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TOP STORIES - OCTOBER 5, 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! FOOTBALL IS HERE!!!  WEEK 3 FANTASY RANKINGS DEGENERATE CENTRAL WILLIE WILLIAMS' NEXT STOP - ARENA LEAGUE: If not the penal leauge first - if you had the over/under on Willie Williams lasting at Louisville at one month, you were right on, as officers trying to pull Williams over this week found out one thing the controversial linebacker likes even more than lobster tails. The plain-clothes detective in an unmarked police car found Willie trying to eat the marijuana after getting pulled over, additional weed was found in the glove compartment. Williams was charged with tampering with physical evidence, a felony - along with two misdemeanors. You may recall that Williams signed a letter of intent at Miami a few years back in which at that point he already had 11 arrests on his record. Willie left the Hurricane program last year and enrolled at Louisville after a short stint at a Los Angeles-area community college. JETS FAN SUES PATS, BELICHICK... And no, this was not Jonathan Lee Riches neither - in fact I will go out on a limb and say this was actually typed. A Jets season-ticket holder has filed a $184 class-action lawsuit against the New England Patriots organization and coach Bill Belichick for 'deceiving customers.' The suit maintains that since other teams found illegal videotaping by the defendants, Jets ticket holders should be compensated for all games played between the Jets and Patriots at the Meadowlands since Belichick became head coach in 2000.NHL ROOK SUSPENDED 20 GAMES: Flyers rookie Steve Downie gets a costly 20 game suspension after leaving his feet to deliver a hit to Dean MacAmmond, leaving the Ottawa forward in the hospital with a concussion. Although not totally in the cheap shot category, the suspension is the fourth-longest for an on-ice related incident in league history - I guess the league is sending a message. MacAmmond also got concussed by Chris Pronger during last year's Stanley Cup Finals - when asked if he was having a concussion problem, MacAmmond said his only problem is with the opposition taking runs at him. It also turns out that Downie has quite a history, being suspended numerous times for various incidents while he was playing Junior hockey. And if you think this is a little early to be talking about pucks, the regular season starts soon - like tomorrow... FINAL WEEKEND OF MLB SEASON - NOTHING SETTLED IN NL: Sanity prevails for the most part in the American League, where the four playoff participants are already determined, but not so in the Senior Circuit as with a mere three games remaining not one team as done as much as sewn up a playoff berth. Until last night, there was even a possibility of the Mets, Phillies, Diamondbacks, Padres, and Rockies all being tied for the same record, which would mean four days worth of tie-breaker games to determine the division champs and wild card participant. However the D-Backs (with a two-game lead) play the Rockies this weekend, so at least there will not be a tie between those two. Still there could be plenty left to settle after the scheduled 162-game slate ends Sunday afternoon. WOMEN'S SOCCER LEGENDS CALL FOR HEAD OF COACH: One reason given for the U.S. domination in past international competitions was the theory that's women's soccer wasn't nearly as big in countries such as Brazil as it's male counterparts. But you can throw that theory out of the water after the U.S. gets thrashed 4-0 by the Brazilians in the semi-finals of the Woman's World Cup, a result that would be more expected when the men's teams of those two nations meet. Now Julie Foudy and Brandi Chastain are ready to throw the head coach under the bus, saying the program has deteriorated since the old gang (Foudy, Chastain, Mia Hamm, et al) retired just three years ago. NEWSPAPER FRATERNITY WEIGHS IN ON JENNI CARLSON: This would be the Oklahoma writer who did an article last week suggesting that Oklahoma State quarterback Bobby Reid was the teams most talented quarterback, but was benched by coach Mike Gundy because of his attitude. The story opened noting that Reid was fed chicken by his mother before leaving on a team charter and also noted that he was seen laughing with an assistant during the team's loss to Troy. This lead to Mike Gundy's postgame presser (see video on top of page) which immediately put him alongside Dan Hawkins, Denny Green, Jim Mora, and Howard Dean in the soundbite Hall of Fame. The highlights of the rant was Gundy proclaiming that three-fourths of the article 'was fiction' and that the article must have been written by someone who is ot a parent before Gundy spouted 'COME AFTER ME, I'M A MAN, I'M 40!!!' (he's ONLY 40 - don't rub it in). Although the coach say he's does not dislike Carlson, he is also not