Chad Cordero…done

By Micah Warren | 1 Comment

…For the season. Nationals closer Chad Cordero will miss the rest of the season with a torn right labrum.
The team has not disclosed what caused the tear, but OTR believes that he hurt it doing something.
“I had a bullpen [session] on Thursday and I didn’t feel comfortable, and I said something about it,” Cordero [...]

Big Papi won’t play in All-Star game

By Micah Warren | 1 Comment

In a move that will surely disappoint tens upon dozens of 12-year olds in the 617 area code, David Ortiz won’t play in the 2008 All-Star game.
“I’m going to the All-Star Game but I’m not going to be able to play,” Ortiz said. “But I’ve got to bring myself out there and show respect to [...]

Roy Oswalt is dead

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Ok, sort of. He actually left the mound with the trainer Monday night with an apparent injury. We may have overreacted a bit in the headline.
Photo Caption: Oswalt blows bubbles with chewing tobacco.

All-turd team

By Micah Warren | 9 Comments

The offense has been named to Profootballtalk’s All-Turd team for 2008. It’s right here.
Surprise, surprise that Chris Henry and Brandon Marshall are on the list.
Perry: I don’t think this is warranted or fair, but Philip Rivers is on this ‘All-turd team.’ Florio explains, “Acts like a spoiled brat more often than not. [...]

Top 250 baseball players

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Rotoworld.com ranks the top 250 players in MLB based on well they think that player will do for the rest of the season in a 5×5 fantasy baseball league.
Joey Votto at #211?? That’s just stupid. We did our own 250 lists over and over again this weekend and never did Votto climb past [...]

Brandon Marshall is an a-hole

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If you didn’t think the Broncos WR was a dick before, you probably will now. The Denver Post outlines three incidents that occurred in 2007 in which Marshall’s girlfriend accuses him of hitting her. He wasn’t arrested in any of the instances. Directly copied and pasted from the article due to laziness:
In [...]

Kevin Jones to the Bucs?

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According to Adam Schefter of NFL Network, former Detroit Lions RB is considering signing with the Tampa Bay Bucs. If that happens, ignore our other post about Earnest Graham being a good fantasy bet. Yes, they just signed Graham to a three-year, $10.5 million deal, but that is hardly big enough dough to [...]

Patriots DB accused of pulling gun

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Patriots DB/KR Willie Andrews has been arrested for allegedly putting a gun to his girlfriend’s head after she accused him of cheating.
Well, what was he supposed to do?
He was charged with assault by means of a firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm. Nice work.

Randy Wolf to the Yankees?

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We spoke with a league source who confirmed some internet rumors that San Diego Padres pitcher Randy Wolf is headed to the Yankees. The deal would send Wolf to NY for Jeff Marquez and a player to be named later.
We aren’t officially reporting this as a done deal, but merely stoking the flames of [...]

NBA & NHL free agency to start tomorrow

By Perry | 2 Comments

Indeed it does.
PHOTO CAPTION: Beer is good.
NBA: Teams can reach verbal agreements with free agents starting Tuesday, but can’t sign players until July 7. A look at the top free agents, by position:

More Euro Cup thoughts coming

By Micah Warren | 7 Comments

Fernando Torres finally decided to stop pissing away chances on Sunday and torched crap-ass back Philipp Lahm (sorry Sebastian, he’s just terrible in the back), chipping the ball just over Jens Lehman to give Spain a 1-0 victory over the Germans.
I’ll be offering more thoughts on the whole Euro Cup during the early part of [...]

Earnest Graham in the third round?

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Alright fantasy leaguers, it’s time to start paying attention to this stuff (we think about it all year around anyway). It looks like Cadillac Williams is going to start year on the PUP list. This means that he is out the first six weeks and eligible to come back for Week 7.
So, does [...]

Steelers get rid of the closet crapper

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Just hours after PFT reported that the Steelers were trying to shop Najeh Davenport, they apparently couldn’t find any takers and plan to cut him.
You’ll remember Najeh as the guy who snuck into a female student’s dorm room and crapped in her closet.
Fantasy football leaguers take note of this guy getting cut, this [...]

