a big whole in it,” but they weren’t sure why. When I got to work I didn’t have TV, but I remember just having to use the internet for the first hour before we were sent home. It was the first time I think I can remember the internet almost literally coming to a halt. Especially the news sites. They were all crashed and just overloaded with traffic.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:06 AM
Nick…wasn’t me, i’m a charter member of the century club.
i dont know whether i find paula creamer super hot because she is really good at golf or because she’s truly super hot. i just can’t make a rational judgement.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:08 AM
we actually were not really at war yet. we did not delcare war on anyone until after Pearl Harbor. Then Italy and Germany declared war on us following our declaration of war on Japan.
but even so, we should not compare the two.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:11 AM
Good point, sparty – Should have said the World was at war.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:12 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080911/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bushIm calling Bullshit on this
September 11th, 2008 at 9:16 AM
Here’s the breakdown by country.
Something tells me that weren’t using Maggs’ specious claims as their reasoning, but that’s just me.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:19 AM
Thanks for your opinion Mike.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:21 AM
Mexico and Turkey are in the ballpark.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:23 AM
Tampa Bo is a Troofer?
I am shocked. Shocked!
September 11th, 2008 at 9:31 AM
Kenya and Nigeria as the voices of reason..go figure
September 11th, 2008 at 9:32 AM
Egypt thinks Israel did it.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:36 AM
I can’t blame the Chinese for saying they don’t know since they can’t take a shit without Party approval and censorship.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:42 AM
i remember i was walking into my AP US History class junior year of high school when the teacher turned it on. Probably the only thing in my life where it is one of those I remember exactly where I was when it happened. then basicaly every class i went to after that was just watching it on tv.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:46 AM
Seven years ago I had the wonderful job of being a travel agent on a college campus. Since all air travel was grounded, all we could do was take calls from people and refer them to the airlines. We had a radio on so we could listen to what was going on. The worst part was foreign students who kept coming in wanting to book flights acting like they didn’t have a care in the world.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:47 AM
I was asleep, skipping class when one of my roomates came storming in and throwing things. He was from New York and was freaking out. I got up, went next door to my friends dorm and saw the second plane hit the Towers.
That night I drove to DC for some nefarious activities and we could see the smoke coming from the Pentagon, it was surreal.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:48 AM
Have you ever been to China? It is actually a wonderful place full of history and culture. I mean I love seeing McDonalds every three miles as much as the next guy, but there is something to be said for unique architecture.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:50 AM
would the courtesy flush be shit censorship?
September 11th, 2008 at 9:50 AM
I will never forget where I was. It was the end of 3rd period english sophmore year and right before the bell rang another teacher came in and told my teacher that a plane had hit the Pentagon. So she told us and we left, I remember being the 1st one to tell a friend and he was shocked. Later in 4th period a kid next to me had his am/fm radio out and everyone in the class was listening. 5th period I had accounting, and the whole class all we did was watch the tv. The thing about the day I’ll never forget is my dad was home from work which never happens and as soon as i put my bookbag down I saw the 1st tower fall.
scary scary world fellas.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:52 AM
I wish I knew what the CIA knows.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:58 AM
Why do we still not have anyone responsible for 9/11? It would seem to me that we caught those OK City guys pretty quick… and that Olympics bomber… it seems a bit strange that we know who did it and yet here we are the better part of a decade later and we still have no one… and yet those people who argue the loudest for the right wing never bring up the complete failure the Bush administration has had in bringing those responsible for 9/11 to justice. Scary world indeed.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:03 AM
You mean the Atlanta bomber who wasn’t caught until after seven years? While hiding out in this country (and not in Pakistan?) That guy?
Also, this person would like to have a word with you.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:06 AM
Maggs, I’m not sure if you heard, but it wasn’t me.
/Richard Jewell
September 11th, 2008 at 10:10 AM
my buddy has his 21st birthday on 9/11. No one wanted to go out with him and his birthday every year sucks. Poor guy.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:13 AM
Wow, a more glaring indicator of the guy you voted for being a complete failure in every way. I bet you even voted for him twice!
September 11th, 2008 at 10:17 AM
Benji..that’s just silly…I am a New Yorker…I have friends effected by the 9/11 loss..one of my wife’s good friends and other family friends lost their lives that day…I will never sit and wallow in self pity. You go out and celebrate. Life moves on. I try not to get all they would want it or the terrorists win on you but Life does move forward..it never hurts to reflect…but to not go out and have a good time because of the death of others is not right..if that was the case we would never have a good time ever…So go out..toast your buddy and toast those who lost their lives and toast their families for being strong and live life.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:17 AM
Wow.
To once again expose your complete and utter ignorance on pretty much all topics — the Atlanta bombing took place in 1996. Do I need to provide you a link of who was President during that time? Hint: it wasn’t BusHitler.
Please, for your own mental well being — you really, really need to get that BDS checked out.
/awaits latest non-sequitur from clueless Maggs
September 11th, 2008 at 10:18 AM
Maggs…that happened during the Clinton presidency…
September 11th, 2008 at 10:18 AM
here, here, Roman.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:18 AM
Roman, he doesn’t have the time nor inclination for these basic “facts.”
Bush was responsible for the Atlanta bombings as well, didn’t you hear?
