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TOP STORIES - AUGUST 3, 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! KACSPORTS FANTASY FOOTBALL RANKINGS 2006: QUARTERBACKS | RUNNING BACKS  CAR DEALERS PLUS BOOSTERS SPELLS DISASTER FOR OU: Would-be star quarterback Rhett Bomar reportedly off team after reportedly being paid beyond what is acceptable by the NCAA. Now all Oklahoma can hope for is that Heisman candidate Adrian Peterson also didn't make a lot of dough for doing next to nothing. And as far as Romar is concerned, he could go in the 2007 NFL Draft, where he would be drafted late if at all - or he could become the biggest thing to hit the Arena League since Adrian McPherson.ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST IN SOUTH BEACH... NBA veteran Dale Davis the latest to find trouble in South Beach, as he was arrested and TASERED after allegedly threatening police after an assault at a hotel. Davis reportedly charged towards police with clenched fists while shouting profanities and suggesting that he was being targeted due to his race. Police say the Taser shot left two small marks on Davis' chest and abdomen. Davis joins Washington Wizards' Gilbert Arenas and forward Awvee Storey as well as NFL rookie Santonio Holmes in landingin the South Beach pokey over the past three months.  USC PLAYER LEAVES TEAM AFTER STEROID FLAP: Los Angeles Times reports that USC defensive back Brandon Ting suddenly left the team last week after testing positive for steroids. If the last name sounds vaguely familiar, it's because Ting just happens to be the son of a prominant Bay Area orthopedic surgeon whose clients just happens to include Barry Bonds. Phone calls by the media to coach Pete Carroll and the SID, as well as an e-mail to Ting, were not 'immediately returned'. I wouldn't look for them be delayed returned neither. At least Ting hasn't said that it was Jack Daniels or massage lotion that caused the positive test - yet. CLOCKWORK ORANGE, ANOTHER VOL ARRESTED: After a year-plus absence, the Tennessee football program returns to the blotter files with a vengence. Freshman tight end Lee Smith has been booted off the team after being charged with DRIVING ON THE SIDEWALK on campus. Smith's father was a standout offensive lineman for UT who went on to play in the NFL. This comes after defensive back Marsalous Johnson (that's he and his rig) allegedly waved a toy uzi at a passing motorist on the interstate, which just happened to be an off-duty officer (oops...). In a prepared statement which sounds like it could have been written by Bruce Pearl, embattled coach Phil Fulmer says the players 'have embarrassed this great university and not presented themselves in a manner that appropriately represents our program. I have demanded accountability from our players and the team, and these two players have not followed instructions'ICE CREAM, INTERNET, AIRPLANES, AND GAMBLING, OH MY!!! Pitcher Cory Lidle slammed the Phillies organization after being traded to the Yankees earlier in the week, saying that it was a 'coin flip' on most occasions on whether the team was willing to play behind him when he was pitching. With that, Philly reliever Arthur Rhodes absolutely lit into Lidle - among other things Rhodes said that Lidle liked to spend his time 'flying his airplane and gambling' - Rhodes also mentioned that Lidle liked to surf the internet while in the clubhouse while chowing down ice cream, and also proceeded to refer to Lidle as a scab. Yes, the vets still very much remember who crossed the picket line back in '95, the strikebreakers would be less hated had they gone out with the wives of other players. Lidle has now 'backed off' his comments, Rhodes is not impressed - saying that he had to back off now that he's with the Yankees. COORS FIELD CONSPIRACY??? It's been known for a couple of years that baseballs have been stored in a humidor in an attempt to curtail the frequent softball-like scores in Colorado, but now at least one opposing player says the balls don't just have a little humidity in them, but are in fact absolutely SOAKED!!! You mean it took four months for someone to figure that??? The Brewers 1-0 win Tuesday represented the 11th shutout this year at the one-time bandbox, the most in Major League Baseball. LAWSUIT!!! Green Bay woman isn't slowplaying her hand after she and her family were injured after their 1994 Dodge Spirit was broadsided by a Ford Expedition driven by Packers defensive tackle Ryan Pickett upon leaving the players parking lot at Lambeau Field. Pickett has been deemed at fault for the accident for failing to yield. Reading the woman's quotes in the paper, one senses she's looking for more than season tickets out of this: 'I know this whole thing is about to get very interesting. We're the little people involved in all of this, but after the accident all anyone seemed to care about is that (Pickett) is OK. We want people to know that there were people who were severely hurt in that accident.' The woman went on to say that her and the other victims are as of yet not been contacted by the football player. Pickett says she has not been able to contact the family because he's stuck at training camp. Rig of an NFL player v. a 1994 Dodge Spirit - I wonder who wins that hand??? And never mind that it was Pickett's fault, the lady might end up getting crucified by Packer fans for getting in the accident - as they teach in drivers ed just being on the road automatically makes a vehicle at least 10 percent at fault... DANICA ADMITS SHE BLUFFED AT THE POT... IRL driver admits that moving to NASCAR never really was an option, Patrick ends up moving to another IRL operation. And to prove my point about woman not really being cut out for NASCAR, does anyone remember Sarah Fisher??? She's on her hands and knees begging for any kind of ride in IRL. This follows a year in which she raced in a regional series for Richard Childress Racing and was noticed by absolutely no one. Unless she met her hubby-elect there that was a complete waste of time.  