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TOP STORIES - MAY 1, 2008 SEAN AVERY 'CARDIAC ARREST' REPORT DENIED: Controversial New York Rangers tough guy Sean Avery out of the NHL playoffs after suffering a lacerated spleen during last nights playoff game. The injury was said to had occurred during the first period, but Avery took his normal shifts the rest of the game. The real drama centered around early reports that Avery may had needed the paddles after arriving at the hospital in cardiac arrest. The Rangers organization has classified that Avery's life was never in danger, and that Avery actually walked into the hospital after being driven there by the team physician. We know hockey players are tough, but if someone walking into the ER in cardiac arrest would be quite impressive. LEE ELIA RANT 25 YEARS LATER: When former Cubs manager went nuts after post-game tirade after his team got booed off the field after falling to 5-14 early in the 1983 season, I'm sure that he had no idea that innovations such as the internet, mp3, and sportstalk radio would make the legend much larger over time and live on essentially forever. The big surprise is that both Elia and the Chicago Tribune sports editor both survived the initial firestorm. Elia was called into GM Dallas Green's office, Elia told the GM that he had to umpire a game his daughter was playing in that evening - Green then told him that if he didn't meet with him that the clubhouse attendant was going to pack his belongings. Meanwhile the Tribune printed Elia's first quote about 'If these are the real Chicago fans, they can kiss my ass all the way downtown', and was forced to print an apology a week later. Not printed was the 40+ 'f-bombs' uttered by Elia in the three minutes following, while suggesting that it was the '15 percent' of Chicago that doesn't work that shows up at the games. Keep in mind that in those days, the media was much stricter in regards ot the use of borderline language. PGA TOUR COLLAPSE: Here's how to blow a cool 300 GR in less than a half hours time - Tim 'Lumpy' Herron is tied for third going into the final two holes and had made par or better in each of his last 35 holes, that is until Lumpy sprayed the ball all over the joint en route to a pair of doubles, falling into a tie for 19th and costing him $300,000. Don't think there is enough pressure in that sport - Neal Lancaster and Jean Van De Velde even thinks that was a choke job.  DORK AND MINDY - DID CLEMENS HAVE 10-YEAR AFFAIR??? NY Daily News reports that Roger Clemens carried on a decade-long affair with country star Mindy McCready, a romance said to have begun when McCready was a 15-year-old performing in a karaoke bar while Clemens was in the midst of his Red Sox heyday at age 28. The paper reports that 'vivid' details of the affair could surface in several projects McCready is now working on - including a documentary set to film in Nashville, as well as her next album and a reality show. According to the report Clemens lawyer confirms the singer as a 'close family friend', but only that - although it is also said that Debbie Clemens knew that McCready flew on Clemens' plane. The alleged romantic links is said to have spanned Rocket's days with the Red Sox, Blue Jays, and Yankees - and could emerge as a 'trump card' for Brian McNamee's legal team.BOBBY REID - COACH GUNDY 'BASICALLY ENDED MY LIFE': Speaking out along with his mom during an ESPN piece, the former Oklahoma State quarterback spoke out against the coach who became famous for defending him in his much-publicized rant last season. Once billed as the 'next Vince Young', the only time Reid would see action following his benching, Jenni Carlson's newspaper stroy, and Gundy's rant, would be to take a kneel-down at an end of a game three weeks later. Reid declared for the NFL Draft, but then rescinded and has instead transferred for his final season of eligibility to Texas Southern, a Championship Subdivision school who went 0-11 last year. DANICA SAYS SHE'S STILL OPEN TO NASCAR: The weekend before her historic win in Japan, Danica was a guest of Roush-Fenway Racing during NASCAR's event in Danica's home area of Phoenix. While admitting she is 'knee-deep in Indy Car', Patrick admitted that she would not rule out any offers from NASCAR when her contract comes up again following the 2010 season. In case the meager results of Sam Hornish, Dario Franchitti, Patrick Carpentier, etc. hasnt' gotten her attention - I say don't do it, unless