backing down from his comments and in fact says he wish he had said more. But when asked by Carlson during a Monday press conference on which 3/4's of the article was inaccurate, Gundy declined to comment and said that he would just like to 'let it go'. Many in the media has come to Carlson's defense, but has also been criticized by others such as Jason Whitlock, who suggests that Gundy went off in public because the story was published to the plublic. Meanwhile Gundy is facing far more criticism, with one of many points being that the tired completely overshadowed the game his team won 49-45 over Texas Tech despite giving up over 700 yards. And others are suggesting that his personal attack on the reporter, along with his mediocre 13-15 record over 2½ years at a school no one cares about could very well result in his firing by the end of the year. MICHAEL VICK TESTS POSITIVE FOR WEED: The news is again getting worse by the day, fresh off of having state charges tacked on to his federal charges yesterday, Michael Vick now gets busted by the piss man, testing positive for marijuana. Even worse, this is not with the NFL but with his probation officer. The end result is the officer will ask a federal judge to impose stricter pretrial release conditions, including being restricted to his home from 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM. VICK SUED FOR $2.3 MILLION: And unfortunately the plaintiff is not Jonathan Lee Riches. The Royal Bank of Canada has sued Vick for more than $2.3 million, arguing that the bank argued that his legal situation and NFL suspension has prevented him from repaying a loan. Vick borrowed $2.5 million in January with plans to use the money for 'real estate investments'. Another 'dog kennel' perhaps???UMPIRE SUSPENDED FOR SEASON: Major League Baseball suspends umpire Mike Winters for the remainder of the 2007 regular season for his conduct during Sunday's game in San Diego, leading towards the blowup and subsequent injury to Padres outfielder Milton Bradley. The suspension means that Winters will not umpire along with retiring crew chief Bruce Froemming for this weekend's Brewers/Padres series, a scenario that the San Diego organization was especially concerned of. WINTERS IN SIMILAR INCIDENT IN 1998: In a scene eerily similar to what transpired Sunday at Petco Park, then-Giants third basemen charged after Mark Winters during a game at Candlestick Park in June 1998. At the time Hayes told the San Francisco Chronicle that Winters told him to 'go (screw) himself'. The incident occurred after Winters rung up Hayes while he was batting in the previous inning. It took several Giants to restrain Hayes, who was eventually wrestled to the ground by manager Dusty Baker, fortunately Charlie's knee survived the incident. PRINCE FIELDER HITS #50 - THEN RIPS DAD: I asked the question yesterday, when Prince Fielder hits his 50th home run, would Cecil be waiting at home plate??? Well Prince gets to 50 even quicker than I anticipated, hitting two home runs in the Brewers 9-1 win on Tuesday. Among other things, Prince supplants Willie Mays as the youngest ever to hit 50 in a season. But Prince saved his biggest blasts for a post-game interview, where he touches on the normally taboo subject of his estranged father. Prince started by saying that he has no intention of keeping No. 50, but is waiting for No. 52, which would surpass Cecil's total from the 1990 season - with Prince noting 'Then, he can't say anything'. Prince then talks about his desire to win the NL MVP award (don't see how he doesn't win that) and said that would 'shut him up again'. Finally, Prince shot back at some comments made by Cecil earlier in the season in which he contended that he wasn't respected by Prince saying 'You've got to look at who's saying it. Let's be honest. He's not really the brightest guy.' Yeah, I say that is some pretty good disrespect. To reset the entire Fielder story, Prince broke ties with Cecil not long after a published report saying that Cecil had lost his home and his entire baseball fortune due to heavy gambling, and that Prince was being served papers during games while playing for the Class-A Beloit Snappers. I'm not going to speculate on how much validity there was to that story, I don't want to take on someone who files nearly as many lawsuits as Jonathan Lee Riches. I do have to give credit however to a teammate on the Brewers who predicted way back in Spring Training that Prince could win the MVP award - he is going to get a serious nine-figure contract by someone down the road. Meanwhile it will be quite interesting to see if the old man returns fire from his compound.YOUR PADRES IN SERIOUS TROUBLE: Yes I said 'Your Padres', feel free to jump off this bandwagon San Diego. True, the team did rally in the ninth inning to score a win at San Francisco (feel free to sue for non-support