PHIL, SORRY ABOUT YOUR 'LUCK'... Yet again, Phil Hellmuth claims to be the unluckiest person on the face of the earth after first day exit at the WSOP Main Event. But even those I am indeed one of those people that can't spell poker, I'll give Hellmouth some advise that I don't even think is part of the cirriculum at his 'boot camps'. My advice is, that perhaps it is a good idea NOT to be fashionably late on the first day. Maybe if Hellmuth plays the first hour he catches some hands, and wouldn't had been taken later on - and perhaps he doesn't let anyone at his table get a 3-1 or 4-1 advantage in chips. Maybe the 'grand entrance' used to be a good ploy, perhaps his table surrendered quicker than the French when he showed up. Myself I don't refer to that as luck, rather arrogant stupidity. I will say he ran into some bad trap hands, Phil has the hooks, the amateur has the ladies. Phil has cowboys, the opposition has the rockets. That is bad luck, except when you realize that this is the guy who claims he can 'dodge bullets baby...' That wasn't dodging bullets, that was Rudy Tomjanovich running into Kermit Washington's fist. This is going to look great when ESPN gets around to splicing this together. Hellmuth shows up late, gets burned a couple times, then they run the 'dodge bullets tape' as he goes out. Yeah, how very unlucky. Just remember luck is indeed the residue of design... IS THIS POSSIBLE??? NFL NETWORK CALLS ON THE SAFETY BLITZ... With a goal of getting into 66 million homes by the end of the year, 2 1/2 year old network plans on an aggresive advertising campaign in the print and television media starting next week, urging certain cable systems to carry the network - and naming them by name. Says an NFL Network representative, 'We think it's asinine that Time Warner carries 12 shopping channels and 50 other channels you don't want — but can't find room for one dedicated to the most popular sport in this country. We're replacing the kid gloves with bare knuckles.' Amen to that one brother - look for the NFL Network to get on TW when pigs fly... BLOCKBUSTER - FLOYD LANDIS CHURNS POSITIVE RESULT... Would-be Amish sports hero Floyd Landis has been found to have tested positive for high levels of testosterone, the sample was taken after his dramatic Stage 17 Tour De France comeback that catapulted Landis from 11th to third in the overall standings, and set the stage for his eventual victory. Landis has been suspended from his team pending testing of his backup sample, if that comes back positive as well Landis will be fired. Speculation that Landis had tested positive spread over the past 24 hours after he failed to show up for a one-day race in Denmark as well as a scheduled event in the Netherlands (DE - VELOPING).POKER AT 15,000 FEET... Poker event held in plane flying above Vegas had an unique twist, the losers had to jump from the plane after being busted out - don't worry, they were all given a chute first. In fact the winner went right back up and jumped himself after a landing and celebration. Doesn't sound like a bad twist, I'd probably watch - but you know the natural progression of this type of programming, the blinds get a little higher the next time. By this time next year the producers will go E.G. Marshall on us and have the losers lie down with the worms and cockroaches crawling all over.  PHIL HELLMOUTH HAS MADE POKER HISTORY!!!!! But some games don't need drug testing. Felt icon Phil Hellmuth ties Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson by collecting his tenth career WSOP bracelet early Wednesday morning. Hellmuth wins his final hand heads-up against Juha Helppi with A/J v. A/9. When five blanks came on the board Hellmuth won with his jack kicker. You can look for plenty of Hellmuth in ESPN telecasts this season, as he has finished second, sixth, and 13th in other events so far in the WSOP, and could win Toyota Player of the Year honors with a final table showing in the Main Event. So why am I showing a picture of Cyndy Violette??? Let's just say it's easier on the eyes... MATUSOW: 'I DON'T CARE ABOUT MONEY...' In front of a 60-inch big-screen TV in his 3,600-square-foot home, Mike Matusow says that winning $7.5 million would be life-changing, but winning a measly million is no big deal. Matusow won $2 million between the WSOP Main Event and the Tournament of Champions in 2005, but blew perhaps just as much playing in high-stakes cash games and Nick Bakay-like wagers on the NFL. The Mouth says being in debt is no big deal, for being a high-profile poker star means easily being able to get loans. That will work until the day someone decides to make him a lump somewhere near Pahrump...HAROLD REYNOLDS STILL FIRED... Yesterday Reynolds was on his hands and knees asking for his job back, but the four-letter network tells him point blank that the decision stands. However Harold feels that he will land on his feet, and says he has already received job offers. Reynolds also says he was just in the first year of a freshly-minted six year contract - OUCH!!! We don't know exactly how frisky Harold was getting with the ladies in Bristol, but one has to think it pales in comparison to Michael Irvin's embarrasing arrest late last year - and Irvin's still with the network. Either Reynolds got a bad deal or there's some nasty stuff that hasn't become public yet. ANDY VAN SLYKE FINDS THE WATER CALIENTE: The stakes in the budding rivaly between the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox were raised when first base coach Andy Van Slyke stereotyped Ozzie Guillen on national radio, saying that the White Sox manager 'wears his emotions on his sleeves' and is a 'typical Latin' when referring to his temper. AVS adds that if he were Sox pitcher John Garland, he would have railed Guillen after being chewed out over a missed beanball on Sunday. Oz wasted little time returning fire, reminding everyone that he's a manager and AVS is just a first base coach. And as far as Van Slyke's comments are concerned, that was bar talk - you definitely don't say that in public. And as far as Oz is concerned, he could find himself on thin ice in more ways than more if his team continues to fall out of playoff contention. And if you noticed, Oz's GM hasn't exactly been giving him a vote of confidence lately. Dang, even Dusty Baker gets votes of confidence.  