Possible Trouble For LSU Football!

http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/20/witnesses-claim-lsu-qb-jordan-jefferson-kicked-man-in-head-during-bar-fight/

Just when I was thinking of going with LSU as my preseason #1 in college football, this report comes out. If QB Jordan Jefferson gets suspended for any games (LSU plays Oregon in its second game), its national championship hopes suffer a severe blow.

Humber to DL; Kinney Called Up

Maybe Badger knew somethign when he took this picture back in Spring Training?

Cubbies Fire Jim Hendry-Finally!!

Not total morons on the North Side (maybe Hendry will blame Zambrano!). First good move in a while for the Cubbies. Got to think that Quade is out after the season. But in all likelihood you ain't getting Sandberg now- you done ("Adam Dunn?") burned that bridge!! The Sandberg talk has already started on Chicago sports radio. Gosh, I hope that Ryno tells the Cubbies to stick it after they treated him like crap last year.

Wondering where all the Hendry-defenders are right now, those who told me in 2008 that Hendry was a better GM than Kenny Williams?!

Walkoff, Chicago Style!

Both Chicago games ended with walk-offs!
1. White Sox win on Juan Pierre single in the bootom of the 14th inning (I left after the 13th inning! It was after midnight, peeps!).
2, Cubbies lose on a walk-off Grand Slam!!

How Many Wins Will Zambrano Finish With?

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/z/zambrca01.shtml

He is Win-Loss record of 125-81 (.607 winning percentage- that's better than Buerhle's). And he is only 30 years old. Is 200 wins a possibility? 150?

Congrats, Jim Thome on Home Run #600!

Pictured is clearly my favorite home run of Thome's 600 home runs.

I'm pretty sure that Thome's milestone home runs happened as follows:

#300- with the Indians

#400- with the Phillies

#500- with the Sox

#600- with the Twins

Elliott Harris Covers the Luvabulls Tryouts!!

http://elliottharris.com/blog1.php/luvabulls-tryouts

My Evaluation of the Bears' First Preseason Game

It's a DAMN PRESEASON Game!!!!

Gotta Love Chicago Cubbie Fans!

Crazy Z!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd2B6SjMh_w&ob=av3n

Que Gnarls Barkley's Crazy (or maybe Patsy Cline's Crazy) for the today's Cubbies' locker room music.

Cubbies should have traded him a long time ago. Then again, the Cubbies should have hired Ryno as manager instead of Quade (do you think Ryne Sandberg would have allowed some of the craziness that has been going on this season?)

Still- Rios or Dunn straight up for Zambrano. Ozzie & Cooper would keep him in check. And if not, well then at least Ozzie wouldn't be the craziest guy in the White Sox clubhouse!!

Former Warrant Lead Singer Dead at 47!

Apparently an appearance on "Celebrity Fit Club" was not enough to save him!
Strip Clubs throughout the country will have a moment of silence before playing "Cherry Pie"!

http://news.yahoo.com/former-warrant-lead-singer-jani-lane-dies-47-064029198.html

RIP!

Hang in there HM!

Fab Five- Continuing to Make Michigan Proud!

http://www.insidehoops.com/blog/?p=8172

Jimmy King decides to join teammate Jalen Rose in jail! Hey ESPN, let run that Fab Five documentary again.

9 Talk Shows Worse than Lopez Tonight!

Talk about bad memories!
Maybe if Rick Dees could have had a grown-up Jodi Swetin instead of a 10 year old Jodi Swetin as a guest, his show would have survived!
Not even Howard Stern could save "The Magic Hour"!

http://www.screenjunkies.com/tv/tv-lists/9-talk-shows-that-crashed-and-burned-faster-than-lopez-tonight/

Fall TV Preview: The Playboy Club

It stars Amber Heard and she plays a Playboy bunny. What else do you need to know?

Kathy Ireland in Her Prime

The bottom pic (batting in a Mets' cap) is from SI.com, a great picture!

