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TOP STORIES - FEBRUARY 10, 2006 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!  FANTASY BASEBALL 2006: CATCHERS 2006 FANTASY NASCAR DRIVER PREVIEW: Where does your driver rank???THE 'EDGE' IS COMING: Coming soon to KACSPORTS KACSPORTS BLOG: Additional commentary now appears in the new blog section, which can be found at www.kacsports.com/blog, or click below the header.  PEARL-JAM PLAYS KNOXVILLE: Eccentric coach has Vols challenging for Top-Ten ranking in his first year. University already wants to re-do Pearl's contract and bump him up into the $1.5 million per year range (and UWM couldn't possibly match $800,000). Pearl also got into it with fans at LSU a few weeks back and even a high school ref working a game his son was in. Oh, and there's also this ugly orange blazer, perfect for deer hunting season. POKER ALERT: Annie Duke to appear with Ian Punnent Saturday night (9 PM ET) on Coast To Coast Live.KEVIN HARVICK VEILED SLAM ON JEFF GORDON??? Harvick says no one has been able to replace Dale Earnhardt as a 'voice for the drivers' in the garage area. Without saying his name, Harvick made it clear that he believes four-time champion Jeff Gordon should be filling the role as an 'unofficial drivers representative', saying 'There are people who should be more involved and you know who I mean' OLYMPIC FLAG BEARER REVEALED TORTURED CHILDHOOD: 2002 gold medalist Chris Witty stunned even her closest friends by revealing in a Salt Lake City newspaper in 2004 that she had been the victim of 'repeated abuse', over a period of years, committed by what was thought to be a trusted family friend. The abuse led to feelings of guilt, an inability to trust people, awkwardness as a teenager and serious depression. Witty will be competing in her fifth Olympics, and is one of only nine U.S. athletes to participate in both the Winter and Summer Games. FENWAY PARK NEXT FOR COLLEGE HOCKEY??? Boston College talking about playing regular season game in December. On Saturday Wisconsin and Ohio State play a glorified non-conference game at Lambeau Field, expected temperature is 26 with possible snow flurries.  WOULD YOU BELIEVE??? Could Agent #99 be closing in on THE #99??? Right about now, Gretzky probably wishing he were playing at Pebble Beach with Mike Weir this weekend. More damaging evidence in the unfolding NHL betting scandal shows Gretzky discussing the gambling operation allegedly run by Rick Tocchet before the network was dismantled earlier this week, according to published reports quoting 'unidentified' law enforcement sources. It is said that Janet Jones had bet $500,000 in the last six weeks, including $75,000 on last weekend's Super Bowl.NASCAR 'HEISMAN' CANDIDATE: New NASCAR owner Roger Staubach says he will give his 1963 trophy to veteran driver Terry LaBonte if he can win the Daytona 500 in his car. Says LaBonte, 'Damn, that's pretty cool'. NHL HIRES 'UNABOMBER' PROSECUTOR: As Rick Tocchet case is already taking it's place among the great gambling scandals in North American sports history. A list that includes names such as Paul Hornung, Pete Rose, and Art Schlister. And if Wayne Gretzky's family is involved - yes it's a big deal. Gretzky vehmently denies that Janet Jones was making bets for him while Tocchet also maintains his innocence, but has been ordered away from the Phoenix Coyotes by league commissioner Gary Bettman. TOCCHET OPERATION WAS RUNNING ON SUPER SUNDAY?? Right up to the Super Bowl — the day before he was issued an arrest warrant — Rick Tocchet was 'heavily involved' in a New Jersey-based illegal gambling enterprise, according to records released Wednesday.US TO STRIKE GYMNASTICS GOLD IN 2024: You can go to the betting window with that right now. Never mind that Bart Conner's son isn't even due until July, just consider who the mother is - Nadia Comaneci. Yep, it seemed eons ago that Nadia was racking up 10's in Montreal, but she is still 'only' 44. It will be the first chile for Comaneci and Conner, who have been married 10 years. I'm guess the kid will already be learning the floor exercise and the pommel horse by this time next year. FAVRE MERCHANDISE FLYING OFF THE SHELVES: Sales of Favre memorabilia 'spiking' as fans anticipate possible retirement. JIM PLUNKETT'S SON ARRESTED ON SEXUAL ASSAULT: Gets in trouble while his dad was in Detroit for the Super Bowl MVP reunion, guess he could have used skipping that as well. Jim Plunkett Jr, 22, was arrested Saturday, two days after the alleged attack occurred, on suspicion of assault with intent to commit rape and inflicting injury. The younger Plunkett is described as an Arizona State student who was in suburban San Francisco visiting his parents.  