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TOP STORIES - JANUARY 12, 2007 Get your NFL football tickets now at TickCo. They have all team Cardinals tickets, Cowboys tickets, Packers tickets, Colts tickets, Patriots tickets, Titans tickets and more. Get your Super Bowl tickets here! 2007 FANTASY FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RANKINGS AVAILABLE NOW!!!. DECISION TIME!!! Dozens of star underclassmen gridiron stars face a critical decision: Be the Big Man On Campus in 2007 and risk injury or sub-par season - or to jump at the potential chance of NFL millions now. Get the status of nearly 100 underclassman now on KACSPORTS Exclusive 2007 NFL Draft page. VATICAN FISHWRAP CALLS OUT DAKAR RALLY: The Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano criticizes the Dakar Rally as 'a bloody race of irresponsibility' after the events latest fatality. Elmer Symons died Tuesday, which marks the 54th death in the near 30-year history of the endurance race, which begins in Paris en route towards Africa. The article said the race has 'little healthy competition' and 'displays the undeniable violence that comes with every attempt to export Western models to human environments and ecosystems that have little to do with them.' In the past, the race has been blamed for the killing of livestock as well as occasional spectators. Participants in the race have also found themselves as the targets of armed bandits when going through some of the more desolate areas. That said, do you really scrap an event that Robby Gordon actually has a chance to win???  BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, BECKHAM GETS AROD MONEY (X2) TO JOIN MLS: The Sun tabloid is all over this, saying Becks has decided to leave Real Madrid to sign with 'MLS side' LA Galaxy to the tune of five years/128 million pounds. I'll translate that for my U.S. audience - that's $250 MILLION, or 50 mill per year. Scott Boras needed this contract to come down a month ago, if a soccer player who can do nothing but take free kicks these days get that then what's Barry Zito worth??? In it's decade-plus history, MLS has operated under a strict salary cap, but just this off-season made a new rule allowing each team to sign one (and only one) franchise player for any price. Safe to say the Galaxy has just taken full advantage of that provision. Beckham is coming off a mostly dissapointing 3 1/2 year stint with Real Madrid as well a World Cup appearance that left something to be desired - but remains one of the most recognized athletes in the world. Beckham is slated to join the Galaxy in August, after Real Madrid's season is complete. DUDE SKIS NUDE: Here is where global warming has appearantly gotten us, it is now warm enough for someone to do this - Whacked skier Rainer Schoenfelder decides to two plank down the hill in his birthday suit after losing a bet with his physiotherapist. The 29-year-old Austrian skier, who got hurt in a crash last week, had vowed to ski naked if his pains had lessened by Wednesday morning. Schoenfelder went down the hill wearing only yellow boots and an orange helmet and gloves, and a photographer snapped this shot of Schoenfelder, which as you might imagine is making it's rounds on the internet. The Austrian ski coach is not looking for any ramifications to come out of the stunt saying 'I have no problem with nudity in general. I haven't seen the pictures but no one was hurt. This was typical Schoenfelder behavior.' Just glad the guy didn't crash again, he and Bode Miller must be a real pair at the pubs.BONDS FAILS TEST - THROWS TEAMMATE UNDER THE BUS??? Published report has Barry Bonds faiing a test for amphetamines during the 2006 season and originally blaming the bad result on teammate Mark Sweeney. Bonds, who always has maintained he never has tested positive for illegal drug use, already is under investigation for lying about steroid use. Unlike a failed steroid test, a failed amphetamine test (added in 2006) does not result in an immediate 50-game suspension. Players are not publicly identified for a first positive amphetamine test, but become subject to additional testing. A second positive test for amphetamines results in a 25-game suspension.  