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I wonder if this could ever rise to the level of stripping the Patriots of their titles? At the very least I think the official record book should have a Roger Maris style asterisk. *
Former Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh sent the NFL eight videotapes that show New England violated league rules by recording opposing coaches’ playcalling signals.
The tapes include signals by coaches of five opponents in six games from 2000-02, but don’t include video from the St. Louis Rams’ walkthrough before the 2002 Super Bowl.
The NFL said it received a letter from Michael Levy, the lawyer for Walsh, detailing the tapes that were scheduled to arrive Thursday at the league’s New York offices.
* (Although technically there was no real asterisk for Maris.)
Santana Moss is having a birthday blowout.
This confrontation between Deadspin’s Will Leitch and old school writer Buzz Bissinger is making the rounds in the sports blog world. The old media folks just don’t come off well. Calling interesting media “mean” is just such a crutch.
The Washington Redskins cheerleaders were brought in to show India’s cricket fans how to shake their pompoms — but not everyone was impressed.
The New Delhi team said Wednesday it was switching its cheerleaders for a band of drummers. Mumbai politicians have forced theirs to cover up, saying their performances were lewd and not appropriate for India’s traditional culture.
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The backlash began in Mumbai last week when lawmakers from the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party pressed to get cheerleaders banned from the home games of the local team, the Mumbai Indians.
“See the pictures of these girls in the newspapers? This is not something you can allow inside your house, or something that you can look at in the presence of your sister or daughter,” said Nitin Gadkari, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s president for the state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is its capital.
“It may be a good thing for America, for the U.S.A., it’s not a good thing for India, for our kind of culture,” Gadkari said.
Police vowed to keep scantily clad dancers out of public view.
“We will take action,” said Mumbai police officer Ramrao Wagh. “The government has said it will not allow obscenities on the field.” He did not elaborate.
Grog say Havertini a steal in third round!!!
One of the great things the world of the Internet and blogs has brought us is a large needle with which to deflate the self appointed experts in the press. This deflation usually occurs by researching what they say. In this case ESPN’s draft experts did no better than 5.93%-6.67% accuracy in forecasting the draft.
In other words ESPN could spice up the 2009 draft and make it more entertaining by bringing in an army of gorillas. Seriously, you tell me that you wouldn’t watch 5-7 hours of NYC mayhem perpetrated by gorillas with occasional appearances from future NFL players?
I’m so there.
[Nelson]Ha! Ha! We’re laughing at the NHL![/Nelson]
When the Patriots made their pick, the boos were so loud they drowned out the TV announcers and almost everything else. Have the New England Cheaters now officially overtaken the Cowboys as the team everyone else in the league hates? I know Cowboy hatred well, but for all the dirty play, drugs, and arrogance that has been a Dallas staple - they won doing it legit.
UPDATE: EA is putting Bret Favre on the cover of Madden ‘09. I know it’s a John Madden wankfest but come on.
He thinks the Redskins will pick Limas Sweed at #21. I do hope they pick a wide receiver because more than anything the passing game nearly kept them out of the playoffs last season. Santana Moss can only do so much and while Antwaan Randle El has his moments he isn’t a go-to spectacular guy on play after play. They sure haven’t had a real receiver at #3 with the horrific Brandon Lloyd just taking up space.
I really hate not having Coach Gibbs around, because for whatever few faults he had it was steady and calm. With Jim Zorn, I literally have no idea what to expect. He has no NFL head coaching experience and could be a placeholder, a hall of famer, or another bust like Steve Spurrier.
“The Washington Redskins Cheerleaders, deemed the ‘First Ladies of Football,’ will be traveling to India on April 10th to create the first ever cheerleading squad in that country for cricket’s Royal Challengers Bangalore, part of the new Indian Premier League (IPL), in their inaugural game on April 18th.”
But of course they are.
More from the release: Twelve cheerleaders, 18 days, four cricket games, a second wave of training and the following claim: “By the time this project is complete, the Redskins Cheerleading department will have spent over 10 weeks creating a new cheerleading world in India.”
A whole new world, folks.
That Kobe, watch out. (via)
Every March I wonder this. I am admittedly not a basketball fan, and if I do watch I watch a pro game over a college one. But every March the hype machine goes to 11, people fill out brackets (something I’ve never done) and a school or two makes it further than they should as the “Cinderella” team. Has the Cinderella team ever won it? Considering all the #1 seeds made the Final Four, is there a point?
I mean, besides the cheerleaders.
Bush, like Cheney, was booed throwing out the opening pitch for the Nationals. Disliking the president is the new national pastime.
Jason Reid has confirmed that the Redskins and New York Giants will play in the NFL season opener Thursday (Sept. 4) at Giants Stadium. An official announcement is expected to come Monday at the annual owners’ meetings in Florida.
From Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s blog on the LATimes.com:
One of the common myths about me was repeated last week when a friend of mine was playing in his weekly basketball league and a teammate asked him, “Why was Kareem always so angry?” That’s not the first time I heard this charge. What’s weird about it is that every morning when I get out of bed, bluebirds, squirrels, and deer help me get dressed while we sing “We Are the World.” By the way, squirrels really suck at tying shoes. And deer often mumble the lyrics.
Even that doesn’t make me angry.
What’s interesting about the question is that the person who asked the question is white. In fact, no black person has ever asked that question. That’s because they already know the answer. In the 1960s and 1970s, when the civil rights movement was at its most intense and volatile level, I often used my celebrity to speak out against certain injustices. This seemed to irritate some people who expected black athletes to simply be silently grateful for their opportunities and not rock the boat.
Sigh, America. (via)
As the shockwave subsides, the question is: What will John Madden do?
The Redskins cut WR Brandon Lloyd. I caught almost as many passes as he did last year.
Well, that was unexpected. I’m so torn now. I want the Patriots to go down, but for that to happen the rival Giants must win. I guess its better than the Cowboys getting there.
And the Chargers? They got one game closer then remembered that Norv freaking Turner is their head coach.
On one hand, I’m glad the Cowboys got bounced. But on the other, it’s the freaking Giants that did the bouncing. So I guess I hope for the Packers to win next week. And if that happens, the next sound you’ll hear is the collective gushing of every sports journalist over the idea of Bret Favre in the Superbowl (and possibly versus Tom Terrific).
And Norv Turner? Talk about lucky. Still a sorry ass coach.
UPDATE: And now Terrell Owens is crying defending Tony Romo’s Mexico trip. LOL.
I sure don’t. Baseball’s moment has passed, usurped by our premiere sport - football, and eclipsed by the other sporting choices we now have. Rich, pampered guys shooting drugs into their butts, blessed by both the owners and the players union: what else is new?
Considering the way the insular NFL coaching club operates, this is pretty heavy language from a hall of fame coach.
Don Shula likes the Patriots’
chances of going undefeated, but the Bill Belichick-inspired spying
scandal has clouded Shula’s thinking when comparing New England with
his unbeaten 1972 Dolphins team.
“The Spygate thing has diminished what they’ve accomplished,” Shula
said in an interview with the New York Daily News. “You would hate to
have that attached to your accomplishments. They’ve got it.”Belichick was fined $500,000 and the Patriots were fined $250,000 and
lost a first-round draft pick for videotaping the Jets’ opposing
sideline during the teams’ season-opening game.“That tells you the seriousness or significance of what they found,”
Shula said, according to the Daily News. “I guess you got the same
thing as putting an asterisk by Barry Bonds’ home run record.“I guess it will be noted that the Patriots were fined and a No. 1
draft choice was taken away during that year of accomplishment. The sad
thing is Tom Brady looks so good, it doesn’t look like he needs any help.”
