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TOP STORIES - AUGUST 11, 2007 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! 2007 FANTASY FOOTBALL IS HERE: QUARTERBACKS | RUNNING BACKS | WIDE RECEIVERS  SERGIO DQ'D FROM PGA CHAMPIONSHIP: This is why you don't put Sergio Garcia on your fantasy golf team, or at least make sure his playing partner knows how to count. That skill is apparently way too much for Boo Weekley, who wrote down the wrong score for Garcia on the 17th hole. But since Garcia signed that card, he is the one DQ'd. Says Boo afterwards, 'It's my fault for putting the wrong score in, but it's his fault for not checking.' Way to accept true responsibility Boo. If I had entered a pool on Wednesday and who would be mostly likely to be in a scorecard snafu, Boo and Sergio would had been my firs two choices, put them in the same paring and you have the ultimate cataclysmic cocktail.KOBE DENIES DIVORCE REPORT: Entertainment Tonight report during the week that Kobe was close to a divorce, which Bryant is denying and intending to set the record straight on. A Los Angeles TV station also picked up on the story but quickly pulled it. BORIS SAID SCREWED AGAIN: It seemingly rains every time he tries to make a race, with Watkins Glen qualifying rained out he is yet again on the outside looking in. Also deprived of a chance at making the race was Marcos Ambrose, who was given a ride by Robby Gordon as a 'peace offering' after their Busch Series tangle last seek. You can say you can't help the weather, but they did manage to get Busch Series qualifying in - you think they can prioritize and do Cup qualifying first, but NASCAR has a Boo Weekley-like way of doing things.  COURT ORDER - PACMAN CAN'T RASSLE: Tennessee Titans get an injunction that will prevent suspended cornerback Pacman Jones from participating in any professional wrestling ventures in any capacity anytime soon. The language in the injunction is quite clear - Pacman cannot participate as a wrestler, referee, manager/valet, announcer, or even as a spectator. As I've said a couple times, everyone in any capacity in the pro wrestling field is asked to take a bump on occasion.MATT VASGERSIAN IN WATER EVEN HOTTER THAN THE S-T-L IN AUGUST: It's usually radio voice Ted Leitner who endlessly complains about the culture and climate of every locale outside of the 619 - but TV announcer Matt Vasgersian managed to get even more outspoken as the lifeless Padres (last in MLB in batting) were shut down by a bunch of ham-and-eggers in St. Louis this week. On air, Vasgersian mused that Cardinal Nation should get back in their El Caminos and head back for the Ozarks. He meant to say that. Then there was his commentary that was meant to be said with the mike off, but was heard on-air anyways through the crowd mike, where Vasgersian says - 'I'm done with this place. I'm so tired of losing here. It's hotter than sh*t. We get our asses kicked every time we come here. I'm not coming here next year.' In an e-mail to a blog, Vasgersian explained that he was just riding on the St. Louis crew handling the telecast. CLOSE CALL FOR RON FRANKLIN: One of college football's most respected voices is lucky to be alive after an off-season car accident. On good Friday the truck Franklin and a fishing companion were riding collided with a car that had jumped the median on a Texas highway. Franklin's truck skidded along a safety railing of a bridge, when it was done 70 PERCENT of the truck was jutting over the edge, with the Colorado River 100 feet below. According to Franklin, the truck did not go over the edge only because one wheel was jammed and an engine block was also snagged. Franklin escaped with a concussion and a knee injury that required surgery. The 65-year old announcer says he has mended well, has been walking three miles per day - and is good to go for the rapidly approaching season. NOT MUCH OF AN AUDIENCE FOR 755, 756: Well, at least Barry Bonds record-tying and record-breaking home runs beat Keith Olbermann and Glenn Beck in the rating, although he did finish behind Sean Hannity. The numbers for both games on ESPN registered a 0.9. By comparison Hank Aaron's 715th home run in April 1974 was a true national event that pulled a 22.3 rating on NBC. Of course it's an apples and oranges comparison, the media landscape has countless more choices today than then. But consider that the 0.9 was below ESPN's average rating of 1.1 for MLB games and it's quickly realized that Bonds feat simply does not hold the same interest as Aaron's accomplishment did. What also has to be factored in is the fact that it was a West Coast game (Bonds 756 occurred at 11:50 PM ET) and when you take Bonds out of the equation