September 11th, 2008 at 10:20 AM
Bush was also responsible for this
September 11th, 2008 at 10:21 AM
9/11>Atlanta Bombing
September 11th, 2008 at 10:23 AM
RWH = whore
September 11th, 2008 at 10:23 AM
Bush was responsible for the Olympic bombing in Atlanta, and have the proof!
September 11th, 2008 at 10:24 AM
I think Bush had something to do with Pearl Harbor…
September 11th, 2008 at 10:26 AM
Law Professors maybe to Barry, but actual lawyers are probably to McCain.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:26 AM
August I knew it was coming but always funny
September 11th, 2008 at 10:27 AM
me = owned
I am now voting all republican all the time, whether they will die in office causing us to have a mega crazy whore bitch as pres or not. I love God now too and see no human resemblence in monkeys, what hog wash, oops did I write hog? I bet that ends up on Fox News tonight too. I love how our country is being run. I definatley love an oil man in office and and the possibility of an oil woman in office in the future once the old switch stancer croaks. This is truly a bright future for me and my crazy gun weilding, God loving, abortion hating fanatic friends. Fuck crime, i love it. I also enjoy war and capital punishment. God knows I don’t want to be the guy who has to kill people all day on death row, that would be awful, but that is what the poor are for. Fuck the poor, they smell. I love my big screen, O’Reillys face looks even more patriotic every night. Are we friends now Mike? Please can we be? I would love it. You are so fucking smart, so fucking awesome in every conceivable fucking way man. I fucking love you and what you bring here every day, you are my personal hero.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:30 AM
Law Professors maybe to Barry, but actual lawyers are probably to McCain
Nerds>Snakes any day…
September 11th, 2008 at 10:32 AM
John Edwards heartily agrees.
Maggs, I think you need to sit the next one out. You’re reeling, bad.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:32 AM
I remember waking up on September 11th in my dorm room and hearing the radio going in the hallway with the story. I thought it was an audiobook.
Kinda like a reverse War of the Worlds. I had long hair back then, cut it off with a knife and haven’t grown it back out.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:32 AM
Maggs does check his facts. What, the Huffington Post, Daily Kos, and moveon.org aren’t legitimate news sources?
September 11th, 2008 at 10:33 AM
Maggs…I have a loaded question…Shouldn’t you have Lloyd Carr as your Avatar since he is the coach who actually won you a National Championship? I mean I have not ever grasped all the Bo love..he lost big games and never won a National Championship. Lloyd whooped on tOSU for a decade and won a championship (1/2 of one anyway)..I never got how Bo is the Michigan man?
/hanging out with Spencer entirely too long
September 11th, 2008 at 10:35 AM
Are we friends now Mike? Please can we be?
Depends on your Tax bracket
September 11th, 2008 at 10:36 AM
comment 76 is best read while humming “Battle Hymn of the Republic”
September 11th, 2008 at 10:40 AM
I woke up early on the morning of Sept. 11 to see if there were any updates on Ed Mccaffrey’s knee/leg ( I’ve always been a fan… his brother was a basketball legend at Vanderbilt). He blew it out the night before on MNF (which ended his career).
During a commercial break I flipped over to CNN and watched coverage after the first plane hit when everyone was still going about their business. Then the 2nd plane hit and everybody freaked. I started waking up my room mates and they lost it.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:59 AM
Fuck Bush. He ran this country into the ground, when he should have been organizing and leading spy missions against terrorists.
September 11th, 2008 at 11:00 AM
On Sept. 10th we got the ultrasound for our first kid and I was all set to take the pictures around and show them off to my friends and family the next day. Instead, me and my old lady just sat in front of the TV wondering what kind of world we brought out kids into.
/didn’t stop us from having a second kid for some reason. odd.
September 11th, 2008 at 11:02 AM
Hef’s Kids ruined America
/George Bush
September 11th, 2008 at 11:06 AM
What I remember most, besides the initial waking up and finding out, was Bush’s speech, I think it was later that night. I was choked up and pissed off at terrorists and I was truly behind Bush. I wanted Gore to win but I was totally convinced Dubya would kick those terrorists asses. His approval ratings were through the roof. Man how things change.
September 11th, 2008 at 11:08 AM
Hef, had you not had that second child, the terrorists would have truly won.
You sir, are a virile patriot.
September 11th, 2008 at 11:12 AM
Whenever anyone asks me to describe myself in one word I always say “virile.” I can impregnate you all from my computer.
September 11th, 2008 at 11:15 AM
Hef, you’re a good American for raising
hisyour kids. Yeah, your kids is what I meant.September 11th, 2008 at 11:20 AM
Stealing from clown’s joke, but from which Asian country did you adopt Ho-Chan Hefler from? You and your life partner must be so proud.
/Nick Mencia
September 11th, 2008 at 11:29 AM
My girlfriend, now wife, was in the hospital on some serious drugs. She called me at work and told me, “I think something is wrong with the FAA, two planes have hit the Twin Towers.” I told her it was terrorism.
She later called me when the towers fell, and I could not comprehend it. I actually had to drive to a hearing 2 and half hours away, and did not see the footage until after 6 p.m. The hospital she was in was locked down for a while, and the doctors and nurses watched TV all day.
It is hard to believe that was seven years ago.