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If Only…
There is an article out today stating that the Cleveland Browns would welcome Lebron James with open arms if he was interested in playing football. At first, we considered what a great gimmick it would be for the woeful Browns to bring in Lebron, only to use him for a home game inside the ...
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There’s No Joking In Football
You may have read that the NFL absurdly and humorlessly fined Chad Ochocinco $20,000 for his joke of offering a one dollar bill to a referee during a replay challenge involving a catch he made. While the bribe was clearly a joke under the circumstances, it got us to thinking… had the ...
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Thew New Go-To Phrase
We got sick and tired the past few days of hearing college football commentators constantly using the phrase: They control their own destiny. It was said about LSU, about Texas, about Alabama, about Florida, about Oregon. So, if you win all your games from here on out, you are in a better ...
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Whatever You Want, CC
The New York Yankees have each been given keys to the city in appreciation for their World Series victory. We have been told, however, that CC Sabathia claims he did not want keys to the entire city, just the keys to the back door of Lindy’s.
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When Will The Gators Get A Break
As you may heave read, Florida coach Urban Meyer was fined $30,000 today for making critical comments of the referees in the Gators most recent game versus Georgia. To get his fine, Meyer claimed that the officials missed a blatant late hit on the precious Tim Tebow, stating, “That should ...
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Just To Clarify
You may know him as College Guy from Coyote Ugly or Barry from the show “Strip Mall” or Frank from the TV movie Spring Break Lawyer or Railroad Boy from Joe Dirt or Max from one episode of “Just Shoot Me” or The Idge from “The Kitty Landers Show” or Rank from ...
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ESPNU Correction
It has just been announced that ESPNU is retroactively amending its Top 200 Basketball Recruits from the 2007 class. With Taylor King having transferred from Duke to Villanova at the end of the 2008 season, King will now be eligible to play for the Wildcats in the upcoming season. Hence, ...
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We Hate To Do It
We are fans of Bill Simmons. We enjoy his writing on ESPN.com, his podcasts, etc. But we feel obliged to make a quick point. We caught Simmons on PTI’s “Five Good Minutes” segment yesterday, very interested to see how he fared on live TV. In our opinion, it did not start ...
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ESPN Is Moving Up In The World
If you want to get any news about Kentucky sports, you can always tune into Kige giving you the scoop from his basement. But now, for all the ACC scoop, it’s just a quick walk up the stairs, apparently, to the first floor of Kige’s house with Heather Dinich.
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The Breakdown
As you may know, big moves were made in the off-season between Auburn and Iowa State. Auburn hired last season’s ISU coach, Gene Chizik, as its head coach. And then Iowa State hired Auburn’s defensive coordinator of last season, Paul Rhoads, as its head coach. Just a few weeks ago, ...
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The Rest Of LJ’s Quote
You may have heard about the Chiefs’ Larry Johnson kinda losing it on Twitter Sunday night. According to this story, he basically said his dad was a better coach than the one he had, and then proceeded to call anyone who disagreed with him an inappropriate term. Of course, then he issued ...
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Reader Submission
We have a friend who is a backer f the energy-alcohol drink Sparks. If you have not heard of it, check here. Anyway, he passed along his submission for their next ad campaign. Very ...
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