OPERATION SLAP SHOT??? It's not a good week to be a legend. Actress Janet Jones and Phoeix Coyotes assistant coach Rick Tocchet allegedly involved in a gambling ring, along with about a half-dozen NHL players. The New Jersey state police dubbed the investigation Operation Slap Shot. Tocchet is accused of being the financier of a 'highly organized betting ring', according to New Jersey state police. A New Jersey state trooper is also accused of being involved. The ring involves betting on sports, but not hockey. When asked about his wife's involvement in the ring, coach Wayne Gretzky laughed saying 'You'd have to ask her about that' (developing)ADU BIDDING ADIOS??? 16 year-old soccer prodigy says he's staying in MLS, but is also rumored to he headed to Premiere League power Chelsea for a cool $9 million transfer fee. STAT OF THE DAY - THE UNLUCKY 13: Sunday's loss made the Seahawks the 13th different team to lose the Super Bowl in as many years. The list is as follows, Buffalo, San Diego, Pittsburgh, New England, Green Bay, Atlanta, Tennessee, NY Giants, St. Louis, Oakland, Carolina, Philadelphia, and now Seattle. MIKE HOLMGREN SORE LOSER - DAY 3: For several minutes after the end of the game Bill Cowher stood at the 25 yard-line looking for Mike Holmgren, but to no avail. At a welcome home pep rally yesterday Holmgren said, 'We knew it was going to be tough going up against the Pittsburgh Steelers. I didn’t know we were going to have to play the guys in the striped shirts as well.' I wonder how much the league will fine him for that smart remark, Sounds like the wife and daughter made a good call spending the week in the Congo while the Seahawks served as jobbers to the NFL. SLIP OF THE TOUGNE??? Texas A&M is paying so much attention to the Seattle Seahawks using their moniker, perhaps they should worry more about their recruits keeping quiet. Here's what a wide receiver who just committed to A&M last week said to a local paper, 'They take care of you down there. I know from my brother they keep your pockets full, give you plenty of money, keep feeding you meals.' The university is already in damage control ensuring the NCAA that they are playing within the rules.  DISTURBING PHOTO OF THE WEEK: I ran a picture like this from a Euro Hockey Leauge game last year, where the entire uniform becomes a NASCAR-like billboard. Let's see, a cell phone company where the players name should be, advertising on the helmets, and something else even on a players pants-leg. You may remember advertising on the helmets when the Cubs and Mets played a couple games in Japan a few years back. Then there was the Spiderman on the bases idea that was pulled within 24 hours after negative fan reaction. Finally, there were the Red Cross decals that appearred after Katrina hit last September, like I said then today Red Cross tomorrow MasterCard. I imagine MLB will trot out a few more 'trial balloons' with various sponsors during the World Baseball Classic.SUPER BOWL CONSPIRACY THEORY #86: 'Hey Pittsburgh, your team has won the Championship!!!' I'm sure Sports Illustrated trotted out those commercials minutes after the final gun. However, they say that if you typed www.sipittsburghoffer.com before the game even started you would had gotten an offer for the Steelers Championship Package with a subscription to SI. So what happened if you typed www.siseattleoffer.com??? Supposedly you again got the page for the Steelers offer. One gets the feeling they didn't do a big advance run of Seahawks World Champions material. CHMURA RIPS COWBOYS ON RADIO SHOW: Responding on Troy Aikman's election into the Hall of Fame, If Michael Irvin didn't have his friend's crack pipe in his car, he'd probably be in, too. What a flippin' joke - I am so sick of the Dallas Cowboys. I really am.' BERNSTEIN CLARIFIES: In her blog, Bonnie Bernstein indicates that she's not happy with a couple of reports last week that indicated that she was fired (or contract not renewed) last week, when in fact she left on her own. She did confirm launching her own company, that she will still be doing work for Westwood One radio and possibly CBS Sportsline, and that she was 'flattered' by a couple of 'pretty cool job offers'. One rumor is that she may wind up on NBC's Sunday Night Football team and could wind up on the networks Olympic and news coverage as well, in a role similar to Melissa Stark. MORE BROADCAST MUSICAL CHAIRS: James Brown ends his 12-year run with FOX and will return to CBS next year in the studio anchor chair. Greg Gumble moves to the #2 team with Dan Dierdorf. Where does that leave Dick Enberg you ask??? Well sounds like he gets paired with Randy Cross at the very best, moving further down the networks food chain - and the broadcast veteran doesn't sound happy about it.WHAT WAS UP WITH MONTANA, BRADSHAW??? Whatever it was, it was near inexcusable for the two QB's who have combined for nine Super Bowl Championships not to appear in pre-game ceremony of past game MVP's - especially considering the Steelers were in the game and Montana won his first Super Bowl in Detroit. Montana claims he wanted to be at his son's basketball game while Bradshaw was supposedly vacationing. However another report had Montana and Bradshaw demanding appearance fees. The only other MVP's not represented were the late Harvey Martin and former Dolphins safety Jake Scott. HECKLER KICKED