It’s funny how little criticism thug Delisha Milton-Jones is getting for punching a coach. Yet Mahorn is getting blasted for pushing Lisa Leslie.
IGNORANT AMERICANS CAN’T UNDERSTAND WHY CHILDRESS BOLTED FOR EUROPE
What is the issue with former Hawk Josh Childress leaving the NBA? Let’s see: pay me $20 million, lead a team in scoring and live in Greece. You’re right, Childress is crazy!! Here’s a shocker, it’s a possibility that some people actually think living outside the country is better than living in Hotlanta.
SPITZER’S HO HANGING WITH A MILF, HER OWN
Holy crap! We knew this Ashley Dupre was smokin hot. Now we know why. The ho didn’t fall far the tree. Which is the Mom and which is Ashley (pictured from behind)
ANTI-AMERICAN JOURNALIST POPPED FOR RUNNING OVER A PEDESTRIAN
Edgar Mercedes has made a fortune taking bets. He is the owner of Out 27, the biggest sports book and bar in the Dominican Republic. Mercedes also owns 45 other bookmaking operations on the island. Mercedes is a top ”Buscones” or street agent who represents several baseball players (including Inoa.)
Ok, we’re back. Sorry for the hiatus. If you haven’t heard, we’re blogging MMA and some boxing for Yahoo. We will do our best to keep Mr. Sunshine current. Especially with the topics, pictures and videos we discuss on Cofield & Cokin.
Sorry, but we’re not buying David Stern’s answer to Tim Donaghy’s league agenda claims.
Make sure you go back and read our original story on the Donaghy betting scandal. It’s funny how our account more closely resembles the news that came out over the last six months than the original accounts did.
ROBIN MEADE, BEST LEGS IN THE UNIVERSE?
SENATOR BROWNBACK BACKS BIG OIL
We love to see anti-Vegas Senator Brownback saying he’s not in favor of big government legislating the robber barron oil companies. Seems like a complete reversal since this is the same guy who is pro-government intervention when it comes to the FCC and free speech on TV/radio. He’s also in line with Tennessee’s Bill Frist on making sure that the nation can’t gamble online.
PHONY ARGUMENTS…WHAT’S WORSE WHITLOCK OR THIS ESPN “HEATED” DEBATE
Doesn’t it seem like Jason Whitlock only writes about race now. He also loves to go against the grain and side with whitey. I’m the first guy to admit many of the NBA’s popularity issues of the past 10 years revolved around white america and it’s biases. But Whitlock’s take that the NBA is back because it’s cleaned up its visual image is silly..
**No one wants to watch Delonte West or Larry Hughes play basketball. It’s uncomfortable and disconcerting. You don’t want your kids to see it. You don’t want your kids to think they should decorate their neck, arms, hands, chest and legs in paint. You don’t want to waste time explaining to your kids that some millionaire athletes have so little genuine self-confidence that they find it necessary to cover themselves in tattoos as a way to mask their insecurities.
**You just want to watch basketball and feel like you’re watching people you can relate to a little bit, people you somewhat respect.
**The dress code and the age limit have helped.
I CANT WAIT TO GET THE NEW WNBA VIDEO GAME!!!
WNBA Live 2008
WHY IS AMERICAN PIE’S JASON BIGGS HANGING AT REHAB?
KATE COURIC’S MALE COUNTERPART IS ON BOARD AT ESPN
Next week is the big one!!! Can you feel the excitement? Rick Reilly, the J.D. Drew of the media, starts his downspiral on The Leader. Reilly is a solid scribe but does he have any shot to actually earn his $3.4 million a year salary? Track his TV and radio appearances. I’m saying he’s somewhere between Roy Smalley and Howie Schwab. Who got a worse deal…ESPN or the Red Sox with Drew ($14 mill/yr)?
The only thing worse is the fact that CBS is on the hook for $39 million with Katie Couric. The savior just turned in the lowest ratings in network television.
With 10-cent gas and the most uninhibited women in the world, Brazil is my next home. We showed you yesterday, the difference between US and Brazilian soccer by pitting American Michelle Akers against Laisa Andrioli (NSFW).
ESPN1250 in Pittsburgh dumped Mark Madden for his Ted Kennedy remarks..
“I’m very disappointed to hear Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts is near death because of a brain tumor. I always hoped Senator Kennedy would live long enough to be assassinated.”