Al Davis: On second thought…

By Micah Warren | 2 Comments

Several sources have told Yahoo! Sports that Raiders owner Al Davis is having second thoughts about all the money he spent this offseason on guys like Javon Walker, Tommy Kelly, DeAngelo Hall and Gibril Wilson. So, maybe he isn’t senile after all.
The contracts he gave to some of these guys are just stupid, so [...]

The next best thing, OJ Mayo

By Perry | 6 Comments

PHOTO: David Bergman/SI
Hop on board the OJ Mayo-OTR bandwagon.

Brandon Inge scared by pillows

By Micah Warren | 5 Comments

Wow, thanks to Chad for tipping us off on this one. Brandon Inge hurt himself with a pillow?
“It was the stupidest, most freakish thing,” Inge said Wednesday, explaining why he had just been placed on the 15-day DL with the pulled side muscle (oblique) he suffered 3 1/2 weeks ago.”I have a 3-year-old son [...]

Darrell Arthur traded, then traded, then traded

By Perry | 1 Comment

Former Kansas Jayhawk Darrell Arthur was drafted last night by the New Orleans Hornets with the 27th pick in the NBA draft. Then he was traded to the Portland Trailblazers. Then he was traded to the Houston Rockets. Then he was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies where he will join OJ Mayo.
Darrell [...]

McHale gets drunk and trades OJ Mayo

By Perry | 3 Comments

Remember when I said this, “Kevin McHale is one of the worst GMs in this league. Common sense is to take OJ Mayo with the third pick, but McHale does not have common sense. This is the GM that cost his team $3.5 million and five draft picks by trying to sign Joe Smith to [...]

CBS keeps Pete Prisco busy

By Micah Warren | 5 Comments

Here are Pete Prisco’s Top 50 players in the NFL. Prisco says Tom Brady is #1 and not many would argue.
Here are some eyebrow raisers:
6. Texans DE Mario Williams. He’s definitely good…but the sixth-best player in the whole league?
8. Bengals QB Carson Palmer. He’s a really nice QB, but I [...]

2008 NBA Draft Live Blog

By Perry | 105 Comments

I have no clue what happened, but everything was deleted?

Pete Prisco says Bush most over-rated

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Pete Prisco of CBSSportsline.com throws out his annual over-rated/under-rated list for the NFL and Reggie Bush wins as the most over-rated player in the league.
Prisco writes: “Bush, who has 1,146 rushing yards in two seasons, gets the nod this year as my most overrated NFL player. In 28 NFL games, Bush has one [...]

Shockey to stay?

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According to the True Blue blog on the Bergen Record’s website, “a source that has been accurate much of the time says the Giants have given up efforts to try to trade the tight end, and that Shockey will stay put.” What a great way to present your source.
This goes against everything that has [...]

Jefferson to the Bucks?

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ESPN says NBA sources have told them that the Nets plan to trade Richard “roll the dice as to whether or not I’ll play well tonight” Jefferson to the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for Yi Jianlian and Bobby Simmons. The sources say the deal has already been agreed upon and submitted to the league [...]

Join Perry tonight for live NBA draft blog

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To make tonight interesting, grab a bottle of whiskey and a six pack. We’re gonna play a little drinking game tonight. Everytime Bilas, Jackson, Van Gundy, and that other guy say certain buzz words, you’re gonna have to drink. Here are the buzz words & what you need to do:
“Tremendous upside” = [...]

Ed Wade gets choke slammed, seriously

By Perry | 2 Comments

Former Philadelphia Phillie and current Houston Astro GM was choke slammed by one of his pitchers, Shawn Chacon.
Chacon informed the Houston Chronical on what happened:
“‘What do you want to speak to me about?’” Chacon said. “He said, ‘we just want to talk to you.’ I said, ‘anything you can say you can say to me [...]

