If you’re not familiar with PostSecret.com, it’s a website that invites the general public to send in their deepest, darkest secrets on a postcard, and then they publish them on their website. It’s a popular website. There’s a book in publication, and a lot of people, I suppose, find it therapeuatic and comforting to get their secrets out there, even if it’s anonymously.
Anyway, the above postcard appeared on PostSecret.com today. And if that is the worst secret that someone is protecting, then I think that person is doing alright. He or she probably isn’t alone in this. I can’t say that I’ve ever wished for Dan Marino to lose two limbs, but not a Sunday goes by during football season that I don’t wish for someone to drop a piano on Terry Bradshaw.
• ESPY Awards Red Carpet Special. 8:00, ESPN2. I’m not watching any “red carpet special” unless it’s some kind of an investigative report on Nicole Kidman’s bush.
• 2006 ESPY Awards. You don’t want to miss ESPN’s “ESPN is Awesome” night. 9:00, ESPN.
• Movie. Hoosiers. A heartwarming tale, as opposed to what will be on ESPN, which is the opposite of heartwarming. 8:00, ESPN Classic.
England and Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has penned an autobiography. And even though he’s just 20 years old and doesn’t look like the brightest guy around, I find the fact that Rooney has an autobiography way less ridiculous than the fact that Terrell Owens has two. Some tidbits from Wayne’s upcoming literary adventure…
• Wayne insists that his genital-stomp of Ricardo Carvalho in England’s World Cup quarterfinal loss to Portugal was not intentional. Said little Wayne, “If you think about it, if I’d done it deliberately, if it had been a definite stamp meant to harm him, the fella would still be in hospital to this day. But he was up on his feet in minutes, no worse for wear.” I guess he’s got a point there.
• He can’t sleep without the light on, the TV on, and a vacuum cleaner running.
• He cried in the locker room after the loss to Portugal. Not because of the loss, but because of the sympathy his teammates had for him. “The players came over to me, one by one, and said things like: ‘Don’t worry, Wazza, it wasn’t your fault.’ That was when, for the first time, I felt a few tears come into my eyes.”
• He admits to patronizing a prostitute, but says it occurred when he was 16, and he just did, “what lots of lads have always done for a few laughs.” He calls it his biggest regret and something he’s ashamed of.
• He, almost unfortunately, harbors no ill feelings towards Cristiano Ronaldo. Wayne says there was nothing but good-luck wishes between the two before the match, and that he sent Ronaldo a text message after the match against Portugal wishing him good luck through the rest of the tournament.
Wayne Rooney Scares Me [Mr. Irrelevant]
Rooney’s revelations [Telegraph.co.uk]
‘I can’t sleep without the vacuum or hair dryer on’ [DNA Sport]
Stamp was not deliberate - Rooney [BBC Sport]
• A look back at the Mets first half, comparing various Mets to musical acts. [Misery Loves Company: Two Guys Watch Baseball]
• Finally, Barbaro speaks up and acknowledges the fans who have written him. [The Big Picture]
• A homemade commercial for Super Tecmo Bowl. I have a great appreciation for this. [Philadelphia Will Do]
• Even if USA Soccer can’t bring in Jurgen Klinsmann to coach, you can bring Jurgen’s car to your garage via EBay. [The Wade Blogs]
• If Minnesota Twins were M*A*S*H characters… [10,000 Takes]
• Hey, Lee Corso’s got a webpage now. Be sure to check out his schedule, and see if you can find an open date in there. [The Wizard of Odds]
• Man… some of those MLS salaries are reeeeally low. [Sports Frog]
• A chilling prediction for the NBA’s Future: LeBron James and Dwyane Wade as New York Knicks. [EndScore]
• A look at the MLB All-Star Game of 20 years ago. I hate to be one of those “the old days were so much better” guys, but… well, it seems like they were better. [No Mas]
• The Top Five black characters in sports movies. And if you don’t like number two, you’re a damn cake-eater. [Rivalfish]
• Life imitates art: What Judge Smails and organic farmers have in common. [New West] via [The Jeff Backham Weblog]
• Eventually, they’re just going to put Leinart out to stud. [The Wizard of Odds]
• Analyzing Jesus’s performance in various sports figurines. He seems to particularly enjoy the golf. [I Dislike Your Favorite Team]
• Kentucky fans have a child, decorate the child’s nursery with Wildcats, show it off to other blog readers. I don’t think that was the response they envisioned. [Apartment Therapy]
Dallas Cowboys safety Keith Davis is recovering from two gunshot wounds sustained last night during a drive-by shooting on a Dallas highway. His condition is listed as stable, and despite being shot in the head and in the thigh, his injuries aren’t considering life-threatening.