Roush, Hendrick, or Joe Gibbs offers her crazy money to get in a Cup ride immediately, and then I'm not sure it's a good idea. ASHLEY FORCE BEATS HER DAD Becomes NHRA's first-ever female funny car winner after beating father John Force in the final heat. Ashley easily won the race, after John Force's tires spun during the start. ALL QUIET ON THE RED MILE: We did not see this scene repeated from the Flames playoff run of 2004 this week for a couple of reasons - first, it was snowing, also the Flames were getting routed in Game 7 at San Jose. It's said that by the end of the game the cops were outnumbering the fans outside. Even worse, Calgary is now sending it's weather down my way....ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELDS CLOSED DOWN ON EAST COAST: Maybe going the fake green isn't such a good idea. The fields of two venues on the east coast were closed this week after high concentrations of lead were discovered, which raised fears about dust or particles that players could be inhaling. It should be noted that both surfaces were at least ten years old and developed by a manufacturer that went out of business a few years back. Even though the more current surfaces installed for the major colleges and pro teams are said to have checked OK, many colleges and high schools set to install the fake stuff are now suddenly rethinking their decisions. HS THIRD BASE COACH SUFFERS FRACTURED SKULL: A 29-year old JV coach wound up needing emergency surgery for a fractured skull/hematoma after getting brained by a thrown ball during a game last week. A throw from the outfield had gotten by the third baseman, who then turned around and (i'm assuming trying to throw home) ended up nailing the coach with the throw from point blank range. Interestingly enough, coaches at the high school and NCAA level have not followed MLB's lead of having their coaches wearing batting helmets - and some at the NCAA level have even been quoted as referring to the Mike Coolbaugh tragedy as a fluke, noting that he was hit in the neck and the helmet wouldn't had saved him - point is, more fluky plays occur at the amateur level and aluminum bats are used.  FAVRE ON MADDEN 2009 COVER: I guess this could be one way to solve the Madden curse - Favre would be the first retired player to make the Madden cover in the game's 20-year history - official announcement is expected to be made on David Letterman tonight. Or will Favre be retired when the game comes out - a preview says that #4 was a little cryptic when the segment was taped today saying 'something's bound to happen' when training camp rolls around. The Madden game comes out August 12, his number is supposed to be retired during the Packers season opener on September 8. Incidentally, Ricig had a great cartoon in the latest edition of Sports Weekly, it had Favre's ficticious 'fifth cousin' declaring, then undeclaring, then declaring, then undeclaring, then declaring once more for the NFL Draft.SILLY SEASON KICKS INTO HIGH GEAR - STEWART TO LEAVE GIBBS??? The story here is that Stewart is still allowed to do endorsement deals with General Motors, despite the fact that Gibbs Racing switched to Toyotas for the 2008 season. Stewart starting his own race team is among the possible scenarios being rumored - soon to turn age 37, this is expected to be Stewart's last major contract, his current contract with Gibbs runs through 2009 unless he is let out early. In another report, Martin Truex Jr. is said to have asked for his release from DEI at the end of the 2008 season. A good friend of Dale Earnhardt Jr., the rumor mill has Truex either landing as Dale Jr.'s teammate at Hendrick or with Junior fielding his first Cup car for Junior Motorsports next year and hiring Truex for that gig. If these two dominoes were to go down, then the openings with the #20 car (Gibbs), #1 car (DEI), and RCR's expected new fourth car would become the most attractive openings - although soon-to-be 18-year old developmental drvier Joey Logano is already under contract with Gibbs and is projected as a long-term answer. HEEL TURN - MICHIGAN PLAYER TRANSFERS TO THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: sophomore offensive lineman leaves A-squared, saying 'family values have eroded' under new coach Rich Rodriguez. COLTS PLAYER ARRESTED IN PARKING LOT: It seems to have become tradition with Indy Colt running backs in recent years, they get a shot, have a couple of good games, then find trouble with the law. That leads us to ex-CFL'er Kenton Keith, who was arrested for not obeying orders to leave a club parking lot after closing time and shouting 'I'M A COLTS PLAYER!!!' Law enforcement tends not to care about that kind of stuff, I don't even think they care in Regina.  