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TOP STORIES - DECEMBER 7, 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!  T-BOW FOR T-HEISMAN NFL TO COWBOYS PLAYER - DON'T WHACK JON KITNA: Cowboys cornerback Terence Newman put on notice by the NFL after expressing his desire to punish Lions quarterback Jon Kitna on satellite radio. The bad blood goes back to last year's regular season finale, where Kitna called out the Cowboys defense after throwing four TD passes in a rare Lions win. In his satellite radio appearance, Newman first said 'your mouth can't write checks that your ass can't cash' then suggested that he has $15,000-$30,000 budgeted out to pay off any possible fines levied for nailing Kitna on a corner blitz. That prompted the league to send a letter to Newman saying that he is on notice and that he could be subject to a suspension as well as fine if he were to commit a flagrant act - and besides, Kitna WAS ALREADY BEHEADED by a Ed Hochuli first-down signal earlier this year.  THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT OF THE DAY: Steve Czaban selling merchandise 'commemorating' the 1956 National Champion Southwest Tech Donkeys. First of all, that rumbling you hear is former Oklahoma coach Bud Wilkerson in his grave, his Sooners opened the '56 season rolling S-T 76-0. What would you expect from a team from a red state v. anyone named the Donks??? Well at least Tech did well in the FCS or Division II or NAIA or whatever division they managed to score the championship with. The bigger issue here however is with the horseshoe logo which copies on one of the most recognized trademarks in professional sports. Yes it is a donkey horseshoe and not one of a horse. And yes it may be two interlocking horseshoes as opposed to one. Still, try telling that story to the National Football league. If a school in Kansas can get whacked for having a W just somewhat resembling the one used at the University of Wisconsin, if a AAA baseball team in Salt Lake City could get clipped for picking a team name that just happened to the same as Georgia Tech's mascot - then Southwest Tech can definitely be called out by the Indianapolis Colts and well as the suits representing the NFL. And the fact that there are seven holes in the horseshoe just like the Colts version ought to guarantee the case for the NFL - In fact I'm now also hearing Johnny U rolling in his grave.DID COACH ORDER TODD BERTUZZI ATTACK??? A segment on CBC's 'The National' news program Wednesday revisits the 2004 incident that ended the career of Colorado Avalanche forward Steve Moore. You may remember that with the Vancouver Canucks hopelessly behind in the third period that night, Bertuzzi jumped Moore from behind, punched him on the side of his head, then pile-drove his head into the ice, leaving Moore with a broken neck among other injuries. The CBC story says that coach Marc Crawford allegedly wrote on a whiteboard during the second intermission that night a message saying 'Moore must pay the price...'. The bullseye was on Moore because of an incident in the the team's previous meeting a month earlier that resulted in an injury to Vancouver star Markus Naslund. Now the coach of the Los Angeles Kings, Crawford refused to comment on the CBC report after his teams game last night, saying he's only concerned with what's going on now, which includes the Kings descent into the basement of the NHL's Pacific Division. FIVE EXPECTED TO BE INVITED TO DAC: The five finalists are said to be announced on SportsCenter later today. If you can't wait that long, I can give you the identities of four of them now - and it's never like BSPN would spill the beans on something contracted to be announced on another outlet (see 2007 MLB All-Star selection show). Tim Tebow and Darren McFadden are the no-brainers, while Hawaii coach June Jones and Missouri head man Gary Pinkel have disclosed that Colt Brennan and Chase Daniel have indeed been given invites to New York. If there is indeed a fifth finalist, Oregon's Dennis Dixon or West Virginia's Pat White are the likely candidates. And as for LSU's Glenn Dorsey or Michigan's Jake Long - forget about it, they're like the Green Party candidates as far as the DAC is concerned. Meanwhile, Tebow remains as the projected winner - per stiffartrophy.com, the exit polling has him with 93 first place votes as opposed to 37 for McFadden, while Brennan and Daniel are currently in a dead heat for third place.  