The first response from many is, “he crossed the line and community has spoken.” Is that right? Check out the message boards from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette…
When you listened to Mark Madden you knew what you were getting. Sure he was offensive at times but you always had the choice of not listening. The Ted Kennedy comment was very unfortunate on Madden’s part. He knew what he was saying when he said it. Had he stuck to sports I bet no one would care.
Frank, Union City PA
Mark Madden was in the sports entertainment business. The second word is imperative. Mr. Madden was and is an entertainer. With a vast knowledge of sport and the ability to make us laugh, become angry, or experience any other series of emotions, Madden could at least invoke something interesting in each of us (or play devil’s advocate) which is better, or more interesting, than the ra-ra talk elsewhere
John Jefferson Hills
It’s disappointing to read Mark has been canned (even though we knew it was just a matter of time). Not only because he brought SATIRE to sports radio, but because ESPN radio has been exposed as the “Stepford Wife” of the Disney corp. Let’s be honest, he wasn’t fired because of the Kennedy comments – he had made too many disparaging comments about ESPN itself lately.
Matt, Pittsburgh
At last you finally got rid of this creep. He’s a disgrace to sports talk radio and to Pittsburgh. Every time I came back to the Burgh I couldn’t believe he was still on the air.
Moose
I haven’t always agreed with everything Madden has said, but this firing is a little ridiculous. Obviously, this was an offensive remark. But I find it very ironic who the other party is. Ted Kennedy has made an entire political career of offensive, and even bigoted remarks.
Jim
Mark had something no other radio personality had..personality. I am sure he will be picked up by someone soon and I will listen again. If you didn’t like it you didn’t have to listen. Just the same I don’t like ESPN radio now .. So I will not listen.
Bart, Pittsburgh
The real reason that Mark Madden was fired is because of his relentless criticism of ESPN for not hiring him, instead of Mike Tirico. He has on numerous times claimed Tirico was his inferior and that he was the man for the job.
Michael
Read the entire comments section, see how negative remarks about Madden you can find. Looks to me like the community wants ESPN management fired.
YAHOO’S DAN WETZEL SAYS KIMBO NOT A MAIN EVENT FIGHTER
Dan is quickly becoming a fan of MMA. He talks about the CBS debut of MMA with a card this Saturday night. I disagree with him on this one. But his points are well explained…
If this is, indeed, the most important card in the history of the sport, wouldn’t it be nice if it actually had some of the best fighters and best representatives of mixed martial arts?
Anderson Silva, B.J. Penn and Georges St. Pierre display what MMA is all about. Not menacing scowls and WWE-like personas, but unreal athletic ability, disciplined training and tremendous intelligence from fighters as multi-skilled as they are fearless.
If one of them were on CBS, it would force America to realize what MMA really is. Kimbo, who taps into our primal instincts, plays to what many think the sport is. Let Kimbo cash every check he can – good for him – but he plays to MMA’s difficult-to-shake reputation as “human cockfighting,” as Sen. John McCain once branded it.
How many of these stupid headlines will we see tomorrow and Saturday leading up the Kimbo card? This from the Chicago Tribune….
The story has little to do with that headline. Clearly, another Indy 500 and French Open fan is working the desk of a soon to be obsolete newspaper sports staff.
“It was like $2,000. That’s it,” Rose said in the interview. “And it didn’t change — because I know you’re going to say, Well betting’s all about pitching and stuff like that — I didn’t care who was pitching for me or who was pitching for the opposition. I just made it easy for the guys making the bets and just bet this much every game and that’s the way we did it.”
I don’t see why we should believe anything Pete says at this point. Does anyone truly think a degenerate gambler of Pete’s level wouldn’t bet against his team too?
MARIAH CAREY IS MOVING UP THE MOST DOABLE COUGAR LIST
SPEAKING OF COUGARS, IS ALYSSA MILANO THERE YET?
I’m a huge fan of Samantha Micelli. She loves sports. That’s clear from the 100+ athletes she’s dated. Just kidding, it’s only dozens. Hard to believe that she’s 35!! She looks great.
I THOUGHT REHAB AT THE HARD ROCK WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO GAIN ACCESS TO
What is the guy from American Pie, Jason Biggs doing there?
TRUTH COMES ABOUT SEX AND THE CITY CHICKS…THEY WERE WHORES!
We did the math, punched in some numbers and calculated that during the course of 94 episodes and six seasons, the women of “Sex and the City” hit the sheets with a combined total of 94 men and one woman.
