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TOP STORIES - APRIL 9, 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 BASEBALL RANKINGS ARE HERE: C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF (AL) | OF (NL) | SP (AL) | SP (AL) | RP  MILWAUKEE TO HOST CLEVELAND/ANGELS SERIES!!! That's right, the American Leauge triumphantly returns to Milwaukee, as the Cleveland Indians have relocated this weeks three-game set with the Angels for climate-protected Miller Park. The move was prompted as persistant lake effect snow bands continue to bury Cleveland in snow. The irony of course is that this isn't the first time Milwaukee has 'hosted' the Tribe, as County Stadium posed as Cleveland's Municipal Stadium in the movie Major Leauge. For all you Grady Sizemore and Travis Hafner groupies out there, tickets will be just $10 a pop - parking is the usual price ($8), no brown mustard on the dogs but we got brats. Why didn't they think of this last weekend, and bump UWM and just had the Tribe and M's play after Brewers/Cubs - this was really beginning to kill my fantasy stats. This is the first time a team has been forced to play a series outside of it's home park since hurricane concerns prompted the Marlins to play a three-game series v. the Expos at Chicago's Comiskey park. Incidentally, 6-8 inches of snow is forcasted for just north of Milwaukee Tuesday night, with a rain/snow mix in the city itself, but that will not pose a problem with Miller Park's roof.GOPHER GRIDDERS IN A LEGAL HOLE: Three University of Minnesota players on suspension as investigation continues over a sexual assault claim at a off-campus apartment complex. No charges have been filed, but the players remained jailed on $100,000 bail. MAJOR CRIMES IN BYU'S GRID PROGRAM: At least it's a major crime in Orem, let's just say it's not a good idea to throw water balloons at the female students, you never know - their boyfriends might just be BYU football players. Linebacker Terrence Hooks along with tight end Vic So'oto (sounds a little like a Sopranos name) have been excused from the final week of spring practice after breaking down some doors trying to find the perpetrator(s). I have to rule out that they were doing missionary or home schooling work. I suspect the two will be back for the season after a good talking to.  SURVIVOR!!! JOY ON THE ISLAND: Great news for New York metropolitan fans, as all three teams make the playoffs - not so for fans in traditional hotbeds Montreal and Toronto. Islanders appeared headed for a bad beat when New Jersey tied the season finale with one second remaining in regulation, but the Islanders kept their composure after a scoreless overtime to win the most pressure-packed shootout in the two years the NHL has instituted the game-ending tie-breakers, 3-2. More impressively, the Islanders won the final two days with third-string goaltender Wade Dubielewicz - as Rick DiPietro (15 years/$67 million) has been on the shelf. Toronto remained alive last night with a come from behind 6-5 win over Montreal, which eliminated the Habs from playoff consideration.'I HIT A CRAPPY SHOT...' Tiger spazzes out, puts one in the water on 15, 'unhearlded' Zach Johnson scores breakthrough win at Masters. ERIC WYNALDA UPDATE: Julie Foudy ends up standing in for Wynalda on MLS season-opening telecast, as Eric was red-carded for one game by the network for the remarks that appeared on a Fulham USA blog. Rome's a fan, he just doesn't know it yet. MASTERS TRAINWRECK... Maybe the winner this year should get a green parka. Either the British Open or a Demcember Packers game has broken out at the Masters, where throw blankets have become hot sellers and the itself has become a mess, complete with Jerry Kelly smack in contention.  