Davis was driving on a highway last night at about 5 a.m. A car pulled up next to his Chevy Impala and unloaded multiple shots. Police are currently investigating.
It’s actually not the first time in his career that Davis has been shot. Back in 2003, he was shot three times outside of a Dallas strip club. Bill Parcells cut him soon after. Davis sat out that year, but has since returned to the Cowboys, and was their regular starter at free safety last year.
The gigantic Italian soccer scandal has finally reached a resolution, with the Italian Football Federsation’s prosecutor ruling that three clubs, Juventus, Fiorentina, and Lazio, will be demoted from Italian Serie A to Serie B. And another team, AC Milan, will be starting next season with a fifteen-point deduction in the standings. Juventus is also being stripped of their 2005 and 2006 league title, and will start next year’s Serie B season with a 30-point deduction, which means that they’ll be in Serie B for the 2007 season as well.
Unable to make the transition to a lesser league as smoothly as Ricky Williams, a lot of players on these clubs are going to want out, which means we’re probably about to see a flurry of big-name transfers. Among the studs available will likely be Alessandro Nesta, David Trezeguet, Mauro Camoranesi, Gianluca Zambrotta, Pavel Nedved, Patrick Viera, Lilian Thuram, Luca Toni and World Cup stud goalie Gianluigi Buffon. The BBC Sport site has put together a handly little list of what players are rumored to be heading where. In summary, the rich clubs of the English Premiership (the season’s just over a month away) are about to get a hell of a lot richer.
Juventus president Cobolli Gigli plans to appeal the verdict, calling it “unheard of.” Unfortunately for him, also unheard of is the depth of the cheating in which Juventus participated. Fans are taking to the streets, too, gathering in protests that have been (somewhat shockingly) peaceful. I’ve got to think that if they didn’t know, at least on some subconscious level, that they deserved their punishments, they’d be turning over cars and setting things on fire.
Alonzo Mourning has announced his intentions to return to the Miami Heat to help Jason Williams and Antoine Walker defend their NBA championship. Mourning was reportedly getting some attention and offers from other teams, including the San Antonio Spurs, but in the end, the allure of playing another year with Antoine Walker was just too much for him to pass up.
The back-up center for the Heat, of course, is an inspirational story as well, having come back from a life-threatening kidney disease. He doesn’t play a ton of minutes these days, but his health doesn’t appear to be a huge factor anymore. At least, it didn’t, up until he suffered this massive seizure in the NBA Finals.
An odd little statistical anomaly occured in baseball last night. For the first time in almost 28 years, Major League Baseball played a full day of games with nobody recording a save. There were six save attempts, and every single one of them was blown. Whatever disease it is that Trevor Hoffman has, it appears to be spreading.
It was a day of blowouts and bad relief performances. Out of 15 games, 10 of them were won by 6 runs or more, and a couple more were walkoffs, so there weren’t a lot of opportunities to be had. But when one presented itself, someone was there to blow. So congratulations to Damaso Marte, Roy Corcoran, Gary Majewski, Brian Fuentes, Brandon League, Chad Bradford, and all of the teams who got their asses whooped yesterday, for your historic achievement.
1:00, ESPN. Softball. Japan vs. United States. Is there any way we could just impose the mercy rule before the game starts?
1:00, NBC. Action Sports. Dew Action Sports Tour, Right Guard Open, Day 2. Shaun White was outstanding in yesterday’s Vert Finals. I don’t know what that means.
