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TOP STORIES - NOVEMBER 13, 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!  BOOM BOOM STILL FEELS PAIN 25 YEARS ON: The game of boxing has seen many tragedies during it's time, but none like what occurred on November 13, 1982. Boom Boom Mancini was not the sport's best fighter by any means, but he was a charismatic dynamic star who quickly was becoming a television attraction. The plan of promoters was to eventually pair Boom Boom with Aaron Pryor, who ironically the very night before had scored a 14th round TKO over Alexis Arguello in a highly-hyped pay-per-view event that was the rare event the matched all expectations. The next day Mancini was to appear on a televised bout on CBS, with Korean fighter Duk Koo Kim signed on to play the jobber. Problem was Kim would have none of the plan of going down in a few rounds and collecting a nice pay day, as he had famously scribbled 'kill or be killed' on a lampshade of his Vegas hotel room. The bout turned into a 14-round brawl in which the highly conditioned Mancini finally gained an advantage over the game but tiring Kim in the later rounds. Boom Boom unleashed an unanswered 35-40 punch flurry in the 13th round before finally finishing off Kim in the 14th to the joy of his fans. But then the hell began, Kim soon collapsed due to a blood clot in his brain and died four days later. Kim's mother would commit suicide back in Korea four months later. Perhaps feeling his own guilt for not stopping the bout sooner, referee Richard Green would also eventually take his own life. And Mancini as a fighter would never be the same, losing the next year to Livingstone Bramble and going only 4-4 after the Kim bout before retiring for good. One last legacy of the Mancini/Kim tragedy is that boxing governing bodies soon afterwards decided to shorten championship bouts from 15 to 12 rounds.REASON #89 WHY THE PATRIOTS WILL NOT GO UNDEFEATED: The slumping 49ers lose their seventh straight game getting shut out in Seattle 24-0 last night. So what does that have to do with the tea in China you ask??? Well you see, the Patriots traded for the 49ERS draft pick last year. Yup, so much for that punishment of being stripped of their own (32nd overall) first rounder. Which leads up to the Pats upcoming schedule, which includes games against the Jets and Dolphins - you know Belichick is going to pile it up on Mangini and is also going to try to stick it to Shula for daring to say that the Pats deserve an asterisk. Not so fast. Find a way to 'lose' those two games and the Pats could still have the #1 seed while seeing their projected #5 overall pick from San Fran go up to #3 or even #2. I think Tom Brady and Randy Moss do have some sick days coming. And no, Belichick does not care about you fantasy owners out there. NAVY'S ENCORE??? A 76-64 WIN: Just this season the Naval Acadamy had been involved in games that ended with scores of 46-43, 48-45, 59-52, and most recently last week's historic 46-44 triple overtime win at Notre Dame. This past weekend the Middies were in another slugfest that saw the score read 49-45, at halftime. The defenses stiffened in the second half and Navy wound up outlasting North Texas by a 74-62 count. The Pistons and Spurs even think that is way too much scoring for one day. The output topped a 73-68 win by Portland St. earlier this year as the highest ever scoring regulation game in Division 1 football history. Now take a wild guess on who Portland State's coach could be these days??? Jerry Glanville, who may just induce the Apocolypse yet. And that Nebraska team who lost 76-39 last week??? They beat Kansas St. 73-31 this time around, and no it won't save Callahan's job.  