This morning, the sports world mourns the death of Redskins safety Sean Taylor, who died from injuries suffered from a gunshot to the leg, severing his femoral artery. He was 24. Washington D.C. Fox Sports correspondent and broadcaster Steve Czaban should have more on his radio show (6-9 a.m.), and on his website. According to reports, Taylor was shot by burglars who...
I’m going to introduce everyone to a great filmmaker and playright named George Larkin tomorrow, but today two quick hits. First, I sent Scot Duke of Business Golf fame to We-ko-pa G.C. in Scottsdale. He played Scott Miller’s Cholla Course. For those of you scoring at home, Coore and Crenshaw did the newer Saguaro Course. Here’s Scot’s...
It’s got to be hell on earth for Jet fans, but look, I knew years ago that there was a cap on how far you could go with Pennington – at best the AFC Divisional round…in a good year. I know the Ravens won the SB with a crappy QB, but the Jets defense can’t even come close to comparing…indeed precious few defenses over the last few years...
Remember how I wrote that the San Diego Chargers were right to keep Marty Schottenheimer, then two days later they reversed course and blew it by canning him? Then the lunacy continued by hiring (SCREAM OF HORROR!) NORV TURNER. Mr. .380ish winning percentage. Well This video shows how Norval Turner (that’s his real name) got the job… But as Jerry garcia...
Thank goodness for ESPN ohmbudsman Le Anne Schreiber. “What’s an ohmbudsman” you ask? Back in college an ohmbudsman was the champion of the rights of the students. When they had nowhere else to turn, he or she was their voice, their ersatz attorney, their supporter and their short-cut through beaurocratic red-tape. It happened by luck that...
He was “the most dynamic and exciting player EVER!” Now he may be just another vulgar, trouble making felon. ESPN made us believe Sundays would never be the same. But Michael Vick is facing a felony rap for hideous animal abuse. From the article: “The search warrant was issued after an informant told Brinkman there were as many as 30 dogs carcasses...
Thank God Phil Mushnick had the time to slam this because I’ve been too busy to aim for the eyes. He struck right between them. Issue: We watch ESPN for sports information…they sell Pirates of the caribbean to us…in the middle of the broadcast. The fused a recap of Pirates-Rockies with movie clips with a straight face. There were more movie...
I like how Steve Czaban said “Hey! That’s not shiny side up, rubber side down!”
This was brilliant. Crash, roll over, cross the finish line upside-down (upside-down!), flip back over, burst into flames. Cut! That’s a take, print it!
NASCAR is seeing dollar signs after that one.
Remember the article I wrote here? About how the Chargers were right to keep Marty Schottenheimer? Scratch that last. Egos got in the way. Well, now Marty is free to go to some other horrid franchise with a cultural footprint of losing and save their bacon. Quick! Name the last time a 14-2 franchise fired the head coach. Never, that’s when. See ya...
Normally I’m a New York Post sports guy through and through, but this time Hank Gola from the Daily News gets the award for the best expert analysis and breakdown of the entire event: On the Colts’ second possession, Manning began a game-long trend. When the Bears were in cover-2 he handed off and when the linebackers dropped into coverage, he threw...
Whaddya know. We found a sportswriter not beholden to a ride in an escalade and a night at the club with an athlete. Fox Sport’s Ian O’Connor lays out the air tight case against Tank Johnson being permitted to play in the Super Bowl. Quick! Name one other sports outlet telling you that not only was Tank arrested for pot and 550 rounds of...
Mike Vaccaro made me spit up coffee all over my laptop reading my New York Post: Maybe one of these days, the Chicago Bears can find their David Wright, a man who can finally put a stop to the nonstop revolving door that has occupied the position of quarterback for the NFL’s charter franchise. There was a time when it was believed that Rex Grossman could very...
“Look at what’s happening in San Diego! Herr Schottenheimer may actually get to the Super Bowl…Ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!! Ahhhhh ha ha ha ha ha…” – John Tayman of Bang! Cartoons. It really shocks me how many gut-wrenching cataclysms have befallen star-crossed head coach Marty Schottenheimer. Five times his teams have been the number one...
Let’s sop up the weekend sports au jus in Bullet Points today: 1. We’ll start with golf. Tadd Fujikawa ended his dream weekend and started his dream career with a terrific T-20 5-under performance at the Sony Open. The roars heard all over the course for the kid were reminiscent of a rock concert and the kid was grateful, humble and fun to watch the whole...
In this picture, Mike Nifong is wheeling “evidence” into court. Maybe he can use the same cart and dirty old box again as he leaves his version of “public service” forever – dismissed in disgrace. I am an attorney as well as a sportswriter. So let me lay out the case against Mike Nifong, the Durham DA who got re-elected solely on the...