SCARLET FEVER - WILL IMUS SURVIVE RUTGERS FIRESTORM??? This may not be the first time syndicated radio personalty Don Imus has landed in hot water, but this just may be the worst yet - as Imus and his sidekicks made racist comments towards Rutgers women's basketball team during a segment this week. In a discussion about Rutgers championship game loss to Tennessee, Imus referred to the team as 'nappy-headed hos' while also making reference to players sporting tattoos. Producer Bernard McGuirk referred to the teams as the 'Jigaboos v. the Wannabees' while WFAN radio's Sid Rosenberg, another contributor to the show noted that the team 'looked like the Toronto Raptors'. It's said Rosenberg has been twice fired for the show for making off-color comments, once for a crack made towards Venus and Serena Williams and another time for saying that singer Kyle Minogue (battling breast cancer at the time) would not look pretty bald and with one breast. Rosenberg was reinstated both times after making public apologies. MSNBC television, which simulcasts the show, is on record for showing no support towards Imus. BILLY PACKER IN HOT WATER: There was even controversy on PBS talk shows this week, as Billy Packer made just the latest in a long line of off-color comments on Charlie Rose's show. When asked by Rose if he could be a runner at the Final Four, Packer jokingly responded by saying 'you always fag out on me', which Rose did not sound offended by. According to dictionary.com, another definition for fag is to 'get tired or lazy'. OK, I get that - but once upon a time the word gay referred to being in a happy or jovial move, most people today think of it in a different context. Unless one is referring to a particular Florida St. wide receiver, I would stay away from that word myself. HUMAN SNOW DELAY... Mike Hargrove gets wish, game scrapped one out from becoming official with Mariners losing...REPORT - HUGGIEVILLE MOVING TO MORGANTOWN: Well, that was quick. After a one-year stop at Kansas St., Bob Huggins is moving back into the Big East to coach alma mater West Virginia - according to two sources. Huggins has said nothing publicly since John Beilein left WVU for Michigan earlier this week. DARRYL STINGLY DEAD AT 55: Career of former Patriots receiver ended in a 1978 exhibition game when he was paralyzed reaching for an overthrown pass by Raiders safety Jack Tatum in what would become a celebrated incident. The two players never reconciled, although they were supposed to make a TV appearance together in 19996, Stingly called it off after finding out Tatum's motive was to promote his third and final book 'Final Confessions of an Assassain.' Stingly wrote his own memoir in 1983. Tatum has battled his own health problems in recent years, losing his left leg and nearly his right as well due to diabetes. In an ESPN interview last year, Tatum says he still has little remorse over the Stingly incident. DONOVAN SAYS HE'S STAYING: Will announce later today that he will not make himself available for the Kentucky opening. That's the last we will hear of this story until Boston wins the NBA lottery and the Celtics throw about $50 million at him. FANS CLASH AT CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TIE: 15 Manchester United fans supposedly injured at the hands of Italian police before Roma took 2-1 lead in the first leg of Champions League tie. Meanwhile Liverpool virtually assured a semi-final berth by scoring a 3-0 shutout at PSV - well PSV has one chance, if the Liverpool fans get even more out of control then normal in the return match and Liverpool is forced to muck their hand and forfeit the game. 735: Bonds hits first of year, but Giants lose. Barry tells us it's not a countdown yet, tells everyone to come back when he gets to 750. EXTRA INNINGS AGREEMENT!!! At the urging of Senator John Kerry, baseball and iN Demand reached an agreement in principle Wednesday on a seven-year contract, a deal that likely will allow the sport's new TV network to be available in at least 40 million homes when it launches in 2009. IN Demand began making games available to cable systems in progress starting at 8 p.m. EDT Wednesday. The package will be available for $159 this year through free preview period that will extend into next week, but the 2007 price for those subscribing after that has not been set. And baseball comes away a winner as well, and gets their channel on the basic tier - this may even get the NFL to buckle in their war with the cable companies. THINGS GO FROM BAD TO WORSE FOR WIZARDS: When we last left the Washington Wizards Friday, they had redefined the definition of throwing away a game after Michael Ruffin intercepted a pass and threw the ball skyward thinking the clock had run out. Things have actually gotten worse since. First second leading scorer Michael Ruffin broke his hand in an otherwise easy win in Milwaukee, now Gilbert Arenas wrenches a knee in a loss to Charlotte. BUCKS/CELTICS PLAY RAZZ: I know people