They do things a little different in the US and often their athletes are a whole lot crazier than ours.
Take Ron Artest who plays for the current NBA champions the LA Lakers:
http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/article/2009-12-02/sn-conversation-ron-artest-i-was-head-case
The money quote:
"I used to drink Hennessy … at halftime," Artest says in the interview, which hits newsstands this week. "I (kept it) in my locker. I'd just walk to the liquor store (near the stadium) and get it."
The best thing is that Artest is so crazy that no one is even suprised by this interview! We are talking about a man once suspended for 73 (yes seventy-three) games for brawling into the stands with fans when he played for Indiana. Legend.
Oh yes, let's not forget the time that he emailed one of the Laker fans to tell him he should "Suck a cock."
Why do we have to listen to Michael Owen-esque post-match interviews over and over again but they get a guy like this?
Unfair
Showing posts with label The Sporting News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Sporting News. Show all posts
Thursday, 3 December 2009
Friday, 5 September 2008
Tatum Bell v Rudi Johnson
This story is madness of the highest order. Utterly baffling and hilraious at the same time.
Check the comments at the bottom of the page. My personal favourite is:
"The source also said Bell took the bags to the home of a female acquaintance." Ironically enough, that is the longest carry he had in his career with the Lions.
Check the comments at the bottom of the page. My personal favourite is:
"The source also said Bell took the bags to the home of a female acquaintance." Ironically enough, that is the longest carry he had in his career with the Lions.
Tuesday, 19 August 2008
Justice
I've come across Richard Justice a few time at The Sporting News and his columns are usually garbage. This one is particularly awful.
Almost any logical person would conclude that baseball decided it wanted nothing more to do with Barry Lamar Bonds. Is this the Son of Collusion? Does Bonds have a case?
A Bonds / collusion article. The originality of this concept has almost sent me into a diabetic coma.
If a dozen baseball owners gathered in a room, you could not get them to agree on anything.
Oh so it's an anti-collusion arguement. Pray tell...
these baseball men all agreed that Barry Bonds wasn't for them.
So they did agree even though they can't agree on anything. Starting to lose the plot here a little bit.
Could Bonds have helped them win a championship? Sure he could have. They wouldn't even argue that point.
Something else they agree on?
The Tampa Bay Rays, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, Arizona Diamondbacks and other teams have had a desperate need for offense at various times.
Instead of taking a low-risk chance on the best offensive player of the last 50 years, these teams gave up young talent to get players not nearly as good as Bonds.
Right so there must be collusion. I mean why would all these GM's ignore Bonds otherwise?
No reason was ever given. At least no good reason was given. There was a pattern to the snubs.
Team A would lose an offensive player or have a glaring offensive weakness. Bonds's name would be floated one day, shot down the next.
Making a pretty compelling agruement now.
Why would this be? Is it because Barry Bonds is a jerk? Is it something more than that?
Barry Bonds is a jerk. He jerked 756 Home Runs out of ballparks in his career. He is 3rd all time in career OPS+ behind Ruth and Ted Williams.
Ty Cobb once strangled the wife of black groundsman because he wasn't happy with the state of the field. He also once went into the stands and beat up a diasbled fan who had been heckling him. He continued to play baseball for a long time because he was fucking awesome.
So in summary yes I would say it is something more than being a jerk that is preventing Bonds from playing baseball.
Bud Selig is the best commissioner baseball has ever had. By miles. He's been the key for the game's amazing growth.
In case you weren't familiar with Mr. Justice and his writings let me fill you in. Richard Justice worships the very ground that Bud Selig walks on. If it were up to Richard Justice then Bud Selig would be president of the Universe.