Jermaine O’Neal traded to Toronto for TJ Ford

By Perry | 1 Comment

Adrian Wojnarowski from Yahoo! Sports is reporting “the Indiana Pacers have agreed in principle to send six-time All-Star Jermaine O’Neal to the Toronto Raptors for point guard T.J. Ford and the 17th pick in Thursday’s NBA draft, a league executive said Wednesday.”
Toronto also will send Rasho Nesterovic and another role player to match up with [...]

Sixers extend offer to Iguodala and Williams

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The Philadelphia 76ers have extended qualifying offers to Andre Iguodala and Louis Williams in hopes to keep their core together.
“Since both players are restricted free agents, the Sixers had to tender both Iguodala and Williams a contract by June 30. They are allowed to sign with any team, but are subject to a [...]

Turks get Turked

By Micah Warren | 6 Comments

Germany found a way to beat the Turks at their own game when Phillip Lahm scored in the 90th minute to give them the 3-2 win. Even for these Turks, there wasn’t enough time to come back.

All that’s left is just a turd

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Chris Henry used to play football in the NFL, but Cincinnati cut his sorry ass. He used to own a house, but the bank took that back. He used to own an SUV, but the repo police took that back as well. All that’s left is just a turd.
All you can do [...]

Brandon Marshall was arrested in March

By Micah Warren | 2 Comments

This guy has “dick” written all over him. According to the Denver Post, Broncos WR Brandon Marshall was arrested on March 6th for domestic battery.
Marshall’s girlfriend, Rasheedah Watley, filed a criminal complaint on March 5th claiming that Marshall hit her leaving “visible marks above the eye and a laceration on her top and bottom [...]

Detroit Pistons eyeing up Baron Davis

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Baron Davis can opt out of his contract, but most likely will not. He is scheduled to receive $17.8 million next year and there is no way any team will sign him for that kind of cash.
The Contra Costal Times is reporting that a source is reporting “Detroit is willing to divest itself of [...]

NBA Mock Draft: First Round

By Perry | 8 Comments

1. Chicago Bulls select Derrick Rose, Memphis
Derrick Rose’s nickname is ‘Pooh,’ given to him by his grandmother because she thought he looked like Winnie-the-Pooh. He attended Simeon Career Academy where he led his team to back-to-back titles in the Chicago Public League and compiled a 120-12 career high school record. This guy [...]

OTR to host fantasy football league

By Perry | 18 Comments

Due to numerous emails from our readers, OTR will be hosting a fantasy football league for the 2008 season.
The site of the league has yet to be determined, but we are familiar with Yahoo. Willing to take suggestions.
We are looking to do a 10-person league. If more than 10, we will [...]

‘Melo says hello to guilty plea

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Hey, it rhymed. Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony pleaded guilty to DUI this morning on charges stemming from his April 14th arrest.
“I put myself at risk,” Anthony told Denver Judge Claudia Jordan.
In related news, the Denver Nuggets have suspended him for the first two games of the 2008-2009 season.

Aaron McKie loves to buy guns

By Perry | 1 Comment

Straight from the AP horses mouth, “Former NBA player Aaron McKie was charged Monday with trying to buy two guns despite being under a protection-from-abuse order that bars such purchases.”
“The 35-year-old McKie denied being the subject of such an order when he applied to buy the guns in April, authorities said. The purchase was denied [...]

Should Perry live blog the NBA draft?

By Perry | 8 Comments

I don’t know, should I?
PHOTO CAPTION: Will Philadelphia offer Lito and draft picks to move up in the NBA draft?
I’ve been doing my research. I will not do a mock draft because almost every single team in the top ten has been rumored to be trading up or down.

Bradshaw used steroids

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Terry Bradshaw admitted last week on The Dan Patrick Show that he used steroids in the ’70’s.
“We did steroids to get away the aches and the speed of healing,” Bradshaw said. “My use of steroids from a doctor was to speed up injury, and thought nothing of it. … It was to speed up the [...]

How to solve the Rubik’s Cube

By Micah Warren | 4 Comments

Scientific American magazine has a great article on how to solve the Rubik’s Cube. I could never get more than two sides.
Photo Caption: “Mine usually looked like this.”

