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TOP STORIES - JUNE 30, 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!  SHOCKER - NORTHWESTERN FOOTBALL COACH DEAD: Northwestern University football coach Randy Walker has died of the dreaded 'apparent' heart attack Thursday night - he was 52. You may recall Walker landed in the hospital during the 2004 season after experiencing chest pains. Walker was diagnosed with myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle usually caused by a virus. Walker was the first Northwestern coach to lead the school to three bowl game, losing to UCLA 50-38 in what proved to be Walker's last game last December. PICTURE OF THE DAY: Jason Giambi groupie cuffed and taken away by New York's finest as Braves manager Bobby Cox takes a look. But give the girl credit if you're going to go down - do so chasing an actual star ball player, as opposed to an overaged announcer/lifetime .200 hitter. Speaking of, it is said Ann Ladd's mugshot was on Milwaukee TV last night - I will be eagerly looking for a copy. AND SPEAKING OF!!! Ann Ladd released on signature bond, but ordered to stay away from Uecker's house, as well as any game involving the Brewers. If I were a Cub fan (and thank God I'm not!!!) - I'd follow Pat Hughes around just so I wouldn't be able to attend their games.AHL MAKES VISORS MANDATORY: Of course it took someone to actually lose an eye for that league to come to it's senses. In February Anaheim Duck prospect Jordan Smith was hit from a deflected puck during a game. Now wearing a prosthesis where his left eye was, Smith can play in the AHL or Europe - but will not be allowed in the NHL. Montreal star Saku Koivu also suffered a career threatening eye injury despite wearing a visor in this past year's playoffs. Visors are already mandatory in the EHCL, while college players wear full face protection. MARCELO BALBOA CONTINUES TO NOT GET IT: Know-it-all ABC analyst refused to eat crow after David Beckham's extrodinary free kick goal sent England to the quarterfinals. This after Balboa spent half the game saying that the English skipper was not even worthy of being in the lineup. I'm sure the Sun would comment on this - but their query would probably be 'Who's Marcelo Balboa??? The best analogy is this is like saying Manny Ramirez or Carlos Lee should be on the bench because they play a shaky left field. USA Today's TV Sports critic needs to come out of retirement. ENGLAND FANS IN DANGER OF 'DRINKING GERMANY DRY': I guess it is imparative that Portugal wins on Friday. It is said that 70,000 England fans averaged drinking 17 pints during a first-round game. A win in the quarterfinals ensures England's participation until the final weekend, such a scenario would have Germany literally out of beer. Says one German official, 'the English proved themselves world champs. They practically drank us dry'JASON BAY ALL-STAR BID: Massive marketing campaign in Pittsburgh, along with some help in Bay's native Canada, has the Pirate leading all National Leauge outfielders in fan voting. That would be all fine and dandy if Pittsburgh wasn't in the middle of a 13-game losing streak with Bay's average plummeting like NHL TV ratings. On Wednesday, Bay pleaded for the team to make big changes. Don't worry Jason, you will be traded to the Cardinals for a bunch of prospects soon enough. PETER GAMMONS SUFFERS BRAIN ANEURSYM ESPN baseball analyst Peter Gammons underoes brain surgery Tuesday after he was stricken with an aneurysm near his Cape Cod home - is expected to be in intensive care for 10-12 days. DUSTY BAKER ON VERY THIN ICE: Could Tuesday's ninth inning debacle be the final straw???MANAGER OF SCANDAL-RIDDEN SQUAD ATTEMPTS SUICIDE: Gianluca Pessotto, team manager of Serie A power Juventus, was in a serious condition after reportedly jumping from an office window. Pessotto, who made 22 appearances for Italy and was named Juventus team manager just last month, apparently climbed onto the window sill holding a set of rosary beads, and jumped - bouncing off one car and onto another. The incident cuts short Italy's joy after yesterday's dramatic win over upstart Australia. RUSSIAN ROULETTE - UKRAINE WINS ON PENALTY KICKS: Switzerland gets stuck in neutral, and is out of tournament despite four consecutive clean sheets. 'CALIFORNIA KLINSMANN' RUMORED FOR U.S. JOB: German legend who commutes from California will no doubt get sacked should his team lose to Argentia - Klinsmann could also decide he no longer needs the headache even if Germany wins the title.RUSH DETAINED WITH LITTLE BLUE MIRACLES: Talk show host has been caught in the past for prescription fraud involving painkillers, now a Customs agent finds 29 Viagra pills, but the name on the bottle was not Rush's. Now I'm going to call the program director at my local Clear Channel affiliate and complain about his show, he has gotten ridiculous, has gotten out of hand - AND NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OFF THE AIR IMMEDIATELY!!! Actually Rush did four weeks at ESPN a few years back, you think Michael Irvin could have hooked him up, couldn't you???  