FORMER NINER COACH DICK NOLAN DEAD AT 75: Had been suffering from Alzheimer's as well as prostate cancer, and had made no public appearances since his son became the 49ers coach in 2005. After beginning his coaching career as Tom Landry's defensive coordinator with the Cowboys, one of the more under-rated coaches in league history led the 49ers to two NFC Championship appearances in the early 1970's, and and later in the decade briefly led the New Orleans Saints to respectability with seasons of 7-9 and 8-8. Nolan's coaching career ended after the Saints opened the 1979 season with 11 consecutive losses, culminating with an embarrassing home game on Monday Night Football that featured 'Aints' fans wearing paper bags over their heads. As a player, Nolan was a member of the 1956 NFL Champion New York Giants. Ironically, Mike Nolan's current 49ers are on a six-game losing streak heading into tonight's game, in which Nolan intends to coach. Nolan successfully lobbied the league to wear suits for home games this season, which was his father's tradmark - and I have a feeling he'll don a suit for tonights road game.REGGIE BUSH CALLED OUT BY TEAMMATES??? Allegedly one of his teammates said the following late last week - 'Reggie needs to stop worrying about ***** Hollywood and focus on rushing for more than 100 yards in a game'. I don't think a measly 44 total yards in a losing effort to the previously winless St. Louis Rams are going to quiet down the critics. THNKS FR TH MMRS - EVEN THOUGH THE RATS ARE AS BIG AS ELEPHANTS: Dwayne Johnson introduces the Miami Hurricanes talking about '70 years of domination', but the once mighty football powerhouse wound up with all the look of pro wrestling jobbers losing their last ever Orange Bowl game to Virginia 48-0. The final marked the worst drubbing of a Hurricane team in the OB since 1944. With no tenants no longer using the site, the aging facility is expected to be demolished early next year. The final college game will be a Florida Internation game on December 1 and a high-school All-Star game will be played there as well in January. The site had also been planned for a 'celebration' whenever Fidel Castro were to cash out, the locals are still waiting for that event to occur. TENNIS PLAYER 'POISENED' BEFORE DECIDING DAVIS CUP MATCH??? If so, immediately move this one up into ESPN Classic's list of all-time sports scandals. #13 ranked Tommy Haas was forced to pull out a match with a virus on the final day of Germany's semi-final Davis Cup match, allowing Russia to win 3 matches to 2 and advance to the finals. A German teammate said he was told by a un-named Russian who manages numerous athletes that Haas' illness was in fact a poisoning, not a virus. YAO V.YI BIG NEWS IN CHINA: John McKay once told his Tampa Bay Buccanneers that there was a 'billion Chinese' that didn't care about their teams game - well, there will be more than a few people in China that will care when it's two biggest hoop exports meet in an NBA game for the first time. Friday night's Bucks/Rockets game will air live in China on 19 TV stations, as well as two webcasts and even on video-enabled cellphones. Approximately 200 million are expected to watch the game that will begin at 9:30 AM (Saturday) in Beijing. By comparison, 93 million watched last year's Super Bowl and 34 million tuned in to last Sunday's Patriots/Colts game. MORE 'AM'BUSH JOURNALISM AT YAHOO: Charles Robinson is at it again with yet another 'exclusive' report, now saying that would-be Reggie Bush marketer Lloyd Lake has now played tapes of conversations between himself and Bush to the NCAA. The Bush story is now finally also picking up legs on ESPN and other outlets, and it's possible the hammer could come down on USC before the 2008 football season begins. YANKESS TARGETING BIG-NAME PITCHERS: Pinstripes said to be set to aggressively persue Johan Santana at the winter meetings, while another report mulls a potential blockbuster with the Padres that would bring Jake Peavy to the Bronx.  MITCHELL HAS DIRT ON 11 FREE AGENTS??? According to published report, 11 of this year's class of 160 free agents were asked to speak to George Mitchell about PED's in baseball.'DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM???': Of course they know who you are, you've been arrested something like ten times in the first two years you were in the league. Officially on the eve of seeing his eight game suspension expire in which during that time he actually had stayed clean, controversial Bengals receiver Chris Henry celebrates by going to a club (where else), and ends up getting in a dispute with a parking attendant - during which he yelled the phrase that has become synonymous for when public figures get in a disagreement. I'd say his timing could not possibly be any better. During a Bengals practice Wednesday, Henry answered questions from the media as long as they pertained to football.  