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Patriots Fans Are Not Happy People
Posted by The Danza on May 16, 2008
Mr. John Tomase, you should probably pack your bags and get out of Boston. Judging by the 400+ comments (update: now over 800) written regarding your apology to the Patriots and its fans, I’d say your life is probably in danger. I read about 20 pages of the 40+ pages of comments and did not find one positive comment, and I’m sure these comments have been tamed since they’re on a newspaper’s website. All of the physical threats and vulgarity probably didn’t make it through moderation, meaning there could have been anywhere from 400-100,000 comments that weren’t published.
For those of you that don’t know, Tomase is the writer for the Boston Herald that broke the story on February 2, 2008, regarding the Patriots having taken film of the Rams’ walkthrough before Super Bowl XXXVI. Well, after Matt Walsh turned in the tapes and none of them had the aforementioned walkthrough, Tomase had to do some serious insert-foot-into-mouth backtracking and apologizing, and a lot of it.
His apology is very in-depth and walks you through his thought process and “fact”-gathering. Unfortunately, his source turned out to be someone he was having a casual conversation with that said a friend of a friend told him that it was rumored that the Patriots had taped the walkthrough. Ummm….ok. What’s this I keep hearing sportswriters and journalists say regarding sports bloggers? That they have no sources, responsibility, or accountability? Well, you know where I’m going with this. Goodbye, Mr. Tomase. I didn’t even know who you were before February 2, 2008, nor do I care about the Patriots, but as an outside observer, I think it’s time for you to end the relationship with Patriots and its fans. The next article with your name in it in the Boston Herald might very well be your obituary.
Does This Guy Ever Learn???
Posted by The Danza on Apr 3, 2008
**Updated Below**
Another NFL offseason and another Chris Henry arrest story. This time he has a warrant out for his arrest for punching an 18-year old guy and then throwing a beer bottle through his car window. To be such a talented wide receiver, this guy is one dumb son of a bitch. Recently, Henry’s managed to get arrested four times in the span of 14 months and was suspended by Roger Goodell for half of last season for….well, assign each behavioral problem to a card in a playing deck and then draw one.
As a matter of fact, even just last week Henry was cited for driving with expired license plates on his car. Ok, let me ask you this. You’ve been arrested four times in the last two years and ticketed for driving with a suspended license, for which the group of people paying you money is not very happy about. Wouldn’t you think you’d be as careful as you could possibly be? Hell, just don’t leave your house for a few years. Anything. Have a lawyer personally escort you around 24 hours a day telling you what is legal and what is illegal. That’s the solution that I am offering up to Chris Henry. Get a full-time chaperone.
But, wait, Henry says that that’s not how it happened at all. Well, he said that to his agent, Marvin Frazier:
The player’s agent, Marvin Frazier, said Henry gave him a different version of events but declined to elaborate.
“I was told it didn’t happen that way,” Frazier said.
So, I guess there’s still hope that this is one giant misunderstanding. Call me judgmental, but when a guy has had this many run-ins with the police, I tend to assume the worst after the umpteenth time.
Even though Chad Johnson says that he’s ready to show up to camp and “embarrass whoever tries to cover him,” the Bengals cannot possibly be ready to “move on without him” after their 3rd WR has just been issued a warrant for his arrest on assault charges. Oh boy, more problems for the Bengals. At least they didn’t get caught on a yacht full of naked prostitutes and sex toys.
**Update**
It looks like the Bengals have wisely chosen to cut its ties from Henry after his fifth arrest since 2005. Yahoo! Sports
A Sad Day for Packers Fans, A Mixed Day for Football Fans
Posted by The Danza on Mar 4, 2008
If you haven’t heard yet, Brett Favre retired today. The man that old men and children alike in Wisconsin and all across the U.S. for that matter have idolized for 17 years is no longer going to be throwing the ball on Sundays, whether it be 50-yard bomb or a five-yard underhand toss.
Green Bay fans will be especially devastated, because Favre is leaving after the greatest season in his recent career, if not his entire career. The few seasons before the last when Favre hinted at retirement, Packer fans were a little more accepting of the notion as Favre appeared to have reached his plateau and fallen a couple hundred feet. Favre had earned his legend status though, much like Bobby Bowden and Joe Paterno in college football, and no team official or fan would ever have thought of nudging him out. Read the rest of this entry »
Reggie Bush Still Refuses to be Held Accountable, Skips Deposition
Posted by The Danza on Feb 26, 2008
What do you do when you have to give a sworn deposition that will be handed over to the NCAA upon completion by lawyers who are going to be far from lenient in their questioning? You do what every young, immature, unaccountable person would do. Say “screw it” and don’t go. At least, that’s what Reggie Bush did yesterday. That’s something only a guil……wait a second, was that article from ESPN?!?! It was, and it made it all the way to the front page of the college football section, #2 on the list, while it still did not make it to the headlines of ESPN’s main page. I guess they assumed that not a lot of people check out the college football section this far out of season, so they could appease fearsome, ferocious bloggers like myself (*sarcasm*) by actually acknowledging Bush’s wrongdoing in a public forum. Read the rest of this entry »
Lawyers, GUNS, and Money
Posted by The Chosen Blogger on Feb 13, 2008
Talk about some hard-core sketchyness out in the wide world of sports…
Sporting ‘agent’ Lloyd Lake, who was schedule to give a deposition against alleged client Reggie Bush, walked out of the law firm because a hired bodyguard for Bush flashed his piece in a threatening manner several times. Now, that fact in and of itself is sketchy enough…but here is the kicker…
The ‘bodyguard’ who intimidated this material witness was with Bush Attorney David Cornwell….the same David Cornwell who works for ESPN…So, I was unsurprised to find this story tucked away in the deep recesses of ESPN’s ‘news’ site (you will have to do some clicking to find the story…it ain’t on the front page….).
Do you ever get that feeling of exasperation? The strange realization that even though you expected something, you are still amazed? This is how I feel about ESPN’s “Journalism.” A guy flashes a weapon at a highly charged, extremely relevant sports deposition, and not only does it get second page coverage…but it is relatively buried in the second page. Add to that the fact that the guy packing heat is with an ESPN legal analyst who happens to be representing Reggie Bush in this whole matter and you have a story which is beyond absurd.
I have said it before and I will say it again…ESPN is a joke of a news organization which is on par with Fox News as it relates to journalistic standards. T.V. sports ‘news’ will never be without interest conflicts until a network comes along that refuses to sign contracts for large sporting events….and that, I’m afraid, is not economically viable. I guess its Sports Illustrated or bust…..
Top 5 Superbowl Ads of the last 15 years…
Posted by Air Hernandez on Feb 1, 2008
Everyone has a list. I will keep mine short and sweet. I am basing my rankings on three main determinants: creativity, effectiveness, and humor. Enjoy.
No. 5: The Showdown (1993)
Larry Bird and Michael Jordan go shot for shot with the grand prize being a Big Mac and fries. I give Jordan the win no matter who misses for wearing that pimp shirt.
No. 4: Frogs (1995)
After this commercial aired there was a constant croaking of “Bud, weiss, errrr” in my high school. I know that the commercial was effective with my friends at the time.
Whatever Happened To……..
Posted by The Danza on Feb 1, 2008
Another Super Bowl is about to come and pass, and once again, we will be missing what once was the highlight of halftime and all of the Super Bowl commercials: The Bud Bowl. Budweiser, the King of Beers, would always battle Bud Light head-to-head, with the game always being decided by a last-second TD or FG for the sake of excitement. This was once a staple of my preteen-adolescent Super Bowl days.
What do we have now? Paula Abdul concerts and Flomax commercials. For God sakes, Anheuser-Busch, bring back the Bud Bowl advertisement campaign. Snoop Dogg and Kid Rock are not enough! I want to see Bud Light QB #10 throwing a 13-inch TD to Bud Light WR #17. Just for old time’s sake, the guys over at Mental Floss did an exhaustive history of the Bud Bowl in all of its glory. I guess we’ll just have to settle for the Victoria’s Secret commercials with Adriana Lima, Karolina Kurkova, and Selita Ebanks this year. Welllll…..we’re not in THAT big of a hurry to get the Bud Bowl back.
Super Bowl Heartaches
Posted by The Danza on Jan 31, 2008
Don’t get too excited during the big game this weekend, or else you may be visiting your friendly ER doctor before you get to see the rest of the game. According to scientists who studied medical records from the 2006 World Cup in Germany, heart attacks on record more than doubled for Munich residents when Germany was playing on TV. As if that’s not enough to convince you, during the two most intense games for Germany, the reports of heart trouble more than quadrupled the normal rate of reports.
How does this translate to the Super Bowl? Well, given that it’s the biggest annual event in American sports and Americans tend to be heavier in the first place with more heart problems, I would say that it doesn’t bode well for this weekend’s game. Couple the intensity of a close Super Bowl game with the fact that each spectator has already consumed 12-20 beers and two dozen chicken wings by the time the game starts, and you have a recipe for disaster. I’m just glad that it’s New York- and Boston-area teams in the Super Bowl and not Green Bay and another team from the Midwest or South, because I’m not sure our hospitals could handle that extra workload.
Yikes
Posted by The Danza on Jan 29, 2008
Tony Romo sings horribly, still outperforms Jessica Simpson.
Ravens’ DC, Rex Ryan, Didn’t Reeeaaally Want to Be a Head Coach
Posted by The Danza on Jan 29, 2008
C’mon guys. He was just kidding. He never really wanted to be a head coach. Rex Ryan, defensive coordinator for the Ravens for three years (nine years total with Ravens), has been rehired by new Ravens’ head coach, John Harbough, after trying his hand at a few head coaching job openings, most notably the one in Atlanta that was filled recently. Since he didn’t get any offers, he figured that he would just stick around Baltimore, assuming they’d keep him:
“Man, it’s great to be a Raven. That head coaching stuff, I was just kidding about that,” Ryan said with a grin. “Quite honestly though, when it was clear that I wasn’t going to be a head coach, I wanted to stay here in Baltimore.”
One of these days…one of these days you’ll be able to get out of the hellhole that is Baltimore. Tell the goof on the roof that we all said hello.