HUGE WEEKEND FOR JEFF GORDON: Winning races is old hat for Gordon, and he did win on the Sonoma Road course for the fifth time in his career. But he also made public his engagement to Ingrid Vandebosch. The Belgium model/actress will be a welcome and diverse addition to the world of NASCAR spouses.CURTIS INTERRUPTIS With a seven-shot lead with just two holdes to play, Ben Curtis will eventually get his first win since the British Open when the likely final edition of the rain-delayed Kemper Open finally comes to it's conclusion Tuesday morning. What's interesting was the outfit Curtis donned when he built his lead with a 9-under par 62 way back on Thursday. See, Curtis has a sponsor deal similar to Payne Stewart back in the day, where he wears NFL apparel - usually a team close to where he is playing that week - thense Curtis was in the colors of the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday. Only problem with that is that Curtis is from Ohio, and like most Browns fans considers the Ravens his 'least favorite team' for obvious reasons. I don't think a true Browns fan wants to see themselves dead in Ravens gear, much less tearing a PGA course apart. I'm guessing that Ben will dig into his Washington Redskins gear for the fifth straight day Tuesday, no matter how much it smells. Meanwhile I got an idea for Ben for this years British Open in Liverpool, wear Chelsea on Thursday, Arsenal on Friday - and Manchester United for the weekend - Ben would no doubt be the most popular man on the course. By the way, Jose Cocares wore the sky blue and white colors of Argentina's soccer team this weekend. BEST LINES OF THE WEEKEND: On David Beckham losing his cookies during England's World Cup tie with Ecuador, analyst Alexi Lalas suggested that he had plenty of company 'regurgatating' in England during the game. Also, Bryant Gumbel chimes in on Real Sports that he likes the World Cup, although he adds that they score 'AS OFTEN AS ANN COULTER MAKES SENSE!!!' Those are as good a strikes as the Argentina player in extra time v. Mexico. DOUBLE DUTCH, FOUR PLAYERS SENT OFF IN PORTUGAL/NETHERLANDS GAME: Time to make friends??? I don't think so!!! In a game that Marcelo Balboa was fortunatly not broadcasting, nine-man Portugal guts out a victory over the nine-man Netherlands. Portugal now faces England in the quarterfinals, provided Portugal can get 11 players together - considering that most of their players were either sent off or stretchered off in a World Cup tie that featured, brawling, complaining, and players faking injury. I just want to know who that Quickdraw Rick McGraw was who kept on red-carding everyone - people pay good money to see these games, couldn't they just give these guys warnings??? In addition to the four red cards, 16 yellows were issued as well. Star Portugese defender Deco is among those who will miss the next round. GUILLEN VOWS TO 'GET NASTY' WITH MEDIA: What's next - Phil Mickelson vowing to get reckless on the final hole of a major??? Now Guillen is upset over a report that he might not take the sensitivity training (NEWS FLASH - he doesn't have a choice). As an added attraction, the St. Louis paper is reporting that there was a 'spy' with a centerfield camera that was tipping pitches for White Sox hitters - they type of stuff you here when an offense is incredibly hot. After Saturday's games the White Sox were hitting .285 and slugging .481 at home, .282 and .455 on the road - so the stats don't support that theory much. DRUDGE HEADLINE - GREG LEMOND CLAIMS LANCE ARMSTRONG THREATS: Former Tour de France champion Greg LeMond claimes he was threatened by Lance Armstrong for having criticised the seven-time race winner's association with a doctor implicated in doping affairs. Lemond tells a French paper, 'Lance threatened me. He threatened my wife, my business, my life'. LeMond adds that Lance vowed that he would find ten people who would have testified that LeMond took the banned blood booster EPO.  ENGLAND, GERMAN FANS CLASH: But then again what else is new, there's some pretty good video with this story, including video with a bunch of chairs and beer bottles being thrown. Over 50,000 English fans have descended on Stuttgart for Sunday's game v. dangerous Ecuador.PHILLIES PITCHER ARRESTED: Brett Myers arrested Friday and charged with assaulting his wife on a downtown Boston street just after midnight. According to police, the evidence points to the victim was struck in the left side of her face. Myers is scheduled to start against the Red Sox on Sunday. SAINTS LINEMAN ARRESTED: Tackle Jamaal Brown, the 13th overall pick a year ago, arrested on one count domestic abuse battery. Brown is the third New Orleans player to be arrested this off-season.DAVE DUNCAN - 'OZZIE IS A LIAR': Cardinals pitching coach gets on Chicago radio to dispute claims that Guillen called him after his son was plunked in apparent retaliation. Says Duncan, 'I read in the paper, Ozzie said he didn't even know (Chris) was my son, which indicates he had some involvement — instructing (Sox pitcher) Riske to do something. Then he said he called over to me when he found out — that's a flat-out lie. He never called over to find out or apologize to me. I'm tired of listening to Ozzie making excuses; any controversy he has, he has an excuse for it. I don't like liars, and that's a lie right there.' MORE OZZIE: KACSPORTS has found the transcript to Guillen's profanity-laced tirade towards Magglio Ordonez last year - 'He's a piece of (expletive). He's a (expletive), that's what he is. He's another Venezuelan (expletive). (Expletive) him. He has an enemy. Now