Sharpton comments and Imus attempts to explain

By Micah Warren | 4 Comments

Well, we knew it wouldn’t take long. Al Sharpton has issued a statement regarding the comments of Don Imus on Monday morning’s broadcast.
“It has been reported to me that statements were made by Mr. Imus this morning and National Action Network has monitored his show since his return. I find the inference of his [...]

Shaq: Kobe, tell me how my ass tastes

By Micah Warren | 3 Comments

Our friends at TMZ.com got a hold of this video of Shaquille O’Neal free styling on stage. Some would argue that it’s not exactly pro-Kobe Bryant. Shaq repeatedly raps about how Kobe couldn’t get it done in the playoffs without him, says “Kobe, tell me how my ass tastes” as the apparent chorus, [...]

Don Imus what is wrong with you?

By Micah Warren | 5 Comments

Don Imus apparently doesn’t get it. On his radio show today he had this exchange with Warner Wolf:
Wolf: “Defensive back Adam ‘Pacman’ Jones, recently signed by the Cowboys. Here’s a guy suspended all of 2007 following a shooting in a Vegas night club.”
Imus: “Well, stuff happens. You’re in a night [...]

Something is really really wrong

By Perry | 2 Comments

This is why having clueless fans vote for the all-star team is completely ridiculous. Are you trying to tell me there are eight outfielders better than Pat Burrell in the National League?
RANK PLAYER NAME NL TEAM TOTAL VOTES
1. Soriano, A. Cubs 1,088,866
2. Fukudome, K. Cubs 918,262
3. Griffey, K. Reds 775,759
4. Lee, C. Astros 587,027
5. [...]

2008 USA Basketball Team is set

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Kobe Bryant
LeBron James
Dwyane Wade
Carmelo Anthony
Jason Kidd
Tayshaun Prince
Carlos Boozer
Chris Bosh
Dwight Howard
Chris Paul
Michael Redd
Deron Williams
PHOTO CAPTION: Joba Chamberlain is not on the team.
Let’s see…what line-up do I like best? I will go with Deron Williams at point guard, because he is the best shooter of all the point guards. The obvious is Dwight Howard [...]

Pele robbed at gunpoint

By Micah Warren | 1 Comment

We know most Americans (including half of the writers for this blog) don’t care about soccer, which means they probably don’t know the rules. The do’s and don’t’s, shall we say. Well there are some major don’t’s in the sport, like you can’t touch the ball with your hands.
Another big don’t is: [...]

Kid named after stadium

By Perry | 1 Comment

Jeff and Shawnta Kemerer of Lancaster, Ohio, are idiots. I love being blunt right off the bat. These two parental douches named their son after Three Rivers Stadium, former home of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Pittsburgh Pirates.
Fortunately, they didn’t name him Three Rivers Stadium or Cement Crap Park. The 10-month-old boy was [...]

All-time worst NFL QB’s

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We found a new blog that we’ve added to our blog roll. Pro-Football-Reference.com is THE place do all your stat searching. How many yards did Jeff George pass for in 1992? You can look it up instantly on this site. It’s a must.
So, now we see they have a blog! [...]

Philadelphia Phillies aren’t that good

By Perry | 2 Comments

After getting beat two out of three times against the Boston Red Sox, the Philadelphia Phillies finished off an embarrassing week of baseball by getting swept in a three-game series by the Los Angeles Angels.
I made the mistake of jumping on this bandwagon a couple weeks ago, right here. I’m officially jumping off again. [...]

Euro Cup thoughts

By Micah Warren | 2 Comments

Euro Cup has been pretty damn good so far. Here are my thoughts on some things I’ve seen so far. If you care about soccer AND my thoughts (two big, big stretches), you can find those here.

Switch hitter meets switch pitcher

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Ever wonder what would happen if a switch hitter found himself against an ambidextrous pitcher? Just fyi, the rule is that the pitcher has to declare which hand he is going to throw with.

