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FIRST 50-GAME SUSPENSIONS COME DOWN: Four minor league PITCHERS are the first to be busted under baseball's tougher new steroid bans. They probably thought they were just putting Noxeema on. NOT EXACTLY A WARM WELCOME: VP Dick Cheney throws out the first pitch.  BAMA BOOSTER FOUND SLAIN AFTER 'BLOODY STRUGGLE': Guess this gives new meaning to the phrase 'Crimson Tide'. An Alabama booster convicted of bribing a high school coach to get a top recruit for a few years back was killed in his home after a fierce, 'brutal attack', according to police. Investigators found 'a lot of blood' througout the pricy two-story tudor home in an exclusive 'country club' area of Memphis. Logan Young, 65, was free pending appeal of a conviction on money laundering and racketeering conspiracy charges in a federal case involving the recruiting of defensive lineman Albert Means. According to Means' prep coach, several schools offered money or jobs for Means' services. Tennessee coach Phil Fulmer was supposedly one of the whistleblowers in the case, which helped make him Public Enemy #1 in Alabama.BINGO WINNER 'B-10'd' TO DEATH: One good slaying sometimes deserves another. A 58 year-old man who migrated to Canada from Iraq 13 years ago was fatally attacked and robbed BY FOUR WOMEN who demanded the $1,000 he had won earlier in the evening. According to security cameras, one of the assailants weighed in at a cool two-fity. The victim was punched and kicked before the attackers fled. The man (said to be pretty big himself) stumbled back into the bingo hall asking for help, and died a short time later. There have been reports of increasing violence at the bingo hall, including another (or perhaps the same) large lady getting into a bloody fight then going back to her table as though nothing happened. JIRI FISCHER HOPES TO PLAY AGAIN: Doesn't remember much about the night of November 21, 2005 - although he mentions that he realizes just how fortunate he is and that he remembers so little about that night that he is somewhat oblivious to the fact that he almost died. Fischer does say he'd like to play again, but it's possible that the Red Wings nor any other team may be able to take out insurance on him. I'd say he shouldn't do it, he literally cheated death once and probably wouldn't come out so lucky in a reoccurance - which often happens in most cases. But then again Maggie Dixon's ticker went merely going for tea so it can go both ways...  TEXAS CATFIGHT: Never mind drivers and crew chiefs going after each other, Greg Biffle's girlfriend (Nicole Lunders) gives a piece of her mind to Kurt Busch's fiancee (Eva Bryan) after wreck involving both drivers out at Texas Motor Speedway. Next week I imagine Matt Kenseth's cat takes a run at the Busch's Westie. UPDATE: LUNDERS TO BE 'REPRIMANDED': NASCAR says the Mrs. used to go at it all the time, but they have to be more careful now with TV cameras following every move. Immediate family members are usually given the same access as crew members, but that of course be revoked at any time. MAYWEATHER/JUDAH BRAWL: Champ Zed Judah was trailing hopelessly on all cards when he tried to go downstairs on Floyd Mayweather. All hell breaks loose shortly thereafter, fight resumes, Mayweather wins belt - both boxers purses being held while incident investigated (VIDEO)GOOD OLD #07 STRIKES AGAIN??? NBA player Craig Hodges was second pro sports figure this week to be on the receiving end of a drive-by, Hodges was actually shot in the lower body. Earlier this week Tom Lehman's car was shot at on an Augusta area freeway, Lehman suggested later that his assailant 'WAS PROBABLY LOADED ON JACK DANIELS' RICKY MAKES HIS CASE TO NFL: Trying to appeal positive test that would result in one year ban - all that is known is that the substance was not marijuana, which Williams tested positive for the first three times. LOOK OUT BELOW!!! Packers predicted to be 6-10, with Favre. Without??? Hello #1 overall pick.  TRAGEDY - HOOPS COACH DEAD AT 28: More proof that tomorrow is by no means guaranteed. Maggie Dixon passes away early Friday morning after suffering an 'arrhythmic episode' the day before. Dixon had just led Army to their first NCAA women's basketball birth in school history. Older brother Jamie Dixon is the men's basketball coach at the university of Pittsburgh. It is believed that Maggie and Jamie are the first brother/sister combo to lead their respective teams to NCAA tourney births in the same season. A University of San Diego graduate, Maggie Dixon turned to coaching after a brief tryout with the WNBA.'BUNCH OF LIARS' - GAGNE GOING BACK UNDER THE KNIFE: That was Rotoworld's comment after word came down that Eric Gagne will undergo his second elbow surgery in less than a year Friday. The Dodgers had been claiming that Gagne was fighting an ear infection, and that he had dropped the appeal of a two-game suspension to have 'a pre-arranged MRI'. Nice work Dodgers, next time level with us fantasy players BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS!!!  