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TOP STORIES - JANUARY 27, 2006 Get your NFL football tickets now at TickCo. They have all team Cardinals tickets, Cowboys tickets, Packers tickets, Colts tickets, Patriots tickets, Titans tickets and more. Get your Super Bowl tickets here!  ISIAH RIDER ARRESTED FOR KIDNAPPING!?!? We haven't heard his name in a while - troubled former NBA player Isaiah Rider was arrested by sheriff's deputies on charges of kidnapping a female acquaintance, according to authorities. The 34-year old is being held on $2 million bail. Rider racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines and suspensions in his NBA career, which ended in 2001. His offenses ranged from being tardy to practice to spitting at fans and airport personnel to crimes of assault and marijuana possession. TAM-U NOT HAPPY WITH SEAHAWKS '12TH MAN': Seattle's '12th man flag' has caught the attention of Texas A&M fans University, and they are citing trademark infringement. The university's history of the 12th Man dates back to a student suiting up on the sidelines in 1922, in case he was needed for a game. The school has also used all-volunteer kickoff units in the past to honor the tradition. The Seahawks '12th Man' is also not a recent idea, the team 'retired' the #12 jersey in 1984, however the Seahawks now also have a 'Home of the 12th Man' on the stadium facade, similar to what appears at Kyle Field. Says an associate Athletic Director, 'If you don't protect your copyrights and trademarks you can lose them.' I have a feeling the two organizations will work something out.SPORTS WEEKLY TO ADD NASCAR COVERAGE: Guess my survey answers about a year ago made an impact. I say it's a nice addition, although those already not happy that the publication went away from being baseball only won't be happy. Now I say add a little college footall with some March Madness into the mix. I would leave hockey and golf out, since there are already specialized publications for that. VA TECH GAME MARRED BY 'KICKING INCIDENT': And his name wasn't Marcus Vick, as a Va Tech basketball player kicks a Duke opponent on the ground in the closing minutes of the Hokies loss (It'll be on Putfile by the end of the weekend). But this time the player did apologize, there is even video of it. At least he should had gotten Redick and gotten his money's worth. ISIAH SEXUAL HARRASSMENT SUIT GETS DICIER: Not a good week for that weasel, Cry-Siah. Now the accuser is saying that Zeke conspired to get opponents 'drunk' before games, an act that could be viewed by the NBA as tampering if proven. MRS. DALY HAULED OFF TO PRISON: What the hell is John Daly's screening process when dating women anyways??? The only man with more marriages than Norman Chad shoots 69 while Susan Miller Daly, his fourth wife, starts a five month sentence in federal prison. Apparently, the feds sent Mrs. Daly to the hole without any warning. 'It was just out of the clear blue,' Daly said. 'It was very tacky on the prosecuting attorney's part. Usually, you get two or three weeks so we can at least prepare, but he must not have kids. He's not a very nice guy, anyway.' CASTRO 'CONFIRMS' CUBA ENTRY, KIND OF: Unless the U.S. plays games with visas, or does something else 'crazy'. Wonder if he's in cohoots with Iran President Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. Wouldn't be surprised if they pull out at the last minute to create an international incident and piss everyone off. BARRY BONDS REALITY SHOW??? Likes the idea better than batting second. NEW RULING: Think I have given about 15 updates on this story, coroner now says former Steeler Terry Long committed suicide by drinking anti-freeze, and did not die from football related head injuries. Long also supposedly attempted to cash out in 1991 by ingesting rat poison after failing a league steroid test.  HOUSTON 1836: Relocated MLS team borrows moniker from various German League teams. 1836 was the year the city was founded and when the battle of the Alamo was fought. Meanwhile, it's been said the Real Madrid supporters were a little less than flattered by the birth of Real Salt Lake last year. I'd say, tell Salt Lake to win some games before you dare refer to yourself as 'royal' - but then again we have a team in baseball that sucks 'royally'. Perhaps if San Diego ever gets in MLS they could simply be called the '619'.ARTEST TRADE DONE DEAL: Didn't Burt Convey, I mean, Jim Rome tell Sacramento's GM that if Donnie Walsh calls today to try to 'revive' the Ron Artest trade to just let it go through to voice mail??? So much for that advise - TruWarier is now a King. I don't get it, I thought the Clippers would had been ripped off if they had sent a crippled Corey Maggette for that cancer. JUMBO-TRONS 13TH MAN??? By next season, they will be in half of the NFL's 32 facilities, two monster boards going up in Miami will be in true high definition. Players confess to looking at the board during plays to locate their blockers. It's also said that a board op in Philadelphia tried to mess with Jay Feely's mind by showing his three misses in Seattle before the Giants kicker was to attempt a game-winning kick. Feely asks why they just don't go all the way and show a players ex-wives or girlfriends. TIGER'S DAD 'FIGHTING LOSING BATTLE': As Tiger opens 10th season on tour, he mentions fathers battle with cancer, and that he's 'hanging in there'. Woods also spent the off-season buying a $38 million, 10-acre estate that will stretch from Florida's Intracoastal Waterway to the Atlantic Ocean. STEELERS ON VERGE OF 'SOMETHING SPECIAL'??? Miracle Super Bowl run could eclipse '70's titles in terms of significance.  