all you are left with is a game between two last place teams. END OF THE ROAD?? PADRES DONE WITH DAVID WELLS: Team gives 44-year old two options, he can either retire or be designated for assignment. Team lets Wells know their intentions with Chris Young due off the DL tomorrow. ROCK BOTTOM BREWERY: You really want to start you fantasy pitchers at Coors Field??? Yovani Gallardo ruins his ERA giving up 11 earned runs in 2 2/3 innings as Brewers end up losing to the stat-piling Colorado Rockies by the score of 19-4. And Yovani was the so-called 'savior' of the staff - here's a look at the rest of the rotation: Jeff Suppan 4.84 ERA/1.52 WHIP, Chris Crapunao 4.96 ERA/1.49 ERA/team 0-14 in his last 14 starts (and that's the one-time 'de-facto ace'), Claudio Vargas 4.97/1.50, Dave Bush 5.03/1.36. That's 80 percent of the rotation - and here's some cold reality folks, this ain't even close to a .500 team right now, and a 14th consecutive non-winning season is suddenly a very real possibility. And why does pitching coach Mike Maddux still have a job???  ROX PITCHER DIAGNOSED WITH BROKEN LEG: And how bad has it gotten for the Brewers bats?? Rockies pitcher Jason Hirsch was hit in the leg with a liner in the first inning, but stayed in and shut down the Brewers for six innings to earn the win. Now we find out that for those final five innings, Hirsch was pitching with a BROKEN LEG. WHAT CAPUANO SAID: If somebody has this recorded, this is isntantly in the soundbite Hall of Fame. When asked about the losing streak, here's what Capuano said: 'That's all for you guys to worry about, The 14-game stat **** is for you to worry about. Obviously I'm not f----- happy about it. You can ask me that every day, 'How do you feel about it?' How the f--- do you think I feel? I'm pissed off.' Somewhere Todd Stottlemyre might even be impressed.RED SOX PLAYER ON RECEIVING END OF HIT AND RUN: Things have not been going so well for the Boston Red Sox ever since I declared them AL East champs a little over a month ago. But now something else besides the Yankees runs over one of their players, as outfielder Coco Crisp was knocked down by an ATV-wielding mascot doing his best Robby Gordon impersonation in Seattle last weekend. The Red Sox have accepted the Mariners apology over the incident. YANKEES/JAYS THROW DOWN: We interrupt our round the clock coverage of Barry Bonds 756th home run to bring you the latest attempt of the Toronto Blue Jays to get even with Alex Rodriguez for his third-grade tactics in a game at Skydome earlier in the year. The benches cleared twice last night after Toronto starter Josh Towers becomes the second Toronto starter in as many days to throw at A-Rod. The benches emptied the second time after A-Rod started yelling 'you talkin' to me??' to Towers. Turns out that Towers was jawing with Yankee coach Tony Pena Sr.. Says Towers later 'Tony Pena is running his mouth off and I was like, 'What's this guy running his mouth off for?' This dude is a quitter. He managed a team and quit in the middle of the season because he couldn't hack it. He's going to run his mouth off?'. Towers should cool at that one, what is the better career move - Yankee coach or Royals manager?? Actually, I think Yankees ball boy trumps Royals manager. In the biggest shock in Canada since Robby Gordon punted Marcos Ambrose the other day, Roger Clemens ends up retaliating against a Jays batter later on in the game. Among the questions asked in this contentious series by Joe Torre is why the Jays didn't try to get even with A-Rod when the teams met in New York. The answer is the Jays aren't stupid, they ain't going to start the crap down in the Bronx, they're going to do it in their yard.  RORY GETS FAN BOUNCED: Not only did Rory Sabbatini get rolled by Tiger Woods on Sunday, he didn't take it too well either. After making a double-dogey on the ninth hole, a retired firefighter/paramedic amongst the spectators simply asked 'You still think Tiger's beatable??'. Rory quickly turns to security, who then removes the fan from the premisis. Afterwards, Rory says 'We're out here to do our job - let us do our job,'' Sabbatini said later. 