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TOP STORIES - FEBRUARY 27, 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: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF (AL), OF (NL), SP (AL) 2006 FANTASY NASCAR DRIVER PREVIEW: Where does your driver rank???OLYMPIC ICE STORM: The Hedrick/Davis spat is at least giving speedskating attention, but is it actually good for the sport. Find out if anyone wins in this inTODAY'S KACSPORTS BLOG. VINCE YOUNG SCORES 6 ON WONDERLIC?!? Rose Bowl hero decided not to throw at the NFL Combine, perhaps he should have skipped this as well. The average score for an NFL prospect is 19, while six is almost at a Dexter Manley level. Meanwhile Matt Leinart scored a 35 on the 50-question, 12-minute test while Vanderbilt's Jay Cutler (who's NFL stock is rising seemingly by the day) was believed to have scored a 29 before the combine. UPDATE: VY reportedly retakes the test and this time scores a 16. The re-do was done supposedly because of a mistake in scoring the last time (somebody didn't line up his Scan-Tron template correctly???). For comparison's sake, it is said that J.P. Losman scored a 14 on the test a couple years back (Probably no surprise to Bills fans). Also, Wonderlic scores of NFL prospects are usually shrouded in great secracy - you're better off trying to find out what's really up with Bush's (not Reggie) port deal with the UAE and the exact details of Cheney shooting his hunting buddy. TEXANS TRADING #1 PICK??? Reggie Bush might end up having to pay state income tax after all.FRANK THOMAS SELFISH??? White Sox GM fires back at comments the Big Hurt made in an interview which appeared in a suburban Chicago paper on Sunday, calling the two-time MVP an 'idiot' and adding that the team doesn't miss him. Wonder if Frank will be flying in when they give out the rings on opening day??? GREAT FRANK THOMAS STORY: Would this be what the GM meant by calling Thomas selfish. The following is a story I heard Jim Powell give during a Milwaukee Brewers broadcast several years back about a scary situation during a White Sox team flight, which encountered serious trouble and was in apparent danger of crashing. While other teammates prayed and attempted to call loved ones on their cell phones, Thomas supposedly grabbed every blanket and pillow he could find from the overhead compartments and was going to ENCASE HIMSELF IN THEM!!! Don't know how true it is (I never heard the story from anyone else) but what a great tale - outside of an ABC prime time series I don't know of too many people who come out of a plane crash in one piece. CAN'T SUGARCOAT IT: Here's one reason I don't spend $50 to watch this stuff live - Fernando Vargas' eye swells to the size of A RACQUETBALL during loss to Sugar Shane Mosley. Had the ref allowed the fight to go any longer Jim Lampley may had climbed into the ring himself to stop it.THE 'DEVIL CHANNELER'??? This is audio of some guy named Dmitri. Don't know if the guy's for real or if he just missed his meds. The freaky thing is halfway through his 'statement' his voice morphs into that of Tony Stewart. He claims Satan is winning and that he's doing to do something either on Good Friday or during the Bristol 500 to prove it. U.S. TO FINISH WITH 25 MEDALS: Despite blown chances at several medals (Bode Miller, speedskating pursuit etc.), this will be the second largest haul ever, next to the 34 won in 2002. Before Salt Lake, 13 was the highest medal total ever for a U.S. contingent. Meanwhile, Canada is expected to finish with 24 medals, just one behind the U.S. SPEEDSKATER'S FIVE MEDALS LEADS CANADA'S HAULGEORGIA DOME WORST STADIUM IN NFL??? This is from a Sporting News article from last August which ranked all 31 NFL stadiums, most of it made sense until Pompei got to #31. I know Atlanta's a mild climate and you could make the argument that Olympic Stadium could had been turned into a football venue as opposed to baseball - but considered what the Georgia Dome has hosted in 15 years, two Super Bowls, Final Four, Olympic basketball and gymnastics, SEC Championship every year, Sugar Bowl this past year, plus the Peach Bowl has grown immensely in stature there - the place can't be that bad, and I'm sure it is an improvement from the old Atlanta Stadium. At the very least you have to rank Atlanta at least being better than the domes in Minnesota, Indy, and St. Louis, as well as FedEx Field, Sun Devil Stadium, and a few of the outdated multi-purpose venues on the West Coast. Pompei's dislike for the Georgia Dome sounded a little personal to me.  