ANOTHER HIT FOR ON-LINE GAMING... No, the Senate is not expected to sign off on the Anti-Gaming bill that was passed through the house last week, but in an even bigger development the FBI has forced at least the temporary suspension of the popular BetOnSports website. BetonSports Chief Executive David Carruthers attempted to make a flight from London to Costa Rica - not a problem, except that his connecting flight was in Dallas, where he was nabbed by the Feds and charged in a 22-count indictment including racketeering, conspiracy and fraud. Also wanted is BetOnSports founder Gary Kaplan, he is wanted on 20 felonies. Carruthers wife was able to make the connecting flight, but Carruthers himself remains in a Texas jail, and he has been fired by the company. Meanwhile BetonSports has temporarily ceased operations, with millions of customers dollars in limbo for the time being. The possible implications obviously are huge, as the U.S. Government has now proven that they can indeed shutdown on-line gaming. BetOnSports has suspended trading on the London Stock Exchange, while the stocks of other gaming sites have absolutely plummeted. Sites such as Party Poker feel that they are safe for the time being because they do not involve sports betting - I'm not so sure. Even if BetOnSports returns and other sites are unaffected, don't be surprised if ISP's take their own action and block access to gaming sites. Like I said last week, welcome to 21st Century prohibition. FIFTH SAUSAGE CROSSES BORDER: It's said Sausage #5 will make it's debut this weekend, I wonder what kind it will be??? Let's see, Saturday is the first annual 'Cerveceros' night, smart money says the new edition will be a Chorizo. Myself I would go for a French/Algerian blend, then the Italian could chase him around and call him a dirty terrorist...BOWLER'S 900 SERIES QUESTIONED... 17 year-old Robert Mushtare claims to have bowled not one, not two, but three 900 series this past winter - but then again there isn't a hell of a lot to do in upstate New York from November through March. But there are questions regarding whether Mushtare actually bowled nine 300 games. It turns out that the games were not actually bowled in actual league play, but in 'pre-bowling' sessions, where the player is allowed to bowl to make up games. There are also questions concerning the lane conditions in the games involved, along with the scorekeeping (that couldn't have been too hard, 30/X, 60/X, 90/X). Bragging about it in a blog may also not have been the best idea, says a fellow blogger 'I hate Robby with a passion, and I don't even know him. Everyone in bowling knows he is a liar and a cheat.' The United States Bowling Congress has disallowed one of the three perfect series, but Mushtare still has two of the 11 documented 900-series officially recognized by the USBC. NASCAR LEGEND DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG CANCER: Benny Parsons, 65, has disclosed that he has begun chemotherapy treatments after being diagnosed with lung cancer. Parsons says he plans on continuing as a television commentator for the time being. Parsons says he was a smoker at one time, but quit in 1978. DETAILS OF HAROLD REYNOLDS FIRING EMERGE: Longtime Baseball Tonight pundit discloses he was fired because another ESPN employee accused him of sexual harrasment, according to the New York Post. In the last analysis you may hear in a while, Reynolds says 'This was a total misunderstanding. My goal is to sit down and get back. To be honest with you, I gave a woman a hug and I felt like it was misinterpreted.'  FLUTIE'S THINKING OF DOING IT... This is actually CFL stories #3 and #4 for the week, as noted dropkick/backstab specialist Doug Flutie will just not go quietly into the night. The pre-game talk surrounding the Toronto Argonauts game last Saturday was that Doug Flutie had a plane ticket, and can report to the team at anytime. #1 quarterback Damon Allen (every bit as ancient as Flutie) has been out with a hangnail while #2 Spurgeon Wynn (who had a couple cups of coffee in the NFL) has been struggling. Fanning the flames even more on TV was Darren Flutie, who is a color commentator these days. In the gameWynn finds himself on the receiving end of what the Canadian media referred to as a 'hellacious' helmet-to-helmet hit (see video above) on an ill-advised final play of the first half with Toronto in it's own territory. Wynn winds up being loaded into an ambulance smack in the middle of a halftime show. That brought third-string Eric Crouch (yes, that Eric Crouch) into the game. Meanwhile, Doug Flutie was reportedly text-messaging his brother in the broadcast booth!!! I don't know what could be worse for a QB, getting your spinal cord rattled on a helmet-to-helmet wallop or taking a knife to the back from Flutie. It is said that any comeback from Douggie would be short-lived, as he has his own TV contract for college games on the four-letter network come fall. |
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