SAVE US LEBRON

Dirty Sanchez jokes about the new Jets quarterback are cooler than this.

One of these guys makes it the full length of the field with no security in sight. Wake up and get shoes, comrade.

LeBron James and the More Than A Game Tour in Paris, France. More Than A Game hits theaters in October.

In theaters October 2nd.

I was surprised to find out that it is. Are women wearing lingerie and playing tackle football selling tickets even in today’s economy? You can judge for yourself by the cat calls reaction of the crowd when the “Chicago Bliss” QB has her underoos pulled down during a tackle.  Well worth the price of admission for guys like this.

Sportsmanship? What’s that? Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount doesn’t want any of that. I wonder what the Boise State linebacker Bryan Hout  said to him receive that sucker punch. From ESPN:

Players from both sides, Blount included, met at midfield for a pregame handshake, the result of a sportsmanship initiative developed for this weekend’s games by the American Football Coaches Association and the NCAA. Grant Teaff, the AFCA’s executive director, said Friday the incident would not dampen the weekend.

That certainly didn’t work. It’s not very sportsmanlike to punch someone when you are wearing a helmet. Maybe they should square off with Shaq on an upcoming episode of Shaq VS. as punishment.   The Big Aristotle would know how to handle this.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced today that Michael Vick will be eligible to play in the third week of the season, against the Kansas City Chiefs. He had ruled previously he may have suspended Vick for up to the first 6 games. From ESPN:

“Hopefully we can have a success story here, which would be good for society in general,” Goodell said. “He’s realistic about the challenges ahead. And anxious to play football.”

I wish him well. As an Atlanta Falcons fan, it has been a wild ride with MV7. I’m of the opinion he has already served his time in prison and the NFL shouldn’t suspend him at all, but it is what it is. I hope he can achieve the success story the commissioner is looking for, despite the many that are rooting against him.

What qualifies a career Major League Baseball player to run for the Senate? His bloody ALCS sock? From ESPN:

“[Running] would be fun. The whole spotlight media crap, not so much,” the former major league pitcher, who helped the Boston Red Sox win the World Series in 2004 and 2007, told Boston radio station WEEI on Thursday. “But [a run] would be a lot of fun because pretty much anybody that you’re fighting against in office right now doesn’t really have much of a leg to stand on right now.

“There’s nobody you can go up against that you couldn’t probably drag out a laundry list of stuff and say, ‘Listen, this person’s already proven that they’re status quo, that they’re business as usual, and we need anything but in every way shape and form moving forward.”

I certainly hope there would be a media spotlight on a ridiculously unqualified candidate. Is there not another way to go against the status quo then throwing a baseball player in the US Senate? Would the people of  Massachusetts support him in his run? I think they probably would, because Boston sucks and so does Curt Schilling.

Strip clubs in Winnipeg (it looks like there are quite a few) better get ready, this man rolls with trash bags full of money. From ESPN:

Cornerback Adam Jones, released by the Dallas Cowboys in February, has agreed to a one-year deal with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the CFL.

Jones, 25, chose the CFL over the inaugural United Football League, Jones’ agents told SI.com. One of the factors was money — contract details were not immediately known — but Jones also will be able to play on both sides of the ball in the CFL, which still has 10 weeks remaining in its season. The four teams in the UFL will be playing a six-game schedule beginning in October.

See. One of the factors was money. Trash bags full of tens thousands of dollars for strippers.

How does the NFL allow this to happen? I find it hard to believe that this would be ok for 2009 if your team’s name is not Cowboys, Steelers, or Patriots. Think about it. Your defense has been on the field a lot. They’re tired. How many times could you ask your punter to hit that scoreboard, giving your defense rest. Time doesn’t even run off the clock! Here’s the answer from Cowboys owner Jerry Jones:

“You can anticipate the ball hitting the board from time to time,” he said. “There’s no reason why this can’t be something [for punters] to deal with very similar to the way you’d deal with the wind in your face or with elements; rain, sleet or snow.”

Are you kidding me? A scoreboard hanging down above the playing field that is clearly an obstruction compares to the weather? This is clearly an example of the NFL bending to the wishes of what used to be “America’s Team” and their large pocketed owner.

Funny how they are acknowledging their irritating level of coverage by still including a mention of him on the cover.

You’d think Usain Bolt could get the cover to himself. Not very Favre-free at all.

via:withleather

This is exactly what I thought could happen the first time I saw Jerry’s World for a soccer match earlier this summer.

How did the thought not occur to anyone involved with the building of this monster?

1.5 billion dollar staidum fail.