Notes: Tony K. Suspended Over Hannah; WADA (& the USADA) – Presaging a Surveillance State, Tomlinson for Westbrook?

Hannah and her sausage casing. The hardest working man in sports business, Tony Kornheiser, was suspended by ESPN Monday for two weeks his remarks about an outfit worn by ESPN SportsCenter anchor, Hannah Storm. Pardon the Interruption co-host, Washington Post columnist, WaPo podcaster, and radio show host, Kornheiser made his remarks on his radio show last week. Of Storm’s red knee-high [read more...]

Tiger Woods, the Aftermath

The 12-step program for Co-Dependents of Sexual Addicts reads: 1. We admitted we were powerless over compulsive sexual behavior — that our lives had become unmanageable. 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood God. 4. Made [read more...]

Notes: The Conundrum that Is Marvin Harrison

Is this glare a glimpse into the off-field Marvin Harrison? The February issue of GQ carries in it an extensive article detailing the loathsome off-field exploits of former Indianapolis Colts wideout, Marvin Harrison. The FBI is investigating the murder of Dwight Dixon. In April of 2008 outside of a Philadelphia car wash owned by Harrison, Dixon found himself and his truck besieged [read more...]

Whitlock’s Apology; Football Motivation, 21st Century-Style; Paying for Content Is Here

And so Jason Whitlock caved. Though he’ll never admit it – he certainly attempted to put on a brave face in his latest Fox Sports offering – he folded like pretty Christmas wrapping paper around a gift. The only problem is, he packaged himself: Let me first apologize to Rush Limbaugh. Last week in explaining why NFL commissioner Roger Goodell needed to put [read more...]

The NFL Hawks Throwback Gear to Opposing “Teams”

A mythical Oakland Raiders cornerback wearing a white jersey leaps to make an interception. A New York Jets wideout in a deep-blue New York Titans throwback uniformed receiver is watching the Raiders player reach for the ball. In the next scene there is a flashback jump cut to Oakland Raiders players emerging from their tunnel, all early 1970s black jerseys [read more...]

*Breaking* Update: More from the Burress E:60 Interview (Club Allowed Burress to Enter with Gun)

UPDATE: More Burress interview excerpts: PB: It wasn’t like I was trying to hide it [the gun]. They know I have it. They pat me down and say, “Okay.” They let me in. With it. So that just …. (shrug of shoulders) JS: Security at the Latin Quarter patted you down, felt the gun, you produced it and they said, “Go right in?” PB: [read more...]

The Top 50 Head Coaches Continued: The Greatest Hockey Bench Jockeys (and all the coaches, so far)

 Last but least - just kidding - hockey bench jockeys. Who are the best of the best of the men pacing incessantly in that tiny area behind those sweaty Canadians, Euro-dudes, Northeastern and Minnesotan Ameros with big curved sticks in their mitted-up hands, sitting awaiting their turn to once again hit the ice and do the bidding of the pacing [read more...]

*Breaking* How the Plaxico Burress Gun Accident Really Happened

Somehow those with big wigs at ESPN and in the national sports media can’t seem to get this kind of info - or if they did, they chose to lay it on Plaxico Burress and make him out to be utterly irresponsible. As for me, I had questions about how Burress self-shooting went down - something smelled and I knew. [read more...]

Notes: A Turn in the Plaxico Burress Case? (With prior Burress-Related Articles and a Lester Munson-induced Addendum

After 35 years Robert Morgenthau will retire this year... and he wants his indictment of Plax now now now! First, let’s understand, New York District Attorney Robert Morgenthau is 85 years old - and looks ever second of 85 (pictured at right). So forgive the soon-to-be retired New York prosecutor if he gets a bit impatient when a grand jury fails [read more...]

Steve McNair-Sahel Kazemi, Their Lives and Deaths - and What They Mean to Us

On vacation... Steve McNair was murdered by Sahel Kazemi while sleeping. Kazemi shot McNair in the head, twice in the chest, and again in the head; while he slept. Then Kazemi, 20, sat down next to the corpse of her just dead lover, and killed put a bullet through her own head. Apparently Kazemi was contemplating ending her life and mentioned this [read more...]

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