Philadelphia Phillies Ryan Howard To Appear In HBO’s Entourage
Flip Flip Flipadelphia
This season of HBO’s Entourage has had it’s far share of athletes to appear with even a cameo from Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard will be appearing on the season finale on September 12th. No word on what the scene is about but other guest include Christiana Aguilera, Eminem, Drew Brees, Jordan Farmer, and Kevin Love.
In addition to Howard’s appearance on Entourage he and Phillies second baseman Chase Utley shot an episode for perhaps the funniest show on television It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, which is entering it’s sixth season starting September 16 at 9 PM CST on FX. No word when that episode will air.
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After a week hiatus Around The Horn returned to air Monday for the first time since show panelist Jay Mariotti was arrested for domestic assault, which we posted here. But since the segment didn’t really address Mariotti arrest instead just the storm and hype the media created over it someone over at Tauntr took it upon themselves to do some brilliant editing.
Rick Fox & Kurt Warner To Join ‘Dancing With The Stars’
Taliban Hair
Former NBA player Rick Fox and recently retired NFL player Kurt Warner will join Dancing with the Stars as the pair will make up a portion of the Season 11 contestant list. Fox and Warner hope to continue the success of past athletes on the show but will join a cast that already includes Bristol Palin, the daughter of political firecracker Sarah Palin, and “The Situation,” the dude from the MTV show Jersey Shore.
Fox has been retired for awhile, calling into question his conditioning and Warner was never the most mobile quarterback on the field, so how do you think Fox and Warner will do? Will they continue the legacy of successful sports stars?
Washington Post Sports Columnist Mike Wise Suspended After Tweet
Not Very Wise
The Washington Post has suspended sports columinist Mike Wise for 30 days for intentionally tweeted a made-up story about the length of Pittsburgh Steelers Ben Roethlisberger’s suspension. He says he was trying to make some hazy point about social media being a vehicle for easily spreading misinformation, which he accomplished. Usually if the Washington Post brand accompanies a report there’s a pretty good reason to believe what you’re reading.
On Monday Wise tweeted that Roethlisberger would be suspended for five games instead of the six games he had initially been suspended for.
“Roethlisberger will get five games, I’m told,” Wise tweeted.
“My bosses at the Post feel I need a month to think about the severity of my actions. I tried to showcase the absurdity of bad journalism. I could give you 10 reasons why I did this and what went wrong in the execution. I made a horrendous mistake, using my Twitter account that identifies me as a Washington Post columnist,” Wise said.
I don’t understand why he just didn’t go with that his Twitter account was hacked.
Around The Horn Talks About Jay Mariotti’s Arrest
Just when I about to give ESPN some credit for tackling the issue of Jay Mariotti’s arrest, they didn’t. That’s why they are lame. They instead chose not to focus in on Mariotti or the consequences but the media hoopla surrounding it.
Toledo Mud Hens Offer Up A Chance To Be In Movie With Jose Canseco
Teach The little Tommy How To Do Steroids
Toledo Mud Hens fans, or anyone else stopping by Fifth Third Field, have the opportunity to be in a movie featuring former MLB players Jose Canseco, Ozzie Canseco, Dmitri Young and Gary Sheffield. As well as Hollywood actors Matthew Lillard of Scream, Summer Catch, Scooby-Doo and Dean Cain of Lois & Clark, Hope & Faith, Las Vegas plus Annabeth Gish of X-Files, The West Wing, Beautiful Girls. Even Barry Bostwick of Rocky Horror Picture and Spin City is making an appearance.
The movie is entitled Home Run Showdown and is about a 12-year-old boy who’s determined to play ball in the local Colt league, joins a team of misfits coached by Joey Deluca that competes against other teams for the chance to shag balls in the upcoming Major League Home Run Derby.
NBA 2K11 Allows You To Choose 25 Different Air Jordan’s Shoes
Did You Even See Him Play?
