Clinton Portis is Back

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Clinton Portis Dress-Up Time Is Back
Published 11/8/2007 by Michael David Smith at FanHouse
... character to add to the collection. Dan Steinberg reports at the D.C. Sports Bog that Portis showed up today as Choo-Choo. And here's what Steinberg has to say about the backstory of the Choo-Choo character: ...

BREAKING! PORTIS COSTUMES ARE BACK
Published 11/8/2007 at With Leather
Redskins running back Clinton Portis, who once thrilled Internet sports dorks by holding his weekly meetings with in costume and character -- among the favorites were Coach Janky Spanky and Dolemite Jenkins -- is back the way we love him: as someone else.  From D.C. Sports Bog: This is Choo-Choo. Something about him teaching Portis how to dance, and [Santana] Moss how to dance, and [Antwaan] Randle El how to dance. "I taught these boys how to dance," was the gist. A lot of it was unintelligible, and ...

Portis Back to Playing Dress-Up
Published 11/8/2007 by Chris Mottram at Mr. Irrelevant
... I’m not really sure what we’re looking at here. CP calls this character “Choo Choo” and hopefully video is soon to follow. It kinda looks likes like if Johnny Depp’s Willy Wonka was going to Carnival but made a pit stop in China first. Or maybe Laos. I guess this is what we get when Portis rushes for 100+: ...

The Redskins just made the Playoffs
Published 11/8/2007 by Skin Patrol <info@hogshaven.com> at Hogs Haven: Front Page Posts
I can't get the pictures up yet but will update this post with them later. Dan Steinberg reveals the greatest news of the season: This is Choo-Choo. Something about him teaching Portis how to dance, and Moss how to dance, and Randle El how to dance. "I taught these boys how to ...

Clinton Portis Is Happily Weird Again [Choo Choo]
Published 11/8/2007 by Leitch at Deadspin
... Via DC Sports Bog, which was invented for this very thing, it's Clinton Portis' newest "character." It's "Choo-Choo." We don't know what it means, and we don't care. It's like the final season of "Arrested Development;" not as inspired as the first go-arounds, but we're all just grateful it's back, nevertheless. ...

Guess Who Has a New Alter Ego?
Published 11/8/2007 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
... Redskins running back Clinton Portis was nowhere to be found today, but someone named Choo-Choo made an appearance in the locker room. ...

Clinton Portis Dresses Up For The Media Again
Published 11/8/2007 at SPORTSbyBROOKS
CLINTON PORTIS RUNS BACK TO DRESSING UP FOR MEDIA: Those of you worried that Clinton Portis would no longer be coming out of the closet...with new funky threads, fear not ! DC SPORTS BOG dresses up news of the Redskins RB puttin' on the ritz in the only way he knows how. For this season's showcase, Clinton was sporting a samurai-inspired coif, with big sunglasses and a ruffled flamenco shirt straight from the Ricky Ricardo collection. But this wasn't Portis. No, it was all under the guise of Choo-Choo, dance instructor to the stars. As he told the enraptured media members, ...

Today's Best - 11.08.07
Published 11/9/2007 by quang the heavy favorite at Garbage Points
... portis - when the redskins were making a playoff push in 2005, i attributed their success to clinton portis dressing up in silly costumes for his weekly press conferences. thankfully, after a long hiatus, he's back to his old tricks. i guess when you run for 196 yards the game before, you can do whatever you want. i don't think i can add anything that either hasn't been said or anything that would be better than reading either of these two ...

FanHouse: Fri AM 'MLB Buyer Beware' Edition
Published 11/9/2007 by JCN at John Clifford Ness
... character to add to the collection. Dan Steinberg reports at the D.C. Sports Bog that Portis showed up today as Choo-Choo. And here's what Steinberg has to say about the backstory of the Choo-Choo character. ...

Daily Links: Off Day
Published 11/9/2007 by Bassett at thejetsblog.com
... Congrats Jets’ D-Line & Coaching, after over a year of no crazy personas, Portis felt so inspired by roughing you up he got back into character. ...

Daily Links - Smith Remains a Leader
Published 11/9/2007 by Kyle at BroncoTalk
... doesn’t know if he’ll be able to play Sunday.  [Denver Post] Swelling in Travis Henry’s knee has kept him sidelined all week in practice, indicating he may not be able to go Sunday against the Chiefs. [Denver Post] Thoughts on Priest Holmes getting the start after being written off a month ago.  [Rocky Mountain News] No time for rebuilding in the NFL. [Denver Post] Ex-Bronco RB reinvents himself, again. [D.C. Sports Bog]

Skins Lose: Text Messaging Rates Apply
Published 11/12/2007 by Jamie Mottram at Mr. Irrelevant
... sucks again (Ed. note: Not sure I can recall an NFL kicker straight-up missing an extra point.) Chris (1:52 p.m.): We got three skins fans and two eagles now. Chris (2:03 p.m.): Thrash is a man child. And why go for two there? (Ed. note: With the Skins up 12-7 in the first half, I have no idea.) Jamie (2:11 p.m.): Why waste that timeout? it saved 8 secs. Jamie (2:43 p.m.): I love it when we run (Ed. note: What? I do. And so does Choo Choo .) Jamie (2:48 p.m.): Our coaching flat out sucks Jamie (3:03 p.m.): Thank god reid is dumb too (Ed. note: More unnecessary ...