CALL FOR MCGWIRES NAME TO BE STRUCK FROM INTERSTATE??? Still smarting from being snubbed by Hall of Fame voters, Mark McGwire is now quickly finding out that he has little love left even in the St. Louis area. A local politician wants McGwire's name removed from a five-mile stretch of Interstate 70 that was named for the slugger shortly following his record-breaking 1998 season. It is not the first time the possibility of removing McGwire's name from the highway has been discussed - a congressman suggested the change after grilling Mac on Capitol Hill two years ago.DETAILS OF SCARY BIFFLE CRASH EMERGE: Greg Biffle was cruising around a reconfigured Las Vegas Motor Speedway at 204 mph last month when a tire exploded, sending Biffle's car crashing into the wall. It's now said that Biffle was knocked unconscious, and also dislocated his right shoulder. Biffle credits improved safety standards instituted in NASCAR over the past five years for saving him from more serious injury or even death. Biffle claims that there was no medical personnel at the track, and was not aware of the extent of his injuries until flying back east, where a doctor told him that he should not had been flying with a brain injury. Las Vegas Speedway officials dispute Biffle's account, saying that he was tended to by paramedics at the track before refusing further treatment.  SEAU MAKES SMOKING GUN: Web sit reports two women are suing future NFL Hall-of-Famer Junior Seau, claiming that Seau drunkenly called them 'female-specific profanities' and tossed drinks on them at a San Diego hotspot last May. According to the complaint, Seau actually told one of them to 'get on a treadmill' and suggested that the other woman 'put her shirt on'. The complaint also makes note that this was not the first time Seau was 'intolerant', noting his 2004 banquet speech (in which Seau reportedly made an gay slur) along with his LaDainian Tomlinson 'watermelon' reference a year earlier.JOUMANA KIDD FILES COUNTERSUIT: Saying that it is absurd for an NBA All-Star to fear a 5'2" 105 lb woman, lawyers for Jason Kidd's soon to be ex-wife have filed countersuit in a New Jersey court. Joumana's attorney said 'It's shameful what he did here. The truth will come out.' Jason Kidd's lawyer contends that Joumana became 'increasingly controlling and manipulative' in the last few years of their marriage - accusing Joumana of kicking, hitting, punching and throwing objects around the house, and also putting a 'tracking device in Jason's vehicle'. Joumana also supposedly had the couples eight-year old son sneak into the Nets locker room to look up numbers on Jason's cell phone, while Joumana sat in the stands and hurled insults at Jason DURING GAMES!!! This is getting very ugly.  ROSS VERBA - AND RUBBER CHECKS??? The line what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas might be true - unless you happen to owe a casino marker or two or twelve. Then Vegas will chase you down halfway to Pluto if they have to. You may have followed the exploits over former Packer Ross Verba over the last couple of years on this site. A deeply religious family man during his days in Green Bay, Verba kind of went of the deep end after the Mrs. hit him with divorce papers out of nowhere which landed like a Nigel Benn uppercut. Then came stories of wild parties with a roommate (a reality show contestant) in Cleveland followed by a year out of football to party in Vegas and rack up a ton of debt. Verba returned to the NFL with the Lions this year, spending much of the season on the inactive roster. Now comes this, state trooper in Eau Claire pulls over the driver in Verba's car for speeding, quick background check on Verba by trooper reveals a $50,000 debt to a Vegas casino. Verba spends night in jail facing two felony charges, then has to settle with the casino the next morning, they were going to send him on the next bus back to Vegas!!! And it sounds like the $50,000 was just a drop in the bucket - it says Ross has had at least two previous unpaid Vegas debts submitted to the DA's office. One of those was for a whopping $600,000. Both were dismissed when Ross paid in full. Don't know if anyone in Vegas was responsible for the shiner Ross is sporting in this picture.JAVON WALKER SPOTTED IN VEGAS: This is relatively good news here, as Javon was reported to be seen at a Steve Wynn Vegas hotel. It's said that Walker is simply looking to get away for a while after being witness to the horrible Darrent Williams tragedy. Walker attended a memorial service for Williams at the Broncos facilities, but did not go to the services in Texas, as he told teammates he could not deal with the funeral. ME-O FIRES 'PUBLICIST': Bet you didn't see that one