COLLEGE GRID TEAMS COMPARED TO HALLOWEEN CANDY!!! Steve Czaban has 25 unique confections for each of the ranked college football teams. I did manage to guess Hawaii right, Pop Rocks are perfect for them, they've always been kind of volcanic in one's mouth. Too bad Penn State wasn't ranked, I would have made them a plain old Hershey's bar to go along with the uniforms that haven't changed in 60 years. Michigan I would have made 3 Musketeers or something else old school and timeless. Kansas can be the entire bag of candy in honor of coach Mark Mangino. And getting ahead on the holidays, I would designate Texas as pumpkin pie and Texas A&M as cranberry sauce, no wonder they're such a Black Friday leftover staple!!! And then there is Minnesota and the all-gold jerseys they wore earlier this season. I would designate them as Mountain Dew, although a giant urine specimen cup would also suffice - and the way the Gophers have been playing this year they may smell even worse!!!ALL TOO FAMILIAR STORY - A-T-L PLAYER, AND DOG CRUELTY: DA drops charges against Falcons defensive tackle Jonathan Babineaux in regards to the death of a pit bull belonging to the player's girlfriend last February. The investigation concluded that Babineaux simply acted in self defense fearing that his 5-month old child was about to be attacked when the dog wound up dying from a severe head injury. Babineaux's attorney says the dog had been neutered, placed on Prozac, sent to a dog trainer and kept on a leash. PETA is not backing off it's criticism of Babineaux, suggesting that the dog dying at the players hands is further proof that the NFL needs to address it's players in regards to animal cruelty. And then there's DeAngelo Hall, whose pitbull ripped through a fence in his yard a few years back and attacked a man walking his dog. Trust me, most NFL players go a little more agressive than West Highland Terriers. Meanwhile, I think Bobby Petrino is halfway into exile at Utah State by the end of the year.  MARATHON HOPEFUL WAS LIKELY ‘DEAD BEFORE HTTING THE GROUND’: Tragedy strikes during the U.S. Olympic Mens Marathon Trials when runner Ryan Shay's heart gives out in New York’s Central Park approximately 30 minutes into the Saturday morning race. Although fatalities at major marathon events are not totally uncommon, long-time observers of the sport say this is the first time in memory they can recall an elite runner dying during a race. It was said that Shay was running 21st near the lead pack of runners about three miles in, but was seen veering off the course and into the crowd before collapsing at around the 5 ½ mile mark. Early autopsy results were inconclusive, but it has been said that the 28-year old Shay was diagnosed with an enlarged heart at the age of 14. Weather was not a factor as conditions were cold and blustery (note the hats/gloves on the runners). Friends of the runner say the Shay was known for pushing himself extremely hard during training, and in the past had been seen collapsing while running on treadmills. A 2001 Champion in the 10,000 meters while attending Notre Dame, Shay was honored with a moment of silence before the school’s football game later in the day.SHULA WANTS * ON THE PATS!!! Just last Friday in Degenerate Central I suggested that the New England Patriots could very well go 19-0 if they were to get by Indianapolis, but that perhaps they could eventually get called out by some members of the 1972 Dolphins thanks to the video spying scandal earlier in the year. Well that angle has already begun as coach Don Shula has spoken out about the Patriots season being 'tainted', saying that the punishments levied against the organization speak for themselves. 42 percent in a MSNBC poll says that a 19-0 Patriot season should indeed come with the dreaded asterisk. Shula and other members of the ’72 team have also started their annual retort towards those who claim that the ex-players do cartwheels when the last unbeaten team loses every year, with Shula claiming ‘We’ve been accused of being angry old men’ while former player Jim Mandich adding ‘You guys put forth a myth that we are pathetic losers clicking champagne glasses’. (Actually, pathetic losers would be the 2007 Dolphins) Mandich adds that if the Patriots want to ‘join the unbeaten club’ that they would be welcomed aboard. I’ll tell you what, if New England does win this year, that will be one awkward moment when Goodell and Belichick meet for the trophy