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TOP STORIES - APRIL 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! TOUTED PROSPECT FACES STIFF SUSPENSION: Is it just me or do the Devil Rays have awful luck with #1 overall draft choices. Delmon Young NAILS THE UMPIRE IN THE CHEST WITH A THROWN BAT after being ejected from a AAA game. According to the opposing catcher, the ump had told Delmon 'he better get going' after he wouldn't leave the box after being called out on strikes, then flipped his bat in a underhanded fashion. Says the catcher 'I'm sure as the bat left his hands he knew it was a bad decision' You say??? I'm guessing Delmon will be sitting a few games - actually a lot of games. Just a note, AAA is currently utilizing replacement umpires as the regulars are on strike - and I'm sure the regulars won't being giving the scab any sympathy. RICKY WILLIAMS TO MAKE BORDER RUN??? CFL's Toronto Argonauts adds Williams to it's 35-player 'negotiation list'. As expected, Williams one-year suspension was upheld by the NFL earlier this week. It would be a pretty good drawing card for the Canadian League - although I would hate to see Ricky and R. Jay Soward on a night out on the town. ONTERRIO SMITH RELEASED BY VIKINGS: Come to think of it, the CFL would be perfect for anyone named after a province. The Vikings gave Smith his pink slip in advance of the NFL Draft, as the league announced that Onterrio would not be reinstated when his suspension is up in six weeks. Says coach Brad Childress, 'We wish Onterrio well in his future endeavors' Smith proclaimed himself as the 'steal of the draft' three years ago, although his drug troubles were already well documented by then. Onterrio will forever be immortalized for being caught at airport security with the 'Original Whizzinator', which the league is apparently still not laughing about.  ANNOUNCER KEITH JACKSON TO CALL IT QUITS: In a line that could only come from the legendary voice of college football, Jackson tells the New York Times 'I'm finished with play-by-play forever. I'm going out to learn to be a senior citizen and find a president I can vote for and believe in. I'm not angry, I'm just going off like an old man and sitting by the creek.' Jackson took some heat for bumbling a few calls in the Texas v. USC National Championship game earlier this year - but he was still a joy to listen to and will be missed. One of my favorite Jackson calls had nothing to do with football, it occurred during the swimming competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics 'Mark Spitz churning his arms furiously through the water. Mark Spitz has won everything that he had set out to accomplish...' KEITH HERNANDEZ 'REPRIMANDED': Mets commentator noticed a female member of Padres staff slapping hands with Mike Piazza in the dugout over the weekend, and commented that women don't belong in the dugout. It turns out that 33 year-old Kelly McCord is the team's massage therapist. During the telecast Hernandez said that only the head and assistant trainer should be allowed in the dugout, but the rulebook also says a member of the 'conditioning staff' can be allowed as well. You mean Keith would have minded a female massage therapist on the '86 Mets??? Oh wait, Kevin Elster - that could had gotten ugly.MANNING THE POLICE BLOTTER: Talk about playing your get out of Carolina card. Cornerback Ricky Manning Jr. arrested on suspicion of assault Sunday after a fight at a restaurant near the UCLA campus. Manning was arrested at about 3 a.m. after he allegedly hit a man in the face along with four or five companions at a Denny's restaurant in Westwood. Manning and his companions left in an SUV and were pulled over soon after when the vehicle was spotted by a helicopter. Police said Manning was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon despite not being armed because he was aided by companions, and because great bodily force was used. Manning was released after posting $30,000 bail. A restricted free agent, Manning had just signed a 5 year/$21 million offer sheet with the Bears, the Carolina Panthers have until April 28th to match the offer.  PAC-10 TO INVESTIGATE REGGIE BUSH RESIDENCE: Reports over the weekend had Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush's family residing at a San Diego-area home. Scrawled in all-capital letters on the driveway of the is the ''THE GRIFFIN'S '05.'' That would to Bush's mother, stepfather and younger half-brother. It's said the family lived there until Thursday, when reporters showed up to ask about the ownership of the home. On Friday, moving trucks showed up and the family moved out. Documents reviewed by the media show that the $757,000 house was purchased by a member and employee of a prominent Indian tribe in the San Diego area. Sources say he was planning to form a marketing and contract agency that would feature Bush as a client. Bush is expected to be the #1 overall pick in Saturday's NFL Draft, however USC may face major ramifications as the NCAA frowns on relationships between agents and families of student athletes. ANOTHER CHARGER ARRESTED: You may remember last week linebacker Shaun Phillips was arrested after scuffling with police and his girlfriend in the Gaslamp Quarter - but that really had no potential impact on the roster itself - he's just Steve Foley's backup. Well Foley himself is now in trouble after doing his own Ken Patera impersonation, roughing up some officers in the process. The trouble started after it was noticed that Foley's SUV was parked the wrong way and had out-of-state plates that expired last year. Police say when Foley was found, he appeared to be intoxicated and a struggle soon ensued. MAYOR SAYS NO STADIUM ANYTIME SOON: You need anymore bad news Charger fans??? Saying that he can't justify the project when roads need to be repaired, the mayor of America's self-proclaimed Finest City says San Diego has no money to pitch in for replacing San Diego Jack Murphy Qualcomm Stadium. Mayor says that the city is in financial crisis, and has a $1.4 BILLION shortfall involving employee pensions. There are also ongoing federal investigations into city finances. San Antonio (and you can be sure L.A) are among the cities already chomping at the bit. THIS WEEKS KACSPORTS LOOK-A-LIKE: Poker vet Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott looks like he could go to Capitol Hill with that suit on, especially with those glasses slipped downward. Just remember he's not here to talk about the past - he just wants to be positive about the subject. Or maybe he can do a finger wag and say 'I never, ever, card counted in a cash game'NATS GM PICKS UP DUI Jim Bowden, 44 (never a good sign when one's age is mentioned in a story) had too good a time in South Beach over the weekend. It's said 'a strong smell of an alcoholic beverage' emanated from the gray 2006 Cadillac STS that Bowden was driving and that he had 'bloodshot eyes, glassy eyes, flush red face and slurred speech.' Bowden went on to fail field sobriety tests. How's Frank Robinson going to punish him?? Oh that's right - that's his boss. BOWDEN, GIRLFRIEND SCUFFLING??? A police report said Bowden and girlfriend Joy Browning were arguing but assured police they were fine. police said Bowden ran a stop sign ten minutes later.FIRST 100 GAME SUSPENSION DOLED OUT: Arizona minor league pitcher first two time offender under baseball's new enhanced penalties. ANOTHER FAN THROWS OBJECT AT BONDS: Is Bonds really worth doing that??? OHIO STATE GRIDDER UNDERGOES MORE SURGERY: Walk-on Tyson Gentry suffered 'serious' neck injury in practice late last week - the family and school requests that no further information be given at this time. Gentry is listed as a punter but this spring was also seeing action as a wide receiver. During Friday's practice, Gentry was running across the middle when he was hit by a defender and landed awkwardly. Teammates at first Gentry could not feel anything from his head down but that some feeling returned by the time the ambulance arrived at the stadium. CRAIG SHELTON START DRAWING SUSPICION??? One-time Rule V castoff has nine home runs in 13 games. More to come on this subject in the KACSPORTS BLOG METS/RED SOX RBI RECREATION STARTS TO GET NATIONAL INK: Conor Lastowka was 5 years old when Game 6 of the 1986 World Series was played. In recent years he had been playing Nintendo's original 'RBI Baseball', which featured all four participants from the 1986 and '87 seasons, along with two All-Star teams (that's all the disk space there was). He lost the console and the game cartridge when his San Diego apartment was broken into on consecutive days (has to be the same neighborhood I was in). The idea for recreating the bottome of the tenth with Vin Scully's voice-over was to enter a youtube.com contest. With his girlfriend out of town, Lastowka set out on duplicating the fateful tenth through a video game emulator. It took Conor 200 takes before he sucessfully duplicated Keith Hernandez's deep fly to center field for the second out. With the Red Sox one out away from the World Championship, Vin Scully names Marty Barrett as the Miller Lite Player of the game, Lastowska inserts a picture of a red-clad game character into NBC's graphic. The game-ending error was duplicated with the first baseman freezing and the ball gettting knocked in front of Buckner, rather than going through his legs. Since I'm guessing there were no wild pitches in the game, that the Mookie Wilson wild pitch was done simply by having the baserunners advance while the pitcher merely held on to the ball. As it turns out, Lastowka couldn't enter the Youtube contest as there was a three minute time limit. However, the production helped land Conor a job as a production assistant with a film company. You can view the video on the top of this page.  DUTCH SAYS IT WILL ALL END ON 12/21/12!!! Former Philies catcher Darren Daulton has been making the media rounds lately, saying among other things that the game will be over for everyone on December 21, 2012 - in case you are not aware that is the day something called the Mayan calender ends. Dutch says at that point everyone living on planet Earth will be 'beamed up' into a new dimension, similar to what you might see on Star Trek. Daulton also talks about numerology and the number 11 - noting that he always seems to check the clock at 11:11. It's all part of a series of 'unusual beliefs' related to conspiracies and the paranormal. Daulton also talks of having out-of-body experiences and traveling in time. You may also recall that Daulton has accumulated a fairly extensive rap sheet over the years, including spending a couple months in jail a few years back. Most of Daulton's problems have stemmed from DUI's and a domestic charge with his second wife. George Noory would talk about it, but he's not a sports talk show. Jim Rome would talk about it, but he's not a paranormal show.DRAGON LADY??? TABLOID TELLS TALE OF DEI POWER STRUGGLE: Just below the main cover story of Camilla spoiling the 'secret wedding' of Prince William - the Globe teases a story regarding a supposed fued involving another royal family - Teresa Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt Jr. The story says that Junior doesn't speak much with his stepmother, that Teresa just does not date, living on the memory of Dale Sr. and her $300 million fortune. It also says that Teresa runs DEI with an iron fist, and that any employee saying anything about Mrs. Earnhardt would be quickly out the door. The story also has Junior not being happy, being under the impression that he would one day have control of DEI. The story concludes telling about the possibility of Dale Jr. leaving DEI and moving to RCR to drive what would be a re-christened #3 Goodwrench car. If you're a regular NASCAR fan there really isn't a whole lot of material in the story that isn't already known. Kevin Harvick is the first domino of the Silly Season, if he leaves the Goodwrench car for a Toyota 'expansion team' then Junior could bargain between DEI and RCR - and Jr. has already mused about the possibility of one day driving the #3 Goodwrench.  