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NEW TODAY: KACSPORTS STARTS A NEW BLOG DEDICATED TO POKER (poker.kacsports.com) - today's blog features the top 'power hands' to play EX-NBA PLAYER HEADING BACK BEHIND BARS??? Alvin Robertson wanted for violating a protective order and driving without a license. Doesn't sound that bad but Alvin has a bit of a history since leaving basketball - In 1997 Alvin was sentenced to a year in jail after pleading no contest to four misdemeanor charges — resisting arrest, criminal trespass, and two assault charges — stemming from confrontations with his then-girlfriend. A few years later Alvin was sentenced to three years in prison for a probation violation involving drugs and a rape accusation by 'a long-time girlfriend' - guessing that was a different woman. Robertson had a successful ten-year career in which he was one of the game's best defensive players. NFL TO AGAIN STAND FOR 'NO FUN LEAGUE': Steve Smith and Chad Johnson won't be able to cope with this one, as the league is expected to enact a major crackdown on end-zone celebrations. Props such as pylons and goalposts will not be allowed, just spinning the ball, spiking, or dunking over the goalpost. The Lambeau Leap will also still be allowed, at least under another visiting player tries it and things get ugly. Also Dan Rooney is trying to get a rule passed that would prevent the growing practice of teams forcing fans to buy additional tickets to less attractive (or even pre-season games) to gain the right to purchase tickets for a 'marquee' game - such as the Steelers or Packers coming to town. That is not expected to pass, teams to that to (a) still have a sell out but as few opposition fans as possible and (b) improve attendance at the other games. Considering Packer/Steeler fans will pay big $$$ to scalpers, having to buy a ticket to an additional game is often not that big an obstacle on their end either. Doesn't sound fair if you want to see your team play somewhere but it's basically simple supply/demand - college football teams often charge significantly more for games v. high profile opponents. A SOLAR ECLIPSE FROM THE ARC: Suns burned for 11 3-pointers, in one period??? DUKE LACROSSE TEAM SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY: Allegations regarding exotic dancer at campus party a laughing matter to some, but he case has roiled the university, raised racial tensions and heightened antagonism between the affluent students at Duke (tuition $43,000 per year), and the city of Durham, which has a large population of poor people and is about evenly divided between white and black. JEFF GORDON FINED 10 LARGE: Except it's about 10 small to him, and surely pales to his alimony payments. His justified post-race shove of Matt Kenseth is believed to be the first fine for conduct in Gordon's career. Actually if Jeffy had found Junior or Kevin Harvick after the last lap in Watkins Glen a couple years back he would have two fines. And Gordon says he's through worrying what everyone else thinks of him. IS MATT KENSETH JUST TOO DAMN NICE??? Somebody remind me to listen to Pit Reporters tomorrow.WHAT PART OF 'NO' DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND: Stepfather makes his point clear that Javon Walker will never play for the Packers again, and J-Walk has put his Green Bay home on the market. Just don't expect the organization to budge, worried about setting a precedent should they deal Walker anytime in the near-future. Expect this to drag late into training camp, and possibly into the regular season. NFL SCHEDULE STARTS TO TAKE SHAPE: Thursday night opener will be Miami at Pittsburgh. The Week 1 doubleheader game will be Dallas at Jacksonville. The first Sunday night game will be Indianapolis at NY Giants. The opening Monday night will be two games, Minnesota at Washington followed by San Diego at Oakland. For the first time there will be three Thanksgiving games, Miami at Detroit, Tampa Bay at Dallas, and fianlly Denver at Kansas City - which will be the first game on the NFL Network. Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt had long campaigned for a Thanksgiving game, the team had played on the holiday annually during the franchise's AFL days.  STROKE-BURGER??? St. Louis area minor league team to introduce concession item featuring a burger, cheddar cheese, and bacon - served on a KRISPY KREME DONUT. I thought Hardee's came up with that one a long time ago. I'm just wondering if the ballpark has EMT's and defibrilators on standby. At least they're not serving Berry Bombs (the drink on steroids). The Gateway Grizzlies are an independent league partially funded by CDM Fantasy Sports founders Carol and Brian Matthews.WAS PAUL DANA IN OVER HIS HEAD??? More questions than answers in IRL death. Dana did not appear to slow down despite flashing yellow lights and spotters warning. Dana did not do well in the 2005 season and broke his back trying to qualify for the Indianapolis 500. DUKE LACROSSE PROBE WIDENS: Team cancels a second game while investigation continues over sexual assault allegations at a party. 46 members of the team have submitted DNA samples to police. BOXER GETS 29 YEARS: James Butler pleads guilty to the death of boxing writer. Sam Kellerman was found bludgeoned to death at his desktop in October, 2004. Afterwards the apartment was set on fire. Kellerman was a freelance writer who had become friends with Butler, whose career effectively ended after sucker-punching an opponent with a taped fist after a charity bout in New York in 2001. The crowd chanted 'Lock Him Up' as he was led away by law enforcement.  