presentation. JERSEY KNOCKED ON AGAIN, HOCKEY ANALYST APOLOGIZES: BSPN’s Barry Melrose, relegated mostly to the internet world these days since his network no longer does hockey, says that the New Jersey Devils new arena in downtown Newark is 'a beautiful new building', but warns not to venture outside 'if you have a wallet or anything'. Oh, you mean it’s like the old Miami Arena or the Norfolk Scope??? Needless to say the Newark Mayor and other city leaders were not amused – Barry says he was just trying to be funny and will be glad to have lunch with the mayor, who says he would welcome him so he can ‘dispel his ignorance’. You can check out a picture of the facility with a fence surrounding the parking lot here and draw your own conclusion. Of course the strategy of building new sports venues in run-down areas (Coors Field, Petco Park, Camden Yards, etc) is to improve the economics of the surrounding area. THREE MORE BALLPLAYERS LINKED TO PALM BEACH CLINIC: Controversial journeyman outfielder Jose Guillen, along with retired players Matt Williams and Ismael Valdez, have become the latest MLB figures linked to the money trail leading to the now infamous Palm Beach Rejuvenation Clinic. The published report has Guillen buying upwards of $19,000 worth of steroids and HGH between 2002 and 2005. Williams and Valdez are both linked with $11,000+ orders in 2002. At the time Williams was attempting to return from an ankle injury while Valdez had just been traded to the Seattle Mariners. Of course no matter what the alibi the question remains - 'Why are you having a prescription signed off by a dentist and with an on-line pharmacy???' Williams had a 17-year career in the majors and with 43 home runs was on pace to break baseball’s single-season record when the players strike ended the 1994 season. Valdez was once a highly-touted prospect with the Dodgers, but eventually wound up with eight different teams by the time his career ended. In the year he allegedly bought PED’s, Valdez went 2-3 with a 4.93 ERA for Seattle. The Mariners president feels that Guillen was clean and was a good citizen this past season, but was less supportive of Valdez, saying 'With respect to Valdez, if he was on performance-enhancing substances when he was with us, it certainly didn’t help him any'. With respect??? Don't sound like it.  PACKER FAN TAKES OVER ARROWHEAD!!! Could it be possible that brats actually overtook ribs in the Arrowheaad parking lot on Sunday??? (Although I'll actually take either). In any event, it sounds like Packer Nation has succeeded in the ultimate test in taking over an opposing venue - as by conservative estimates they accounted for 10-15 percent of the usually red-clad patrons at Arrowhead Stadium, although others estimated that it may have been more like one-quarter to even one-third of the crowd support. Writers who have covered the Chiefs for anywhere from 15-30 years stated that they had never seen anything close to the fan base supporting any visiting team at Arrowhead. But even this display paled to the scene in Denver last Monday night where Packer fans made such a presence that defensive players urged the crowd to make noise WHILE THE HOME TEAM had the football. HAS CALLAHAN BEEN ASKED TO STEP DOWN??? Coach Bill pauses nine seconds before answering whether he will be back at NU next season, probably about nine seconds more than it will take Tom Osbourne to make a decision once the regular season is over. The awkward presser comes two days after Callahan's most humiliating loss yet as Nebraska's coach, a 76-39 Arena-ball like count to longtime Big 8/XII doormat Kansas. The Blackshirts five-game losing streak is now the longest for any Nebraska football team since 1958.COAST-TO-COAST, ALL-DAY: Too bad LaDainian Tomlinson and Antonio Gates forgot to show up. First defensive back Antonio Cromartie fielded a long field goal attempt near the end of the first half just inside the end-line at the end of the first half and proceeded to go on the ultimate coast-to-coast, going 109 yards for a new NFL-record. Unless the NFL adopts Canadian rules, that mark will never be broken, but that story itself wound up being eclipsed by Viking rookie Adrian Peterson who made his own history rushing for a single-game record 296 yards. Tom Brady may be fantasy football's MVP for this year, but A.D. is quickly making a case for being the top fantasy draft pick for 2008. Incidentally, A.D. is averaging a cool 6.6 yards per carry on the year and is on pace for a cool 2,072 rushing yards on the season. ROBOTIC SUIT CAN HELP YOU ACHIEVE PERFECT GOLF SWING: Fantastic story which appeared on PHYSORG.COM (GREAT SCIENCE WEBSITE) - Researchers have developed a vibrotactile feedback suit to help individuals learn motor skills more quickly and accurately than by mimicking human teachers alone. Besides golf and sports training, the suit may also be useful for individuals undergoing rehabilitation after neurological damage, as well as for posture improvement.  