Video game junkies already know, that Michael Jordan will be on the cover of NBA 2K11 and as the release date for NBA 2K11 approaches the news leaking about this game keeps getting more Jordanier. Jordan the player and the brand will influence the game more so than usual and gamers will be able to digitally rock 25 pairs of Air Jordans.
“There are two legacies of Michael Jordan, his playing and his brand,” explains “NBA 2K11″ producer Erick Boenisch. “And for this game, the Jordan brand guys at Nike were finally asking for us to incorporate all of their shoes into our game. This is something we wanted for years, so we were really excited that this year with Michael, they really got on board with us.
But to collect your J’s, you’ll have to put in the hours to stay fresh.
“The way they unlock is every couple of hours you get a new pair,” explains Boenisch. “The shoes also have attributes on them, so this becomes really beneficial both in My Player and MJ Creating a Legend mode. And shoes can be unlocked anywhere in the game, whether you’re playing online or franchise or practice mode. Your timer is always running and shoes are always unlocking.”
In total there 40 pairs of shoes from the Jordan line including the CP3s, Melo 5s, and other kicks from the Jordan line to fulfill your sneaker fetish. The order that you get your JB fix is random, so you might get a pair of 5s first then a pair of 23s next. It’ll be like a digital dice game. NBA 2K11 drops October 5, 2010.
NBA 2K11 Controls Trailer
I’m a PS3 guy myself, but the player control functions demonstrated on the Xbox 360 still look pretty ridiculous. Not only can you cross fools over at will, but you can also pull off behind the back dribble moves, in and outs and you can attack the bucket with your players signature gather move.
Jay Mariotti Suspended By AOL Following Arrest On Domestic Violence Charge
Say Something Now
We posted back on August 23, about ESPN personality and Fanhouse.com sports columnist Jay Mariotti being arrested on a felony charge following a domestic incident with his girlfriend in Los Angeles has now been suspended from his job at AOL (Fanhouse.com) following his arrest. AOL announced that Mariotti will be suspended for the time being. The New York Times reports:
“We are continuing to gather all the facts,” said Caroline Campbell, a spokeswoman for AOL. “In the meantime, we have suspended Jay Mariotti and are not featuring any new work from him.”
She would not elaborate on what AOL had learned since Mariotti’s arrest to prompt the suspension. But according to the Los Angeles Times, Mariotti pushed and shoved his girlfriend, leaving marks on her arms. He was released from jail on $50,000 bail hours after his arrest.
No word on a decision from ESPN.
New York Yankees & Jay-Z Partner Up To Sell Merchandise
He Is A BUSINESS Man
The New York Yankees and rapper Jay-Z are teaming up in creating co-branded clothes that will be sold exclusively at Yankee Stadium beginning next week. All the items, from baseball caps to T-shirts and hooded sweat shirts, will feature Yankees and Jay-Z logos.
In a news release the Yankees said the attire was created to commemorate the first official concerts at the new Yankee Stadium on Sept. 13 and 14, when Jay-Z and Eminem will co-headline.The shows mark the second half of their “Home and Home” tour, following joint performances at Detroit’s Comerica Park on Sept. 3 and Sept. 4.
The new merchandise will be available at Yankee Stadium from Aug. 30 to Sept. 14.
Nike Patents Automatic Lacing Shoe
Air McFlys
Nike has patented a shoe featuring an automatic lacing system, apparently modeled after the futuristic Nike kicks donned by Michael J. Fox’s character Marty McFly in the 1989 film “Back to the Future II.”
The patent, filed April 9, 2009, is specific to an automatic lacing system, which it describes as a set of straps that can be automatically opened and closed to switch between a loosened and tightened position of the upper. It also includes an automatic ankle cinching system.
I’m still however waiting for a pair of Air Olden Polynice’s.
ESPN Personality Jay Mariotti Arrested On Domestic Violence Charge
Say Something Now
An interesting thing happended over the weekend and that was ESPN personality and Fanhouse.com sports columnist Jay Mariotti was arrested on a felony charge following a domestic incident with his girlfriend in Los Angeles. Even more ironic is in his last column that he published for Fanhouse saw him mocking and making fun of Roger Clemens fall and his apparent time he will be spending time in jail coming in the near future.
