John Rocker Gets In Fight With Radio Show Host [Blog Patrol]
FanIQ Blog —
John Rocker returns! And more racist than ever. [Deadspin]
An amazing review of "The Wrestling Album" [Mental Floss]
Everyone's favorite failtastic Olympic hottie, Alicia Sacramone, is no longer single. [The Big Lead]
It's good to be a backup kicker. Very good. [With Leather]
An interview with Al Michaels [The Big Lead]
Monta Ellis finally returns tonight for the Warriors [San Jose Mercury News]
Al Michaels does not eat vegetables, thank you
Sports stories from Newsday —
Interesting interview with former Newsday paper boy Al Michaels by our friends at The Big Lead.
Among other things the SBXLIII play-by-play man discusses his strained relationships with Boomer Esiason and vegetables.
Have a nice weekend, and good luck dealing with your NFL withdrawal pains.
Al Michaels Loves His Job, Hates Vegetables [Media]
Deadspin —
... "If you threatened me at gunpoint and insisted I have two on my plate, one would look like a big, juicy Porterhouse and the other would look eerily similar to lemon meringue pie." [The Big Lead] ...
What You Missed–Friday edition
InGameNow —
Nicole Vaidisova looks fine getting fined. [World of Isaac]
PGA tour trying to shake “rich-guy” image. Apparently John Daly wasn’t effective enough. [With Leather]
Al Michaels talks to The Big Lead. [The Big Lead]
Skier crashes. Announcer is like Whoa. [I Am Bored]
College beach volleyball is a sport we need. [Busted Coverage]
It’s may only be January, but the quest for 2009’s hottest women is a long one. [on 205th] ...
The Big Lead interviews Al Michaels
Niners Nation —
The Big Lead interviews Al Michaels
I've been a fan of The Big Lead for some time now and am amazed at some of the interviews they've landed. I found it to be a very interesting interview.
Friday Into Saturday Megalinks
Fang's Bites —
... at NBC Sports hiring two ex-coaches to join an ex-GM for its Super XLIII coverage next week. USA Today's Michael McCarthy has the results of the NFL announcer readers poll. Arash Markazi of SI.com has his pick for Sexiest Sportscaster. CNBC's Darren Rovell is down to the Final Four of his "As Seen on TV" products tournament. Joe Favorito is disturbed by the trend of cutting sports from local TV newscasts. The Big Lead has an excellent interview with the venerable Al Michaels of NBC Sports. The Sports Media ...
The Morning After: January 24, 2009
Sparty and Friends —
... The highlight that many of you may have missed, but not all (I saw your comments) was an excellent interview over at The Big Lead with Al Michaels…McIntyre has been seriously bringing it lately. ...
For Those Who Blog We Salute You - 1/24
SOX & Dawgs —
... Kenny to a dance-off [Ball Don't Lie]
Joke’s Up, Who Voted Bruce Bowen 3rd in the All-Star Game? [Larry Brown Sports]
Mark Teixeira: ‘I hope Red Sox win next 8 World Series’ [Wicked Good Sports]
Do the Red Sox have the best bullpen? [The Bottom Line]
The Baseball Journey of President George W. Bush [Home Run Derby]
Inauguration Day Obamicon: Jamie Kotsay [UmpBump]
An Interview with NBC’s Al Michaels [The Big Lead]
The Buttsaw That Is The NFC Champion Arizona Cardinals [ ...
The Media Circus
JoeSportsFan.com —
... “If I had stayed (on Monday Night Football), it would have been me and Joe Theismann in the booth with Michelle Tafoya and Suzy Kolber doing the sideline reporting.” - Al Michaels, in a solid interview at The Big Lead ...
Linkz of the Week
BostonsportZ —
... read.
2. Let's File This Under "Whoopsie"
A soccer club in England decided to do right by one of their veterans who had recently passed by having a moment of silence. Not too momentous but a nice decision. Except that the guy wasn't dead yet...
Ahh... amateur soccer club shenanigans, the staple of sports humor.
3. An Interview With Al Michaels.
I won't even hype this one, I'll just give you a taste and link to it:
At a bar with friends, you’re ordering ___ to ...
The Most Ridiculous Super Bowl XLIII Props
Vegas Watch —
... Michaels is a fan of alluding to the line. I guess this means something like, "Some folks in Vegas will be happy about that" after a meaningless touchdown at the end of the game counts. No idea if there's any value here, but if forced I'd probably go with total. ...