UK NATION NOT HAPPY WITH DISNEY'S PROTRAYAL OF RUPP: Feel Colonel Sanders was viewed in less than favorable light in 'Glory Road'SECOND GENERATION STAR: Marvell Wynne Jr. first overall pick in MLS Draft, says he was 'too hyper' to play baseball. BC TEAM BUS KILLS BICYCLIST ON TOBACCO ROAD: Charter carrying Boston College basketball men's team was on it's way to practice in Chapel Hill, NC when the bus struck a bicycle, fatally injuring the rider. It is said that those near the front witnessed the impact. BC plays North Carolina Wednesday night. DIAPER DANDY IN DRUG BUST: Memphis freshman center Kareem Cooper (6'11" 285) called for a foul after officers observe his vehicle crossing the center line FIVE times. According to the police report, 'The overwhelming and obvious odor of burning marijuana flowed freely from the interior. The driver did openly advise there was a small amount of marijuana in the console.' Comments coach John Calipari, 'I believe that Kareem understands the enormity of the situation'  COWHER CHOOSES WHITE: Steelers coach feels that the road whites have been so lucky the last three weeks that the team will wear them for Super Bowl 40, even though the AFC is the road team this year. Previously, the only time the 'home' team wore white for the Super Bowl was when teams such as the Cowboys and Redskins, who normally wear white at home, qualified. This move means that we also get to see the Seahawks in their all-Birdshit Blue ensambles yet again.BONDS SAYS NYET TO BASEBALL CLASSIC: Well, Cuba might be in but the one thing hated more than Fidel Castro has bowed out. I know Bonds takes it for everything but he did miss most of last season, is he supposed to lose his last chance of catching Aaron by tweaking his knee v. South Africa??? LEMIEUX HANGS UP SKATES FOR GOOD: And this time he means it. And why shouldn't he, the man who has beaten everything from cancer to back problems has been dealing with a fibrilation problem for several weeks which has been downplayed. He's made enough (although he's lost plenty owning the team) not to risk his ticker on a bad team. If a bum shoulder can cause Ziggy Palffy to quit, then I'm sure Mario is entitled to bow out as well. CONFERENCE USA REFS TAKING HEAT: Called technical foul on Houston coach Tom Penders over the weekend after he passed out over a call. Penders was given oxygen and was removed on a stretcher (sounds like Ted Ferguson after having to miss 15 minutes of a playoff game), but returned to coach the second half. Ahh, sounds like a soccer stunt to me. Actually, Penders has a conginital heart condition and had a defibrilator implanted in 1997. By the way, Houston ended up losing by three points.  PODSEDNIK PRE-NUPS: Come to think of it, my cat 'decapitated' my Podsednik bobblehead last summer. In any event, 'Scotty Po' has decided not to wait until the World Series to go deep this year. Podsednik is slated to marry longtime (love how they always throw the word 'longtime' in) girlfriend and PLAYBOY MODEL Lisa Dergan on February 4. So much for the low key stuff, now when do the Orioles and White Sox meet, Podsednik v. Benson ought to be epic, either on the field or in the wives box.EX-BUCKS WANT CASE DROPPED: We forgot about this one, Sam Cassell, Gary Payton, and Jason Caffey were accused of beating up an exotic dancer's husband outside a downtown Toronto strip club in April 2003. The defense lawyer charges that it's been three years since the incident and that the Supreme Court says 8-10 months is a resonable time for a case to go to trial. Of course that's the U.S. Supreme Court, this happened in Canada, just ban them from playing in Canada again, they won't care.  OLYMPIC TORCH HIJACKED!!! Four protesters briefly grabbed the Olympic torch from Italian track star Eleanora Berlanda as the relay passed through an Italian town on Monday. The protesters known as 'the disobedient ones' — demonstrators associated with the anti-globalization movement — nabbed the torch before relay escort runners took it back, according to an Italian news agency. Berlanda, who set Italian records in the 1,500 meters, said she was uninjured.IS 100 NEXT FOR KOBE??? Second half was Bryant 55, Raptors 42  ANNA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN: The Orioles got rid of the Three Stooges, but they still have Miguel Tejada (whose stats mysteriously declined right about the time Rafael Palmeiro got busted, but I don't believe in coincidences) and now Kris Benson, and wife Anna wasted no time ripping the New York Mets organization. Supposedly the final straw came when Anna wore a skimpy Santa costume at the team's Christmas Party. Give her credit though for an October rant though aimed at PETA, where she said 'I wear fur. I wear dead rabbits and