BRACKET RACKET: Not even Bristol Speedway saw the carnage that occurred in NCAA basketball brackets over the last two weeks, with #2, #3, #4, and #11 seeds going to the Final Four. But certainly no one had LSU, UCLA, Florida AND George Mason did they??? Actually, so far I have found ONE Yahoo entry out of 1.2 million that had all four, incidentally he has UCLA defeating Florida in the final. Hopefully he went to every office pool and sports bar he could find with that. MORE BRACKET FACTS: All four regional finals were upsets, with the lower-seeded team (the teams wearing the dark jerseys) winning. For the first time since 1980 no #1 seeds are in the Final Four. With a #11 seed, George Mason ties for the worst seed to make the Final Four, LSU was also an #11 in 1986. With a combined seed total of 20, this year's finalists rank third behind 1980 (21) and 2000 (#1 Michigan St., #5 Florida, #8 Wisconsin, #8 North Carolina). This is also the first time since 1975 that the Final Four will have no representatives from the Big Ten, Big East, ACC, or Big 12. This will be UCLA's 16th Final Four appearances, twice as much as the other three teams combined. UCLA has won 89 tournament games in their history, by comparison - George Mason had never won a tourney game before this year. George Mason also did not become a Division 1 program until 1978. IRL DRIVER KILLED IN PRACTICE CRASH: Rookie driver Paul Dana dead after a gruesome two-car crash Sunday during the warmup for the season-opening IRL race at Homestead. Another driver had crashed and had slid nearly to a stop when plowed by Dana, still going full speed at nearly 200 MPH. Dana's car nearly splits in half, with the chassis flying about 6 feet off the ground and other pieces strewn everywhere. After the accident, team owner Bobby Rahal pulled teammates Buddy Rice and Danica Patrick out of the race. Dana, 30, was a former motorsports journalist with a degree from Northwestern. He competed in three races last year, including a tenth place showing. Dana becomes the third fatality in the history of Homestead Speedway, a list that includes former NASCAR Truck Series driver John Nemechek. (VIDEO)NASCAR MYSTERY: African-American driver Bill Lester races at Atlanta last week and finishes 38th, which should be 49 points under NASCAR's system. In the official standings that I have seen in the last few days, Lester is listed as being in one race - but has zero points. There is nothing in the media (at least publicly) about Lester failing post-race inspection or otherwise being docked points. Not that it matters in the grand scheme of things (since Lester's not driving full-time) but it seems strange. IT'S OFFICIALLY BRISTOL WEEK!!! Qualifying was snowed out, but it doesn't matter - there was still plenty of entertainment in the garage - as Kevin Harvick launches into Kurt Busch (they don't like each other - I'd never guess!!!). When if he could correct one misconception about himself, Harvick took the opportunity to lay into Busch saying 'I think I would have whooped Kurt Busch before now. Obviously, he forgot about getting punched in his nose last time from Jimmy Spencer. (2003)' Harvick quickly says that he probably shouldn't had said that, but then does a 180 and continues the verbal assault with 'I'll still tell you what I think – I'd still like to whip his ass. Before the year's over, he'll make a fool out of (car owner) Roger Penske.' Harvick's feud with Busch dates back to 2001, when both drivers were rookies. Harvick has given Busch several nasty nicknames, including 'Dumbo' because of his protruding ears (which Busch recently had cosmetic surgery on) and 'Rubberhead'. And he hasn't even gotten around to Kyle Busch - yet. BASEBALL COACH PADDED RESUME??? Washington State head baseball coach Donnie Marbut apologizes to past and present employers, saying it was never his intent to deceiver others - when filling out employment applications and media guide biographies. A Seattle Times investigation that reported Marbut had padded resumes, claimed credit for athletic honors he didn't earn and was the subject of a state investigation into financial irregularities at his previous job. University and team biographies said Marbut was chosen most valuable player on the Portland State baseball team in 1996 and most inspirational in 1997. The biographies also said Marbut was named an all-Pac-10 North Division infielder in 1996. The investigation revealed Marbut earned none of those honors.  