WISCONSIN SUES KANSAS SCHOOL FOR LOGO INFRINGEMENT: Wisky files a federal trademark infringement lawsuit last week against Washburn University, a 7,200-student university uses a 'W' logo similar to the 'winged' motion W used by Wisconsin's athletic teams since the early 1990's. There are a number of high schools in Wisconsin that have borrowed off UW's design scheme over the years - and there are many examples of university's and high schools that have used designs of other college and pro teams (Georgia and the Green Bay Packers seemed to have co-existed over the years).RAVENS PLAYER CONTENDS OFFICIAL CALLED HIM 'BOY': Talk about life imitating art - you probably saw the ad this weekend when a referee lays a hit on a player, the Ravens probably thought that was part of the plan in their teams last-minute loss to the Patri*ts Monday night. And now we are finding out just what the Ravens players were pissed off about besides the result. Veternan cornerback Samari Rolle contends that he was referred to as 'boy' by game official Phil McKinnely 'five or six times' during the game. McKinnely is an ex-offensive tackle who played in the league from 1976 through 1982, and like Rolle, McKinnely is African-American. Another player venting on the loss commented 'It's hard to go out there and play the Patri*ts and the refs at the same time' FORMER PR MAN SUES ESTATE OF EVEL KNIEVEL: There were plenty of his own bones that the legendary motorcyle stuntman broke over his career, then there is the broken arm of former PR man Shelly Saltman, he was attacked by a baseball bat-wielding Knievel after writing a book about the stuntman in 1977. Saltman eventually won $12.75 million in damages, but was never able to collect. With interest, Saltman now estimates the debt at approximately $100 million, and plans to go after the estate of EK, who finally got his long-overdue date with the reaper last week after a lengthy illness.   FAVRE NAMED SI SPORTSMAN OF YEAR: Becomes fourth NFL quarterback to earn honor, a list that includes Tom Brady two years ago. In addition to his accomplishments on the field, SI cited Favre's history of philanthropy, including donations of more than $4 million to charities as well as assisting Mississippi's Gulf Coast counties affected by Hurricane Katrina.LES MILES LAYS INTO BSPN: You would have had to been watching the ABC/BSPN networks early in the day on Saturday to realize how crazy this was. Kirk Herbstreit announces on GameDay that Miles will be introduced as Michigan's next coach and the network even had the coach of another program leading to become one of Miles' coordinatiors. Miles then ended up spending the hours leading up to LSU's clash in the SEC title game refuting those reports. After LSU's 21-14 win which led to an unexpected berth in the B(C)S Championship, Miles accused the Worldwide Sports Leader of attempting to undermine his team's game.  HERBSTREIT - 'I WILL NEVER GATHER NEWS AGAIN...': Here's a valuable tip from Journalism 101. Get two sources (and preferably more) before breaking a story, especially one with potential enormous impact.EARLY RETURNS HAS T-SQUARED AS CLEAR FAVORITE: This is from the site stiffarmatrophy.com, which gets the votes from those voting for the award who are willing to give out the information, the site has been very accurate in determining the winner at the Downtown Athletic Club over the last five years. In VERY early results, Tim Tebow has just over 50 percent of the first place votes, placing him in front of Arkansas' Darren McFadden, who runs a strong second. Surprisingly for off the pace thus far is Colt Brennan, currently a very distant fifth and only appearing on seven percent of the ballots. You can put in your two cents on College football's MVP between which I reset to include Missouri's Chase Daniel (70 percent completion percentage) on our poll along the left-hand column. ANOTHER FIELD DISASTER AWAITING STEELERS??? A major early-winter storm belted the Midwest on Saturday, bringing snow, sleet and a general all-around mess to the region. So where do you think this system will be come 8 PM Eastern Sunday Night - you guessed it right over Heinz Field. Yes, you can take Carson Palmer and T.J. Houshmandzadeh out of your fantasy lineups. And for those who say that the artificial stuff causes more injuries, Steelers fullback Dan Krieder tore his ACL on the quicksand-like surface last Monday night. I have a feeling the FieldTurf will be on emergency