WORST PERSON IN THE UNIVERSE: At least for this week - man walks into the Milwaukee VA center and removes a 52-inch flat screen TV from a nursing home area. The man walked into the facility with a dolly and came back out with the TV moments later. The theft was well planned, occurring just before 4 PM on Friday, April 4. What was the significance of that time??? The Brewers home opener was letting out at about that time, and the VA Center is next door to the ballpark, VA security, which has it's hands full most days - also had to deal with game traffic and special buses which were transporting fans from the VA lot to a remote parking lot three miles away. His crime was brilliant, except for the many cameras in the building observing him and the case now receiving widespread media covering - robbing from vets is going to look REAL good on that rap sheet - just remember, karma is a bitch.SMOLTZ 16TH TO 3000 K'S: Battling persistent arm problems, Smoltz was the tough-luck loser on Tuesday but is still 3-1 for the month with a sparkling 0.78 while proving much more durable than a certain Brewers 'staff ace' who cant make it through three starts before getting his next hangnail... HABS FANS TORCH POLICE CARS: I know it's been a few years since you've won anything and it was a Game 7 - but IT'S ONLY THE FIRST ROUND, against a team you should had finished off well before a Game 7. The police say that they were the targets, and that the perpetrators used the cover of the post-game celebration to commit the mischief against the force. Meanwhile the Calgary Flames lost their Game 7, meaning all will be quiet in western Canada for the rest of this spring. BORIS SAID DON'T BOTHER APOLOGIZING: If we're mentioning the names Boris Said and Marcos Ambrose, it can only be one of the handful of road course races NASCAR holds each year. In this instance, Ambrose wrecks Said on a restart en route to a second place finish in Mexico City. Afterwards, Ambrose said he realized that Said must be P.O'd and said he would wait until tomorrow, hoping that Boris would be cooled down, and that he considers Boris a friend. No such luck, Ambrose gets on Claire B. Lang's radio show on Monday and says he better get around to giving B.S. a call. Turns out Said is listening to the show and calls moments later to tell Ambrose to save his cell phone minutes, that anyone can apologize after the fact, and that he no longer has respect for Ambrose and will be cutting him no slack next time around. Incidentally, the turnstile count plummeted for this year's Mexico City race plummeted, from 72,000 to 57,000. I give it one more year before NASCAR decides to put this dog down.  DANICA IN THE WIN COLUMN: Gets her long-awaited first win on the Indy Car circuit in fuel mileage race after leaders were forced to pit in the waning laps - Danica takes the checkers nearly six seconds ahead of Helio Castroneves, but Helio still has that Dancing with the Stars crown.DID BLACK SOX GET THEIR CUE FROM CUBS??? History tells us that the 1919 Chicago White Sox achieved baseball infamy by throwing the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. Now we learn that perhaps the Southsiders got their idea from that other Chicago team. Newly discovered testimony from one of the eight banished White Sox players suggests that it was known knowledge that the Cubs did the exact same thing in losing the previous years World Series in six games. The Cubs were 84-45 in the '18 regular season and were considered heavy favorites to dispatch the AL representative, but lost due to a number of fielding errors as well as Alfonso Soriano-like baserunning blunders. And who were the Cubs opponents that year - of course, the Red Sox!!! So I guess that championship (all the Red Sox had to hang their hats on for 85 years) suddenly doesn't mean a whole lot. BRODEUR WOULDN'T SHAKE!!! The New York Rangers eliminated the Jersey Devils last night, which meant both teams lined up to shake hands afterwards, 19 of the 20 Devils players actually shook hands with Sean Avery, though many barely looked at him. Martin Brodeur however got a complete whiff in, dropping his hand as he got to Avery - who of course now says that Marty is the bad sport.  SEAN AVERY WON'T LET MARTY FORGET ABOUT DIVORCE: Perhaps the most classless player in NHL history, controversial New York Rangers player made news earlier this week by spending a 5 on 3 power play doing nothing but waving his arms in front of Jersey Devils netminder Martin Brodeur, forcing the NHL to reclassify a rule that would entail a 10-minute misconduct plus a minor penalty to any player who tries a similar tactic in the future. Meanwhile it turns out that Avery is still ragging Brodeur about his 2003 divorce. The Mrs. called it quits after finding out that Marty had an affair with her sister - which resulted in a sign during that year's playoffs to say 'Tickets $95, divorce settlement $9 million, doing it with your sister-in-law priceless. For the record, it is said that Avery has had a couple relationships with various actresses go belly up. Meanwhile Brodeur says he would have a verbal response for Avery, but all his good answers are in French. Hell, Patrick Roy would respond in the universal language of braining Avery with his stick. Meanwhile I find it amazing how everyone still manages to shake hands following a playoff series no matter how high the hostilities. You think one Jersey player might decide to take a swing at Avery while going through the line.SHEA STADIUM ESCALATOR HORROR: Brooklyn man attending Mets game with his kids plunged 30 feet to his death after falling over the side of a non-working escalator after the game. Police are checking into reports that the man may had been surfing or sliding down on the escalator railing. It is the second escalator-related death in the history of Shea Stadium, in 1985 a 21-year old fan fell 100 feet to his death. The Mets are playing their 45th and final year at Shea this year.  REPORT - BREWERS SIGN JEFF WEAVER: If this 'reliable' source has it right, Weaver will have more to do than sit in on the Jerry Springer show (see right). Weaver had a 7-13 record and a cool 6.20 ERA in Seattle last year.HERSCHEL WALKER SAYS HE PLAYED RUSSIAN ROULETTE: Recently Herschel revealed that he has faced a lifelong battle with multiple personality disorder, and there was an incident during his playing days in which he was found unconscious in his garage with the motor running - at the time he was said to had merely fallen asleep listening to his favorite CD and it was actually his dog that helped save him. Herschel now says there is much of his life that he doesn't remember, including winning the 1982 Heisman Trophy or threatening his former wife - saying he once held a gun to her head and threatened to 'blow her f---- brains out'. THE $550 SWIMSUIT: Swimming used to be the chepaest sport to participate in, all one needed was a swimsuit, a pair of goggles, maybe a hat to keep the chlorine out, and of course some liquid to jump into. But not no more, at least if you want a shot at the Olympics, as records fall by the wayside as top competitors slip on Speedo's new $550 swimsuit, suddenly football equipment seems cheap by comparison. The swimsuit breakthrough puts swimmers not sponsored by Speedo in a quandry, although one Olympic hopeful says he would gladly pay a $4,700 fine by his manufacturer to shave that critical 1/2 second off his time in Beijing - or he just hope that mass boycott comes to pass. Just give me my female racers back in their old swimsuits already!!! FORMER NASCAR DRIVER SAYS HE SHOT UP ON RACE DAY: You may remember the career of NASCAR Truck Series driver Aaron Fike coming to a screeching halt last summer when he and his girl were caught doing drugs in their truck outside of an amusement park. Now Fike says what was a once-a-week habit had evolved into a daily habit of taking heroin, including on race days. The ramifications of Fike's confession are enormous - players in ball-and-stick sports doing drugs are one thing, but race car drivers bring in a whole new dynamic where the lives of others on the track or even in the stands can be at risk. Fike avoided a prison term under a plea agreement that has him involved in starting a youth drug education program. Currently, Fike races in a midget series, and says he has been in contact with NASCAR about starting his reinstatement process, but admits he's not holding his breath in being allowed back in anytime soon. Meanwhile note his website which has not been updated since his last race last year in which he finished top-five after doing heroin earlier that day. His race team (Red Horse Racing) cut him loose the day following the arrest. |