Philadelphia 76ers Rumors

By Perry | 1 Comment

The 76er free agent wish list includes Elton Brand, Josh Smith or Antawn Jamison. Rumors out of Atlanta are that the Hawks don’t want to go above $11 million per year to sign restricted free agent Josh Smith. If that’s the case, look for Smith to end up in Philadelphia (I don’t see this [...]

Jevon Kearse likes to rock the party….then drive cars?

By Perry | 2 Comments

Former Tennessee Titan and former Philadelphia Eagle and current Tennessee Titan Jevon Kearse was arrested for DUI.
WTVF-TV is reporting, “Kearse was seen speeding and swerving several times.” During his last few seasons with Philadelphia, Jevon was never seen speeding, but definitely swerving several times. Moreover, swerving around offensive lineman, taking himself completely out [...]

Carmelo Anthony and Denver Nuggets to meet

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Carmelo Anthony has been the subject of many trade rumors and on Monday Anthony hopes to put these rumors to rest.
ESPN is reporting, “The meeting is being initiated by Anthony, who has grown tired of hearing his name mentioned in trade rumors. His desire is to stay in Denver and he wants assurances from the [...]

Malkin offered big dough to play in Russia?

By Micah Warren | 5 Comments

According to a report in the Toronto Star, Penguins star Evgeni Malkin has been offered $12.5 million a year tax free to play in Russia.
The native Russian is set to make $3.8 million this year, but a new deal with the Penguins will fetch closer to the $9 million range. Not tax free.
“He could [...]

Flyers ship RJ Umberger to Columbus

By Micah Warren | 1 Comment

The Philadelphia Flyers, a hockey team in the National Hockey League, shipped the rights to playoff stud R.J. Umberger to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for the 19th overall pick and a third-round pick in last night’s draft.
It’s not that the Flyers were unhappy with his 11 goals and five assists in the playoffs, [...]

Schilling setting himself up to be heroic

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Curt Schilling told WEEI in Boston this week that his career could be over due to season-ending surgery on his shoulder and bicep.
Schilling said, “there’s a decent chance that I have thrown my last pitch, forever.”
We don’t really buy it. Could his career be over? Hell yes, he’s 41. But, Curt is [...]

William Murderface loves booze?

By Perry | 7 Comments

This is not sports related, but needs to be discussed?

Lynch did it

By Micah Warren | 1 Comment

Bills RB Marshawn Lynch is expected to plead guilty to the hit-and-run from a few weeks ago.
It’s only a misdemeanor, but Lynch will be subject to the league’s Personal Conduct Policy.

Ocho returns to Earth?

By Micah Warren | 1 Comment

In an interview with Bengals.com, Chad Johnson admits that he was acting like a nut job this offseason in his efforts to get traded.
“I did everything under the sun to get out of here,” Johnson said. “I acted psycho. I posed my case. I talked with my owner, who loves me dearly. He must. [...]

Ronaldo wants out of Man U.

By Micah Warren | 1 Comment

Cristiano Ronaldo, whose Portuguese team recently got bounced from the Euro Cup, reiterated his desire to leave Manchester United following the loss to Germany.
“I will talk with Manchester and we will try to reach a deal,” said the Portugal winger, who will have surgery on his right foot. “The possibilities to go to Madrid are [...]

Brilliant idea

By Perry | 3 Comments

I love DVR. It’s great. This is what I did…I DVR’ed (DVR language for recorded) a baseball game, so I could fast forward through all of the ‘down-time.’ You know, the actionless part of the game. When all was said and done, I was able to watch the baseball game in [...]

Godzirra?

By Perry | 2 Comments

We all love beer pong, but these guys play some good ping pong.

Dwayne Wade to play for Olympic Team

By Perry | 2 Comments

I think we all realize I’m a huge NBA fan. I love basketball. I love it at it’s highest level. This is why I want Dwayne Wade to come back to his 2006 form. D-Wade was the best 2-guard in the game two years ago (not ever, two years ago). [...]

Big Time News…Sports News…Big Time…News!!!

