You Need to Get Real

After his revealing example of poor sportsmanship after the loss to Orlando I wondered how, no if any other NBA player had ever acted like a spoiled little rich girl after a big loss.

Did Kareem ever run crying from the court, skip the post game press conference and run to his limo while holding a couple of boom boxes over each ear so he could pretend that nobody was asking him questions?

Did Larry Bird ever sneak back to the locker room before the game was over to avoid being interviewed?

Did the Big Aristotle ever dress up as Grand Ma Ma…….wait that was Larry Johnson.

Do you think Bill Russel would pass up a chance to say the officials sucked……..no wait that was Larry Bird.

Would Dr. J ever pass up a chance to pick his fro and drink a Dr. Pepper in front of reporters after a big loss? Well maybe he wasn’t endorsing Dr. Pepper quite yet.

Did Dominique Wilkins ever skip the post game after a big loss because he was to immature and classless to give an interview? Well, maybe not. But Lebron has a lot in common with Dominique. He never won anything either.

A resounding “YES” Peyton Manning was the better choice:
From the AP:
(AP)—Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf has been indicted by a Randall County grand jury on drug and burglary charges.
The indictment handed up Wednesday in Canyon charged the 33-year-old former San Diego Chargers quarterback and former West Texas A&M quarterbacks coach with one count of burglary to a habitation, seven counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and one count of delivery of a simulated controlled substance.
The indictment said Leaf presented an incomplete medical history to several physicians between January 2008 and September 2008 to get or try to obtain the painkiller Hydrocodone.

Second string DE from the Dolphins does his best Randy Moss impersonation.
From the AP:
(AP)—Miami Dolphins defensive end Randy Starks(notes) has been charged with using his truck to hit a police officer who tried to stop the vehicle on foot.
Miami Beach Police say the officer tried to stop the 25-year-old player when he was driving a truck packed with 13 people early Sunday in heavy traffic. They say the vehicle was meant for four people.
Police say Starks kept slowly moving forward even as the officer was beside the truck. They say Starks swerved the vehicle slightly, hitting the officer in the chest and pinning him against another vehicle.
The officer wasn’t injured, but Starks was charged with aggravated battery.

He’s lucky the officer didn’t shoot him. No word yet if the truck he was driving was stolen from the circus, or if he was trying to bust a group of midgets out of county lockup.

This next one should shock no one. Dallas Cowboys hiring someone with a criminal record and he lied about his background.
From the AP:
(AP)—The Dallas Cowboys used advice from a man who falsified his educational credentials and served federal prison time for drug trafficking to make major structural reinforcements to a practice facility whose collapse injured a dozen people.

If she was a gold digger she probably would be accusing the NFL player. But what kind of “tourist” goes home with two other dudes she just met in a bar?
From the AP:
(AP)—New Jersey police are investigating a woman’s claim that she was raped by two men at the home of Jets safety Kerry Rhodes(notes), although the Morris County prosecutor said the player is not a suspect in the case.
The New York Post reported in Monday editions that the woman, a Canadian tourist, said she met Rhodes and another man at a Manhattan nightclub before being taken to a home in Morristown, N.J., where Rhodes owns a town house, according to authorities.
Morris County prosecutor Robert A. Bianchi issued a statement Monday, saying “Mr. Rhodes is not the target of any criminal investigation. Rumors and media reports to the contrary are untrue.”

She sounds like one of those Canadian Circuit Hookers the IOC was so concerned about.

I wouldn’t consider what James Harrison is doing a political statement, he didn’t make the trip in 2006 either.

“I don’t feel the need to go, actually,” Harrison told Pittsburgh station WTAE-TV. “I don’t feel like it’s that big a deal to me.”

Have you been to DC lately? I have, I’d rather stay in Pittsburgh too. In this “everybody gets a trophy” society why aren’t all 32 teams invited to the White House?