LAME DUCK NETWORK'S SET-UP ON NASCAR??? In a classic example of a network trying to make news rather than reporting it, NBC News allegely sent 'Muslim-looking' men to last weeks race in Martinsville in an apparent attempt to rile fans up for use in a possible Dateline segment. By its own admission NBC News was intrigued by recent polls and other articles regarding increasing anti-Muslim sentiments in the United States. The inference was to portray NASCAR fans as bigots, and NBC News was hoping to bait fans into making insensitive remarks to the people it had planted at the track. Today, NBC gets shown up in a column on NASCAR.COM. According to NASCAR, NBC did not deny the plot, and the article notes that NBC thought so much of NASCAR that it signed (along with TNT) a 6 year/$1.2 billion TV contract which expires after the 2006 season.TOM LEHMAN VICTIM OF DRIVE-BY??? Yes, there is a far different side of Augusta than you see from the buttoned-down patrons at the Masters. Golfer Tom Lehman was driving on the Bobby Jones Expressway to the airport to pick up his son, when an SUV sped past his courtesy car and allegedly shot into it. A local 26 year-old is being held on two felony counts in connection with the shooting. DUKE LAX SCANDAL GETS UGLIER: Heads start to roll as head coach offers his resignation, which is immediately accepted with the chancellor saying it was 'appropriate'. The season is now officially cancelled as well. These developments occur as a very disturbing E-mail comes to light, where a team member vowed 'to kill and skin' strippers. Police have not yet determined whether the e-mail was to be taken seriously (I wouldn't want to guess). The players have had their campus residences reassigned for safety reasons while a chancellor urged students to remain calm. The school president vows 'a very serious self-study' of campus culture. I reiterate, this has gone far beyond the normal 'hazing' that sometimes gets regarded as amusing. MASTERS ODDS: Entire field (outside of Gary Player and every other 70 year-old still allowed) handicapped. HARMONY IN MY HEAD: Rollins wastes no time extending hitting streak to 38. FANTASY PICK-UP OF THE DAY: Ryan Freel steals three bases in Reds win over Cubs. Freel is eligible at about a million positions and is on record saying he will steal 60 bases this year - that's provided he starts enough and actually goes six months without getting arrested - that will be a challenge. EARLY CHAPTER IN STEROIDS SAGA TOLD: Joe Blandino was a center fielder on Fort Hays State's 1989 baseball team. His roommate was a shortstop who had bulked up considerably in the past year. The result was much more power at the plate, but the player was no longer able to field his position. As a result, he went from a #2 hitting shortstop to a designated hitter batting fifth. Statistically the results were impressive, going from .321 and two home runs, to .372 with seven home runs/48 RBI in his season. The player's name - Greg Anderson.LESTER MYSTERY APPEARS SOLVED: It turns out two other part-time drivers (Kenny Wallace, Mike Garvey) were also given no points in races they participated in. The info I got was that the teams didn't turn in their entry blanks before the deadline (usually two weeks before the race) - the driver can still race and collect prize money, but get no points, obviously not a big deal for part-time outfits (thanks Patrick Rankin for the tip!!) JAKE PLUMMER NOT HAPPY WITH TILLMAN PROBE: Broncos QB frustrated by slow pace of investigation. NO COMMENT FROM FAVRE CAMP: Bus Cook doesn't believe Favre has seen Mark Chmura comments, and doesn't think he'd want to comment on them anyways. VIN SCULLY WANTS NO PART OF #756!!! Curt Gowdy and Milo Hamilton get the love, but Vin Scully also was behind a mike for Hank Aaron's historic home run v. the Dodgers in 1974. Apparently Vin has no desire of calling a potential record-breaking home run by Barry Bonds, saying 'I would just as soon it not happen against the Dodgers'. Scully adds 'With Aaron, it was a privilege to be there when he did it. It was just a great moment. With Bonds, no matter what happens now, it will be an awkward moment. That's the best word I can think of now. If I had my druthers, I would rather have that awkward moment happen to somebody else.' I say have him do it against the Padres, Ted Leitner would have no problem calling that one. NOOOOO!!!!!! Anna Benson calling off divorce??? Of course Anna's poker skills come into play here - she knows she has the best hand, and was asking for custody of the couple's two children, along with child support and alimony.  