Perennially chic newspaper columnist Carrie Bradshaw and her three cohorts picked up waiters, doormen, trainers, lawyers, yoga instructors, bartenders, writers, baseball players, ophthalmologists, Realtors, artists, architects, furniture designers and unemployed actors.
CAT FIGHT BETWEEN KOBE’S WIFE AND ESPN THE MAGAZINE BLOGGER
This is a good one from The Sports Pig. Kobe Bryant’s wife Vanessa reportedly flipped out on ESPN’s Laura Lane. Lane writes on her blog..
So as I’m walking out of the Lakers locker room after some post-game interviews with the players, I pass Vanessa, who is sitting outside the locker room as usual with her two girls.
“Laura!” she screams (yes, she apparently knows my name). “F- you! You f-ing bitch!”
“Excuse me?” I say, completely baffled as I look around me to see if there is someone else named Laura. No, there’s not.
Her daughters – ages 5 and 2 – are sitting next to her on the bench looking at their mom as she screams.
“F- you! How dare you write about me and my daughters and their schedule! You didn’t say you were writing an article! F- you! You f-ing bitch. You have no journalism ethics! F- you! You bitch – ”
Bryant isn’t happy that Lane critiques her clothing and behavoir during Laker games…
“When he changed his number I didn’t have anything with a 24 on it so I had them make this dress,” Vanessa says. “I don’t know how to sew that well so I just told them what to do.”
After the screaming session, Lane unloaded on Bryant.
She’s insane. Everyone knows it. Perhaps she’s angry at the world because there were rumors today that came out that Kobe Bryant slept with a Lakers cheerleader – a hotter version of his wife who is also named Vanessa – and she got fired. While I am completely against cheating, can you honestly blame Kobe if he didn’t want to sleep with that???
Considering there are a lot of rumors going around, I’m sure she’s upset. So she took it out on me and now I have an awesome story.
About three different reporters at the game and one of my editors told me I should write about her cussing me out. That’s the beauty of journalism. You don’t fight, you write.
THAT WAS A FOUL
I love arguing whether Brent Barry got fouled. The refs have called these playoffs like pussies the entire way. If they were consistent, that call is made and Barry goes to the line for three free throws.
That was the last time the Lakers were in San Antonio for the playoffs. Then Tim Duncan threw in a leaning jumper for the lead — and Derek Fisher and 0.4 followed.
This time — with Fisher again involved — one bad call deserved another.
This time the refs didn’t see that a Fisher jumper had grazed the rim, not resetting the shot clock. This time the refs chose to look the other way when Fisher leaped and landed on Brent Barry.
This time the Lakers deserved what they got.
They clearly outplayed the Spurs.
JOEY CRAWFORD WAS THE CREW CHIEF? WHY IS HE STILL WORKING THE PLAYOFFS AFTER THE DEBACLES OF THE LAST FEW YEARS?
The conspiracy theorists are howling in San Antonio. I don’t think they’re right but who the hell knows. Crawford imploded last year. Is it beyond belief that he still holds a grudge and lets emotion get the best of him during some NBA games?
Crawford was suspended late in the 2006-07 season after he tossed Tim Duncan from a game for laughing at him from the bench on April 15, 2007, in Dallas. He was reinstated for this season and remains one of the league’s highest-rated referees. A veteran of 31 seasons, Crawford has worked 38 NBA Finals games, more than any active referee. His 266 playoff games worked heading into this playoff season makes him the most experienced active playoff referee.
PITTSBURGH TALKER PAYS HEFTY PRICE FOR OVER THE TOP REMARKS
We pointed out on Tuesday that Mark Madden was a bit out of control last week on his Steel Town radio show. Now he may lose his job. He’s waged public wars with Pittsburgh sports figures for year but it looks like he cross the line in his comment about Ted Kennedy.
Madden said the following about Sen. Kennedy, who days earlier had been diagnosed with brain cancer: “I’m very disappointed to hear Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts is near death because of a brain tumor. I always hoped Senator Kennedy would live long enough to be assassinated.”
Madden works for one of the few owned and operated station in the ESPNRadio family. An independent station may not have jumped as quickly. I’d like to see him given another shot.
JIM NANTZ, ANOTHER MILLIONAIRE SPEWING MISINFORMATION
Another out of touch TV guy is pontificating about the blogosphere. Nantz threw out this gem during a recent interview on MSNBC.