NASCAR DRIVER SUSPENDED FOR LIFE: It's official - Shane Hmiel is a dead man as far as being a NASCAR diver is concerned after failing a substance abuse test for a third time. Hmiel, the 26-year-old son of longtime crew chief Steve Hmiel, was first suspended in September 2003 after failing a test. Hmiel completed a rehabilitation program and was reinstated at the beginning of the 2004 season. Hmiel was suspended again during the 2005 season, that suspension was to last through the entire 2006 season. NASCAR had laid out a road map for Hmiel's possible reinstatement in 2007 that included medical and psychological reviews as well as frequent testing. According to NASCAR Hmiel failed one of those tests. When asked if there is any possibility of Hmiel ever racing in NASCAR again, a spokesman said, 'No, it is a lifetime ban.' If any comparable cases in other sports are any indication, life definitely means life. BIZARRE POST-DAYTONA 500 STORY: Did you think what Tony Stewart did to Matt Kenseth was bad?? And did you think the crahses ended when the checkered flag was thrown??? Then check out the story of a fan who was appearantly lying uncounscious on the ground for hours after being struck from behind by what was believed to be a pick-up truck. It is believed that the 39 year-old man came to around 2 AM, then got up, made it to his car - then drove himself to his parents house 42 MILES AWAY!!! (All he knew is that he needed to get to work the next morning) The story gets better, when he was hit the fan's sunglasses, cell phone, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. cap all went flying in different directions. The fan found his phone and glasses, but not the Junior cap. Then a woman stepped forward and said she has the hat, but won't give it up until she gets a 'reward'!!! Just a question, she didn't notice anyone lying out cold did she??? WHERE INCIDENT OCCUREDANTHONY DAVIS GASTRIC BY-PASS TO BE SHOWN ON-LINE??? 30 years ago the 170-pounder was winning the Heisman Trophy, today AD checks in at about 280, and has decided to have the procedure to help cure his sleep apnea. Saying he wants to help educate people, Davis has agreed to allow a website to cybercast his 90-minute procedure. You may recall that current Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis nearly died from complications after a similar surgery a few years back. DREW BREES POSSIBLE FIT IN GREEN BAY??? The talk on San Diego radio this week is that the Chargers have no choice but to let Brees walk, for Philip Rivers agent would immediately demand a trade if #9 returned. Of course the first domino in all of this is what Brett Favre decides, as Miami appears to be the front-runner, and they know they need a quarterback right now. (MADISON.COM) FORMER NFL PLAYER FACES 45 YEARS IN THE HOLE: Never heard of the guy myself, but Lennox Gordon was a running back who had cups of coffee with the Bills and Colts in 1999-2000. Now Gordon has been found guilty by federal prosecutors of conspiring to sell approximately 700 pounds worth of pot at a border checkpoint in Texas - so at least he can say he blew Nate Newton away. NORTHLAND COLLEGE ATHLETICS MAKES SPORTING NEWS: That might be the first time the school made a national sports publication, although KACSPORTS reported on Northwestern College running up the score on NC in baseball last year. This story is about a Northland hockey player getting a nasty gash during a game down in Milwaukee. Article says player still made the six-hour bus trip back to Ashland after getting stiched up. Six hours!?!? Every time I try to do Milwaukee to Ashland in six hours I either wind up with a $170 citation or a deductible after plowing a deer. TIGER WINS 9 AND 8!?!? Don't know what it is about Canadians but perhaps they should keep their thoughts to themselves sometimes. Stephen Ames pulls a Mike Vanderjagt, hinting that 'anything is possible' against Woods before his first round pairing at the Match Play Championship. TW goes out and finishes off Ames in the fewest holes possible - that would be going 9-0-1, or 19 points in hockey terms. I'm guessing Tiger was done in about 1:45 flat, before heading off the 10th green to a getaway car to get him back to the clubhouse, When asked if he felt sorry for Ames, Tiger replied 'No.' Ames is probably wishing he entered the kiddie pool at the Tucson open instead. By comparison Scott Verplank needed six hours and 26 holes to finally eliminate Lee Westwood.  NAVAL ACADEMY QB CHARGED WITH RAPE: Senior quarterback Lamar Owens Owens accused of raping a female midshipman in her dormitory room, and is being charged under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and the investigation is being handled by the Naval Criminal Investigation Service, according to a spokesman who says 'These charges are accusations, and Midshipman Owens is presumed innocent until proven otherwise.' An Article 32 hearing, similar to a civilian grand jury inquiry, will be held to determine if there is sufficient evidence in the case. Earlier this month, a senior at the Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut was charged with sexually assaulting six female cadets in the campus barracks and other sites. Webster Smith, 22, a linebacker on the academy's football team, was charged under military law with rape, assault, indecent assault and sodomy. Smith has pleaded innocent in that case.BODE ROLLS ANKLE PLAYING HOOPS??? Bode Miller, who says he could of and should have four medals in these Olympics, still plans on competing in the slalom after injuring his ankle on the basketball court. Hmmm, 8,000 feet, bum ankle, out of shape, I say he DQ's a third of the way into the run. Buy the way, I don't think the IOC awards medals for would-a's and should-a's. SHANI DAVIS, THREE OTHERS SUE CITY OF CHICAGO: Davis is one of three plaintiffs suing the city and the former police superintendent, alleging they were stopped because of their skin color in an incident that occured in 2002. ONE AND DONE, US, CANADA OUT OF OLYMPIC HOCKEY: The US players are probably busy trashing a hotel room as I speak. Mike Modano rips USA Hockey in the aftermath, and I imagine Jeremy Roenick feels a bit vindicated as well.  