Selig presided over the cancelled World Series of 1994, he reinstated George Steinbrenner after he had paid someone off to get dirt on one of his players to avoid giving $300k to charity, he screwed the Expos out of exsistence and he has rested a large part of the destination of the World Series on an exhibition game. Also he will only allow owners who are his cronies and persists with the ridiculous slotting system for draft picks which has killed the farm systems of small market teams. Oh yes also: STEROIDS
If Selig is the best commisioner then it most certainly isn't by far and is only because of the dross that went before him.
It's hard to believe that Selig would have telephoned teams to urge them not to sign Bonds
Read this as: It's hard for me to believe that the great Bud Selig would have telephoned teams to urge them not to sign Bonds
The reality is likely much more subtle. Teams know how baseball management feels about Bonds and about the steroid era and the desire to get beyond the Mitchell Report.
So maybe all the owners have colluded against Bonds but don't worry Bud it's not your fault (again).
This article is all over the place. No evidence or conclusions, just generalised pointless drivel. Lazy and ill-informed and disappointing.
Almost any logical person would conclude that baseball decided it wanted nothing more to do with Barry Lamar Bonds. Is this the Son of Collusion? Does Bonds have a case?
A Bonds / collusion article. The originality of this concept has almost sent me into a diabetic coma.
If a dozen baseball owners gathered in a room, you could not get them to agree on anything.
Oh so it's an anti-collusion arguement. Pray tell...
these baseball men all agreed that Barry Bonds wasn't for them.
So they did agree even though they can't agree on anything. Starting to lose the plot here a little bit.
Could Bonds have helped them win a championship? Sure he could have. They wouldn't even argue that point.
Something else they agree on?
The Tampa Bay Rays, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, Arizona Diamondbacks and other teams have had a desperate need for offense at various times.
Instead of taking a low-risk chance on the best offensive player of the last 50 years, these teams gave up young talent to get players not nearly as good as Bonds.
Right so there must be collusion. I mean why would all these GM's ignore Bonds otherwise?
No reason was ever given. At least no good reason was given. There was a pattern to the snubs.
Team A would lose an offensive player or have a glaring offensive weakness. Bonds's name would be floated one day, shot down the next.
Making a pretty compelling agruement now.
Why would this be? Is it because Barry Bonds is a jerk? Is it something more than that?
Barry Bonds is a jerk. He jerked 756 Home Runs out of ballparks in his career. He is 3rd all time in career OPS+ behind Ruth and Ted Williams.
Ty Cobb once strangled the wife of black groundsman because he wasn't happy with the state of the field. He also once went into the stands and beat up a diasbled fan who had been heckling him. He continued to play baseball for a long time because he was fucking awesome.
So in summary yes I would say it is something more than being a jerk that is preventing Bonds from playing baseball.
Bud Selig is the best commissioner baseball has ever had. By miles. He's been the key for the game's amazing growth.
In case you weren't familiar with Mr. Justice and his writings let me fill you in. Richard Justice worships the very ground that Bud Selig walks on. If it were up to Richard Justice then Bud Selig would be president of the Universe.
Selig presided over the cancelled World Series of 1994, he reinstated George Steinbrenner after he had paid someone off to get dirt on one of his players to avoid giving $300k to charity, he screwed the Expos out of exsistence and he has rested a large part of the destination of the World Series on an exhibition game. Also he will only allow owners who are his cronies and persists with the ridiculous slotting system for draft picks which has killed the farm systems of small market teams. Oh yes also: STEROIDS
If Selig is the best commisioner then it most certainly isn't by far and is only because of the dross that went before him.
It's hard to believe that Selig would have telephoned teams to urge them not to sign Bonds
Read this as: It's hard for me to believe that the great Bud Selig would have telephoned teams to urge them not to sign Bonds
The reality is likely much more subtle. Teams know how baseball management feels about Bonds and about the steroid era and the desire to get beyond the Mitchell Report.
So maybe all the owners have colluded against Bonds but don't worry Bud it's not your fault (again).
This article is all over the place. No evidence or conclusions, just generalised pointless drivel. Lazy and ill-informed and disappointing.
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