at any time Matt Cain) - but that leads the team still just a mere game ahead of the charging Phillies and white-hot Colorado Rockies - not to mention the Padres remain on the road, have a night game Wednesday, then fly cross country before playing in Milwaukee Thursday night - and then team is already fretting over what I reported Monday, the fact that the Bruce Froemming/Mike Winters crew will be working that series. And I haven't mentioned that the Phillies will be at home while the Rockies have won nine in a row. Then there is the outfield situation, where the Padres got so desperate that they acquired Jason Lane from the Astros in a rare final week trade. It is true that Lane has had great career success against Milwaukee pitching, but I'm not sold on the likes of Lane, Brady Clark, or even Brian Giles (4 for 52 before game-winning HR) leading San Diego into the post-season. And here is one more fun fact on the Padres, opposing base-runners have stolen at a 90 percent clip this year, including a perfect 42 for 42 on Chris Young, with the latest baserunner stealing second on a pitch-out the other night. DEANGELO HALL FACES 'SUBSTANSIAL DISCIPLINE': Committed three critical penalties, including a pair of unsportsmanlike conduct fouls, during a crucial series in the Falcons 27-20 loss yesterday. Following the drive, DeAngelo and coach Bobby Petrino got into a heated confrontation on the sidelines in which Hill had to be restrained by at least three players.  MOST BIZARRE MELTDOWN BRADLEY INCIDENT YET: Actually, Milton Bradly and bizarre goes without saying, but this had to be seen to be believed. With the Padres down 6-1 in the 8th inning, MB singles - which shouldn't result in any confrontations with the umpiring crew. But while the next batter was up, a conversation between Bradley and first base umpire Mike Winters suddenly became heated - and resulted in the first base coach and manager Bud Black having to restrain Bradley. Black just about ended up having to throw Milt to the ground, and Bradley ends up collapsing holding his hamstring, and quite possibly ending his season. It was said that it may have been a situation earlier in the game where Bradley flung his bat after being called out on strikes that prompted the later incident. Padres management is backing Bradley, and Milt contends that that the umpire call him a 'f----- piece of sh*t'. This particular umpiring crew was headed by veteran Bruce Froemming, who is scheduled (I assume along with the same crew) to work next weekend's Padres/Brewers series in Milwaukee - which is to serve as Froemming's final career games in his hometown. UPDATE - TORN ACL: Milt left the stadium yesterday saying he needed an MRI and that his knee was 'killing him' - now word comes that Milt has indeed suffered a torn ACL that will sideline him into next year. The Padres remain livid, claiming that Mike Winters baited Bradley. Adds Bradley, 'It’s terrible. And now, because of (Winters), my knee’s hurt.' TED LEITNER CALL: 'Now Milton’s starting to go off again – Milton for heaven’s sake would you cut it out!!! Buddy Black gets in there as Milton has to get thrown out of the game – Man, got to learn how to control himself. Enough is enough, you couldn’t do it in L.A. – now they have to wrestle him to the ground, trying to go after Mike Winters – I mean you’re embarrassing yourself out there. You did it in L.A, you did it in Oakland, you’re doing it here – NOW HE’S HURT HIMSELF!!! He hurt his right knee trying to get at the umpire – now I’VE SEEN EVERYTHING (Andy Maser: wow). Down on the ground, writhing and holding his right knee, Todd Hutchinson the trainer just got out there. This is so unnecessary it’s beyond belief, this is A PENNANT RACE!!! I don’t mean to be a stick in the mud here, but some stuff you just can’t put up with. And your personal quirk and your anger at the umpire – I’m sorry, it got to be so secondary that it can’t be brought up until after the game. Kept going at him and going at him and going at him. (Maser: And we’re still not even sure what led to this) And he has to be literally – I am convinced as he’s walking off the field now, being helped by both trainers, that Milton Bradley has played his last game of the year. So unnecessary - that a personal anger is more important than winning a division or a wild card – than getting into post-season. And the Padres will have to decide whether they want to sign a guy like that for the future, knowing that this is the way it’s going to be – let alone not being able to stay healthy and coming off the oblique he’s got a bad knee now – and injured himself, literally, trying to get past Bobby Meachem and Buddy Black to, I don’t know, get at, attack, put in the word, to the umpire Mike Winters at first base. That’s one of the most amazing sequences I’ve seen in my entire life, Holy Mackro.'DEA STING COULD SPELL