INCOMING!!! Looks like the Illuminati is going to have to arrange for metal detector screens everywhere the Giants play this year. If someone in Petco Park throws a syringe, what happens when #25 takes left field at Wrigley after the bleacher crowds has a few Berry Bombs of their own. Says B*rry (credit Norm Chad) later 'If that's what they want to do, embarrass themselves, then that's on them. That has nothing to do with me at all.' Actually B*rry, this happens to have everything to do with you. And by the way, B*rry's dumb reality show debuts on TV tonight. REV. JACKSON GETS INVOLVED: Says MLB and San Diego police should identify and arrest whoever threw the syringe, saying 'That object could have had a needle in it. It could have hit him. The commissioner of baseball must be outspoken in protecting any players whose lives are in jeopardy, whose security is at risk.' A Padres official says the object 'appeared to be of the size of something you would use to baste a turkey, and not a syringe per se' STEVE FINLEY QUESTIONS PROBE: Sezs 'If there was not a rule, how can you go back and punish people for that?' He's right, and that's why a lot of this falls on Bud - who let this go unchecked for years.CHMURA REMOVES FAVRE FROM X-MAS CARD LIST: Someone tell police that a quarterback just got thrown under a Waukesha Transit bus, as it sounds like Mark Chmura's Sunday radio show is getting pretty entertaining. This week Chewy lays into Brett Favre's retirement decision drama, and also rips his former friend for not offering support when he was down in 2000-2001. Says #89 on #4: 'He's a selfish guy. He's a very selfish guy. And what people don't know, I'm not going to say this to throw the guy under the bus, but this is a guy from my arrest to my acquittal never called me one time. I mean, it was disappointing, but you find out what people are made of and what they're all about. I tell you what, and the friends I have now, I wouldn't trade them for anything. People that don't think that it's all about him are fooling themselves.'' STORMS RIP THROUGH DOWNTOWN INDY: With National Championship set for tonight at RCA Dome, traffic gridlocked as streets are closed off due to debries after deadly storms with possible funnel clouds roared through the area Sunday night. Nashville and Salt Lake City are other cities which have seen tornados in downtown areas in recent years. NEW NBA UNIFORM CRACKDOWN COMING??? You may have seen the 'tights' or panty-hose that Dwyane Wade, Kobe Bryant, and about half of the Milwaukee Bucks have been wearing this year - now it appears that the league wants to put a kibosh on the 'fashion trend' for the 2006-07 season. The association actually wanted to ban the tights after the All-Star game, but held off due to apparent pressure from the players association.  ANNA CALLS IT QUITS!!! Rotoworld feels this is bad news for Kris Benson, saying 'As if we needed any additional reasons to be down on Benson as a fantasy property. Stay far away.' I disagree - I say Benson just became an AL Cy Young candidate.DUKE LACROSSE STORY GOES VIRAL: Highly ranked team will not play until the school learns more about accusations that team members attacked an exotic dancer at an off-campus party. The alleged victim, who is black, is a student at nearby North Carolina Central University, and has told police she was pulled into a bathroom, beaten, choked and raped by three men where she and another dancer were hired to perform. Police collected DNA samples with a cheek swab from 46 members of the teams 47 players. The lone black player on the team wasn't tested because the victim said her attackers were white. No one has been charged, and the team's captains have said the tests will clear players. Angry over the team's silence and the university's handling of the case, Durham residents have demonstrated on and off campus in recent days. FLASHBACK (11/15/05): Marquette's club lacrosse team suspended for season after party involving 'beer, thongs, and bongs' |
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