Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown: Mike Rice
Mike Rice
Every Thursday Sports Grind Entertainment will present you with the Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown. The recipient of this honor goes to Rutgers head basketball coach Mike Rice, who was fired from the program after video surfaced of him berating players verbal and physically. Rice used gay slurs and threw basketballs at players. He was fired a day after the video surfaced by ESPN’s Outside of the Lines.
Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown: Rory McIlroy
Rory Mcllroy
Every Thursday Sports Grind Entertainment will present you with the Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown. The recipient of this honor goes to Rory Mcllroy for walking off the Honda Classic with 9 holes to go. Mcllroy later cited that it was a toothache that caused the number one ranked player to withdraw after hitting his second shot into the water on a par-5.
The defending champion was 7 over after making a double-bogey on the 11th, a bogey on the 13th, a triple on the 16th and a bogey on the 17th. McIlroy walked straight to his car and left the Champion Course at PGA National.
Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown: Linden High School Gym Teacher
Linden High School
Every Thursday Sports Grind Entertainment will present you with the Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown. The recipient of this honor goes to Linden High School 30-year veteran of the classroom gym teacher for being caught stealing items out of students backpacks and purses. Justine Betti a high school sophomore says she was shocked when a video sting she set up to catch a thief stealing revealed her teacher.
Betti decided to investigate after her classmates complained things were missing from their backpacks after gym class. Justine hid in a locker to catch the culprit, and says she was shocked to see her teacher rifling through students’ belongings. ”After all the kids left she stayed in there and went through people’s backpacks,” Justine told News10.
“I saw her take money and then I told people and nobody believed me.”
Justine says she decided she needed proof, and hid two phones with cameras in the lockers on Feb. 13. News10 reports the video shows the teacher going through backpacks, apparently taking money from a pink backpack.”
Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown: Manti Te’o
Manti Te'o
Every Thursday Sports Grind Entertainment will present you with the Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown. The recipient of this honor goes to Manti Te’o whose relationship with a deceased girlfriend was central to the narrative of his Heisman Trophy campaign and Notre Dame’s unbeaten regular season, was the victim of an elaborate hoax, the school said Wednesday after a Deadspin story alleged the woman never existed. Te’o had talked openly during the season about his supposed relationship with a former Stanford student named Lennay Kekua, whom he claimed in a South Bend Tribune article to have met in 2009 after a football game. Kekua was said to have lost her battle with leukemia on Sept. 12, just hours after Te’o learned that his 72-year old grandmother had passed away.
The story of how Te’o dealt with massive personal tragedy became front and center in his rise to national consciousness. In interviews with Sports Illustrated and on the Jim Rome radio show, Te’o described talking to her by phone through the night as she dealt with the pain of chemotherapy treatments. Deadspin’s report, however, showed that there were no records of Kekua’s death, nor any records that she was a student at Stanford. According to Deadspin, the photos on Kekua’s Twitter account belonged to another woman, who was not named.
Te’o's statement contradicted the suggestion by Deadspin that he may have been in on the hoax along with Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, a friend of Teo’s who had allegedly provided the picture of the woman.
Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown: Brent Musburger
Brent Musburger
Every Thursday Sports Grind Entertainment will present you with the Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown. The recipient of this honor goes to ESPN sportscaster Brent Musburger who got extremely excited about Katherine Webb, the girlfriend of Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron during the BCS National Championship game. The 73-year-old Musburger expressed repeated adoration for 23-year-old Webb that didn’t exactly sit well in the public eye. ESPN offered up the following statement: “We always try to capture interesting storylines and the relationship between an Auburn grad who is Miss Alabama and the current Alabama quarterback certainly met that test. However, we apologize that the commentary in this instance went too far and Brent understands that.”
Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown: Charlotte Bobcats
Charlotte Bobcats
Every Thursday Sports Grind Entertainment will present you with the Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown. The recipient of this honor goes to Charlotte Bobcats for losing 13 games in a row. Their last victory came November 24, a 108-106 win in overtime against the Washington Wizards. This is the second time the Bobcats have earned the Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown award for extended losing streaks. Last year the Bobcats lost 16 games in a row to earn the award.
Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown: David Stern
David Stern
Every Thursday Sports Grind Entertainment will present you with the Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown. The recipient of this honor goes to NBA commissioner David Stern for creating rules on the fly and fining the San Antonio Spurs organization $250,000 after the team decided to send home four starters against the Miami Heat.
Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown: John Embree
John Embree
Every Thursday Sports Grind Entertainment will present you with the Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown. The recipient of this honor goes to the former Colorado University football coach John Embree who was fired after 4-21 in two season. Embree became very sadden by the news and had an emotional breakdown at the podium.
Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown: Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas City Chiefs
Every Thursday Sports Grind Entertainment will present you with the Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown. The recipient of this honor goes to the Kansas City Chiefs who were penalized for excessive celebration after what they thought was a defensive touchdown. The play was eventually overturned but the penalty still stood resulting in a first down for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The loss dropped the Chiefs to 1-8 on the season.
Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown: Marcus Vick
Marcus Vick
Every Thursday Sports Grind Entertainment will present you with the Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown. The recipient of this honor goes to Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick’s brother Marcus who took to Twitter to voice his frustrations of seeing his brother sacked 7 times against the New Orleans Saints on Monday Night Football. Marcus was so upset he begged for his brother o be traded out of the city of brotherly love and complained about the offensive line. It was so much of a meltdown that reports had asked Michael to responded on it shortly after the 28-13 loss.
Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown: South Florida Youth Football League
South Florida Youth Football League
Every Thursday Sports Grind Entertainment will present you with the Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown. The recipient of this honor goes to South Florida Youth Football league which authorities uncovered a massive gambling operation targeting youth football games, leading them to arrest nine men, including several coaches with extensive criminal backgrounds who they say exploited kids to turn a profit.
The 18-month long investigation started when ESPN journalists brought Broward County Sheriff’s officials surveillance video showing parents openly exchanging money in the stands while watching their kids’ tackle football games. Authorities later uncovered the stakes on pee wee games were high, with more than $100,000 wagered on the youth football championship.
Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown: Cam Newton
Cam Newton
Every Thursday Sports Grind Entertainment will present you with the Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown. The recipient of this honor goes to Carolina Panthers quaterback Cam Newton for showing his immaturity after his teams loss to the Dallas Cowboys in the press conference. Newton went so far as to call a female reporter “sweetheart” and then was the talk of the NFL for the next three days.
Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown: Alex Rodriguez
Alex Rodriguez
Every Thursday Sports Grind Entertainment will present you with the Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown. The recipient of this honor goes to New York Yankees third baseman and mega paid star Alex Rodriguez who has been benched for most of the American League Championship Series while still having $114 million left on his contract and getting caught asking Australian supermodels for their numbers during game 1.
Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown: Ryan Tannehill
Ryan Tannehill
Every Thursday Sports Grind Entertainment will present you with the Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown. The recipient of this honor goes to Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill’s ignorance of the teams in NFL’s eight divisions and two conferences. He proved it when he failed fellow teammate Matt Moore’s impromptu quiz. Tannehill thought the Kansas City Chiefs were in the AFC East alongside his Dolphins. He had no clue who was in the NFC North, then guessed the New York Giants after some prompting.
Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown: Chad Johnson
Chad Johnson
Every Thursday Sports Grind Entertainment will present you with the Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown. The recipient of this honor goes to former Miami Dolphins wide receiver Chad Johnson who was released by the team following his arrest for domestic assault on his wife Evelyn Lozada. Then VH1 called and said that they would not be airing the couples reality series and she then said she was filling for divorce.
Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown: De’Andre Johnson & Greg Reid
De'Andre Johnson & Greg Reid
Every Thursday Sports Grind Entertainment will present you with the Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown. The recipient of this honor goes to Iowa sophomore running back De’Andre Johnson and Florida State senior Greg Reid for getting kicked off their teams just less than three weeks away from the start of the college football season.
Hawkeyes head coach Kirk Ferentz kicked off Johnson off the team after two run-ins with police in the past week. Johnson was ticketed for speeding and eluding arrest on Saturday just two days after he was ticketed by police for maintaining a disorderly house after neighbors complained of a loud party.
Seminoles head coach Jimbo Fisher dismissed Reid after several off-field incidents during his career became too much. Most recently, he was arrested in mid-July and charged with driving with a suspended license, a seatbelt violation and misdemeanor possession of marijuana.
Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown: Adam Scott
Adam Scott
Every Thursday Sports Grind Entertainment will present you with the Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown. The recipient of this honor goes to golfer Adam Scott who had a four-shot lead with four holes to play at the Open Championships. Scott’s dream of a first major dissolved with a flurry of bogeys down the stretch in one of golf’s biggest collapses. After hitting a 3-wood into a pot bunker on the final hole, Scott had one last chance when he stood over a 7-foot par putt to force a playoff. It stayed left of the cup, and Scott dropped into a crouch.
Scott was the fourth Australian since the 2007 Masters to lead going into the final round of a major, yet the proud land Down Under remains without a major since Geoff Ogilvy won the U.S. Open at Winged Foot in 2006.
