Archive for the 'Football' Category

Some wore T-shirts with the wording “POLICE.”–AP Sports

Saturday, July 7th, 2007

Feds search Michael Vick’s property
By HANK KURZ JR., AP Sports Writer Fri Jul 6, 1:15 PM ET
SURRY, Va. - Federal agents investigating possible dogfighting searched property owned by Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick on Friday.
Portsmouth’s WAVY-TV broadcast video of investigators working under a blue tarp on a portion of Vick’s wooded property in southeastern Virginia. […]

Purple Gaze.

Wednesday, February 7th, 2007

 Wasn’t ‘Phallic Connotations’ the Hendrix album directly after’Axis Bold As Love?’

Prince’s halftime imagery questioned…had phallic connotations for some.
By JAKE COYLE, AP Entertainment Writer Tue Feb 6, 11:16 PM ET
NEW YORK - In the sensitive post-wardrobe malfunction world, some are questioning whether a guitar was just a guitar during Prince’s Super Bowl halftime show.
Prince’s acclaimed performance […]

Two Carnegie-Mellon Students Are Arrested for a 2 a.m. Break-in Pittsburgh’s Heinz Field

Sunday, November 5th, 2006

Shall we try to guess the lame jokes this event will spawn?

“…now why would someone do that?”

After the Steelers’ 2 and 5 start, they probably wanted their money back

Extra ketchup?

They must have known they were in a pickle when they heard the sirens.

These two won’t relish the next several weeks.

Thank youse, thank […]

I saw the following scholastic sports headline on the net the other day…

Monday, October 16th, 2006

JFK stops Aquinas

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How long is that in bread boxes, Jack?

Saturday, October 7th, 2006

“Prehistoric, short-necked plesiosaur was as large as a bus”

This article about the discovery of twenty-eight Jurassic behemoths mentioned that the plesiosaurs teeth were as big as cucumbers and its vertebrae were the size of dinner plates. I trust them, but their yardsticks no longer carry the same shock value. It is time for scientists to […]

If Georgie did use the term in question, I wonder if he had used it at any of his father’s football practices. There is a sidebar of oddity about this story. The only reason why Georgie had probably left California was a direct result of his father’s having taken the head coach’s job for a team still called The Redskins.

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

“(North Carolina State professor Edward J.) Sabornie said he has now decided to let his name be known because he was upset by how Allen responded this week to the Salon story. “What George said on Monday really kind of inflamed me — that it was ‘ludicrously false’ that he ever used the n-word,” Sabornie […]

To whom would you rather owe ‘30 large?’ CitiBank Visa or Tony “The Bensonhurst Mountain Gorilla” Pazzia?

Friday, September 15th, 2006

The reason for the question centers on the Associated Press report that Senator Bill Frist(R-TN) used military spending bill as a vehicle to carry his wish to ban the use of credit cards to pay on-line gambling debts. The story pointed out that the ban is favored by the NFL, anti-gambling and  conservative sectors. The […]

I guess this is how the Dickster’s portfolio sky-rockets while he is serving the American people.

Saturday, September 9th, 2006

According to the Associated Press, a whistleblower is suing KBR–a subsidiary of Halliburton–because they used food ear-marked for a GI Super Bowl party and kept it form itself. The suit claims their are countless false invoices for which the taxpayer must cough up the moolah. The whistleeblower claims that huge tubs of chicken wings, cheese […]

What’s the toughest Palestinian job?

Saturday, September 2nd, 2006

Minister of Tourism.The Holy Jihad Brigades announced they would kill non-muslims in Palestinian territory, but conversion to Islam, payment of a ranson or release of imprisoned Muslims in an exchange could gain a hostage’s freedom. It’s not exactly a free continental breakfast, but it beats the alternative.
This photograph accompanied the story, but may be mis-leading. […]

Congress’ concern for decency is akin to a cannibal’s concern for table manners.

Saturday, May 20th, 2006

Congress Agrees to Raise Broadcast Indecency Fines
Conference to Decide Maximum Penalty
By Frank Ahrens
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, May 20, 2006; D01

More than two years after proclaiming outrage over Janet Jackson’s briefly exposed breast during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show, both houses of Congress have passed legislation that would significantly increase indecency fines for television and […]