The Big Lead Year In Review: January 2012
By Ty Duffy
Girlfriend: Bernard Tomic’s fetching girlfriend Donay Meijer made waves at the Australian Open.
Broke: Terrell Owens somehow squandered $80 million in income over his playing career.
Profile: Jason McIntyre brought you the Colin Cowherd you don’t know.
"“I’ve yelled at management,” he boasted. “I can tell you, Mike & Mike are not getting in those arguments. I’m not putting Arena Football on. They [meaning ESPN] say, ‘Well, we bought the league.’ Well, that’s a You problem. I’m not putting it on. I will fight to the end, probably to my detriment. I’ve got a little Bill Simmons in me. [His producer] Vince [Kates] and I put up fights. [They might ask] can you put this NASCAR guy on? We ask, why?”"
Brunette Girls: Michigan’s hirsute kicker Brendan Gibbons revealed both his strategy for making field goals and his Team Brunette membership.
ESPN Departure: Jim Rome left ESPN for CBS Sports. Jason McIntyre was on it.
Nut Job: Billy Cundiff missed the game-winning field goal in the AFC title game. This Ravens fan went apoplectic, then offered a reasonable take on Joe Flacco.
No Stranger To Controversy: Jason Whitlock went all in on Steven Tyler after his botched national anthem calling the Aerosmith singer “more obscene than Janet Jackson’s titty” and describing him as “Lesley Visser with a wig on.”
Dunks, Dunks, Dunks. The Blake Show was in full effect. He even deigned to graze the rim with a few of his “dunks.” This one over Andrew Bynum was quite spectacular.
Tebow Tecmo Bowl: Tim Tebow was a starting NFL quarterback for the Denver Broncos. Some Internet denizen mocked up his pass to Demaryius Thomas on Tecmo Super Bowl.
The Forearm Shiver: An unsuspecting reporter beat ESPN’s Holly Rowe to Brady Hoke for her post-game interview. She was having none of it.
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