DOOM FOR MANY ATHLETES: An international investigation code-named Operation Raw Deal carried out in recent days stands to produce the biggest steroid scandal yet in the world of sports. The undercover operation is said to have been led by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and resulted in the seizure of massive amounts of anabolic steroids from an underground network. Also seized was a database that can be used to identify hundreds of thousands of people who received steroids and other substances used by athletes as PED's. The investigation resulted in 124 arrests and seizures at 56 labratories across the United States. International officials targeted more than 35 Chinese companies that produce raw materials used to make PED's, and in some cases the finished product.  FUNNY CAR LEGEND JOHN FORCE IN HORRIFIC ACCIDENT: Easily his sports answer to Dale Earnhardt, 14-time Funny Car champion John Force is airlifted to a hospital after his dragster veers out of control and collides with rival Kenny Bernstein during an NHRA event. It has been a rough year for the Force operation, teammate Eric Medlen was killed in a crash earlier in the season and daughter Ashley Force escaped injury following a nasty incident in July.MORE PETTY ISSUES IN NASCAR: Denny Hamlin wrecks Kyle Petty during the crash-filled Dover 400, and Hamlin tries to avoid a confrontation by staying in his car while his crew worked on it. That did not work as Kyle storms into the garage, rips Hamlin's window net down, then slams the shield of Hamlin's helmet. That gets Hamlin pissed, and he proceeds to jump out and chase Petty out of the area. Says Kyle later, 'I know Hamlin was sick yesterday (when he won the Busch Series race) but I didn't know he was hallucinating'. Meanwhile Hamlin 's response was 'You smack me on the helmet and I'm going to punch you in the face, bottom line. You don't come to my car. You don't come to my pit. I have the utmost respect for Kyle, but don't lay your hands on my head.' A-ROD ALREADY GETTING MONSTER OFFER FROM CUBS??? You may want to say that the future still looks bright from the Milwaukee Brewers - just don't count on ever getting a better shot at the Chicago Cubs, as whoever ends up owning the team will not be there to see the team lose for another generation. Case in point is a report over the weekend saying that un-named 'perspective' owners have already made an offer to Alex Rodriguez including a piece of action of the team down the line. The report was quickly denied by agent Scott Boras. And maybe the story is bull, but get Mark Cuban and his large chip stack in the fray and you know that he will waste no time spending huge money to upgrade the team to championship caliber. AK47 SAYS NYET TO UTAH: Yes, there is one place NBA players fear winding up even more than Minneapolis, Portland, or God forbid - Milwaukee. It's called the People's Republic of Utah. Which leads us to the oft-injured, under-achieving Andrei Kirilenko, who said this week that he is so disenchanted with the Jazz organization that he would be willing to have his current contract ripped up so he can play in the backwater Russian Elite League. You may remember the story that surfaced last year in which Kirilenko's wife disclosed that Andrei is allowed one night per season to blast the LDS Honor Code to smithereens, but only once. JEFF GORDON SUED FOR $22 BILLION!!!!! Too bad the Weekly World News went out of business a couple of weeks back, only problem is this story is absolutely true!!! In a development that will no doubt distract the NASCAR superstar in his quest for a fifth Cup title, a South Carolina man is suing Gordon for $22 billion dollars and even more importantly, his race car. According to the suit Gordon has secret, and very evil plans for his #24 Dupont Monte Carlo. The suit says that Gordon is to put wings on the car and plans to FLY IT INTO FORT KNOX. Also, Gordon's race car allegedly time-travels, which would really make it the Car of Tomorrow. The suit also says Gordon has a secret trap door in the car to 'drop tic tacs and oil' on the racetrack, and that he stole the talking Trans Am, Kitt, from the television show Knight Rider. My only question is how many points does Gordon lose and how many races crew chief Steve LeTarte gets suspended for after NASCAR finds all of this out??? But now about the plaintiff, 30 year old Jonathan Lee Riches is doing more than 10 years at a South Carolina facility, where he churns out fantastic lawsuits against everyone from President Bush to NBA phenom LeBron James. Riches has also sued Barry Bonds claiming he had seen baseball's career home run king selling steroids to nuns. And yes, this is the same guy who just sued Michael Vick for $63 billion claiming that he is using his dogfighting proceeds to help fund Al Qaeda. 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