I have to admit, I’m so far out of the loop on the blogosphere, I really don’t partake in that. I know that it’s got a huge following. On the few occasions that I have gone or been introduced to it and checked out what’s been written, maybe about my world, it’s usually so vile and vicious that I shut it down after a minute or two.
There’s no stopping it. The scary thing is how much credibility someone lends to that. How much credibility do we give to people out there who aren’t trained in journalism and then try and masquerade as someone who can pass along information as factual.
Upon reading about it, I was glad there was a firestorm about it. I really appreciated Buzz Bissinger — I read he was a little ashamed of his level of anger — but I completely understood where he was coming from.
Nantz was so interested in the topic he did admit he couldn’t carve out the 90 minutes to actually watch the CostasNow show….
MSNBC: Did you follow the discussions that came out of the recent “Costas Now” show on sports media–
JN: I read about it.
As out of touch as Bob Costas, Nantz may be more so. He is a blue-blood with a golfing background. Sorry bro, don’t really care about your thoughts on what average joe sports fans enjoy and don’t enjoy.
THE U.S. SUCKS AGAIN..WE HAVE MICHELLE AKERS, BRAZIL HAS LAISA ANDRIOLI
I would assume the Brazilian team is damn good in women’s soccer.
She has almost alone returned the 500 to a watchable place on the American sports calendar and her little snit after being bumped out of the race in the pits Sunday only adds to the growing fascination.
For a moment there, it looked like she was going to smack somebody in the mouth, until the tiny little woman was guided off the track by bulky security.
This was the most compelling television of the afternoon, with the race itself an incomprehensible blur of matching paint and odd noise, even the various crashes caught late if at all, usually on replay.
Not that the cameras strayed far from Patrick back there all day around 10th place as her onboard mike caught her frustrations and annoyance about not being able to go faster, but they missed the moment when it ended for her.
STOP RIPPING EVERY CHICK!!!
More trash talk from virgin bloggers. We pointed out last week that the blogosphere is to often dotted with clowns who rip on hot chicks for every tiny fault.
Tennis pro Ashley Harkleroad will appear in the August Playboy. This is from an excellent blog, Busted Coverage. The site is theorizing that Harkleroad isn’t hot enough to be in Playboy and proceeds to circle every “awful” feature on her, like the dreaded freckle!!!!
This is one of the greatest videos I’ve ever seen.
The ultra hot and apparently Olympic gymnast Fergie, dances like our favorites from Cheetahs Strip Club in front of a bunch of 6-12 year olds. The kids looked embarassed as Fergie shakes her ass, moans and groans during an early morning appearance on the Today Show. Wow!
I’M STARTING TO CHANNEL BUZZ BISSINGER’S ANGER ABOUT SOME ASPECTS OF BLOGS
There are lots of good bloggers out there. And then there are those who are stupid and lives revolve around calling in daily to dork-talk on stations like WIP, WFAN and WEEI.
During his now infamous CostasNow meltdown, it was clear Bissinger confused the actual blogger with the viewers comments.
I have to say the annoying 23-year old fat sh*t sitting in his basement commenting on many blogs does need to be kicked in the face. We posted the story yesterday about Hunter Pence’s ridiculously hot girlfriend. Check out the photos. It cracks me up to read the dipsh*ts reading the blog start to pick her apart…
MIKE — She’s got a tad of a badunkadunk. He could do much better.
STEVE — Nice Hooters,but my wife has beautiful hooters,and my wife is 14 years older than ;this girl.
IS KEVIN JOHNSON A VICTIM OF FEMALE DOUBLE-STANDARD?
The former NBA player is running for Mayor of Sacramento. I bet you KJ thought playing the Detroit Bad Boys was dirty, but it’s nothing compared to the political arena.
Johnson has dealt with two unproven sexual misconduct charges over the last 13 years. In both cases, the police couldn’t find enough evidence to make the claims stick. KJ was exonerated.
That said, the female candidate in the Sac mayoral race has repeatedly made it fair game to smear KJ during the lead up to the early June election. SportsByBrooks.com has a good list of the stories detailing how KJ has been a human punching bag for the female candidate……
I’ve been a called pansy for being an avid fan of American Idol. I’m sure all “real” men know by now…David Cook won the Battle of the Davids. I’m positive one NBA coach has no idea who won the contest.