“It was arrogance that doomed Roger Clemens, raw defiance feeding a blind and reckless narcissism…..”For that, he deserves to be hauled away in cuffs. Any man who compounds one big lie with 15 others, while under oath, is an affront to humanity. He used to wear No. 22 in Yankee pinstripes. His next number will be much longer.”
Wow, how the tables have turned Jay. Officer Norma Eisenman says the 51-year-old Mariotti was arrested early Saturday in the police department’s Pacific Division following a domestic incident. The Sheriff’s Department website confirms Mariotti was booked on an undisclosed felony charge at 5:45 a.m. He was released on $50,000 bail just after noon Saturday.
ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz declined comment but I wonder if Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Gullien has a comment?
Lingerie Football League To Air On MTV
TALENT
When MTV isn’t playing reruns of the show Teen Mom and 17 hour blocks of Jersey Shore, they will squeeze in some highlights from the Lingerie Football League. LFL Presents: Friday Night Football will be premiering on MTV2, beginning on Friday, September 3 at 10:00pm CST.
Mitchell S. Mortaza, founder and chairman of the Lingerie Football League said:
The marriage of LFL’s ‘Friday Night Football’ to MTV2 has now created the ultimate television viewing destination for guys on Friday nights. We are incredibly excited to team with MTV2 to introduce LFL football to the country.”
Eric Conte of MTV2 on the other hand said that the station and league will bring “all the feminine ferocity” of Friday Night Football to MTV2 every week. Feminine ferocity? Your showing highlights of women in their underwear trying to rip each others bras off.
NBA 2K11 Looks Way Too Good
NBA 2K11 has Michael Jordan in it, but it also has Joe Dumars, Isiah Thomas, Danny Ainge, Kevin McHale, James Worthy, Terry Porter, Orlando Woolridge, John Wall equipped with his dance of the same name, skinny Shawn Kemp, the Seattle Supersonics and tons of other surprises.
Kobe Bryant & Kanye West In Studio Together
Can't Wait
Kanye West was putting the finishing touches on a remix of his sure to be classic ‘Power’ and enlisted the help of a true heavy weight, NBA champion Kobe Bryant. Mr. West took to his Twitter account to show off the definition of studio Power when he released a photo of some of the best in the entertainment business with Swizz Beats, Mos Def, the Los Angeles Lakers guard and himself.
Jay-Z & Nike Hook Up For Special Air Force 1 ‘All Black Everything’ Collection
Jay-Z’s first inaugural World Basketball Festival in NYC saw Hova team up with event host Nike to commemorate the event by having five custom Air Force 1’s created to be auctioned off for charity.
The Jay-Z Nike Air Force 1 “All Black Everything” Collection pays homage to the first five countries ever to participate in the festival. USA, France, China, Puerto Rico and Brazil are all represented. Rudy J is tried to get one off eBay but once the price tag went pass $8,000 he quietly bowed out of the running.
Kenny Powers New Spokesman For K-Swiss
A Bulletproof Tiger
The second season of HBO’s hilarious series Eastbound & Down debuts on September 26th but K-Swiss is keeping Kenny Powers in rotation before then by making him the new spokesman for their line of shoes, the Tubes. I guess when your company stands for “Kill Slobs When I See Slobs” you can turn to a cocaine, weed smoking, heavy drinking, boob grabbing athlete such as Powers.
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Your First Look At Jimmy Johnson & The Cast Of Survivor
Doesn't Make It To The Merger
Back on July 22, we posted the story of former NCAA and NFL coach Jimmy Johnson being a contestant on the CBS show Survivor and now he is your first look at the cast of the show. This will be the last post I put up on this subject because I’m a huge fan of the show. Instead of letting the drama unfold on my TV screen as I do every season I’ve already spoiled some of the luster for myself by finding out Johnson is on the show and their is a chick that will compete with an artificial limb.
