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TOP STORIES - OCTOBER 10, 2008  2008 FANTASY FOOTBALL (EXPANDED!!!): QUARTERBACKS | RUNNING BACKS | WIDE RECEIVERS | TIGHT ENDS/KICKERS/TEAM DEFENSES DID CLINT MALARCHUK ATTEMPT SUICIDE??? How many lives does this cat have??? In a scene that may have been near as grisly as the night in 1989 when his jugular vein was sliced by a skate blade, former NHL goaltender and current NHL goaltending coach Clint Malarchuk was rushed to a Nevada hospital after shooting himself in the chin with a .22 rifle. According to police reports, Malarchuk initially refused treatment and was uncooperative with medical staff arriving on his property, and sheriff’s deputies were called again to help calm Malarchuk after he was transported to the hospital. Malarchuk's wife told authorities that the shooting was accidental and that he had been hunting rabbits moments before - but also described Malarchuk as 'unstable' and said he had been drinking, possibly while also on medication, and had made suicidal statements in the past. It's said that Malarchuk suffers from a obsessive/compulsive disorder and has had several other episodes in the past. Malarchuk landed in the hospital in Januray 1992 after reportedly mixing drugs and alcohol at a Super Bowl party. More recently Malarchuk was arrested a year ago in Nevada after an altercation at a sports bar and was also involved in a reported fight while serving in his role as a Columbus Blue Jackets coach during a game last season. Unlike other assistants, goaltending coaches are not always with their team. During the season, Malarchuk works with the big club as well as Columbus' minor-league affiliate, while also spending time at the Nevada ranch, which explains why he was there as the NHL regular season opens. You can read an article about Malarchuk's 1989 incident here, a scene so sickening that two fans sustained heart attacks and three players vomited on the ice. CARL EDWARDS/KEVIN HARVICK GARAGE SCUFFLE??? This would sound about right, Mr. Ed is on a lot of manure lists after Talladega, and Harvick is long overdue to snap. Word is the alleged incident occurred in the Nationwide Series garage while on-track activities were being delayed in Charlotte. It's said Edwards tried to approach Harvick, and before long the two were scuffling and Harvick threw Edwards onto the hood of Harvick's Nat Series car. There is said to be a photo of the altercation (per Claire B. Lang's XM show) but that is has so far been kept from going public. It's said the two have been testy since Edwards triggered the Talladega crash - Harvick ripped Edwards for being a 'pansy' (runnning at the back of the pack) for most of the race before getting aggressive and causing the wreck. It's said that Edwards then left what was thought to be a sarcastic note (it supposedly said 'thanks for f***ing me on national TV') with Harvick before the two boarded their respective planes. And the whole thing sounds consistent with Edwards behavior - no one knows if he's kidding, serious, or just plain whacked (see Edwards 'fake punch' on Kenseth last year. As far as Edwards and Harvick are concerned - the two have had a history of 'good-natured fun' in the garage, but we all know what happens with horseplay when things get tense.KEEPING UP WITH THE JONES'S - PACMAN IN HOTEL DUST-UP: Dallas media reporting that Adam was involved in a fight with his bodyguard Tuesday at a local hotel, damaging a bathroom. According to the sources, Jones was attending a party hosted by the rapper Ludacris, who is in town shooting a movie. It's said that Pacman got in a violent scuffle with bodyguard Tommy Jones, and it's said that it's not the first time Pacman and the bodyguard have come to blows. The altercation comes less than two weeks after Pacman Jones had been told by Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to keep a 'lower profile'. Sounds like Pacman, Terry, and Jerry are about to have a nice sit-down. BRETT FAVRE PULLS 'GROSS' LOCKER ROOM STUNT: Quarterback reportedly bagged a wild animal, then put it in the locker of linebacker Eric Barton, leading to hysterical laughter when Barton finally noticed the stench, and the bag with blood and guts inside. I say to 90 percent of the people reading this, it would be considered harmless as well - well