Kathy Ireland- reason enough to watch "Necessary Roughness" (the 1991 movie, not the current TV series)!

The NBA Lockout Will Be Fun!

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Bad Reality Shows, Bad Player Behavior plus a healthy dose of players' arrests and bankruptcy filings!

White Sox Finally Win 5 In A Row

Finally I can post these pics!!

Still a long way to go, but got to start somewhere!

More Jereme Richmond

Hard to fell sorry for this kid. Charges against him have been raised to three felonies.

http://espn.go.com/chicago/ncb/story/_/id/6847522/ex-university-illinois-standout-jereme-richmond-faces-battery-gun-charges

The Sun-Times has a timeline of the good and bad of his life:

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/6973444-418/the-jereme-richmond-timeline.html

But the best may be Richmond's tweet from earlier this year.

"If I so happen to fail, I want my doubters to know that my failure is greater than your biggest success." -Jereme Richmond, April 2011

I don't think so, Jereme. I don't think so.

How Dumb Could He Be?

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/08/09/ex-illini-richmond-arrested-on-battery-charges/

Ex-Illini basketball player (not going to say star) continues his parade of idiocy. Leave college after one year, hires agent, doesn't get drafted and now he is sitting in a Lake County Jail!

Jerry Rice- Randy Moss Didn't Give 100%

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Jerry-Rice-Moss-laziness-was-like-a-slap-in-t?urn=nfl-wp4803

Hard to argue with one of the greatest pro football players I ever saw play.

Some Tuesday Morning Reading Recommendations:

1. I Don't think it's That Bad:
http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/09/its-an-awful-time-to-be-a-minnesota-sports-fan/

2. Yeah, Adam Dunn may be that Bad:
http://www.realclearsports.com/lists/biggest_mlb_dropoffs/intro.html

August 8th- An Interesting Anniversary for Chicago Baseball

http://mopupduty.com/index.php/worst-uniforms-chicago-white-sox-shorts-1976/

August 8, 1976- In the first game of a double-header, the Chicago White Sox donned some pretty unique uniforms: shorts! It looks like the Sox only wore these great unis for three games.

http://www.freewebs.com/karamaxjoe/thewhitesoxshorts.htm

8-8-88: It's also anniversary-well sort of- on the other side of town. The first night game (yes, youngsters until 1988, there were no lights and ergo no night games at Wrigley!) was scheduled for August 8, 1988. Unfortunately, Mother Nature rained the game out after 3 plus innings, so the first official night game at Wrigley was August 9th, 1988.

Good Work, White Sox Coaching Staff

Ozzie, Greg Walker and the rest of the White Sox staff has gotten plenty of criticism this season, a good amount of it well deserved.

But Ozzie Guillen, Joey Cora, and Don Cooper should be applauded for pushing Jake Peavy's start from Satyrday to Sunday giving him an extra day of rest (8 innings of shutout ball) and calling up Zach Stewart to earn his first MLB victory on Saturday. The move lead to the White Sox getting a 3 game sweep of the Twins in Minnesota.

Let's Watch Michael Beasley Be a Dick

Good luck during the lockout, d-bag!

Why Not Make Fun of Adam Dunn? Everyone is!

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Hall of Fame Weekend: Richard Dent

On Saturday, Richard Dent, Super Bowl XX MVP, will make it three members of the 1985 Chicago Bears defense in the Hall of Fame (Dan Hampton, Mike Singletary and Dent). A well deserved honor for Dent and further evidence of the greatest NFL defense ever.

Congrats!

Anne Hathaway as Catwoman

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1668537/catwoman-costume-anne-hathaway-dark-knight-rises.jhtml

Happy Birthday, Mr. President!

Yankees 18 White Sox 7

Really thought it was bushleague that NY went for the 2 point conversion after making it 16-7. And Nick Swisher is still a d-bag!