order first thing Monday morning. BCS OFFICIALLY A DISASTER: Before his team's game with UCLA Saturday, USC coach Peter Carroll mused that his 2-loss team was by no means out of the BCS picture. Was I the only one who didn't think he was on drugs??? '#1' Missouri loses it's Big XII title game to Oklahoma Saturday night, which definitely puts Ohio State into the title game - but that wasn't too surprising. The real shock is that in a game I would had put my mortgage on, West Virginia somehow loses at home to Pitt 13-9. That's why I don't bet on these games. Now the big question is who joins the Buckeyes at the final table. Obviously Georgia Coach Mark Richt feels his Bulldogs should get the call since they were already ranked at #4 - only one problem, they weren't even in the SEC title game so technically they are not even one of the two best teams in that conference. Kansas is currently #5, but likewise they were not in their conferences title game - so there case is not even as strong as UGA's. I personally consider the next group of four teams more - #6 Virginia Tech, #7 LSU, #8 USC, and #9 Oklahoma. I eliminate Va Tech as their blowout loss at LSU back in September plays, So I'll give the SEC champ a slight edge over SC and OU. The real joke is that voters and computers have mere hours to spit out numbers before the final B(C)S results are announced Sunday night.  LIONS KNOW REDSKINS PAIN: Detroit organization has been through much pain with tragedies and near-tragedies over the years, a list that includes Reggie Brown, Mike Utley, and Eric Andolsek, as well as former coach Don McCafferty and former assistant coach Len Fontes. At right, Dick Butkus stands over a fallen Chuck Hughes in the waning moments of a 1971 game, Hughes having just been stricken with a fatal coronary. It is believed to be the last time that an NFL team has had to deal with the death of a teammate during the season. In another surreal scene, Reggie Brown stopped breathing on the field after sustaining a spinal cord injury in the 1997 regular season finale, the Lions ended up winning that game - securing a playoff spot in a game that also saw Barry Sanders reach 2,000 yards rushing on the season. ANTREL ROLLE BELIEVES TAYLOR SHOOTING NOT A RANDOM ACT: The Miami/Dade police department continues to believe the tragedy to be a simple random act of violence. Arizona Cardinals cornerback and childhood friend Antrel Rolle begs to differ, noting that Taylor had many enemies on the streets of Miami and that he was 'pretty much scared' whenever he was in the area. Added Rolle, 'They say it was a burglary. It absolutely was not a burglary. Down South, where we're from, there were many people talking to Sean, a lot of jealousy, a lot of angry people.' Meanwhile there are no leads to the murder mystery, possibly following in the same footsteps in the still unsolved slayings of Bryan Pata and Darrent Williams.REAPER CLAIMS SEAN TAYLOR: There appeared to be encouraging reports late last night, saying that Taylor had squeezed a nurses hand in the ICU - but Sean Taylor indeed passed away at 5:30 AM Tuesday. Says a family friend 'His father called and said he was with Christ and he cried and thanked me. It's a tremendously sad and unnecessary event. He was a wonderful, humble, talented young man, and had a huge life in front of him. Obviously God had other plans.' As far as squeezing the nurses hand, the family friend added 'Maybe he was trying to say goodbye or something' Taylor was allowed to play a true free safety position this year for the first time in his career, and with five interceptions remains tied for the NFC lead despite missing the last two games. Born April 1, 1983, Taylor starred as a running back and defensive back at Gulliver Prep in Miami. His father, Pedro Taylor, is police chief of Florida City.  