COWBOYS SIGN VANDERJAGT: Goofy kicker must be glutting for punishment, imagine the possibilities here. Vandy gets on Canadian television after the team loses a first round playoff game 41-0 and says 'That Owens guy, he just didn't seem to be fired up.' Or perhaps before going into Philly he can say 'I think the Eagles are ripe for the picking.' And if he thought Peyton Manning hated him (and he did) imagine the first time he yips a potential game-tying FG in Dallas, what is Coach Bill and You Know Who going to say then. Oh, that's right - he missed that one in the playoffs on purpose to get back at Manning - that theory is right out of the Alex Jones playbook.ANOTHER ROUGH DAY FOR DAVE LENIHAN: Wednesday was bad enough for banished St. Louis talk host, Thursday wasn't much better. Lenihan has a second job teaching at a chiropractic school in the area, that's at least until they also suspended him. Lenihan got his chiropractic doctorate from a university in Scotland, which is where he might be headed back soon, it's perhaps the only place no one has heard of the incident. I'm not even sure Lenihan could get a job working the drive-thru at Sonic right now, I imagine slips of the tougne aren't tolerated there neither - 'That's $9.85, here's your.... I DIDN'T MEAN TO SAY THAT!!!!!' Why can't this happen to Jim Rome??? IS THIS THE NEXT ONE??? ESPN's Jayson Stark apologizes for remarks made during the World Baseball Classic, saying that Cuba's manager was changing pitchers 'like his raft was on fire'. That doesn't sound like a tougne slip, more like it was a little thought out. Stark says there is no indication that he will be subject to disciplinary action by the network. Is he sure??? By Monday he could be the subject of an Outside the Lines segment and people might be referring to him as the Messenger of Satan.SWEET 16 PICKS: (1) Duke 87% v. (4) LSU, (2) Texas 75% v. (6) West Virginia, (1) Memphis 88% v. (13) Bradley, (2) UCLA 51% v. (3) Gonzaga, (1) UConn 89% v. (5) Washington, (7) Wichita St. 60% v. (11) George Mason, (1) Villanova 58% v. (4) Boston College, (3) Florida 71% v. (7) Georgetown. SOURCE: UPICKEM.NET  SORIANO HAS NO BALLS: Soriano doesn't go all-in with Frank Robinson's huge chip stack, plays left field.IT IS WHAT IT IS??? Very quickly becoming the quote of choice of athletes being cornered by the media. 'Shadows' undercuts Gary Sheffield's claims that he took designer steroids unwittingly. The authors say Greg Anderson put Sheffield on injectable testosterone and a human growth hormone, and later sold him designer steroids known as the 'cream' and the 'clear.' Sheffield's response at Yankees camp was 'What can I do? I'm not going to defend myself my whole life. It doesn't matter to me. I don't have anything to say. No need to. It is what it is.' If nothing else, that's six more short sentences than you'll ever hear from Bonds. Say what you want about Bonds, my man Sheffield has played in the bigs for nearly 20 years and has never, ever taken the stuff - leave Sheffield alone. (Hopefully this dripped with sarcasm) HERE'S THE KICKER, EX-NINER IN HUGE TROUBLE: It had been said that Ray Wersching had been doing pretty good since his football days ended, running his own insurance agency. That was before the feds nailed him on stunning indictments of embezzling $8 million from an insurance company. Now 55, Wersching is accused of diverting premiums earmarked for another insurance company. from 1997 to 2000. Wersching is also alleged to have evaded paying taxes on $3.6 million in corporate income. In a statement, a state insurance commissioner says, 'This action makes it clear that in California, no one, whether an average citizen or a former football star -- will escape prosecution.' Since when was an ex-kicker (even with two rings) considered a 'star' (outside of Adam Vinatieri)?? Let's just hope Ray doesn't pull a Chester Marcol and head for the battery acid. WIN AT ALL COSTS - 'SOFTBALL RINGER' ORDERED TO REPAY WAGES: Former minor-league baseball player put on the payroll for a no-show job by Florida corrections department so that he could help prison guards win a softball tournament, according to investigators. The ringer has been ordered to pay back $1,400 plus perform community service. The corrections secretary who worked out the deal has been fired by Governor Jeb Bush. KILLER BEES!?!? Beekeeper called into Seattle Mariners complex in Arizona to deal with a swarm of bees near the players' door. Afterwards, it was said that there was a 90 percent chance that they were killer bees, based on their 'aggressive' behavior. SAINTS RECEIVER JAILED: Tries driving off from police in Miami after being pulled over at five in the morning. Calls to Stallworth's Miami-based agent (I'll give you three guesses who he is) were not 'immediately' returned.  'UNACCEPTABLE AND UNFORGIVABLE': As most in radio and TV would know, no matter how good you are - you are still only one Freudian slip away from being canned. A KTRS talk-show host on the air less than two weeks, tries to say that Condoleezza Rice becoming commissioner would be a big coup for the NFL. Unfortunately he instead says something else that came off as a slur. He immediately apologizes (HITTING THE DELAY INSTEAD OF SAYING TOTALLY NINE TIMES WOULD HAD BEEN A GOOD MOVE HERE) then goes to commercial before his boss could come through the door. Station manager comes on-air 20 minutes later stating that the host had just been let go. Host is drafting a letter of apology to Condi as I speak. (AUDIO) CONDI ONCE ENGAGED TO NFL RECEIVER?? Although never married, Condoleezza Rice was once engaged to longtime Denver Bronco Rick Upchurch, according to Wikipedia. Also, Condi supposedly once referred to President Bush as her husband during a press conference, but quickly corrected herself. PHILLY SPORTS-TALK HOST FIRED: At least this guy didn't slip out anything politcally incorrect, but allegedly gets into not one, but two 'physical' altercations in four months - in December this guy grabs a morning-show by his shirt and they say last week the 50-year old railed a producer during a live remote at a bar. Someone in Philly who likes to fight - GO FIGURE!!! |
2003 NFL DRAFT PROFILES