AS EXPECTED - HAWK/QUINN ENGAGEMENT A REALITY: A.J. Hawk to wed Brady Quinn's sister next St. Patrick's day, so look for Hawk to tumble down mock drafts the next two weeks. And perhaps that's the idea, Packers at #5 or Steelers at #32??? (never mind the money) The story of the Hawk/Quinn courtship went viral during this year's Fiesta Bowl, when Laura Quinn showed up wearing a hybrid Ohio St./Notre Dame jersey.BAMA BOOSTER DEATH NOW RULED AN ACCIDENT: I guess we won't need Nancy Grace on this one after all - but the story somehow becomes even more bizarre. Investigators rule Logan Young was climbing the stairs carrying a salad and a soft drink when he tripped and hit a railing, opening a huge gash and knocking him uncounscious. Young tumbles down the stairs, but later comes to. After lying on the floor for some time, Young gets up and stumbles through several rooms of his spacious, two-story house before a final collapse in his second-floor bedroom. It is believed that Young, who lived alone, tried to slow the bleeding with towels, which were found soaked there were also several phones in the house, but Young somehow didn't place an emergency call. TRAUMA SURGEON EXPLAINS: Chief neurosurgeon explains that head wounds can leave sufferers so confused they don't realize how seriously they're hurt - and don't think about calling for help. Meanwhile a police lieutenant says that there was so much blood that they thought that it wasn't posssible that all the blood was from a single person. Investigators identified what they thought were 'four separate crime scenes'. But they notice a pattern where there were no signs of a struggle, and were eventually able to piece together the booster's final moments.TELL PHILLIPS NOT TO SCREW WITH THE POLICE: Chargers inebacker Shaun Phillips was arrested early Friday after he scuffling with a patrol officer. Phillip was booked on a charge of obstructing or resisting an officer in the performance of his duty. An officer patrolling San Diego's Gaslamp Qarter saw Phillips grab an unidentified woman by the hair and pull hard enough to make her head tilt back, police said. The officer saw the woman slap Phillips and push him as he tried to grab her again. When the officer checked on the couple, the woman told the officer they were 'just playing' and the couple attempted to walk away. But the officer told Phillips to stay, and a struggle soon followed. KYLE BUSCH RECKLESS DRIVING ARREST!?!? Talk about one ups-manship between siblings, it's amazing that every time one of the Busch brothers does something idiotic, the other manages to somehow outdo it. Kyle Busch proves he can drive just as bad off the track as on it, and is busted in Richmond, VA. Maximum penalty is one year in jail and potential suspension of drivers license. Police say alcohol is not an issue, and considering Kyle doesn't turn 21 for a few more weeks it better not be. Of course everyone is on Kurt Busch this week after his latest run-in with Greg Biffle, and next weeks race is in Phoenix where Kurt Busch had his own celebrated run-in with the police last year. Looks like Jerry Bonkowski, Jenna Fryer, Lee Spencer, and David Poole will have plenty to write about this weekend. BARRY BONDS GRAND JURY COMING??? Biggest sideshow since Pete Rose betting scandal continues. An aside, if Chris Shelton and Jim Thome keep going nuts, when does Bonds start calling those players out through the media - you know that one would be coming sooner rather than later. LARRY BROWN HOSPITALIZED: Actually the big shock is that he has lasted this long this season. Brown leaves latest loss in the third quarter complaining of an upset stomach - and soon after was being loaded into an ambulance with oxygen tubes inserted in his nose. Incidentally, remember how everyone was carrying on about Brown as he was planning his exit out of Detroit during last year's NBA Finals??? Where are the Pistons and the Knicks these days??? Know the guy's a good coach but isn't like he was worth more than any of the players. EX-BRONCO ARRESTED - AGAIN: Former tight end Clarence Kay arrested for shoving his girlfriend's head into a CARPORT. If you thought you've heard Kay's name connected with this crime before you're right - he was arrested 12 times between 1984 and 2000, half of those charges wound up being dismissed. Kay was also arrested in 2004 for breaking into his girlfriend's house after yet another scrap. 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. GRIFFEY HAPPY TO BE HEALTHY??? All you have to do is write that article and that will go by the boards, sure enough - Griff tweaks his knee (which runs bone on bone these days) on a CHECK SWING - in case you were counting on him playing 150 games for once this year. HOCKEY CHEAP SHOT: 15 year-old girl remains in intensive care with a lacerated spleen a week after getting cross-checked after scoring game-winning overtime goal. |
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