THE ANNUAL BCS 'SOLUTION': Fresh off saying that Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus should be branded with asterisks for the rest of their lives, Wetzel reveals his tournament 'solution' to the BCS. 16 teams, with automatic bids to all 11 conference champions, and if Central Florida somehow wins at Ohio State, it is a great story - and it gets people even interested in who wins the Sunbelt Conference. Only one problem, I saw the same prototype last year, the year before that, and the year before that. Feel free to play the tourney on your X-Box system, just don't expect it do become a reality anytime soon. And besides, what would sportswriters have to write about for two months every year.NOT EXACTLY THE NO-PUDDLE OFFENSE IN STEELTOWN: Premiere League game breaks out at Heinz Field, Jeff Reed scores on a penalty kick 17 seconds from time and the Steelers win 3-0. But the real story was the field itself. Being a publicly funded stadium Heinz Field is obligated to host four high school championship games, those were held on Friday. With the field making a clear turn for the worse Pitt then hosted South Florida in college football on Saturday. The Steelers then attempt to sod the entire field over the existing DD Grassmaster (artificial fibers sewn into natural grass) surface. Only one problem, it rained cats and dogs on Monday. The result??? One of the more bizarre scenes in recent NFL history including puddles everywhere, sod sinking two inches in some places, YARD MARKERS BEING WASHED AWAY when the tarp was taken off the field, and a punt which ended with the pointed end of the ball EMBEDDING itself into the sod. The game also starts 15 minutes late while the grounds crew frantically started laying down makeshift chalkmarks. To make things even better, the Steelers are scheduled for another home game THIS SUNDAY. 5 1/2 days to somehow fix this, good luck with that. Safe to say the fake grass is coming back to Pittsburgh VERY soon. Incidentally, the Dolphins and Steelers seem to find bad weather, a game three years ago was held in South Florida in the remnants of Hurricane Jeanne and a 1989 game at then-Joe Robbie Stadium was also played in a torrential downpour. UPDATE - SEAN TAYLOR MIGHT NOT MAKE IT: Using terms such as 'clinging to life' and 'hanging in the balance', a Washington Post blogger reports through the Redskins players' attorney that Sean Taylor is 'nonresponsive and unconscious' at a Miami hospital and that doctors are worried about possible brain damage or brain death, and that Taylor lost a 'copious' amount of blood after being shot in the leg. The attorney said Taylor was sleeping when he heard a noise and Taylor reached for a machete or other form of knife when the intruders apparently fired the shots. The attorney added there have been numerous break-in attempts at Taylor's house in recent weeks. Michael Wilbon said on PTI that this was the second break-in attempt on Taylor's house in eight days, and that Taylor had been working on changing his lifestyle since becoming a father and was getting away from the trouble that he used to seem to embrace. This of course adds to a disturbing trend concerning robberies on professional athletes, as well as pro athletes being shot. STEVE BEUERLEIN SAYS HE WAS ONLY KIDDING: LenDale White had just been hit with a personal foul penalty when CBS went to commercial. As the network returned from break, LenDale was shown sitting on the bench while Beuerlein (thinking they weren't back on-air) could be heard saying USC THUGS, MAN!!. Beuerlein grew up in SoCal but played college ball for Notre Dame. Steve, tells us what you REALLY think about SC!!!  WAKE UP!!! SHERMAN GETS 'DREAM JOB': Just wondering how he's going to be able to handle those 6 AM yell calls at College Station. Former Packers coach is hired as TAM-U's new coach just three days after the resignation of Dennis Franchione. Sherman was a former assistant under R.C. Slocum before leaving to join Mike Holmgren's staff in 1996. This will be the first foray back into college for the 52-year old Sherman since then.SEAN TAYLOR 'CRITICAL' AFTER SHOOTING: Was apparently shot in the leg during a robbery attempt on his Florida home early Monday morning. The Redskins safety had missed the last couple of games with a knee injury and was said to be in the area getting a second opinion. The AP story says he's in critical condition with no other details being released per request from the family. Profootballtalk.com is reporting per 'a source with knowledge of the situation that Taylor was shot in the leg, but the bullet severed his femoral artery, and that Taylor is 'fighting for his life'. That is according to Profootballtalk.com. Taylor was a top-five overall pick in the 2004 draft and has found trouble numerous times on and off the field during his brief career. Two years ago, Taylor was accused of brandishing a gun and repeatedly hitting a man during a fight after Taylor and acquaintances went looking for people who had allegedly stolen his all-terrain vehicles. That led to a no-contest plea and 18 months probation. |