'Have a little bit of decorum, a little bit of class out there. I guess a few too many beers were talking'. But just let me ask who sounds more like he's had a pop or two - the fan who simply asks player if he's had enough of Tiger yet or the golfer who says 'Tiger is more beatable than ever'. And something else, if Rory spends too much time fetching security to get fans run, the PGA is going to have to put him on the clock - listen to your wife Rory, K-E-E-P U-P. And Rory might also want to skip the Tiger Woods invitational in D.C. next year, you never know if Robin Ficker might show up for a practice round.DRIVER PUNTED BY ROBBY SAYS NOT EVEN DR. MELFI COULD HELP HIM: After being robbed of a win after being taken out by the black-flagged Robby Gordon, Australian driver Marcos Ambrose muses on a radio interview Monday that he needs therapy, but 'not even that therapist from the Sopranos' could even help him right. Meanwhile, NASCAR fans are wondering why the race wasn't red-flagged when Robby defiantly refused to give up the second position on the track. You can see how the bizzarre ending unfolded on the Youtube link top-left. DAVID WELLS SAYS MLB DEPRIVING HIM OF FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS: Padres starter David Wells, convinced that Commissioner Bud Selig has a vendetta against him, divulges that he was fined an additional $5,000 for comments made towards MLB discipline czar Bob Watson. According to a MLB memo, Wells got the additional fine for suggesting among other things, that MLB have it's pitchers throw slow-pitch underhand. Wells also claims that Bob Watson is out to get him dating back to when Watson opted not to sign Wells as a free agent when he was GM of the Yankees. In a statement that may cost David even more money, Wells says 'Where are your rights? Where's our First Amendment?' Meanwhile David has more immediate problems, as he was chased from his start Monday night after giving up seven consecutive hits. With a couple pitchers due off the DL, Wells could very well lose his spot in the rotation and possibly even be designated for assignment. Meanwhile if Wells wants to see a true dictatorship in action perhaps he should try NASCAR. PACMAN WRESTLING 'DEBUT' SET: Pacman's first appearance will be on TNA's weekly TV show on Thursday, and Pacman will appear on TNA's pay-per-view production next weekend. Again they stress that Pacman will not actually wrestle, but just be involved in a storyline. I'll say it again - they can say all they want that he won't wrestle, but if you're in a wrestling promotion, you WILL take a bump at some point.  TIGER DOESN'T LOOK SO BEATABLE AT FIRESTONE: Rory Sabbatini gets another dream crack to go heads-up with Tiger Woods in the final round of the WCC Invitational, with Tiger even spotting one shot going into the final rounds. So how did it turn out?? Tiger wins the tournament by EIGHT SHOTS in one of Woods' most dominating final rounds yet - and that's saying something. I guess all that Mike Vanderjagt talk from Rory earlier in the season was not such a good idea.BUSCH BEATS BUD CAR: Kurt Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. dominate Pocono 500, with Busch (the Miller driver) claiming his first victory in a year and a half. Both drivers are also battling to make the cut for Chase for the Cup, with the win Busch pulls a mere seven points ahead of Junior for the 12th and final spot. GLAVINE COMPLETES TRIFECTA WEEKEND: Tom Glavine wins 300th game at Wrigley Field, a day after Alex Rodriguez and Barry Bonds hit their 500th and 755th home runs respectively. Barry should get his record breaker this week with seven home games v. the Nationals and Pirates - Barry is a mere 2 for 27 against current National pitchers, although one of those was for a home run. Meanwhile, USATODAY is running a contest where contestants and send in their own play-by-play of Barry's 756th home run - none of the entries could possibly beat KNBR's call of Bonds' 715th though...'THERE'S A DRIVE!!! DEEP RIGHT FIELD, THAT BALL IS................. (SORRY, WE ARE EXPERIENCING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES - PLEASE STAND BY)' That was about as freaky as the satellite going down during Art Bell's infamous Area 51 call. CUBS SUFFER KEY INJURY: They get Kerry Wood back Sunday, but that was negated by Alfonso Soriano going down for 2-4 weeks. No word on whether Brewer fans are dancing in front of Wrigley Field over this one, like how Cub fans show up at Miller Park and cheer Brewer losses. Nonetheless, a potentially big blow to the Cubs quest of winning it all and obtaining (per Tim McCarver) what would be one of the two or three biggest accomplisments in the history of team sports.NASCAR HANDS DOWN RARE CUP SUSPENSION: Robby Gordon participates in Saturday's Busch Series race in Montreal, and with it being on a road course was one of the favorites. But Robby was black-flagged for disobeying orders from NASCAR late in the race. The black flag was waved at Gordon every time he reached the start-finish line, which Robby ignored. Kevin Harvick won the race, and in a bizarre scene Harvick and Robby end up doing burnouts simultaneously. NASCAR was not amused, and has parked Robby for today's Cup race at Pocono. Quoting the rule book, NASCAR