in downtown Milwaukee who tried to put tickets to this game on their windshield wipers, when they returned they found the car smashed in and six additional tickets inside. Both teams dress only nine players, and a Boston player goes out with an injury during the game. 5'5" Earl Boykins ends up with a career game as Celtics solidify second worst record. Says the Bucks coach afterwards, 'We're not trying to come up with a master plan that ends up biting us in the rear.' LEGENDARY GRAMBLING COACH PASSES AWAY: Former Grambling coach Eddie Robinson, who created a powerhouse at a small black college that became the pipeline for nearly 200 NFL players and an inspiration to many more, has died at age 88 after a decade-long battle with Alzheimer's. The soft-spoken coach spent nearly 60 years at Grambling, becoming college football's all-time winninest coach eventually ending up with 408 wins. But Eddie would tell people that he was most proud of having one job and one wife for over 50 years. When Robinson started at Grambling in 1941, his job involved everything from coaching to recruiting to putting the chalk marks on the field to fixing lunches for his players on road trips since they weren't allowed to eat at 'white only' restaurants. The Grambling program became so popular that in 1968 Robinson took his team on the road, playing in some of the nations biggest football stadiums, which got his program additional attention.SOCCER PLAYER WANTS PIECE OF ROME!!! On a soccer blog, former US soccer star Eric Wynalda goes on an expletive-laden rant, mostly on how MLS is run and how ESPN promotes (or doesn't promote) the sport. His best bombs however were saved for Jim Rome, first saying he can suck a part of his anatomy before saying 'He should be very afraid, because I’m the kind of guy, if I get too many drinks in me, I will club his ass.' All I know is that Rome went down like a soccer player when an NFL quarterback which he accused of being too soft had enough of him on TV - I think he was waiting for a referee to pull a yellow card to Everett's face while he was lying there. Warning to Eric though, I think Rome's been in the gym every day since, looking at the grainy video of that looks like seeing Barry Bonds circa-1989. But I think we have an idea for Wrestlemania 2X4 - and perhaps Eric doesn't want any help, but he could always get Rafael Palmeiro for a backup. GOODELL CONSIDERING LIFETIME BANS IN FUTURE: Although Chris Henry and Pacman Jones are expected to be given one final chance after what are expected to be lengthy suspensions, NFL commish is expected to put in new provisions that may include lifetime bans for players found guilty of serious criminal offenses. NBA ROOKIE SIDELINED FOR HEART TESTS: #2 overall pick LaMarcus Aldridge, who had been seeing increased playing time in recent weeks, is sidelined indefinitely while scheduled to undergo a battery of tests to determine why he got dizzy seven minutes into a game over the weekend. The original diagnosis was dehydration, but tests earlier in the week came back inconclusive - prompting the additional testing. Before being drafted by the Trail Blazers last summer, routine pre-draft testing did not reveal any potential problems. CUBAN TO BUY CUBS??? For now, just file this under Jay Mariotti throwing somthing up against the wall, but Mavericks owner has talked before about getting into MLB, with the Cubs being one of the more attractive options. WADING INTO DANGEROUS WATERS - B$RRY BEFRIENDING B*RRY??? Barry Zito asks, and gets locker (actually lockers) right next to Bonds. But does Zito know what he's getting into??? WHY HASN'T TIGER OPENED THE FLOODGATES??? His Augusta win 10 years ago was supposed to mark a breakthrough in the sport, today Tiger Woods remains the lone black golfer on Tour. Lack of financial backing are among the reasons given for the doors remaining closed to African-American golfers.  