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Check out the final TD of the Steelers-Broncos MNF game. Right after Hines Ward jumps over Champ Bailey and saunters untouched into the end zone, you notice a wide grin cross his face as if he were laughing at the fool who dared try to tackle him. Ward should send Champ Bailey a pretty bouquet of fragrant flowers in apology.
After a half dozen years or so of going with the questionable contrarian approach to calling an NFL football game, it seems as if ESPN has finally gotten the broadcast mix right in the booth. As a matter of fact, in my opinion, it very well may be the best MNF booth of all time.
Jon Gruden and Ron Jaworski make a fantastic double team of HOF QB knowledge and Super Bowl winning head coaching insight. Of course, there is nothing ever bad to say about Mike Tirico. He is simply the best in the business who brings joy, humor and intelligent commentary to any sport he covers.
Gruden is a tour de force, and when compared to the hack he replaced, looks like perhaps the greatest football analyst of all time. If Gruden were to stay in the booth, he would easily become the ‘next John Madden’ and reap the myriad benefits worthy of that lineage. But he’ll probably take some crappy job like Jacksonville or Notre Dame and we will have to live with a doofus like Trent Dilfer or Tim Hasselbeck in the near future. Sigh.
After a couple years of loud questions regarding Tony Romo’s ability to lead the Cowboys to the next level, (I’m not sure what the next level constitutes, because New Orleans is a lead pipe lock to represent the NFC in Super Bowl XLIV, but that’s a pinto of a different color) Romo has the Cowboys in first place and looking fat and giggly in a tough NFC East.
What’s different this season than the last few? Oh yeah, he dumped Yoko Ono Kirstie Alley Wendy the Retard Jessica Simpson right before training camp, that’s what.
Now the National Enquirer is piling on by claiming Simpson is in the throes of a full-scale breakdown.
Jessica Simpson's family is worried that the troubled beauty is headed for an emotional meltdown after a frightening collapse recently.
With her romantic life in tatters, career stalled and the brutal death of her dog Daisy, Jessica's loved ones are concerned that stress and heartbreak have pushed her to the edge.
Knowing how salt-of-the-Earth Tony Romo is, he may try to reach out and explain how kicking her to the curb on the eve of her 29th birthday was all about him, not her. Jason Witten should grab Romo by the scruff of his neck this week and insist that he erase Simpson’s contact info from his phone. That way, when ‘unknown caller’ pops up on the screen, he can feel less guilty about sending her straight to voice mail. (enquirer)
What a great day to be a former or current Chiefs RB from UT!
The Chiefs cut Larry Johnson today allegedly for using gay slurs on Twitter, insulting fans and questioning head coach Todd Haley’s football credentials, but really because Jamaal Charles is just much, much cooler. (Hook ‘em!)
I think this really proves the power fans hold with some NFL franchises. Johnson was the subject of an online petition begun by fans who didn’t want someone of his dubious ilk to become the franchise’s all-time leading rusher, which would in turn lead to inclusion in the Arrowhead Stadium ‘Ring of Fame’. The Chiefs may totally blow, but this is definitely a step in the right direction.
Hey Larry, I hear the Las Vegas Locos need a crappy, homophobic, borderline retarded running back.
I snapped this picture with my brand new Droid phone from Verizon while I was watching the Longhorns destroy Central Florida in person Saturday afternoon.*
This is really a sad sight. These people look like prisoners or refugees or something. I can understand flying a flag, but hanging a t-shirt? What genius thought that one up? ‘Hey Jim Bob, don’t forget the t-shirt for the parking garage ‘Horns display!’
Think of how much exhaust must be swirling around while these die-hards are choking down smoked brisket sandwiches and cowsicles. Did you know they depend on/love the oil industry so much in Texas that many people will actually hook up a rig to their F-150’s tailpipe to smoke their beef? True story.
*nothing in that sentence is true. I only left my home once this weekend, and that was to rake leaves.
TMZ is reporting that New York Giants legend Lawrence Taylor was arrested today for “leaving scene of an accident/property damage.” Taylor was booked and released on $500 bond. (tmz)
Probably no big deal, but at least it seems a tad better than the last time he was arrested:
In May 1996, NFL Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor was arrested in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and charged with attempted possession of crack cocaine. In an undercover sting, Taylor purchased fake drugs from authorities and was sentenced to community service.
C’mon L.T., how hard is it to buy crack that you get suckered in by an undercover sting?
Oh well, let’s take a walk down memory lane with the great Lawrence Taylor, shall we? And no, none of us need to see the Theismann hit again.
Here’s L.T. glamming it up with his Dancing With the Stars partner Edyta Sliwinska:
