Sports News Roundup
Sorry for the light blogging over here. Kyle has been out of town, and I have been sans internets due to home computer issues. We'll be back to normal soon. To help jump-start that effort, here are a few items that caught my eye today.
1. I'll have some picks later on, but first I'll have to figure out what to call the Georgia-Florida game now that they don't want us to call it a "cocktail party." I know that Georgia's struggles made the game an unlikely venue for ESPN's "College Gameday" this weekend, even with the dearth of good games. But reading Chris Fowler's column today, it doesn't seem like the gang enjoyed Jacksonville too much anyway. So they're probably not too upset, although back-to-back trips to the state of South Carolina sound like that old joke about first prize in some contest being a week-long trip to South Carolina and second prize being a two-week trip.
2. Keeping with the SEC rivalry theme, Alabama has accused the Tennessee mascot, Smokey the bluetick coonhound, of biting an Alabama player before last week's game. I hope Smokey's shots are up to date. And these things have a way of escalating. I would imagine that some Vol fans want to turn Big Al's tusks into false teeth by now. Or maybe cue balls to put on top of the gearshifts in their Camaros.
3. NBA Commissioner David Stern sings Johnny Cash: "Don't take your guns to town, son, leave your guns at home..."
4. I can't decide whether the riots in Detroit will be bigger if the Tigers lose in the World Series or if they win.
5. You could read this story a hundred times and still not have it make sense. A SWAT team in a small town in Virginia raided a house in search of illegal internet pornography. Not only did they have the wrong house, but Shaquille O'Neal was along on the raid. Kazaam!
1. I'll have some picks later on, but first I'll have to figure out what to call the Georgia-Florida game now that they don't want us to call it a "cocktail party." I know that Georgia's struggles made the game an unlikely venue for ESPN's "College Gameday" this weekend, even with the dearth of good games. But reading Chris Fowler's column today, it doesn't seem like the gang enjoyed Jacksonville too much anyway. So they're probably not too upset, although back-to-back trips to the state of South Carolina sound like that old joke about first prize in some contest being a week-long trip to South Carolina and second prize being a two-week trip.
2. Keeping with the SEC rivalry theme, Alabama has accused the Tennessee mascot, Smokey the bluetick coonhound, of biting an Alabama player before last week's game. I hope Smokey's shots are up to date. And these things have a way of escalating. I would imagine that some Vol fans want to turn Big Al's tusks into false teeth by now. Or maybe cue balls to put on top of the gearshifts in their Camaros.
3. NBA Commissioner David Stern sings Johnny Cash: "Don't take your guns to town, son, leave your guns at home..."
4. I can't decide whether the riots in Detroit will be bigger if the Tigers lose in the World Series or if they win.
5. You could read this story a hundred times and still not have it make sense. A SWAT team in a small town in Virginia raided a house in search of illegal internet pornography. Not only did they have the wrong house, but Shaquille O'Neal was along on the raid. Kazaam!
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