Lakers coach Phil Jackson and Spurs headman Gregg Popovich were asked about the Idol Finale which coincidentally was taking place across the street from Staples Center in LA.
“Well, fan may be a broad term,” Jackson said. “I’m kind of a nay-sayer but I enjoy watching it with Jeanie (Buss, his girlfriend). She (records and) edits it for me.”
So, who does Phil like?
“I think David’s going to win,” he said.
Popovich not so much….
“Is that where they dance with each other?” he said, laughing.
So is Phil a wimp? Or is he the wiseman, afterall he’s the one with Jeannie B (NSFW).
BIGGEST RIPOFF SURGERY GOING
I could be a bastard and laughed at the now fat Carnie Wilson but I won’t. I actually feel for the mouthy lardass.
The photo on the left was from a Playboy shoot back in 2003. She lost 150+ pounds with the aid of stomach reduction surgery and then showed an impressively huge rack (NSFW).
Apparently, she’s eaten like an elephant since and the surgery isn’t exactly fullproof. You feel bad for her? Or am I old, soft pussy?
DOES ANYONE READ THIS CHICAGO PAPER?
The Arlington Daily Herald may be the third biggest paper in the Chicagoland area for all I know. Or it could be suitable for kitty litter liner.
Either way this Bulls writer is off his rocker. He is the typical print media member nowadays. If I say black, you say white. If I say the sky is blue, you say it’s not. It’s the Peter Brown (former radio host) principle, go against the grain just to piss people off. The point being there is too much arguing simply to create conflict. Does ADH writer Barry Rozner really believe this is a wise move for the Bulls No. 1 pick?.?.?.?.
Maybe the best move is to deal the pick and get three from New Jersey (10, 21, 40), rebuilding the team and finding a star in a trade, but that kind of radical thinking doesn’t seem possible given Paxson’s deliberate nature.
He follows up that gem with a suggestion that if you take Derrick Rose, you may want to get THE guy who knows how to coach him.
All this might be easier if the Bulls had a coach in place, and it wouldn’t be as crazy as you think to steal John Calipari from Memphis, since he understands Rose and would certainly know how to employ him.
Smart move Calipari, the Rose “expert” coached him for all of 39 games. Of course this completely discounts the fact that Calipari’s NBA resume kinda stinks.
TIME FOR COUGARS TO PUT ON SOME MORE CLOTHES?
Madonna & Sharon Stone
What is that between Stone’s legs? A little weird.
Let hope WVU’s Joe Alexander (pictured) isn’t labeled your typical white non-athlete. Looks like he can jump a little.
CANSECO HITS ROCK BOTTOM
Jose is one step away from the poor house. This from SportsByBrooks.com…
Dan Gross of the PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS punches up news that the former MLB slugger-slash-offending author is looking for a fight. He & his promoter already have a date & place set – July 12 in Atlantic City. Now all they need is an opponent.
So, what’s it worth to someone willing to go a few rounds with Jose?
About $5,000. Canseco may even thrown in a signed copy of either “Juiced” on “Vindicated” – but not both. That’ll hurt book sales.
Those interested in stepping into the ring with Jose should forward along their name, address, phone, trunk size & choice of corner water (Evian, Arrowhead, tap) to fightcanseco@aol.com.
GREAT JOB BY SPORTSRADIO’S ETHICAL EXPERT
Jay Mariotti came off as a clown on the recent CostasNow piece on sportsradio and “guy talk.”
Thank god the traditional media is here to save the audience from “mean-spirited, negative, knee jerk” talk.
Here is a great list of Mariotti stories since late April…
Briggs’ disturbing twist: Too much baby-mama drama (May 18)
Had enough Bull? Jerry Reinsdorf should sell team (May 14)
Ozzie talks about quitting? Crybaby can’t take the heat (May 13)
Excuses, excuses: Dawdling Bulls fail Chicago (May 11)
Drunk or victimized, Benson has no Bears future (May 8th)
Ozzie, Sox: Chicago’s rude, crude embarrassment (May 7)
As Mt. Piniella erupts, Kerry Wood experiment fizzles (May 2)
Quarterback- phobic Bears headed for a crash (April 28)
With reputation in doubt, Angelo plays it boring (April 27)
THIS IS WHAT SHE SWITCHED TEAMS FOR?
That’s Cynthia Nixon from Sex and the City. She’s a lesbian but what exactly is that thing she’s with?
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SPITZER’S HO HANGING WITH A MILF, HER OWN