1:00, CBS. Cycling. Tour de France. The great Schwinn vs. Huffy debate rages on.
2:00, TNT. NASCAR. Nextep Cup Lenox Industrial Tools 300. I’d really like to see Jeff Gordon fight someone.
2:00, ABC. PGA Golf. John Deere Classic, Final Round. David Duval lurks just 15 back of the leader.
3:00, ESPN2. LPGA Golf. Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic, Final Round. And don’t miss next week’s Gary Burghoff Rubbermade Open.
4:00, NBC. Golf. American Century Championship, Final Round. Think Tommy Maddox takes any special joy in beating Ben Roethlisberger’s ass at this thing?
4:00, CBS. Old People Golf. Ford Players Championship, Final Round. I think it’s time that the Champions Tour got some credit for never having any doping scandals.
4:00, ABC. British Open Preview Show. Next week, famous people play golf again.
6:00, ESPN. MLB. New York Mets @ Chicago Cubs. If this game were to go 22 innings, would they just not show the ESPYs? Because that would be cool.
• Boxing: Shane Mosley over Fernando Vargas, 6th round TKO. If you missed this one, it’s OK. They’ll probably come up with some lame reason to have another rematch in a few months.
• MLB: Indians 2, Twins 6. Johan Santana resumes being Johan Santana, and Justin Morneau continues to punish the baseball.
• WNBA: Sun 63, Monarchs 69. Proudly display your Hamchetou Maiga-Ba jerseys today; she hit two clutch free throws last night.
Let’s see… How do I go about explaning this to you. I, um… well… it’s a song, that comes courtesy of Kentucky Sports Radio. It’s a song written by the man pictured to your right, and… well, if you tried to imagine a song written and performed by that guy pictured to your right, it would sound exactly like this. It’s all about Tubby Smith. And I’m sorry, I just couldn’t describe this to you if I tried. It’s really something you have to experience for yourself. Here’s a sampling of lyrics, as best as I can understand them:
“Well 10 years ‘been a long time for ya, Tubby
Now you’d better get it done this year, buddy
Oh You’d better win… you’d better win
‘Cause my woman’s gettin’ tarred and my dog’s gettin’ hungry
And my gun’s all gone and I’m gettin’ lonely… YEAH.
YEAH!”
• IndyCar Racing. Firestone Indy 200. I believe Danica’s in the luteal phase, so she’ll probably finish around 10th. 9:00, ESPN.
• Softball. China vs. United States. Might be fun, if you like the mercy rule. 8:00, ESPN2.
• Movie. Goodfellas. Is this the superintendent? Yes, sir, I would like you to know that you have a whore living in 2R. 8:00, TNT.
The Boston Celtics have finally gotten around to putting together their first-ever dance team. Apparently, they’re just going to call them the “Celtics Dancers,” which is unfortunate. I was holding out hope for something like “The Paul Pierce Pleasure Crew,” or “The Girls of Scalabrine’s Weenie.” But, in the tradition of the Celtics, they’re playing this one conservatively.
Celtics.com has covered the historic proceedings with this blog. Some of the judges included former Celtics Ernie DiGregorio and Dana Barros, along with current Celtic Tony Allen. I’m sure Tony’s looking forward to getting to know some of these ladies better, and if you’re Dana Barros, hey, why not take one more shot with the old, “Baby, I’m Dana Barros” line.
• Remember those United Way commercials featuring Steve Largent, and his son Kramer, who had spina bifida? Well, Kramer’s not doing so well. But it’s not what you might think. [Seattleast]
• Any blog post entitled “Fuzzy Zoeller is still an asshole” is okay with me. [Talking To Nobody]
• Pat Neshek, recent call-up of the Minnesota Twins, blogs about the call-up and his first day in the majors. Cool stuff. [On The Road With Pat Neshek]
• A look at some of the unusual players invited to the NBA’s summer league. Knowing a Detroit Piston apparently gets you on their roster. [High and Inside]
• It had to happen. HR Huff ‘n Stuff, the song. [Smell the Glove]
• Fringe sports now have their very own blog, the aptly-named Frige Sports Central. [Fringe Sports Central]
• Sugar Shane Mosley is going to fight Fernando Vargas tonight. The guys at No Mas aren’t exactly excited about it. [No Mas]
• Yeah, kinda strange that the entire World Cup was tainted by a momma joke. [SPiN on Sports]
Floyd Landis is no longer the leader of the Tour de France, after struggling in the longest stage of the Tour de France. Not only is he not leading anymore, but he’s over a minute behind. The stage winner was a German named Jens Voigt, and the Overall leader is Spain’s Oscar Pereiro.