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The best team in major league baseball is located in a little town of Chicago. That team is the Cubs. The Cubs have a pitcher named Carlos Zambrano. Pronounced zam-BRAH-no. You guys ever use that tool? The pronunciation tool on ESPN? Yeah, go to ESPN and search for Darko Milicic. [...]

The downside of Ahmad Bradshaw

By Micah Warren | 1 Comment

Everyone in New York was thrilled last year as rookie RB Ahmad Bradshaw helped provide a 1-2 punch in the Giants’ backfield with Brandon Jacobs. That’s all well and good, but there was a reason he was a seventh-round “I’ll take a flyer on him” draft pick and not a third rounder. He had/has [...]

Highest-earning athletes in the U.S.

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In case you missed it a couple weeks ago, SI.com came out with a list of the top 50 highest-earning athletes in the U.S. I’m gonna take it a step further and out of those top 50 see what sport comes out on top. Let’s do this:
NBA: $584,570,587 (Highest-earning, Lebron James $40,455,000)
MLB: [...]

Mariners to release Sexson soon

By Micah Warren | 1 Comment

According to a report in the Herald, a source within the Mariners says that they will look to release Richie Sexson within the next few days.
Sexson is hitting .218 with 9 HR’s and 23 RBI’s this year, while making $14 million. These new people in charge in Seattle are real hard asses.

Tiger’s season is over

By Perry | 5 Comments

Golf is going to be pretty boring from here on out. Tiger will undergo reconstructive knee surgery that will keep him out for the rest of the season.
So, that’s about it. Wanna talk about something else? Howa bout we come up with a new nickname for Philadelphia Phillie Pat Burrell? Maybe, [...]

Rick Peterson to work with Zito again?

By Micah Warren | 1 Comment

Former Mets pitching coach Rick Peterson, who was just fired along with Willie Randolph, could possibly be reunited with Barry Zito in San Francisco.
Peterson worked with Zito back in Oakland when Zito was actually worth a damn. He has been so dreadful in San Francisco that one would have to think that the Giants [...]

J.J. Arrington arrested

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Disappointing Cardinals RB J.J. Arrington just got disappointinger. He was arrested last night after an event in North Carolina at the D & I Event Center (that’s better than the DUI Center I guess) for disorderly conduct.
If you can’t get your name in the paper for playing good football, you simply have to find [...]

Don’t worry NBA/Basketball fans

By Perry | 2 Comments

With all of the major sports in their off-seasons and nothing to watch, let me give you a couple things to look forward to.
June 23rd: U.S. Olympic team coach Mike Krzyzewski will release the 12-man roster for this summer’s Beijing Games. Unfortunately, Coach K is the coach who miserably failed last time. [...]

Celtics win the NBA title

By Perry | 1 Comment

**yaaaaaaawwwnnnn**
Excuse me, I just got up. First off, congrats to the Boston Celtics for winning the title. Congrats to Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen for finally breaking the ice.
Second off, how horrible was that game last night for the NBA fan that doesn’t root for Boston? Seriously, I [...]

Javon Walker tells the Dirty.com what happened

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Raiders WR Javon Walker, who was found unconscious in Las Vegas Monday morning, explained exactly what happened to the Dirty.com.
“I was just back at my room and at about 5:30 in the morning I got a knock at the door,” Walker said. “I opened it and 3 guys with guns were there. They cracked [...]

Jose Reyes is a punk

By Micah Warren | 2 Comments

Find out why in the main mag.

Abidal sent off

By Micah Warren | 1 Comment

France is screwed. Eric Abidal just got sent off about 22 minutes into the match for a foul in the box that gave Italy a penalty kick and a goal. They are down a man for the rest of the match, Ribery already got hurt and carted off, and they’ve used two subs.

Terry Glenn, T.O. skip mini camp

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Terrell Owens is missing out on mini camp, but he’s excused for personal reasons, so who cares. We don’t want to be like all the other media and write headlines as though the guy is staging some sort of holdout.
Sherry Glenn (that’s what Parcells called him because he was always hurt. He called [...]

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