Fight In The Stands At The U.S. Open
Apparently it’s Jersey Shore in the stands of the U.S. Open and a fight happened during the Novak Djokovic and Philipp Petzschner match at the U.S. Open that sends an elderly man tumbling down a few rows.
Floyd Mayweather’s Rant On Manny Pacquiao
Floyd Mayweather Jr. went on an rant about Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao via Ustream. Mayweather referred to Pacquiao as a midget several times and said that once he beats Pacquiao he will force him to “make some sushi rolls and cook some rice.”
Mayweather’s rant comes a day after Pacquiao, who is out promoting his November 13 fight with Antonio Margarito, called out Floyd for refusing to fight saying, “I don’t need him, he needs me. Compare my achievements in boxing to his achievements.”
Usain Bolt Wants To Play For Manchester United
Double Trouble
Usain Bolt took time out of demolishing world records to pay a visit to his favorite professional soccer club, Manchester United. There he discussed his future plans, besides the 4 years 40 million dollar contract he re-upped with shoemaker Puma, of taking his speed to the pitch. In his autobiography he says
“Ideally, if I was to play football, I’d sign for my favorite team, Manchester United. People say it’s not realistic but nobody has seen me play so you never know. If Alex Ferguson saw me in one of those charity matches he might think I could replace Ryan Giggs.”
According to United Kingdom Simon Hattenstone of the Guradian, he serious when he speaks of these dreams and isn’t using the talk to sell more books
“I ask about his ambitions. Ultimately, he says, he’d love to make a go of playing football professionally. He’s being deadly serious. One of the perks of being Usain Bolt is that sporting stars love to meet him, so whenever he’s traveling and there’s time, he tries to train with a top football team. Last year it was Manchester United, a few days ago it was Bayern Munich. He’s still carrying a copy of the French sporting newspaper L’Equipe, which features a spread on his football skills and praise from Bayern manager Louis van Gaal. He shows me a photo of himself with his arm wrapped round the dwarfed 6ft German forward Miroslav Klose. “If I keep myself in shape, I can definitely play football at a high level.”
I know it would be interesting to see what kind of celebration Bolt has in store after scoring a goal.
WTF: Cheerleader
TALENT
This cheerleader in Turkey shows her off her very unusual but very much so respected talents at the FIBA World Championships. Why do I think of the Seinfeld episode where Jerry dated a trapeze artist when I see this?
Roger Federer Between The Legs Shot
Five-time U.S. Open champion Roger Federer came up with a trick shot that was without a doubt real against his first-round opponent, 96th-ranked Brian Dabul of Argentina. The shot is reminiscent of his back to the court through the legs hit against Novak Djokovic in the 2009 U.S. Open semifinals.
Shaquille O’Neal Wants To Fight Hong Man Choi
What is it exactly Shaquille O’Neal doesn’t want to do when he retires? I personally leaning towards one day seeing him in a police officers uniform as he’s stated in the past but I guess seeing in the octagon wouldn’t be that bad either.
21 Year Old Poses As A Middle Schooler So He Can Play Football
That's A New Low
Julious Threatts a 21-year-old Tampa man impersonated a 14-year-old in a youth football league and attempted to enroll at a Webb Middle School in Florida. Threatts used the name Chad Jordan to register and play for the Town N’ Country Packers, which are made up of 13 and 14-year-olds in the Tampa Bay Youth Football League.
He then attempted to enroll at Webb Middle School under his alias. Threatts showed up without paperwork and told the administrators he was homeless that’s when the Department of Child and Families was called in. Threatts cell phone rang while he was in a social workers office and on the other end was his mother, which is when his true identity became known.
Threatts was arrested on trespassing charges at the school, he also is being held on charges of violating probation in a 2009 burglary case. Threatts said he was a runaway and used the alias, “Chad Jordan,” the same name he used on a forged birth certificate to play for the Town N’ Country Packers.
Besides playing for the Packers this year it was discovered he played in another youth league last year and for another team in the TBYFL two years ago.
Natalie Randolph Loses Football Coaching Debut
District Queen
Back on March 13, we posted the story of Washington DC’s Natalie Randolph who became this nation’s only female head coach of a high school varsity football team lost her coaching debut.Cameras and microphones followed Randolph’s every move on Friday in front of an estimated 3,500 at Calvin Coolidge High School. Her Colts lost 28-0 to Carroll High School Lions spoiling Randolph’s entrance into the coaching profession.
Fans began arriving more than two hours before kickoff even before Carroll’s bus pulled into the Coolidge parking lot and when kickoff was finally underway the public address announcer announced “the Natalie Randolph regime has begun.”