Landis says it was a tactical choice to let Pereiro surge ahead, so as not to waste any energy. I don’t know anything about cycling, of course, but I’m pretty sure that the Tour de France isn’t a “go all-out at every point during the race” type of things. Even Pereiro doesn’t seem convinced about his own viability as a Tour leader, saying, “I have to be realistic.” And Voigt’s take on the situation is, “”Floyd is thinking, ‘I give it to him on the flat days and take it back later.” So I guess Floyd’s still in pretty good shape. I think the Pittsburgh Pirates should try that excuse. “Yeah, we’re saving our energy for 2014.”
Yesterday day was Bastille Day, which I guess is kind of a big day in the Tour de France. In a French guy wins the stage, the country apparently will go nuts for him, but unfortunately for France, they never win anything. A Ukranian guy won the stage. All I know about Bastille Day is that when I was in high school, and I wore too much cologne, my mother would say to me, “You smell like a French whore on Bastille Day.”
The Baltimore Orioles were set to have a Brian Roberts bobblehead giveaway today, but there was a bit of a snafu. 20,000 bobbleheads showed up on their doorstep, and they opened them to find that the Brian Roberts doll had much darker skin than the actul Brian Roberts.
“It didn’t look like Brian Roberts. The coloring was bad,” Orioles spokesman Bill Stetka said. “I didn’t actually see it. I’ve heard various versions that it was very dark and bluish.”
So they made the decision to send back all 20,000 bobbleheads, and give fans vouchers good for Brian Roberts bobbleheads at some later date. That seems wasteful to me. Would it have killed Brian Roberts to just play today’s game in blackface? Come on, man, take one for the team. Look at all the eyeblack; he’s already halfway there. Bobbleheads aren’t cheap, you know. I’m sure that no advocacy groups would’ve had any problem with that whatsoever.
England and Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has penned an autobiography. And even though he’s just 20 years old and doesn’t look like the brightest guy around, I find the fact that Rooney has an autobiography way less ridiculous than the fact that Terrell Owens has two. Some tidbits from Wayne’s upcoming literary adventure…
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Dallas Cowboys safety Keith Davis is recovering from two gunshot wounds sustained last night during a drive-by shooting on a Dallas highway. His condition is listed as stable, and despite being shot in the head and in the thigh, his injuries aren’t considering life-threatening.
The gigantic Italian soccer scandal has finally reached a resolution, with the Italian Football Federsation’s prosecutor ruling that three clubs, Juventus, Fiorentina, and Lazio, will be demoted from Italian Serie A to Serie B. And another team, AC Milan, will be starting next season with a fifteen-point deduction in the standings. Juventus is also being stripped of their 2005 and 2006 league title, and will start next year’s Serie B season with a 30-point deduction, which means that they’ll be in Serie B for the 2007 season as well.
An odd little statistical anomaly occured in baseball last night. For the first time in almost 28 years, Major League Baseball played a full day of games with nobody recording a save. There were six save attempts, and every single one of them was blown. Whatever disease it is that Trevor Hoffman has, it appears to be spreading.
1:00, ESPN. Softball. Japan vs. United States. Is there any way we could just impose the mercy rule before the game starts?
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The Baltimore Orioles were set to have a Brian Roberts bobblehead giveaway today, but there was a bit of a snafu. 20,000 bobbleheads showed up on their doorstep, and they opened them to find that the Brian Roberts doll had much darker skin than the actul Brian Roberts.