says it has the right to take 'emergency action against any driver constituting a threat to the oderly conduct of an event'. And the fact that Robby could be deleted from a Cup race and no one would care is another factor. Ironically, the last Cup driver parked for a Cup race for something done during a race in another series was Harvick, after an incident at a Truck Series race at Martinsville led to a Cup parking for the next day. NASCAR is likely to hand out additional penalties, including a likely suspension for next week's race at Watkins Glen, which of course is one of the two Cup races Robby actually has a chance to win each year. SUSPICIOUS BETTING IN TENNIS MATCH!?!? Question: If a highly ranked tennis player did something fishy during a tournament in Poland, would it make a sound??? Answer: Yes, if someone put a lot of action on it. Officials on Friday were investigating suspicious betting patterns on a match involving fourth-seeded Nikolay Davydenko of Russia, after he retired citing injury in an early-round match that he was expected to win easily - I guess that would be an easy enough way to 'throw' a match. In an unprecedented move, a British online gambling company voided all bets placed on the second-round match between Davydenko and No. 87-ranked Martin Vassallo Arguello. It's said $7 million was wagered on the match, 10 times the usual amount, and most of the money was on Arguello to win, even after Davydenko had easily one the first set. Cue the Dragnet theme. FORMER MLB PLAYER BRETT BUTLER SUFFERS STROKE: Brett Butler, manager of the AA Mobile BayBears, suffered a mild stroke sometime last after week during a road trip. According to the team, the 50-year-old Butler is recovering at a Mobile hospital and there is no timetable for his return. A long-time leadoff hitter for the Braves, Indians, and Dodgers, among other teams - Butler came down with a rare form of cancer discovered after a tonsilectomy in 1996, near the end of his playing career. MADDUX SAYS HE WOULD RATHER WALK BONDS: Career 300-game winner says he wants no part of giving up the record-tying home run to Barry Bonds on Friday night. Meanwhile Bonds has a beef with the dimensions of Petco Park, which the Padres themselves proclaimed as 'Bonds-proof' when the facility opened in 2004. Bonds has hit 44 home runs in San Diego, the most of any visiting city, although most of them were hit in the concrete bowl formerly known as Jack Murphy Stadium. My question is why is everyone still afraid of pitching to Bonds, it isn't like pitching to him five years ago.  ALTERCATION IN BREWERS DUGOUT!!! As the team freefalls towards .500 and clear out of the playoff race, tempers boiled over as catcher Johnny Estrada is shown on TV confronting manager Ned Yost during the Brewers blowout loss on Thursday. Estrada is fresh off a newspaper article when he laid into Milwaukee fans for stressing out while Yost is quickly going from Manager of the Year candidiate to someone who could find himself out a job at years end. Incidentally, the Brewers are on a 12-19 tear following a 10-20 stretch earlier in the year - you do the math, that's 22-39 combined, and a pretty large sample at that - sounds like same old Brewers (circa 2002) to me. What's really scary is where the team would be without Ryan Braun. (developing...) TWINS POSTPONE THURSDAY GAME: The Minnesota Twins have postponed Thursday's scheduled home game v. Kansas City after the Interstate 35 bridge near the Metrodome collapsed into the Mississippi River during rush hour traffic Wednesday, killing at least six and leaving dozens injured. A scheduled groundbreaking ceremony for the Twins new downtown ballpark has also been put off for the time being, and it is also said that the team's weekend series v. Cleveland could also be impacted. The Twins did go ahead and played Wednesday's game which began in a surreal atmosphere approximately one hour after the catastrophe occurred. The decision to play came after the team conferred with local authorities, who suggested cancelling the game and sending thousands of motorists back onto the streets and freeways would have hampered rescue efforts. All members of the Twins organization are said to be accounted for. JOHAN SANTANA UNHAPPY WITH FRONT OFFICE: In a far more trivial matter, ace starter Johan Santana expresses his displeasure with the front office for not making any moves leading up to the July 31 trade deadline. The two-time Cy Young Award winner, scheduled to become a free agent following the 2008 season, says he wasn't surprised with the team's decision to maintain the status quo, saying 'that's exactly the way they are. That's why we're never going to go beyond where we've gone.' |