When asked afterward how the game differed from those when she was an assistant coach at H.D. Woodson, Randolph said “All of y’all,” referring to the reporters surrounding her. “That’s the only difference.”
James Toney Lets Lips Fly Before UFC Debut
James “Lights Out” Tony will be making his UFC debut this Saturday when he takes on UFC legend Randy Couture at UFC 118. Toney shows off his talking smack skill especially when he calls Jay Glazer a clown
My Wife Knows Everything vs The Wife Doesn’t Know
Monmouth Park horse track announcer Larry Collmus has the call of the number 3 horse Mywifenosevrything (My Wife Knows Everything) battling with the number 7 horse Thewifedoesntknow (The Wife Doesn’t Know)
Compartment Syndrome Sends 19 Oregon High School Football Players To Hospital
Odd
Compartment syndrome is the compression of nerves and blood vessels within an enclosed space . Over the past week, 19 McMinnville High School football players landed in the hospital with 3 undergoing surgery due to severe swelling in their triceps.
“To have an epidemic like this is very weird,” Dr. Craig Winkler of Willamette Valley Medical Center in McMinnville.
Besides the 3 who required surgery, five of the athletes were treated in the emergency room and sent home. The other 11 were admitted to the hospital and given intravenous fluids to maintain adequate hydration and prevent kidney failure, he said.
The disorder can be caused by supplements, exercise, or, perhaps, working out in the school’s 115 degree wrestling room. A combo of the supplement creatine and the 115 degrees would be a likely place to look despite 2 players claiming they were not taking creatine. Especially in teens overtraining their upper bodies.
Clear Springs & Spring High School Football Brawl
Football here in the state of Texas is religion and we take our football serious but fighting in pads really is a joke. The only other time I see people think they are this tuff is when they had about 8 shots of Tequila.
Tiger Woods Divorce Is Final
Remember The Time
Tiger Woods and his wife Elin officially divorced Monday, nine months after his middle-of-the-night car crash outside his home set off shocking revelations that golf’s biggest star had been cheating on his wife.
The divorce was filed in Bay County Circuit Court in the Florida Panhandle. The couple had married in October 2004 in Barbados.Terms of the divorce were not released, except that they will share parenting of their 3-year-old daughter, Sam, and 19-month-old son, Charlie.
“We are sad that our marriage is over and we wish each other the very best for the future,” they said in a statement released by attorneys. “While we are no longer married, we are the parents of two wonderful children and their happiness has been, and will always be, of paramount importance to both of us.”
San Antonio Silver Stars To Face Phoenix Mercury In Western Conference Semifinals
Via Silver Stars Press Release
[Via Silver Stars Press Release]
The San Antonio Silver Stars clinched the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference and will face the No. 2 seeded Phoenix Mercury in the 2010 Western Conference Semifinals, with Game 2 (Round 1, Game A) at the AT&T Center scheduled for Noon on Saturday, Aug. 28.
As per a change in playoff scheduling announced by the WNBA earlier this season, the higher seeded team earns home-court advantage in a 1-1-1 format; San Antonio will travel to Phoenix for Game 1 of the conference semifinals, set for an 8 p.m. CDT tip-off on Thursday, Aug. 26.
The Stars then will return to San Antonio for Round 1, Game A, which also will be $1 Night at the AT&T Center, where fans can enjoy $1 beer, fountain drinks, and hot dogs while taking in an exciting night of Silver Stars playoff action.
The first two games of the series will be broadcast on ESPN2. If necessary, Game 3 will be played on Monday, Aug. 30, with tip-off in Phoenix set for 9 p.m. CDT; NBATV will broadcast the deciding match-up.
Tickets for Round 1, Game A, are on sale now at SASilverstars.com and at the AT&T Center Box Office starting at $10. For more information on 2010 Silver Stars playoff tickets, visit www.sasilverstars.com or call (210) 444-5090.
And a side bar from me I would like to give a huge shot out to Ruth Riley, give em all you got.
Amazing Roger Federer Trickshot
Roger Federer knocks a can off crew member’s head during a Gillette shoot.
Euless Trinity No. 1 In USA Today’s Football Super 25
Texas Religion
Texas is football and football in Texas is religion. This years USA Today Super 25 has Texas as spot to be with three teams making the list and the biggest accolades going to Euless Trinity who comes in at number one.
Euless Trinity Trojans, the defending Texas 5A-I champion, is No. 1 and defending 5A-II champ Abilene Eagles is No. 3 while Lake Travis Cavaliers in Austin is No. 9.
While Texas teams have been represented every year since the rankings began in 1982 in the season-ending Super 25, only Southlake Carroll Dragons in 2004 and ’06 and Midland Lee Rebels in 1999 finished No. 1.