OUT OF PHOENIX OPEN: Always the most raucous event on the PGA Tour, Sunday's final round only drew about half of Saturday's estimated crowd of 170,000. However it was not played without incident, as Justin Leonard runs off a heckler you yells 'nice putt' after a short miss. If I recall, it was Leonard who got it from the crowd during a final round duel with fan favorite Phil Mickelson ten years ago when the final round was played on Saturday because the Super Bowl was in Phoenix. Golfers get flustered enough when someone moves a shadow in front of them or pops a beer top within 30 feet of them, heckling makes them go just ballistic. MORE GOLF: The Phoenix event was actually on the back-burner golf wise with Tiger Woods exploits in Dubai no doubt giving the Golf Channel it's highest ratings ever. However I'm wondering if J.B. Holmes (a.k.a Long John Holmes) is getting overhyped just a tad??? I will say his final round was like watching John Daly at Crooked Stick 15 years ago. It was like the golfer with the 110 attribute playing Tiger Woods, driving 17, needing only a L-Wedge after bombing 18. Holmes drove three at least 350 yards - AND ACCURATE!!! By the end of the broadcast CBS commentators was dubbing him as a Ryder Cup candidate and a majors contender. I want to see how he does on other courses first, it's one thing to bring Phoenix down to it's knees, but some of the tougher golf courses with doglegs and trees which force golfers to use draws, fades, and to lay-up on occasion is another matter. For the record, Holmes did finish top-30 at the brutal Torrey Pines layout last week. As far as the Dubai classic was concerned, Tiger couldn't hit anything straight, but he was incredible bailing himself out, one wayward drive saw his ball on a rocky shore two feet from the water. Now if this was John Daly he would whack the ball six times with it moving about two inches. Tiger manages to make contact, get the ball somewhere near the fairway, then hits the green from the rough, then holes out from 20 feet. By the way any shots off-line on that course lands in the desert, literally. Lets just say the golf course is the only grass in town (you can clearly see it from this satellite photo). And the commentators noted that before that course was built, they were playing on courses that were ALL SAND!!! Kind of like playing a tournament in Pahrump.TOP TEN SUPER BOWL GOATS: (NOTE: TWO OF THEM ON THE LIST ACTUALLY WON THE GAME) 10. Leon Lett, 9. Garo Yapremian, 8. Thurman Thomas, 7. Jackie Smith (he's taken too much over the years, Dallas scored two late touchdowns to make the final decifit four points, magnifying Smith's drop more), 6. Scott Norwood (I don't call that a choke job, he was never good on long attempts off grass), 5. John Kasay (kickoff out of bounds a killer), 4. Joe Theismann (for 14 years he had to live with the 'last QB from the NFC to lose a Super Bowl' label), 3. Eguene Robinson, 2. Barret Robbins, 1. Stanley Wilson. Wilson's meltdown was apocolyptic. Already a two-time violator of the NFL's drug policy, Wilson was being tested three times per week during the Bengals' 1988 season. Just before a Saturday night team meeting, Wilson told a teammate he had to go back to his room to get his playbook, 20 minutes later an assistant found him shaking like a leaf in a restroom - career over. When coach Sam Wyche told his team that Wilson just 'had a relapse', many on the team thought that it was a Pete Carroll-like stunt to motivate the team. As you might expect, Wilson didn't kick his habit after being kicked out of football and possibly costing the Bengals a shot of winning Super Bowl 23 - in 1999 Wilson was convicted of stealing $130,000 to support his habit and is now serving a 22-year jail term.  BONNIE'S NEW GIG: What could possibly make Bonnie Bernstein walk away from her career at CBS?? How about her own consulting business. Those looking to break in or get a better job in the broadcasting business can send their tapes in to Bonnie for critique - for a fee. According to her web site, a written consultation is $950, a one-on-one phone consult is $1,250 - a follow-up consultation is $1,250 - or a value pack of three follow-up consults is only $2,150.ANOTHER WIERD CSONKA STORY: Sure gets into a lot of trouble with that outdoors show of his. Dolphins legend pleads guilty to illegal filming on federal lands in Alaska. You may remember last September Csonka was one of six that had to be rescued during a harrowing night aboard a rolling and pitching 28-foot boat in the Bering Sea. JOHN DALY WALKOFF #98: After making the turn after shooting 40 on the back nine, JD storms off the course, past the security guards, through the clubhose, and out into the parking lot when he hops into his car and is whisked away. If his valet didn't have the keys I imagined he would had kept walking and hopped onto the Phoenix Transit bus. SPLITSVILLE!!! Sheryl Crow, Lance Armstrong call it quits. (Is Sheryl setting up a date with Bode Miller as I speak???) |
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