he has a big one. He knows I can (expletive) him a lot of different ways. He better shut the (expletive) up and play for the Detroit Tigers.' Anyone ready for a Tigers/White Sox LCS Series right now??? It's said that Guillen supposedly doesn't read English well, but he has the seven words down pat. Blog coming on Guillen this weekend. OZZIE 'APOLOGIZES', BUT NOT TO JAY MARIOTTI... In fact the White Sox manager had more things to say about the writer, calling him a piece of sh*t among other things. All of this comes 24 hours after Guillen landed in hot water for a profanity-laced tirade which included a homosexual reference directed at Mariotti. Meanwhile Mariotti says he will not venture into the White Sox dugout for the forseeable future, indicating that he has been the subject of threats. Guillen is also likely to be facing a suspension after one of his pitchers did bean a batter after warnings were issued. And to top things off, there is supposedly also bad blood between Guillen and Houston manager Phil Garner dating back to last year's World Series, the Astros and White Sox renew acquaintences this weekedn. Almost unnoticed is that the White Sox laid waste to Cardinals pitching in a possible 2006 World Series preview, scoring 33 runs in two games. A.J and Oz, what class acts. The Red Sox and Yankees have never seen more likable.NASCAR OWNER IN DEEP DOO-DOO: Gene Haas was arrested Monday and with orchestrating a tax fraud that cost the government nearly $20 million as well as intimidating witnesses and a federal agent investigating the case, the New York Times reported in Tuesday's editions - a little more significant than a traffic violation. Haas, 54, owns a Cup car driven by Jeff Green, as well as a Busch Series car driven by one of the eight Sauter brothers (they're kind of like the Sutters and Neidermeyers in hockey). FREDDY ADU COULD HAVE PLAYED FOR GHANA: Teen soccer prodigy moved with his parents to the United States when he was eight, but had an open invitation from the Ghana Football Association to join it's squad, which plays the U.S. tomorrow in a pivotal World Cup group game. Adu is now bound to the U.S. squad for all future competitions, since he tried out this year and made his first cap in a friendly v. Canada. Adu turned 17 earlier this month, which makes him eligible to sign a lucrative contract with a top European side once the MLS season ends. AS SEEN ON DRUDGE, 'CATEGORY C' HOOLIGANS GO AFTER ENGLAND FANS: After a day in which both rivals played and won their groups, hostility erupted in violence as riot police shielded English supporters after an attempted ambush by a drunken Germanic mob. There had been tensions between groups of supporters, many of whom had been drinking all day. Tens of thousands of Germans took to the streets to celebrate their team?s early victory over Ecuador in the house that Adolf Hitler built (literally). An estimated 60,000 England supporters were in Cologne, but many couldn't get tickets and had to settle for watching their contest in various pubs. After that match, police were forced to take action after a mob attempted to attack the England fans, while bystanders fled from a barrage of bottles, chairs, and other assorted missiles. Cologne's police chief confirmed that their force recognized 30 'Category C hooligans', adding that their were no problems at all with the England fans. REACT: What the hell are the Class 'A' and 'B' hooligans like??? 'WAGS' DROP 100 LARGE IN ONE HOUR: Not everyone in Germany hates the English squad. WAGS is an acronym for 'wives and girlfriends (and fiancee's)' of England's players - who went on a $100,000 shopping binge in just one hour at a German botique. Those shopping included Victoria Beckham, Coleen McLoughlin (Wayne Rooney), Melanie Slade (Theo Walcott), and Cheryl Tweedy (Ashley Cole), along with the Mrs. of coach Sven-Goran Eriksson. Says the shop owner, 'I hope England stays in the competition for a while'. For $100,000 an hour they can have the title as far as I'm concerned. WORLD CUP TO AFFECT MEXICAN ELECTION??? All three major candidates are trying to weave soccer into their last-minute campaigns for the July 2nd election. Problem is the quarter-finals are the day before, and officials are very concerned about voter turnout. That shouldn't be a factor - Mexico always loses in the round of 16. CANES CAPTURE CUP: Hey Junior, ain't you a little young to be handling that champagne????WOMAN IN ROETHLISBERGER WRECK RECEIVES THREATS: If Tommy Maddox was going to get his yard trashed over throwing an overtime interception then you knew what this lady was going to get. The lady who drove her Chrysler New Yorker into the path of Roethlisberger's Suzuki Hayabusa will be cited for failing to yield to oncoming traffic and fined $106.50. Roethlisberger meanwhile will be fined $388 for not having the proper motorcycle license and not wearing a helmet. SANTONIO HOLMES ARRESTED AGAIN: Is he making a bid to join Chris Henry in the CFL?? This is already the former Buckeyes second arrested since being the Steelers first round draft choice less than two months ago. All that is known at this point is that Santonio was booked on a domestic violence charge. And for the millionth time, Playmakers was cancelled because it incorrectly portrayed pro football players. |
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