Sportsbook Paying Everyone Back Who Bet On Adam Scott
Mama Margie's Major Meltdown
A sportsbook is paying back a bunch of losers, SportsBettingOnline announced Tuesday that it’s refunding everyone who put money on Adam Scott to win last week’s Open Championship.
“With so many of the favorites, including Tiger Woods not cashing, it was a good day for sportsbooks. But that wasn’t the case for those who dropped money on Scott,” Dave Johnson, head oddsmaker for SportsBettingOnline.ag, said in a statement. “We feel it’s our duty to refund the players of SportsBettingOnline for taking such a bad beat. His collapse was historic, and we know the bettors who had him must feel as awful as he does.”
For the record, SportsBettingOnline listed Scott’s odds at 45/1 before the tournament began. So say if you put down $100 on him and could practically smell the $4,500 cash when he held a four-stroke lead with four holes to go, news of the refund has to cool the burn.
This is awfully nice of SportsBettingOnline. It’s also beyond belief, but it’s not even the first time the online sportsbook has acted so generously. It also refunded anybody who bet on Manny Pacquiao after his controversial loss to Timothy Bradley in June.
Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown: Dez Bryant
Dez Bryant
Every Thursday Sports Grind Entertainment will present you with the Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown. The recipient of this honor goes to Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant for attacking his mother during an argument, hitting her arms and face. He faces a charge of family violence, a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a $4,000 fine. Angela Bryant called 911 Saturday to complain her son was assaulting her. Police arrived to find her with a swollen wrist and thumb and bruising on her upper arms. Police say he hit her on the face with a ball cap and pushed her in the chest. Bryant posted $1,500 bond.
Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown: Dusty Baker & Johnny Cueto
Dusty Baker & Johnny Cueto
Every Thursday Sports Grind Entertainment will present you with the Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown. The recipient of this honor goes to Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker and starting pitcher Johnny Cueto for playing the blame game argument after being snubbed for this years all-star game. Every year a few deserving players are snubbed but Baker believed Tony La Russa left Cueto and second baseman Brandon Phillips off the National League squad because of a brawl between his team and the St. Louis Cardinals in August 2010. Cueto is 9-4 with a 2.26 ERA, fourth best in the NL and neither were candidates in MLB’s “Final Vote” program. However Reds players where not totally left out as first baseman Joey Votto was selected as well as La Russa selecting outfielder Jay Bruce and closer Aroldis Chapman.
Cueto did offer this explanation as to why he thought he didn’t make the team:
“I thought the way I pitched this year, I’d have a chance to go to the All-Star Game. I don’t know what happened. I don’t know if the manager of All-Star Game is (ticked) at me because I went out with one of his girlfriends.”
Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown: Jerry Sandusky
Jerry Sandusky
Every Thursday Sports Grind Entertainment will present you with the Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown. The recipient of this honor goes to former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky. He was found guilty of 45 counts of child sex abuse, closing the first chapter in a scandal that tarnished a university and led to the ouster of four of its top administrators. He now faces the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison after his sentencing hearing, which will be in about 90 days.
Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown: New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints
Every Thursday Sports Grind Entertainment will present you with the Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown. The recipient of this honor goes to the New Orleans Saints trying to trash the NFL commissioner because of the bounty system they had. This includes quarterback Drew Brees who drew parallels of WMDs to the bounty system, assistant head coach Joe Vitt offering to take a lie detector to prove his innocents, Jonathan Vilma calling the proceedings a sham and former Saints player Anthony Hargrove saying it’s not his voice heard on NFL Films tapes.
Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown: Nevada State Boxing Commission
Nevada State Boxing Commission
Every Thursday Sports Grind Entertainment will present you with the Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown. The recipient of this honor goes to Nevada State Boxing Commission who placed C.J. Ross, Duane Ford on the panel to judge the Manny Pacquaio and Timothy Bradley fight. Ross scored the controversial fight 115-113 and Ford saw it 115-113 in favor of new WBO welterweight champion Bradley. Judge Jerry Roth did see the fight as the rest of the world did and scored it 115-113 in favor of Pacquiao.
Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown: Terrell Owens
Terrell Owens
Every Thursday Sports Grind Entertainment will present you with the Mama Margie’s Major Meltdown. The recipient of this honor goes to former NFL star Terrell Owens for being released by the Allen Wranglers. Owens was cut by his current Indoor Football League team as well as losing his ownership stake in the IFL franchise. Owens had refused to play in two key upcoming road games for the Wranglers and was a no-show for a charity event at a local children’s hospital which lead to his dismissal.
