Entries from October 2006

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

“Granny E” rolls in an Impala

It’s a question that has been pondered many times over the years by NASCAR analysts and fans alike. We know what the big boys drive at tracks like Talladega and Daytona but what do their Grandmothers roll in? Well, ask no more sports fans because, courtesy of the Winston-Salem Journal, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. has given […]

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

Sue you! Sue everybody!

Well, former Seattle Mariners infielder and ESPN baseball analyst Harold Reynolds has decided to sue the entertainment and sports leader for wrongful termination after he was dismissed from his job as an analyst on the network’s Baseball Tonight program.
Far more interesting than the suit itself, though, is ESPN’s news judgement. You see, all the major […]

Monday, October 30th, 2006

R.I.P. Trevor Berbick

Former heavyweight champ Trevor Berbick is dead at the age of 52.
The last man to fight Muhammad Ali was found dead in a church courtyard in Jamaica over the weekend—and this is where it gets weird—with chop wounds to his head.
Police believe a machete was used (yuck) and are calling the death a suspected homicide.
Suspected? […]

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

Texas-sized rally can’t cover - Trojans exposed

I had the table all set for a big day yesterday after going 3-0 with my early picks. Virginia (-2), Kentucky (-1.5) and Indiana (+7.5) were all winners.
Probably the biggest surprise in that bunch was the way with which the Hoosiers dispatched Michigan State. There was no big comeback this time for the Spartans as […]

Friday, October 27th, 2006

They’ll fuck you at the drive through

“Yeah, I’ll have a Big Mac, large fry, large Coke, and a Happy Meal with a rat in it.”
Yum Yum.
A Dallas Cowboys assistant coach is apparently suing McDonalds after his family picked up some grub at the drive through and discovered a 6-inch rat in in a Golden Arches salad.
Ok, for starters, who orders a […]