If you're an pro football fan looking for some real meat to dig into during the offseason, scroll all the way down and read MDS' requiem for the USFL.
Cheers,
JCN (perma)
UFC:
UFC: Gray Maynard Slams Robert Emerson, Knocks Himself Out: One of the most fascinating sports moments in recent memory: Emerson was already hurting, and that slam was the last straw -- he tapped out, signaling that he was submitting. But there was just one problem: Maynard had knocked himself out, slamming his own head into the canvas with Emerson's body.
HBO Deal With UFC on the Ropes: HBO's previous CEO, Chris Albrecht, was the biggest supporter of adding mixed martial arts, and after HBO fired Albrecht, Variety reports that the partnership now looks unlikely.
World Sports:
Landon Donovan, Star of the GringosEagle-eyed commenters at BigSoccer caught this Univision beauty: Roughly translated: Landon Donovan, Star of the [Ethnic Slur For Americans] Team. That's right, baby, Los Gringos own your sweet asses.
Marion Jones Is Broke: Since her involvement in the BALCO steroid scandal, Jones has been persona non grata in track and field. She no longer earns big money in her chosen profession, and her legal fees have overwhelmed her.
The Kids:
Hoover High School Football, Subject of MTV's 'Two a Days,' Plagued by Scandal: it should surprise no one to learn that in the 21st Century, if you're one of the best high school programs in the country, that probably means you're cheating.
MLB:
A-Rod Will Be the First $30 Million Player: That's something that people will remember forever, just as they remember Ruth's $100,000 contract. If he can't win a World Series, going down in history as the owner of the two richest baseball contracts ever will have to do.
Is Chipper Jones Feeling Peer Pressure From John Smoltz? It's one thing when there's a feud between a star and a role player ... role player gets traded, everyone lives happily ever after. But when two heavyweights snipe in the media, you very well can't trade either one ... so then what?
It's Time to Resurface Wrigley Field: Watch enough games at Wrigley, and one thing becomes immediately apparent: infielders, even those who play 81 games a year there, have no idea where the ball might bounce from one inning to the next.
NBA:Billy Knight Likes Big Butts and He Cannot Lie: He may not know who Britney Spears is, but the man knows what he likes in a draft pick: Billy Knight likes a player who's a little thick in the britches.
The Debriefing: Oden Vs. Durant, the Really, Really, Intangibles
Dennis Rodman used to touch Karl Malone in inappropriate places, just to anger him and throw him off his game, and Rodman's considered one of the best of all time. Which one of these gentlemen has the guts to put their left hand on green and their grill in a man's naughty area? I say Oden.
NFL:
Report: Frederick Evans Puked, Bit Cop: According to the police report, Evans got into a cab, wouldn't tell the cab driver where he wanted to go, and then threw up. After Evans threw up, he took a swing at the cab driver but missed. The driver called the cops, and then this happened:
Jon Kitna: Lions Will Go 11-5 -- At Worst: Yes, we're talking about the Detroit Lions, the team that went 3-13 last year, the team that has never won more than six games in any of the six seasons since Matt Millen took over the front office.
Tiki Barber Planning to Break Unwritten Locker Room Rules? Toward the end of Barber's NFL career, he became distant from the game. He began to shoot off at the mouth quite often and had no problems with throwing his coach or teammates under the bus. And now it looks like he plans to air out all of the NFL and New York Giants' dirty laundry.
USFL's 25th Reunion: Remembering Steve Young, Herschel Walker and Donald Trump: When BYU quarterback Steve Young was leaving school to enter pro football, he had a tough decision on his hands: Should he go with the tradition of the National Football League, or the unprecedented $40 million contract that the Los Angeles Express of the United States Football League had offered him?