DUKE LOSES LEGENDARY BASKETBALL COACH: No, not that coach - but someone about as significant. Gail Goestenkors is trading in her Duke blue for Texas burnt orange, and will be the nead head of the Lady Longhorns program. Goestenkors, 44, built a powerhouse during her 15 seasons in Durham, winning ACC coach of the year seven times and compiling a career record of 396-99, including an Elite Eight appearance in this years tournament. WVU COACH TAKES MICHIGAN JOB: West Virginia was able to keep it's football coach from taking a big money offer elsewhere, but it appears the basketball program will not be as fortunate. All sources indicate that Michigan has indeed hired John Beilein, 54 as it's new basketball coach. Meanwhile Morgantown now becomes a nice destination for any coach on the rise. IOWA TAKES BUTLER COACH: As I warned a couple weeks back, a Horizon League coach making the Sweet 16 is usually not long for his current position. In hiring Todd Lickliter, 51, the Hawkeyes are again tapping the state of Indiana to jumpstart it's hoops program. DONOVAN SAYS HE'S NOT LOOKING AT UK JOB: An assistant for five years under Rick Pitino in the early-90's, two-time champion coach all but rules out a return to Kentucky. As for now Donovan plans on taking a vacation in the Dominican Republic for the next couple of weeks, I think that's in a different direction than Lexington.MR. UNIVERSE SCRAPS WITH POLICE AT DER KINO: This reminds me a little of Ken Patera v. half the Waukesha police force after he got bent about a Mickey D's getting closed on him late at night many years ago. A reigning Mr. Universe faces charges after being maced by police who mistakenly believed the diabetic bodybuilder was intoxicated. Doug Burns, 43 was sprayed with Mace and wrestled to the ground by officers who were summoned to a movie theater by a security guard. Burns, a type I diabetic, was trying a new drug that night, and said he felt dizziness and poor vision while inside the theatre. Correctly fearing his blood sugar was low, Burns hurried to a snack counter. The security guard noticed his behavior, and thinking he was drunk, asked him to leave. Police soon arrived, leading to the altercation. Burns remained combative as four officers took him to the ground. Police admit they did not see his diabetic I.D. bracelet but are charging him with assault/resisting arrest nonetheless. Burns is a board member of the American Diabetes Association who often speaks to raise awareness about the condition. He says he doesn't remember the incident clearly, noting 'I could understand if I was belligerent or had track marks, but I was nicely dressed and I don't think I fit the profile or smelled like alcohol' Here's a little about Burns and his weekly workout routine.  OLBERMANN JUMPS ON BREWERS BANDWAGON: Count Keith Olbermann among those diving headfirst into the Milwaukee Brewers kool-aid, let's just hope the water's deep enough. Come on Keith, 74-88 and Yost will be gone by August. KO also predicts disasters in Philadelphia as well as the Bronx. I'll agree with him on the Phillies, but not with the Yankees - if worse comes to worse they'll just write out a check to Roger Clemens for $20 million. They don't care how much they extend their credit, but you can't bust them out. Olbermann also has the Tigers winning the A.L., I'll disagree with that one as well - Kenny Rogers going down will be just the first blow for this one year wonder.FORMER MICHIGAN ST. GRIDDER CHARGED WITH MURDER: I would say this is a little messed up. Authorities charged a former Michigan State football player with first-degree murder for allegedly throwing a 66 year-old neighbor out a third-floor apartment balcony in a Chicago suburb. Hubert Thompson, 28, was ordered held on $3 million bond. Thompson surrendered peacefully after a seven-hour standoff with a SWAT team. Thompson, a former Chicago area prep star, was the top-rated defensive end prospect in the nation during his senior season, and also won back-to-back state heavyweight wrestling titles in 1996 and 1997. Thompson had a brief NFL tryout with the Saints and also played in the XFL in 2001. CLEAN SHEETS: Well not quite, Ben gives up second inning solo homer and ninth inning single, but easily records the other 27 outs. Here's an early call don't be surprised if Sheets makes a run for the Cy Young. ANOTHER COLT IN TROUBLE: For the second time in as many weekends, a member of the Super Bowl Champion Indianapolis Colts has run afoul of the law. Defensive end Darrell was stopped by police on a New Jersey street early Saturday after they receiving an anonymous tip. The response reveiled a strong smell of marijuana and a small plastic bag in Reid's rental car that contained marijuana. Reid winds up being charged with a pair of misdemeanors and is scheduled to appear in court this week. |