except to the animal. But as you read the responses to this blog - there is THAT OTHER segment who is not amused. I supposed we will be hearing from PETA on this in the coming days. VIKINGS PUNTER MIGHT WANT TO UPDATE HIS RESUME: And maybe referee Ed Hochuli as well by impacting a game by yet another butchered call. Embattled coach Brad Childress not happy despite escaping New Orleans with a win after Reggie Bush returned two punts for scores and tripped himself up on yet another long return. Afterwards punter Chris Kluwe said he thought that he actually had a good game, but that 'it's unfortunate that Reggie Bush is a great kick returner', that didn't cut it with Childress, who said 'If he can't do that, I will find somebody who can kick the ball out of bounds' - making good on his promise, the Vikings brought in no less than four punters to work out on Wednesday.  AND THE BAND DIDN'T PLAY ON  JUICE FOUND GUILTY ON ALL 12 COUNTS: Safe to say that O.J. Simpson has finally ran out of luck in the legal system, more telling - no one even cares anymore - oh maybe Nancy Grace will still give it a brief blurb. You are pretty low on the news chain when the discovery of Steve Fossett's plane crashed into the side of a mountain creates a bigger buzz, and Steve's plane was found more intact than what is left of Simpson's career of getting cheap attention. And how about this for numerology - Juice was convicted of an armed robbery that happened on September 13th and was found guilty on the 13th anniversary of his infamous murder acquittal, the verdict coming down after the jury deliberated for 13 hours after a trial that lasted - what else, 13 days. Too bad the DA couldn't find one more charge to tack on to Juice. Simpson could get life when all is said and done, sentencing is due on December 5th. Until then, Simpson is being held without bail in a 7 X 14 foot cell.O-LINEMAN DECIDES TO HAVE DIGIT LOPPED OFF: You may remember Hall-of-Famer Ronnie Lott once famously making a similar decision during his career. This leads us to Trevor Wikre, a Division 2 lineman for Mesa State College in Colorado. During practice last week, Wikre severely dislocated his pinkie when his hand got wedged into another players jersey. Doctors told the player he would need surgery and have to sit out six months, which would had ended the senior's career. At that point, the lineman told the Doc he had to play, and told them to cut it off. Wikre is now expected to miss only one game and will return to the lineup next week. Meanwhile the player's typing and video game skills have just gone to pot. That's a pretty rough decision - gamers might choose to give up a foot instead... TRAVIS HENRY LOOKING AT SERIOUS TIME: After this week's developments it's safe to say that even the Cincinnati Bengals have lost interest - but 3½ months after getting his walking papers from the Broncos you can say Travis Henry was overdue - but this surpasses even most expectations. Henry faces FEDERAL chargers after was busted after he and another man attempted to flee after allegedly receiving 11 pounds of cocaine in a DEA sting operation. Prosecutors are portraying Henry as the ruthless 'money guy' in the operation, threatening to kill two accomplices and their families if they didn't repay $40,000 in stolen drug money. After somehow avoiding a year-long suspension on appeal last season on what turned out to be a technicality, Henry was released by the Broncos by June after reportedly failing yet another drug test and was subsequently suspended for 'at least a year' soon after by the league. Henry had signed a 5-year/$22.5 million contract with the Broncos just a year earlier. TONY MANDARICH ADMITS STEROID USE BEFORE NFL CAREER: In the days where NFL draftniks were calling him the '100 year lineman', Tony Mandarich now says he was indeed on PED's during his Michigan State career, and sent in a fake urine sample before the 1988 Rose Bowl. Mandarich adds that he did not use steroids during his NFL career, but used alcohol and painkillers. Mandarich was the #2 overall pick of the 1989 draft but only lasted three years with the Packers en route to being considered one of the biggest dissapointments in NFL Draft history. Mandarich is making these confessions in advance of (what else) a book to be released next spring. 