coming. Let's just say Owens had 25 million reasons to sack Kim Etheredge. Not like ME-O needs a publicist anyways. TOTALLY CRAZY HIGH SCHOOL COACH IN COLORADO: I usually let Bob Reno have this material over at Badjocks (he also has a great topless female Haka controversy today), but before you spend money to send your kids to an 'Academy' you might want to read this one. A 28 year-old Colorado prep basketball coach faces 39 charges for allegedly hitting male students in the groin, showing them pornography and pouring water on his players then driving them to games in the winter with the windows rolled down. There's a rising star in the prep coaching business. According to the complaint, coach would ask kids what the capital of Thailand is, when they answered Bangkok, he belted them with a low blow. I guess the players could complain to the athletic director, but that was the coach's WIFE, and she also coached the girl's basketball team. An attorney for the now dismissed coach says his client is innocent, noting that he's 'not a sex offender or anything close to it.' You know we could hire Kim Etheredge to make that statement.  CAL, ONE-NINER, FALL SHORT OF UNAMINOUS VOTE Don't worry, Cal Ripken and Tony Gwynn will both get elected into Baseball's Hall of Fame on Tuesday - just don't expect either to get that ever-elusive unanimous vote. Traditionally there is always at least one voter wouldn't select Jesus Christ if he were on the ballot for the first time. And then there's Paul Ladewski of the Daily Southtown in suburban Chicago - he says he returned his ballot blank because he apparently has suspicions over ALL PLAYERS who participated in the 'steroid era', even those never accused. As reported last month on KACSPORTS, don't look for Mark McGwire to get remotely close to the 75 percent needed for election, Mac will be lucky to finish this year at around 25 percent - unless Mac somehow clears his name in a big way look for him to join Pete Rose on the outside looking in for a long, long, time. And then there is Jim Rice, who is projected to again fall just short in his 14th year of eligibility. Rice should have his best chance next year, the final year he can be elected by the writers, as there are no significant newcomers in 2008. UPDATE, TONY, CAL IN EASILY: Cal Ripken appears on 98.53 percent of the ballots, the third highest first-time total in history. Tony Gwynn appearred on 97.6 percent of the ballots, that ranks seventh all-time. Meanwhile, Mark McGwire fared even worse than the exit polls projected, he was on 23.5 percent of the ballots, that sounds like one of his early career batting averages. McGwire's awful showing does not bode well for him or the likes of Palmeiro, Sosa, or even Barry Bonds in the future - as this represents the first 'referendum' of star players who have been in the steroid controversy. Tony Gwynn has come out and said that McGwire does deserve induction, while Ripken refrains from touching the topic. Then there are those who came just short yet again, Goose Gossage 71.8, Jim Rice 63.5, Andre Dawson 56.7, 2008 will be interesting for all three. Further back is Bert Blyleven 47.7 and big-game pitcher Jack Morris at 37.1. And then there is Steve Garvey, again far short (21.1) in his final attempt, Detroit Tiger legend Alan Trammell (13.4) is also far off the pace. And then there is Albert Belle, more negative publicity during the last year put the final dagger into his Hall hopes, he will be dropped from the ballot after falling under the five percent threshold. This was also Jose Canseco's first year of eligibility, to the surprise of no one he is now out after getting 1.1 percent, Ken Caminiti is also off of future ballots as well after getting only two votes. Others falling below five percent include Dodger legend Orel Hershiser, Eric Davis and Bobby Bonilla. Most surprising, Harold Baines and his 2,866 hits just barely made the cut at 5.3 percent.K-BALL BLAMED FOR ROMO DROP??? Looking at the close-up on TV, you can see how shiny and alick the special kicking balls are. To his credit, Romo himself will not blame the 'K-Ball' for the dropped snap, but others around the leauge are taking his back in regards to the controversial pigskins. The league introduced the 'K-Ball' in 1999, after a season that saw the Vikings Mitch Berger record 40 touchbacks, in 1999 Berger's touchback total plummeted to 13. The idea is that the league controls the kicking balls, and that the teams don't