The Roundup: It’s Tebow’s World, We Just Live in It
The Big Lead —
... sure, let’s give this nothing town in Alabama $375 million … sickest husband-wife story we’ve read in quite some time … Seattle PI about to be up for sale, or close … a little Cole for this chilly Friday, after the jump … we should be posting an interview in the 3:30 range later today …
This is awesome: Anonymous message board poster is prescient. (Economist)
Iowa announcer, boozy and eager. (The Wiz of Odds)
Did Rasheed Wallace not play the other night because of a ...
Speed Read: Gators Win BCS Title, Nation Yawns
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... • Iowa Hawkeyes radio broadcaster and former NFL player Ed Podolak was having some fun down in Tampa last week before the Outback Bowl. THE WIZ OF ODDS has the photos, courtesy of an Iowa State message board (of course): ...
It ain’t no fun unless Ed Podolak gets some
Sports Crackle Pop —
It ain’t no fun unless Ed Podolak gets some. If an announcer can’t have fun no one should [WizofOdds]
Roger Goodell Interview [Blog Patrol]
FanIQ Blog —
An interview with the Dictator Goodell [The Big Lead]
It's tough trying to dodge Gatorade baths. [Simon on Sports]
Larry Hughes might be done in Chi-Town soon. Man, I sure hope so. [Rumors and Rants]
Alabama fans are still crazy, violent. [Deadspin]
Iowa announcer + beer = hilarity. [Wizard of Odds]
Apparently Tony Dungy is coming back to choke again in the playoffs. [Midwest Sports Fan]
Hawkeye Radio Announcer in Hot Water After Partying at The Outback Bowl
The Big Lead —
... Ed Podolak is a former Iowa Hawkeye quarterback and running back and a member of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Hall of Fame. He’s been working for Iowa radio broadcasts since 1982. When the Hawkeyes went to The Outback Bowl, Podolak went with them. While there, he ended up partying and some of the pictures ended up online. You can see them at The Wiz of Odds. (I told you ...
Trouble bloomin’ for Ed Podolak
SmackCaster SmackBlog —
... Fast forward to the 2009 Outback Bowl and the Iowa radio broadcaster has found himself in a bit of a stew after pictures of him partying hit the ‘net. Podolak has apologized but it remains to be seen what the school will do. ...
Iowa Football Radio Analyst Under Fire For Bar Photos
AwfulAnnouncing —
... So, former Iowa Hawkeye and Kansas City Chief Ed Podolak is in a spot of trouble with the university regarding his position as one of their radio announcers. The Wiz of Odds found pictures of him earlier this week boozing it up in Tampa for the Outback Bowl, and they involved looking down a lady's shirt. ...
Former NFLer Probably Regrets This
Bootlegger Sports- Sports Humor Blog —
... So that’s the background. I didn’t need Google to tell me that Ed is a world-class drunk and has low standards. That should be clear to you as well after viewing more of his party pics at The Wiz of Odds. I’m sure he’s kicking himself that NFL players today have better steroids medical care, get paid more and are more famous than in his day, but is that really an excuse to get roaring drunk and flirt with a plus-size cougar? Perhaps. ...
Iowa Broadcaster Loses Job Over Internet Photos
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog —
... How did the photos originate? First, they were taken by an Iowa State fan. Second, they were posted on the Wizard of Odds, “The College Football Site For Winners.” (Tremendous blog tagline, by the way.) Third, they spread, like all things do, about the Internet, and before you know it, Podolak was a minor sports blog figure. Fancy that. ...
On Private And Public Behavior
Signal to Noise —
... regarding photos of Iowa Hawkeye football color commentator Ed Podolak surfacing from an Iowa State message board and being publicized via the Wiz of Odds last week. The photos showed Podolak drinking, looking down a woman’s shirt, etc., while in Tampa for the Outback Bowl and are fairly tame as far as photos of folks taken at bars go. I didn’t post one of the photos, mostly based on personal choice*, but I still thought it was a story. ...
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CollegeGameBalls: College Football at its Finest —
... to the National Championship Game they thought they had. Stoops said the return of his underclassmen was bigger than signing day, which really has to make those recruits feel sunshine and lollipops inside.
Ed Podolak retires after 27 years of being Iowa football radio analyst after photos of drunken debauchery hit the blogosphere.
Podolak was given the ultimatum to seek alcohol treatment and come back or step down. He chose the latter. The Wiz ran the photos last Friday after they surfaced on an Iowa State ...
PODOLAK RETURNING TO IOWA’S RADIO BOOTH
NBC Sports - College Football Talk —
... January, he was retiring from his Hawkeye radio duties. Podolak recently met with Iowa athletics director Gary Barta and brought him up-to-date on his personal development. He also expressed an interest in returning to the booth. Barta and Podolak agreed that his return to the booth is something that pleases all Hawkeye fans. Count me as one of the people happy that Podolak is back in the radio booth, even though I’ve never heard a single word that the man has uttered. After photos surfaced at ...