Randy Moss and his NFL Legacy

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/Randy-Moss-retirement-legacy-falls-short-of-talent-080211

Jason Whitlock does a superb job of summing up Randy Moss' career. HM has a poll on his blog on Randy Moss and his Hall of Fame chances. After reading Whitlock's column, I am persuaded that Moss should be a first ballot HOF, despite all his issues on and off the field

From One Perv to Another, Elliott Harris will be missed!

http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/chicago-media-blog/14880163/more-sun-times-layoffs-quick-hits-columnist-harris-loses-%E2%80%98b

Robert Feder (no one covers media better) is reporting that the Chicago Sun-times Sports section is laying off Mike Mulligan and Elliot Harris, among others, in continuing cuts int he newspaper industry. Mully continues on the WSCR in his morning slot, but with Elliot Harris gone, where will I go for my daily fix of pics of beautiful ladies? Where, I ask, where?!

Praying to My Guardian Angels,

as I trying to get over some morning depression.

Top Sports Towns

Cities to be jealous of (in terms of how good their teams are):

1. Boston, as much as I would hate to admit it, has to be #1. Bruins are the Stanley Cup Champs. The Patriots are the Patriots, with some interesting off-season moves, looking like a prime AFC contender. The Red Sox, despite some pitching issues, have a monster line-up, are at worst a wild-card team. The Celtics, maybe starting to slip a little are still a playoff team. Boston- all major sports teams in the playoffs! That's just sick.
2. Philly. When did the Phillies become the Yankees at every trade deadline? The Flyers were a 2010 Stanley Cup Finalist. The Eagles have been proclaimed by some as the "Dream Team." The weak link among the major sports- the Sixers.
3. Chicago. At least I hope Chicago is #3 on the list, ahead of New York. Da Bulls were in the NBA Eastern Finals and if the NBA lockout ever ends should contend for the NBA ring. Da Bears were in the NFC title game. Okay, the Bears' off season has been less than spectacular but still. Blackhawks were the 2010 Stanley Cup Champion and had a good off-season. Baseball- well, 2008 seems like a long time ago.
4. New York. Ah, screw New York, I got work to do.

Marisa Miller Talks About Something in This Interview

Lingerie Basketball?

Well I guess if you are going to have lingerie football, you might as well have lingerie basketball. Or maybe not. Not a fan of either. I guess I prefere my lingerie on late night movies or Maxim magazine. But, that's just me.

http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=c5021fca-5a69-42c1-8f3a-125cfcb2c647

Bears Town

Driving back form Miller Park on Saturday night (saw Prince Fielder hit a 475 foot rocket shot), had a "debate" with Badger. My proposition- Chicago, like most Midwestern cities (maybe St. Louis would be the exception) is a "football town" over a "baseball town." In other words, this is a "Bears Town."
Some evidence in support of my proposition- top sports story on the news last night, Olin Kreutz and the Bears predominating over either the White Sox and the Cubbies.
BEARS TOWN

Chicago Sports Fans- Not Happy

Not a great week for Chicago sports- at least from a "feel" point of view.

1. Bears. Training camp has just started and many Bears' fans are already down on the overall lack of free agent signing and more importantly, the departure/trade of Olin Kruetz and Greg Olsen. Let me start by stating that in my opinion, Olin Kruetz was one of the most overrated
Bear players in the last 5 years. Having said that, you don't let a team leader and anchor of an offensive line that you are trying to improve go unless you have a much better option ready to step in. Chris Stewart does not appear to fit that description. The departure of Greg Olsen (and only getting draft choices in return!) has added to the current depression of Bears' fans. At the same time the biggest free agent signing to date- WR Roy Williams released by the Cowboys.
2. White Sox- losing 2 out of 3 to the Red Sox coupled with the continuing unacceptable play of Rios and Dunn fuels frustration in a division that is very winnable.
3. Cubbies- standing pat at the trade deadline, really?! So expect for dumping Fukudome on the tribe, Hendry moves no one? No one wanted Pena or Zambrano? A-Ram not waiving his no-trade clause. Cubs' fans- optimistic for the future?