Monday Night Football can we now stop experimenting with non football people doing color commentary. People don’t tune into football games for the comedy styling of Dennis Miller, Tony Kornheiser, Carrot Top,(insert name of washed up never was funny comedian here, Wanda Sykes comes to mind). They tune into hear Dan Dierdorf, Frank Gifford, John Madden and Dan Fouts, guys who have lived football, guys that have been down on the field that know the game.

Well I guess not all former football guys are a good fit, in an online poll most people wished that Joe Theisman would fall out of his chair and break his other leg. And if Michael Irvin or Shannon Sharpe ever get in the booth they’ll have to hire a closed captioned typist versed in gibberish.

Jon “Chucky” Gruden will be a welcomed change over the non comedic act of Kornheiser, not that a change in the booth will make me tune into watch. Games other than Rams V Raiders or Bengals V Saints would be a good start. Producers at ESPN should make a concerted effort to watch NBC’s Sunday Night Football, it’s a very well put together show while the ESPN broadcast resembles something out of the early 80’s.

And from the “outside of the 15 to 28 year old demographics” nobody cares department, the NBA western conference finals starts tonight. Lakers V Nuggets. Officials in Colorado have escalated the statewide rape alert system to Orange.

(AP) — Former NFL star Bruce Smith was charged with drunken driving Friday morning after a police officer stopped him for speeding.

Bruce don’t you have enough money to call a cab? Or hire a freakin’ driver?

an officer in a special DUI enforcement unit stopped Smith’s vehicle on Interstate 264 at about 1:42 a.m. He said he didn’t know how fast Smith was driving in the 55 mph zone, but it must have been less than 75 mph or he would have been charged with reckless driving instead

Bruce you are a 45 year old man, you are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, this is your third DUI arrest, at what age do you plan on becoming a responsible member of society? I don’t want you or any other drunk bastard behind the wheel of a car.

Smith has two previous DUI arrests but has not been convicted. A 1997 charge was dismissed, and he was acquitted in 2003.

“Dismissed & Acquitted” loosely translated, he had enough fame and fortune to buy his way out of the charges. Will the state of Virginia please put this piece of garbage behind bars, and make sure he never gets behind the wheel of a car again.

Yes that’s right, after yet another tearful retirement from football good old number 4 just might decide to un-retire one more time. After telling the Jets “It’s not you it’s me” and “I don’t want to see other people(teams) I just need some time alone”. Number 4 has aspirations, as he did last summer, to play for the Vikings.
Some questions need to be asked, but they don’t necessarily have answers.

Will John Madden continue to put number 4 on the cover of Madden 2010,2011,2012……?

Is he only coming back for fear that Tarvaris Jackson is closing in on his interceptions thrown record?

Will Ted Thompson pay a player to “take out” number 4 when the Vikings come to town?

Will John David Booty willingly give up his jersey number and resort to a life of crime. Because only serial killers insist you use their middle name.

What wine goes better with Vicodins, red or white?

The Vikings needn’t worry about number 4’s bum right bicep tear, number 4 throws a better ball left handed from a lawn chair after a couple of beers than Sage Rosenfels throws on a clear day during practice.

Will the guys from the Wrangler commercial be joining him? And will he be allowed to throw to a stationary trailer target during practice?

What product endorsements could number 4 pick up in Minnesota?
“Hi this is Brett Favre for Brett Favre parkas”
“Hi this is Brett Favre for Brett Favre lawn care”
“Hi this is Brett Favre for Brett Favre snow removal”
“Hi this is Brett Favre for Brett Favre Big Ass Storage and Truck Rental”

Reportedly number 4 isn’t asking the Vikings for monetary compensation, his only terms will involve a name change of sorts.
“Welcome everyone to Monday Night Football, like a good neighbor I’m Mike Torrico coming to you live from the Brett Favre Dome”

Dom Deluise August 1, 1933 – May 4, 2009
Rest In Peace “Him”