see them until game-day. But you have to wonder, did someone in the Seattle equipment department slip Dallas a mickey?? And perhaps the same for the Bengals in Denver a few weeks back. JASON KIDD FILES FOR DIVORCE, CITES 'EXTREME CRUELTY' In the dissolution papers, Kidd accuses Joumana Kidd of physically and mentally abusing him, threatening to make false domestic violence complaints against him to police, and of interfering with his relationship with his children. The divorce filing comes less than a day after the 33-year-old Kidd filed a domestic violence complaint seeking a temporary restraining order against his wife. Wonder if Joumana was about to break off another 9-1-1 call - 'Someone get my husband, he's in a bad mood, he plays for the Nets and he just had a bad road trip...' I can just hear the 9-1-1 operator (Who are the Nets???) CHELIOS RETURNS TO RED WINGS: Meanwhile, a 19-year old bus boy recently fired from Cheli's Chili's bar has confessed to the stabbing deaths of two employees, age 49 and 52, last week. WILLIS 3-3??? Bills running back Willis McGahee sure keeps busy, as he faces his third paternity suit by a third woman in two years. A 27 year-old elementary school teacher says Willis is the father of a son born last April. Earlier another teacher said McGahee is the father a child born in January 2006 while yet another woman sued a year earlier saying Willis was the father of her child. In the first two cases McGahee has been determined as the biological father and is paying support. Now if he can be just half as productive on the football field.  'SIR, HAVE YOU BEEN DRINKING THIS EVENING???' Celebrating a season-high 19 point game v. San Diego St. perhaps a bit too much, BYU senior point guard Rashaun Broadus's college career is over following a DUI arrest. Broadus, a two-year starter, was pulled over for speeding on I-15 around 5 a.m. near University Parkway in Provo. BYU's coach did not throw Rashaun a lifeline saying 'Players who come to BYU all know the standards' I imagine even having an open Mountain Dew container at 5 AM in Provo on Sunday is worth a two-game suspension. Tradition. Spirit. Honor. Booze.IT BLEW THE ROOF OFF THE PLACE!!! I mean literally. Strange story out of Vancouver over the weekend as yet another major storm in the Northwest blew a piece of fabric off of B.C. Place Stadium. Witnesses among a skeleton crew in the facility at the time said the rip make a freightening, deafening sound. The rest of the roof was then brought down in a 'controlled deflation' as rain water seeped into the stadium, and also made a noticable absence in the city's skyline. Hailed as an immaculate state-of-the-art facility when opened in the early 1980's, it is said that B.C. Place has fallen into disrepair in recent years. We have a stadium like that in the U.S., it's called the Metrodome. Workers say the roof is inspected on a yearly basis, and they will make the patchwork repairs necessary to fix the roof. B.C. Place is slated to host the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics. It will mark the first time the ceremonies will be held indoors, provided the rest of the roof doesn't blow away by then.  REPORT - NASCAR 'CHASE' TO BE EXPANDED TO 12: For the past three years, the Chase involved the top-ten drivers after 26 races, in addition to any driver outside the top-ten within 400 points of the points leader. In each of the past three seasons, only seven drivers were within the 400-point mark - making that provision irrelevant. The new model expected to be unveiled this week is expected advance 12 drivers into the final ten-race playoff. In another expected tweak to NASCAR's point system, race winners would get an additional 10 points, if my math is correct that would be 20 points more than the second-place finisher - that provision would put more of a premium on winning races as opposed to just having 'a good points day'. DALE JR.'S FUTURE WITH DEI IN LIMBO: Supermarket tabloids have only talked about this for the last couple years or so, Dale Jr. and his stepmother don't exactly get along. The latest issue centers around comments Teresa Earnhardt made almost a month ago when she publicly questioned Junior’s commitment to winning. In a story that ran in the Wall Street Journal Teresa said 'Right now the ball’s in his court to decide on whether he wants to be a NASCAR driver or whether he wants to be a public personality.' |
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