Trinity coach Steve Lineweaver’s teams own three state 5A-I titles in the past five years but always had at least one loss. Trinity plays in 12,500-seat Pennington Stadium, which doesn’t even put it in the top 10 in the state in capacity.
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.
Sacramento Kings Tyreke Evans Goes Golfing
Sacremento Kings Tyreke Evans isn’t allowed behind the wheel of a vehicle for a short period and what better time to start to find a hobby. Unforuntely for Evans golf doesn’t look to be in his future. Know you could argue that Evans might be the next Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan or LeBron James of the league with his rookie averages of at least 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists per game making him only the 4th player in the league to accomplish that feat but golf should be left to John Daly.
WTF: Tiger Woods/Ben Roethlisberger Part Deux
Bosum Buddies
Back on April 18, we posted a vintage photo of golfer Tiger Woods and Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and now it seems that someone has decided to make a profit off 2010 biggest meltdowns in sports with a tee-shirt of the two. The creator of the tee is calling them Dumb and Dumber and after the months have passed in each athletes story it seems to be a perfect fit.
Due yourself a favor and check out the original photo of the two actually posing together that we posted HERE.
MC Hammer Gets Into Representing MMA Athletes
Please Hammer Don't Hurt Em
Hammer is joining Master P as former musicians who trade in their tunes to represent atheltes. Hammer has started Alchemist Management based out of Los Angeles and says that he will be different because of his vast relationships in music, entertainment and social media.
Alchemist Management, which set up shop a few months ago, represents 12 MMA fighters, including UFC middleweight fighter Nate Marquardt, Strikeforce middleweight fighter Tim Kennedy and veteran UFC light-heavyweight Vladimir Matyushenko.
“I have always enjoyed gladiator, combat sports everything from the great art of pugilism to martial arts,” Hammer said.
Hammer has joined up with Lex McMahon, who is the son of the late Ed McMahon of “The Tonight Show,” and the President of Alchemist Management said the company will seek in-the-cage endorsements for MMA fighter clients as well as out-of-the-cage deals.
Hammer, a three-time Grammy winner best known for the 1990 hit “U Can’t Touch This,” has also in recent years produced the reality television show “Hammertime” on A&E. He has founded social-media companies, including dancejam.com, and has spoken about social media at Harvard and Stanford.
Congratulations To Northside Suburban All-Stars
Courtesy of SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS
Sports Grind Entertainment would like to send out a congratulations to San Antonio’s Northside Suburban All-Stars after winning the 2010 Senior League Softball World Series with a 3-1 victory over Haverstraw, New York on Saturday.
Northside Suburban went through five levels of all-star tournaments finishing a perfect 17-0. A year removed after coming up one win short of qualifying for the World Series. Haverstraw made it tough on the girls from San Antonio taking the leading in the bottom of the third and held onto a 1-1 tie until the top of the seventh when Northside Suburban take the lead for the rest of the game.
Northside pitcher Henessey Soto pitched a complete game and struck out nine.
12 Year Old Sponsered By Gun Web Site
YAH Gun Show
Where is C. Delores Tucker now, when we really need her? little Tommy aka 12 year old Gray Gaulding, is supposedly an up-and-coming phenom in the ranks of NASCAR star but is sponsored by Gunbroker.com, an online handgun distributor. The web site promises the world’s largest online auction of firearms and accessories and offers a range of weaponry in addition to guns, including knives and swords.
Dwayne Gaulding, Gray’s father says “there ain’t no other sponsor come along I feel comfortable with.”
Really Dwayne or are they just the sponsor that has come along with the biggest check or sweetest deal by offering free taxidermy for you and the family?
Peek Into Olympic Stadium Being Built In London
Take a look, which few have of inside the Olympic Stadium under construction in London gearing up for the 2012 Olympic games.
Mike Tyson ‘Hangover’ Appearance Was For Drug Money
Your Already The King
I have often said this is the most misunderstood athlete of my generation and once more a Mike Tyson story is revealed that is hard to fathom if it wasn’t coming straight from the source. Tyson opened up with ESPN Radio in Las Vegas over the weekend and spoke about his appearance in last summers mega comedy hit “The Hangover.”
“I was doing that to supply my drug habit,” he said. He added that he planned on selling bootlegs of the movie, but instead it was an “international success.”
Tyson also talked about how the death of his four-year-old daughter impacted his decision to become a vegan. “I wanted a different life. I felt like I was dying. I had an incident in life where I lost my four year old daughter in a tragic accident at home,” Tyson said. “I don’t know. I didn’t want to live anymore. So I said, that in order to go there, I had to change my life.”
The life that is of Mike Tyson will never truly be understood.