dead minks and dead anything that will keep me warm. I love it. I don't like to be cold, and nothing keeps me warmer than my dead animals. Between my furs and my shoes, I have a whole zoo in my closet.' Is it that cold in New York??? It isn't like she ever visits her hubbies old haunts in Duluth, she may need all the dead rabbits in the Twin Ports just to get through January. It also says she's a 'Serious' Texas Hold 'em player. Serious?? My cat can play Texas Hold 'em - play some Hi/Lo Omaha with the big boys and I might be impressed.MONDAY MORNING LONG SNAPPER: I'm on a two week delay with the following take, how did the Pepsi machine last until the 32nd pick of the draft??? And I think the Jaguars spent too much time reading the small print on the machine which said 'TIPPING OR ROCKING THE MACHINE COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH', Coach JDR should feel free to tell his team that they are wearing helmets and pads. Also, the disclaimer says that tipping the machine will 'not result in the dispensing of free product', that means Pepsi Machine coughed it up four less times than Jake Plummer on Sunday. I nailed both my Championship game picks high and deep to right, my Roeth (the new Tom Brady) over Plummer analysis was right on and I said the Panthers were in deep do-do without DeShaun Foster, let alone Nick Goings getting hurt as well - which left Carolina in Samkon Gado-like desperation in the backfield, game, set, match by the end of the first quarter. And if you had a prop bet with the point totals all four teams in the Conference Championships v. Kobe Bryant you won, barely. Now the Super Bowl will feature 12 defenders named either Troy Palomulu or Lofa Tatupu, they keep telling me that there is only one player on each team with that name, but I will spend the next two weeks looking for visual proof that there are in fact several of them on the field - the USC dynasty lives on. And by the way, Super Bowl 40 will be a Steelers home game, don't know if that's bad news for Pittsburgh or not.  DISTURBING PICTURE OF THE WEEK: Saturday was not a good night for the Toronto Maple Leafs, who were routed 7-0 in Ottawa in a nationally televised game north of the border. It looked like the debacle was about to get a whole lot worse for #45, who finds an opponents skate in a most precarious position - is there any reason TO KICK A MAN LIKE THAT!?!? I'm just hoping he had about six layers of underwear on.LEBRON JAMES MOTHER FACES FIVE CHARGES: This doesn't sound good - Gloria James, 37, allegedly goes 50 in a 30 MPH zone and almost hits an unmarked squad car. Two off-duty officers pull her over, and struggles with the officers as they attempt to cuff her. They put her in the back seat of the car where Mrs. James yelled obscenities (screaming, hollering and carrying on) at the officers. Mrs. James charged with reckless operation, speeding, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, disorderly conduct and damaging police equipment. I THOUGHT THIS ONLY HAPPENED IN SACRAMENTO: How's this for a Ground Zero strike. Six Milwaukee firefighters canned for their alleged roles in an incident in which one on-duty firefighter performed a 'lewd act' in front of a computer camera while his colleagues at a different station watched. Sounds like the old too much time on our hands at the ol' firehouse dilemna. For the record, two of the three whose mugshots are in the article do have the trademark porn staches. I'm sure the Milwaukee Fire Department will be installing Websense very soon. NASCAR TO GO UNLEADED IN 2008??? Considering that passenger cars have been required to carry unleaded gas since 1970, many may say it's about time. This comes after a university study of 47 members of one Nextel Cup multicar team's operation showed that 40 percent of those tested had significantly elevated lead blood levels. According to the study, the average crew member had a level of 9.4 as opposed to a normal level of 2.5 to 3. What's not known is the possible health effects to the hundreds of thousand of fans who attend NASCAR events each year. FRED HOIBERG TO PLAY WITH PACEMAKER??? Just a week after Washington Senior Kayla Burt wisely hangs 'em up comes word that NBA veteran Fred Hoiberg is contemplating becoming the first pro basketball player ever to compete while having a pacemaker. The device was installed after off-season surgery to repair an aneurysm in his aortic root. I don't know about this one, we have the Burt situation, we have Jiri Fischer literally cheating death a couple months back, and then Sergei Zholtov who had a similar warning and didn't come out so fortunate a year ago. Hoiberg has ten years in, and have a feeling he's invested his scratch wisely, don't really see the need for coming back. Incidentally Hoiberg had an episode where he passed out at home during his recovery. CUPCAKE??? Don't ask me what Wisconsin was doing scheduling Division 2 North Dakota St. at home in late January, but they found a way to lose to them. Kiss the top-25 and a top-four seed in March goodbye. Meanwhile, the three remaining undefeated teams in college hoops (Duke, Florida, Pittsburgh) all somehow find a way to lose on Saturday. |
2003 NFL DRAFT PROFILES