VA TECH JERSEYS DISAPPEAR: The jerseys of quarterback Sean Glennon and three other players turn up missing before the Hokies road game at Georgia Tech. A stat order was placed to Blacksburg for replacement jerseys, and a representative arrived in the A-T-L at aroung gametime with three of the jerseys, but not Glennon's. The four players started the game wearing Georgia Tech road jerseys, with the players names hand-printed on the back. The Yellow Jackets woodmark on the jersey front was duct-taped over, and a Nike representative even arrived to put orange swooshes on the jerseys - the Russell Athletic logo (GA Tech's supplier) was also blacked out. All four players were wearing VA Tech's maroon pants, along with the maroon helmets, so the uniform discrepancy wasn't all that noticeable to the naked eye. Two of the players did switch to all VA Tech gear by halftime while a third elected to stay in the borrowed gear and Glennon's jersey never did arrive. Ironically, Glennon wears #7 and there is a little connection between VA Tech and someone else who wore #7 and went on to play pro ball in the A-T-L, which may be one possible explanation to the apparent theft.ANDY REID HOUSE CALLED 'DRUG EMPORIUM' BY JUDGE: Both Reid sons sentenced to up to 23 months in jail, and judge also had harsh words for coach Andy Reid, questioning whether his adult sons should even live there and describing his family as being 'in crisis'. The judge referred to both of Reid's sons being 'overmedicated' throughout much of their lives and that one of the sons got hooked on painkillers when he suffered a football injury in high school. And just this week Garrett Reid was found with 89 prescription drug pills in his jail cell, it's said he managed to smuggle the pills into jail by hiding them in his rectum. NOT AGAIN - WORLD SERIES WINNING BALL MISSING: Sunday night Jason Varitek assured America that this time the ball from the final out of the World Series is in safe hands, that he tucked it into his hip pocket before heading out to mob Jon Papelbon. Not so fast. Varitek now says he gave the ball to Paps, and Paps says that he doesn't have it. Perhaps MLB Security should tackle Varitek next time before he tackles the pitcher, meanwhile I imagine we are going to have to call on J.D. Drew's homely stepsister Nancy Drew, although Drew family agent Scott Bor-Ass might ask for a king's ransom for Nance to take the case. NOT AGAIN - MARK ROBERTS MAKES APPEARANCE AT GIANTS/DOLPHINS: Yup, Dolphins can't even tackle Mark Roberts, who evidently reprised his Super Bowl 38 stunt just before the second half at Wembley Stadium. 83 million security cameras in London and this guy pulls it off again??? So much for Homeland Security - fool me once shame on you, fool me 50 times.... FEMALE UMPIRE GETS THE AXE: Ria Cortesio was busy putting on Joan Jett makeup for Halloween on when she got the bad news on her cell phone. Ria worked nine years in the minors, the last five in AA - and made news by calling a spring training major league game just this past year. One career highlight was being called out by George Steinbrenner during a Roeger Clemens rehab start. It is also said that she once was 'gently lifted out of the way' by Prince Fielder while he was en route to charging the mound. Prince heading for the mound??? Naw!!! WIFE DISCLOSES MAX MCGEE HAD ALZHEIMER'S: Denise McGee tells crowd at funeral service that her husband had been suffering from Alzeimer's, but spent 'several good days' with the family before his death. Wire story also tells how he often talked about 'Brett Starr' and 'Bart Favre' during Packers broadcasts (not to mention Ty Det-Marr, how to screw up his name???). Now I guess I have to ask then, what was he doing on that roof??? |