For those that need a little help, Johnson is the old guy on the top row second from the right.
Between Two Ferns With Zach Galifianakis & Steve Carell = Hilarious
Back on November 18 we posted the first edition of what would be a small ongoing internet mini series entitled Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis because it was simply hilarious. Galifianakis and Funny or Die have since put out 8 more videos and they too provide a good chuckle.
Now he’s back with Steve Carell and hilarity ensues. If you haven’t seen the previous 8 do yourself a favor and give them a run, it will help you ease into the weekend or back from the weekend a whole lot better
Final Jeopardy: The Super Bowl
I don’t think I could have answered all the questions that Meg Miller answered to give her $13,900 going into Final Jeopardy so I’m cutting her some slack.
Former Dallas Cowboys Troy Aikman To Be On Dancing With The Stars?
Cowboy Way
Another Dallas Cowboys is going to appear on ABC’s hit show “Dancing With The Stars.” This time it will be NFL Hall of Famer Troy Aikman. The former quarterback is the final piece of the Cowboys triplet to compete on “Dancing With The Stars” at one time or another as former Cowboys wide receiver Cowboys Michael Irvin finished 7th during the 9th season and former running back Emmitt Smith went on to win season 3.
Aikman was leaving a restaurant in Los Angeles when he told TMZ that he would indeed be on “Dancing With The Stars” however he has taken to his Twitter to say he will not.
Other notable NFL players that have been on the show are Jason Taylor, Jerry Rice and Chad Ochocinco.
NBA 2K11 Allows Gamers To Play 10 Different Versions Of Michael Jordan
Did You Even See Him Play?
The makers of NBA2K11 have released details the game has a game mode entitled “The Jordan Challenge” which allows you to play 10 different versions of the NBA great.Fans can play whatever game they want in whatever order.
In each game, gamers are charged with different goals, including matching Jordan’s point totals and shooting percentage. Here are the 10 different versions of Jordan that can played, however two of the 10 challenges don’t have specific dates tied to it.
April 20, 1986: Jordan scores 63 vs. the Boston Celtics
March 28, 1990: Jordan scores 69 vs. the Cleveland Cavaliers
May 26, 1990: Jordan’s Game 3 Eastern Conference Finals vs. Detroit Pistons
Any date in 1990: Jordan’s battles that season against Dominique Wilkins and Atlanta Hawks
June 2 thru June 12: Jordan’s performance in the 1991 NBA Finals vs. Los Angeles Lakers
June 3, 1992: Jordan scores 35 in the first half vs. Portland Trail Blazers
March 18, 1995: Jordan scores 55 vs. the New York Knicks
June 16, 1996: Father Day Game in 1996 NBA Finals vs. Seattle SuperSonics
June 11, 1997: The Flu Game
June 14,1998: Jordan’s last game in a Chicago Bulls uniform
If you hit six three pointers in a row like Jordan did against the Trail Blazers in 1992, the virtual Jordan will shrug just like he did in real life on that night.
President Obama Makes Appearance In Madden NFL 11
Even The Detroit Lions Can Win It All
Madden NFL 11 is just a little over week away from it’s August 10 release date and gamers are getting a first look through the game’s demo on some of the upcoming features which one of them happens to be President Obama. Whether playing it on Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 you’ll make a stop at the white House when you take your team in franchise mode all the way to the Super Bowl and win it all to put the cherry on top of your achievements.
R.I.P. James Gammon
R.I.P.
James Gammon better known to baseball fans as Lou Brown the manager of the Cleveland Indians in Major League has died at the age of 70. Gammon had battled cancer over the last few years. Gammon logged more than 135 television and screen credits, from The Wild Wild West and Gunsmoke to Grey’s Anatomy and Monk. He delivered memorable performances in Urban Cowboy, Silverado, Cool Hand Luke and Cold Mountain.
“Forget about the curve ball Ricky, give him the heater.”