MOTHER SAVES KIDS FROM POLAR BEAR: 41-year old takes on 700 lb polar bear who threatened her son and two friends, who were playing hockey in front of a youth center in Quebec's northernmost community just off the Hudson Bay coastline. The mother, who is said to weigh all of 90 lbs, held the bear off until a neighbor ran into a house to grab a .303 calibre rifle. The man fired three warning shots before shooting the bear four times, killing it. While polar bears often roam on ice packs offshore, it is said that they rarely venture into the village. According to a police captain, he had seen nothing like it in 24 years on the job. IS GLOBAL WARMING TO BLAME???THE DOG'S GONE: Psychics join in the search for show dog who escaped at the airport following last week's Westminster Dog show. DAVIS, HEDRICK BLOW UP AFTER WINNING MEDALS: Didn't I say the other day this is getting WWF-like??? Not people are calling this the biggest Olympic 'feud' since Nancy and Tonya. Davis wins the silver and Hedrick the bronze in the 1,500 meters - fortunately someone else won the gold and got to stand between the two for the medal ceremony. JIMMIE JOHNSON FIRES BACK ON RYAN NEWMAN: Newman suggested after the Daytona 500 that Johnson's car might 'still be illegal'. Johnson returns fire today, suggesting that Newman won several races in 2003 due to amazingly good fuel mileage. Kenseth v. Stewart, Johnson v. Newman, the season's off to a great start!!! ROTTEN FLYING TOMATO SEEKS ICE PRINCESS: You can tell we're getting around to lining up dates for the closing ceremonies, as snowboarder Shaun White tries to parlay a gold medal into a date with Sasha Cohen, who's kind of busy at the moment. You mean Shaun hasn't checked out the German biathlete yet??? This may be a major miscalculation on Shaun's part - didn't we go through this once with Alberto Tomba chasing Katarina Witt through half of Alberta??? And if I recall Tomba took a harder tumble than he ever possibly could on the slopes, being the first to learn the lesson of not to fish from the company pond - in this case the Olympic Village. All of this reminds me that I am still chasing Tonya Harding.  BROADCASTING PIONEER PASSES ON: If you're under 30, you've probably never heard Curt Gowdy do a game outside of an ESPN Classic rebroadcast, but his resume was as follows: 13 World Series, 16 MLB All-Star Games, nine Super Bowls, 14 Rose Bowls, eight Olympic Games and 24 NCAA Final Fours (Marquette v. North Carolina), as well as the long-running American Sportsman TV series. Or as then-A's broadcaster Monte Moore said to Curt during a World Series once, 'If there's a major sporting event going on in this country (at least if NBC was televising) Curt will be there'. The Wyoming native more or less got out of the network TV business following Super Bowl 13 in 1979. His last appearance was a guest spot on ESPN during a Yankees/Red Sox game two years ago which for me was a bit of a dissapointment since Gowdy didn't sound enamoured with the current players.AUSTRIAN SKI COACH MAKES BORDER RUN: After officials raided his team at the Olympic village, Walter Mayer bolts Turin/Torino and drives through the Italian backcountry into Austria, where he leads authorities on a 'bizarre chase' which ended with Mayer crashing into a police roadblock. An officer at the scene suspected Mayer had been drinking. Hours later the Austrian Ski Federation severed all ties with the coach, saying in a statement 'This is inexcusable'. It was all part of a tumultuous 24 hours for the Austrian cross country and biathlon teams, a day that included a nighttime raid, as well as a last-place finish in a team event. They're allegedly doping and still finish last?? At least Jimmie Johnson wins after he gets busted. EDDIE SUTTON UPDATE - .22??? .22 multiplied possibly by some meds equals big time trouble - you might not be able to get home in one piece neither. RICKY TESTS POSITIVE??? Fourth violation would mean one-year suspension.#20 v. #17... KENSETH ON STEWART: 'He worried about everybody's safety and talking about people dying and going way overboard with it. If you're going to talk the talk, you've got to walk the walk. It's one thing to criticize everybody if you're perfect, but not one of us is perfect.' STEWART ON KENSETH: 'Matt always thinks that. I guess Matt didn't think anything when he got me sideways either. He should have thought about that first. But I got penalized but they didn't penalize him. He has no room complain. He started the whole thing, and I finished it.' (NASCAR.COM) |
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