'HELLO LANE...GOODBYE LANE...' We knew something was up with the Raiders wearing white for a home game Sunday, so the coach wouldn't think he was attending his funeral. After weeks of twisting in the wind, Lane Kiffin let go as Raiders coach - it is said that Al Davis himself fired him VIA THE TELEPHONE and also told him the reason for the firing was for cause (Lane criticizing Al as much as the team's performance) and that the rest of his contract WILL not be honored. It marks the second firing in as many days for NFL franchises once based in Los Angeles. Think anyone in Los Angeles will vote for public funding for a new stadium anytime soon and risk either the Rams or Raiders crawling back??? They'd both lose to USC.WRIGLEYVILLE BAR OWNERS AGREE TO STOP SERVING DURING 'CLINCH GAMES': At the urging of City Hall, bar owners near Wrigley Field have agreed to stop serving beer after the seventh inning stretch during potential 'clinching games' played at home during the MLB playoffs. The bars only reluctantly agreed to the ban after the city said that the ban would be for only one hour, and would be lifted if the game went into extra innings. Asking Cub fans to go a full 60 minutes without beer is a VERY LONG TIME. The rule would get it's first potential test if the Cubs first-round series v. the Dodgers went to a fifth and deciding game, and would also be enforced possibly during Games 6 and 7 of the NLCS. NFL HANDS OUT $50,000 FINE: The league has acted swiftly against Jets safety Eric Smith, and financially it is almost as painful as the near-fatal helmet-to-helmet hit he laid on Anquan Boldin in the waning seconds Sunday. Smith was not only suspended and docked a game check, but was fined a whopping $50,000 as well. Smith's annual salary is only $445,000. JAGS LINEMAN PARALZYED, HAD LEG AMPUTATED: We were told earlier this month that Jacksonville Jaguars tackle Richard Collier was in bad shape after being victim to a shooting earlier this month - now we get full disclosure on how truly bad it was. Collier is still in the hospital and in stable condition, but is paralyzed from the waist down and lost one of his legs after being shot 14 times. Collier is the third NFL player to be shot since the beginning of 2007.  ERNIE DAVIS STATUE TO GET A DO-OVER: In advance of the soon-to-be released film 'The Express', a statue of Ernie Davis was recently unveiled on the campus of Syracuse University. However there were a couple of details that were wrong, first Ernie was holding a modern football helmet, then there were the shoes, they had the Nike swoosh on them, and Nike was not yet in business. The sculptor says he was only designing what he was told while Nike says they had no idea about the statue even going up. Davis led Syracuse to the '59 National Championship then became the first African-American to win the Heisman two years later. Davis was then drafted by the Cleveland Browns, but soon came down with leukemia and never played a game in the NFL, Davis died in May 1963. Most of the filming for The Express was done in the Chicago area, with Northwestern's Ryan Field doubling both as the Cotton Bowl as well as Syracuse's old Archibald Stadium - Ryan Field was chosen because the film-makers said the venue still looks very much like the college stadiums of Davis' era. And looking at the TV feature you can view at the top of this page, it looks like they REALLY got the details done on the movie project, even down to the cheerleaders.WAS ICHIRO TARGETED IN MARINERS CLUBHOUSE??? The story of the season of the 100-loss Seattle Mariners gets even more strange, as details emerge about a clubhouse said to be divided amongst cultural and linguistic liens. The #1 target was said to be Ichiro Suzuki, who is said to be not vocal and doesn't speak much English. The coaching staff and manager was said to have been forced to intervene when they heard one player saying that he wanted to 'knock out' Ichiro. There were reports and grumblings earlier in the year, including one player who noted that there was a player on the team more concerned about racking up his hits rather than winning. Ichiro recently got his 200th hit of the season, the eighth time in as many years in the Majors that Ichiro has accomplished that feat. GIANT KILLERS - USC KNOCKED OFF: Incredibly silly question asked by someone in the media to Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops earlier this week - he was asked what happens if the Sooners, USC, and Georgia all wind up finishing unbeaten. Does it occur to anybody that everyone has 8-9 games left in the season??? And of course no one was supposed to touch the USC Trojans, but apparently Oregon St. didn't get the memo as the Beavers pull the upset for the second time in three years in Corvallis 27-21. Message to everyone in college football, play your schedule, win your games, and after your schedule is complete, then maybe you can worry about comparing yourselves to some other team in some other conference and then, and only then, you can start bitching about the BCS. Meanwhile, Oklahoma is in line to potentially become #1 at the close of business Saturday, provided that they don't look past dangerous TCU.  DOGHOUSE - DEREK ANDERSON ON SHORT LEASH: In a 'Dawgs v. Cats' promotion, a pet food company will be a making a donation for each pass completed in this weekends Browns/Bengals matchup. So both teams are 0-3, but at least the battle of Ohio isn't quite as bad as a 'Battle of Missouri' (Rams/Chiefs) would be. And as it always is in the NFL, most quarterbacks are only three bad games away from a benching - just ask Tavaris Jackson (actually two games) and Marc Bulger on that one. Derek Anderson has been announced as Cleveland's starter for this week, but he's definitely hearing Brady Quinn breathing down his neck, and the Browns only need one more excuse, if that, to get him in the lineup.RAIN GOOD OR BAD FOR METS??? After blowing numerous golden opportunities in the late innings last night, the Mets find themselves now tied with the Brewers for the NL Wild Card. Now things have a chance to really get mad, as heavy rain and wind is forecast for the New York area for the next three days, which many think would be bad for the Mets. But then again, would you rather face Rich Harden tonight, or the skeleton of a squad the Cubs would send over for a possible Monday makeup. EX-HUSKER FACES MURDER RAP: Former Nebraska running back Thunder Collins along with another suspect arrested 24 hours after an alleged drug deal gone bad left one person dead and another badly wounded. Collins played for the Huskers from 2000-02 before being suspended and eventually quitting the team. Collins has had a string of trouble with the law since - later in 2002 Collins was arrested for disturbing the peace, in 2003 Collins was acquitted of charges stemming from an incident involving an ex-girlfriend and an Oregon St. football player, and finally an obstructing a police officer charge in 2006 where law enforcement believed he was involved in another shooting. Former Nebraska quarterback Eric Crouch said he ran into Thunder at a MMA event last week, Crouch said Thunder seemed fine, but added that his demeanor over the years 'almost reminds' him of Lawrence Phillips, another Nebraska running back legendary for his off-the-field troubles. BREWERS STILL HAVE BEST CHANCE TO LAND WILD CARD?? AccuScore still gives Brewers a 53.7 percent chance of landing playoff spot, as opposed to just over 30 percent for the Mets. As far as Wednesday night is concerned, the Brewers win 70.6 percent of the simulations behind CC Sabathia, while AccuScore has Carlos Zambrano v. Oliver Perez as a 50-50 toss-up. LONGTIME GIANTS PLAYER/BROADCASTER PASSES ON: Former New York Giants player and broadcaster Dick Lynch passes away at age 72 after battle with leukemia. Lynch played in the league for eight years before beginning a 40-year tenure in the Giants radio booth, his last broadcast turned out to be Super Bowl 42, a game that he correctly predicted the Giants would win. As a player, Lynch is best remembered by many for scoring the decisive touchdown in Notre Dame's 7-0 win over Oklahoma in 1957, which ended the Sooners 47-game winning streak. Lynch was married 47 years and had six children, one of whom worked at the World Trade Center and was a casualty on 9/11.  LONG-TIME VIKING LOSES BATTLE WITH ALS: A fixture at linebacker for most of the 1970's, Wally Hilgenberg was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease two years ago, and had just turned 66 last week. Former special teams standout and current Baltimore Ravens employee O.J. Brigance is another former player currently battling ALS. |
